EXPERIENCE

Teaching and research on the university level for past 25 years. Supervision of undergraduate and graduate students' biological and ecological research.

1990-2011

Faculty in the Biology Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

1995-2007

Faculty, Educational Mentoring Team, Freshman Seminar, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

1998-2010

Core Faculty, California Cultural Studies Program, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

1989

Mathematics Instructor, Analy High School Summer Program, Sebastopol, California

1986-1990

Marine Biology & Botanical Consultant

1983-1986

Teaching Assistant & Laboratory Instructor in Botany Department, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii

1981-1982

Teaching Assistant in Biology Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California

1981

Marine Biology & Ecology Curriculum Consultant, Luther Burbank School District, San Jose, California

1980-1981

Staff Writer & Graphics Artist, VISTA Volunteer, Tribal Sovereignty Program, Forestville, Calilfornia

AWARDS AND HONORS

• Professor Emeritus, Sonoma State University, Awarded in 2004.
  
  

• Excellence in Teaching Award Committee Chair, 2002 and 2003.
  
  

• Recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award (2000-2001) , Sonoma State University, $5,000 Sarlo Foundation Award, presented at Graduation, May 26, 2001.
  
  

• Grant ($40,000) with Petaluma School District for Intersegmental Faculty Articulation Projects in Contextual Learning, Sonoma County Career -to-School Partnership. Funded by California School to Career Interagency Partners, CSU, Hayward for Jan. 2000 - Jan. 2002.
  
  

• Grant ($29,600) for California Studies Program research project, Hidden Waters: Uncovering Naturak History and Cultural History through Urban Stream Restoration, from CUEREC (California Urban Environmental Research and Education Center, CSU Hayward) with Prof. Robert Coleman-Senghor for Aug. 1999 - July 2000.
  
  

• Academic Innovation Award (4 WTUs and $1500) for ITDS 301, Garden on the Edge: The Physical Environment of California, from Office of Academic Programs, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California for Spring 1999.
  
  

• National Science Foundation Grant for participation in Image Processing and Geographic Information Systems Workshop, Foothill College, Summer 1999.
  
  

• Research Fellowship from Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan, R.O.C. for work on Marine Algae of South China Sea, Summer 1997.
  
  

• Invitational Listing in International Who's Who of Professional and Business Women, International Biographical Center, Cambridge, England, 1989.
  
  

• Outstanding Graduate Assistant Award from University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization (cash award), December 1985.
  
  

• $500 Fellowship for Marine Algae awarded by Friends of Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University, Pacific Grove, California, Summer