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EDUCATION
EDUCATION
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison 2014
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison 2014
Department of Geosciences
Dissertation: "Unearthing Evolution: Connecting Biological and Geological Histories in the Fossil Record of North America"
Advisor: Dana Geary
MS Ohio State University 2009
MS Ohio State University 2009
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Organismal Biology (EEOB)
Thesis: “Phylogeny and Relationships of Taeniodonta, an Enigmatic Order of Eutherian Mammals (Paleogene, North America)”
Advisor: John Hunter
BA Case Western Reserve University 2007
BA Case Western Reserve University 2007
Biology and Evolutionary Biology
Magna cum laude
Minor: Chemistry
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor
Introductory Geology Lab SP 2016
Introductory Geology Lab SP 2016
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Earth Sciences, George Mason University
Led weekly laboratory section, wrote and graded laboratory exams, graded laboratory assignments, and held weekly online office hours.
Co-Instructor
Co-Instructor
Basics of Online Learning and Teaching SP 2015
Basics of Online Learning and Teaching SP 2015
Online, Center for the Integration of Teaching and Learning, with Don Gillian-Daniels and Colleen McLinn
Class involved asynchronous and synchronous online environments. Duties included: Created a syllabus, responded to student materials, led discussions, and assisted in some technical aspects of the online setting.
Expeditions in Learning: Blended Learning SP 2014
Expeditions in Learning: Blended Learning SP 2014
Delta Teaching Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Greg Moses
Class involved visiting blended learning classrooms on campus and discussing practices, methods, and research. Duties included: creating a syllabus, scheduling class times and expeditions to other faculty's blended classrooms, selecting readings, and leading discussions.
Guest Lecturer
Guest Lecturer
Philosophical Problems of the Biological Sciences February 11, 2013
Philosophical Problems of the Biological Sciences February 11, 2013
Department of Philosophy, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for Trevor Pearce
Lecture and discussion led on Darwin’s “Imperfection of the Fossil Record” chapter of the Origin of Species.
Evolution and Extinction FA 2010/2012
Evolution and Extinction FA 2010/2012
Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, for Shanan Peters
Review sessions on the “Central Dogma” and a lecture on “Missing Links”
Teaching Assistant
Teaching Assistant
Evolution and Extinction FA 2009/2010/2012
Evolution and Extinction FA 2009/2010/2012
Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Shanan Peters
Planned and led five weekly discussion sections with about 20 students, determined quiz readings, wrote reading quizzes, wrote exam questions, planned and graded group and individual projects, and held twice weekly office hours.
Evolution and Extinction SP 2012
Evolution and Extinction SP 2012
Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Dana Geary
Planned and led five weekly discussion sections with about 20 students, wrote reading/lecture quizzes, graded discussion quizzes, and held twice weekly office hour
Evolution and Extinction FA 2011
Evolution and Extinction FA 2011
Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, with Charles Byers
Planned and led five weekly discussion sections with about 20 students, wrote lecture quizzes, planned and graded group and individual projects, graded discussion homework, and held twice weekly office hours.
Form and Function (Introductory Physiology) SP 2009
Form and Function (Introductory Physiology) SP 2009
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Oragnismal Biology, Ohio State University, with Leslie Jackson
Led two weekly discussion sections with about 20 students each, prepared exam and quiz questions, graded homework assignments, quizzes, and exams, and held weekly office hours.
Introductory Biology WI 2009
Introductory Biology WI 2009
Center for Life Sciences Education, Ohio State University, with Adam Andrews
Led two weekly laboratory and recitations sections with 23 students each, prepared exam and quiz questions, graded laboratory assignments and "blog" discussion posts, and held weekly office hours.
Honors Introductory Ecology AU 2008
Honors Introductory Ecology AU 2008
Department of Evolution, Ecology, and Oragnismal Biology, Ohio State University, with Elizabeth Marshall
Assisted students with in-class activities, gave lecture, prepared exam questions, graded all written assignments except exam, and held weekly office hours.
PUBLICATIONS
PUBLICATIONS
Esquibel, Joseph, Deborah L. Rook, Sondra M. LoRe, John H. Starnes Jillian M. Miller, Jennifer G. Buntz, Alys Hugo, Christianne B. Nieuwsma, Heather Seitz, Ahrash Bissell, Louis Gross, Stacey Kiser, Suzanne Lenhart, Michael A. Mills, Claudia Neuhauser, Irene Corriette, Sarah Prescott, Kristin P. Jenkins, and Vedham Karpakakunjaram. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges, a Network of Biology and Mathematics Faculty Focused on Improving Numerical and Quantitative Skills of Students. CBE Life Science Education 22:16.
Rook, Deborah L. and John P. Hunter. 2014. Rooting around the eutherian family tree: The origin and relations of the Taeniodonta. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 21: 75-91.
Rook, Deborah L., Noel A. Heim, and Jonathan Marcot. 2013. Contrasting patterns of rock and biotic diversity in the marine and terrestrial fossil records of North America. Palaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 372: 123-129.
Rook, Deborah L. and John P. Hunter. 2011. Phylogeny of the Taeniodonta: Evidence from dental characters and stratigraphy. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31: 422-427.
Rook, Deborah L., John P. Hunter, Dean A. Pearson, and Antoine Bercovici. 2010. Lower jaw of the early Paleocene mammal Alveugena and its interpretation as a transitional fossil. Journal of Paleontology 84:1217-1225.
Maiden name:
Croft, Darin A. and Deborah L. Weinstein. 2008. The first application of the mesowear method to endemic South American ungulates (Notoungulata). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 269: 103-114.
PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
“Efficient quantitative measurements of enamel occlusal wear with a watershed segmentation algorithm”
Presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Dallas, TX, Fall 2014
“The Nitty Gritty of the US Western Plains: paleontological and geological implications for the evolution of grazers and grasslands”
Presentation at the North American Paleontological Convention, Gainesville, FL, Spring 2014
“Horses, grasses, and dirt: the compelling new story of the evolution of North America's Great Plains”
Presentation at the Geoscience Department Graduate Symposium, Madison, WI, Spring 2013
“The Grazer/Grassland Grapple: Paleontological and geological arguments over the evolution of the Western Plains”
Presentation for the Evolution Seminar Series, Crow Institute for the Study of Evolution, Madison, WI, Spring 2013
“What sediment can tell us about the grazer/grassland evolution story of North America”
Presentation for the Ruth Dickie Seminar Competition, Graduate Women In Science, Madison, WI, Fall 2012
“The importance of sediment in the grazer/grassland story of North America”
Poster at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Raleigh, NC, Fall 2012
“Contrasting patterns of rock and biotic diversity in the marine and terrestrial fossil records of North America”
Presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Fall 2011
“Geological completeness of paleontological sampling in the non-marine rock record of North America”
Presentation at the Geoscience Department Graduate Symposium, Madison, WI, Spring 2011
“What are we missing?: Geological completeness of paleontological sampling in the terrestrial Cenozoic of North America”
Presentation at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, Fall 2010
“What are we missing: Geological completeness of paleontological sampling in the terrestrial Cenozoic of North America”
Presentation at the Geoscience Department Graduate Symposium, Madison, WI, Spring 2010
“Lower jaw of Alvugena (Early Paleocene: Eutheria), stratigraphic debt, and the origin of the Taeniodonts”
Poster at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Bristol, England, Fall 2009
“Preliminary phylogeny of Taeniodonta, an enigmatic order of eutherian mammals (Paleogene, North America)”
Poster at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference, Cleveland, OH, Fall 2008
“Using mesowear to test whether hypsodont notoungulates were grazers”
Speaker to Geology Department faculty, students, and guests, Columbus, OH, Fall 2007
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & GRANTS
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, & GRANTS
Morgridge Distinguished Graduate Fellowship 2013-2014
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin Madison
- “Offered to an outstanding student who shows great potential and is deserving of special encouragement and recognition.”
Graduate Student Research Grant Summer 2013
Geological Society of America
- Proposal: “The Nitty Gritty of the US Western Plains: Geologic Influence on Grazing Mammal Evolution”
- Funding for field work, July 20-August 14
J. David Love Field Geology Fellowship Summer 2013
Wyoming Geological Association
- Proposal: “The Nitty Gritty of the US Western Plains: Geologic Influence on Grazing Mammal Evolution”
- Funding for field work, July 20-August 14
Stanley A. Tyler Award for Excellence in Teaching April 19, 2013
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- “This award is to recognize effectiveness in teaching, particularly at the introductory level” and excellence in TA performance
Weeks/Senger Research Assistantship 2009-2013
Department of Geoscience, University of Wisconsin Madison
University Fellowship 2007-2008
The Graduate School, Ohio State University
SERVICE
SERVICE
Committee Chair or Coordinator
Committee Chair or Coordinator
Chair, Outreach Committee, Crow Institute Summer 2012-Summer 2014
Chair, Recruitment and Welcome Committee, GGSA Fall 2011-Spring 2014
Co-chair and co-founder, Evolution Journal Club, Crow Institute Fall 2010-Spring 2013
Coordinator, Delta Brown Bag Discussion Series Spring 2013
Coordinator, Darwin Day Teacher Workshop, Crow Institute February 14, 2013
Coordinator, Teacher Workshop on Evolution, Crow Institute Summer 2011/2012
Chair, Communication Committee, GEES, OSU Fall 2008-Spring 2009
Committee Member
Committee Member
Evolution Coordinating Committee Fall 2012-Summer 2014
Darwin Day (Evolution Outreach) Committee, Crow Institute Fall 2011-Spring 2014
Outreach Committee, Crow Institute Fall 2010-Summer 2014
Graduate Evolution and Ecology Students, OSU Spring 2008-Spring 2009
Outreach Presentations
Outreach Presentations
Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Conference March 14, 2014
PLATO Frontiers in Life Sciences October 16, 2013
Wednesday Nite @ the Lab September 18, 2013
“Geology & Evolution”, Grandparents University, UW Alumni July 18-19, 2013
Darwin Day Teacher Workshop, Crow Institute February 14, 2012
“Geology & Evolution”, Grandparents University, UW Alumni July 12-13, 2012
Teacher Workshop on Evolution, Crow Institute August 1, 2012
Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers Conference March 9, 2012
Darwin Day Teacher Workshop, Crow Institute February 8, 2012
Teacher Workshop on Evolution, Crow Institute August 8, 2011
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS
Delta Roundtable Teaching Events (2010-2014)
CIRTL Forum: Teaching, Learning and Research: Preparation of the Nation’s Future Faculty (Madison, WI October 2011)
UW Teaching and Learning Excellence: Teaching and Learning Symposium (May 2011)
UW Letters and Sciences Teaching Symposium- 20th Anniversary of the Teaching Fellows Program (November 2010)
UW Teaching and Learning Excellence: Teaching and Learning Symposium (May 2010)
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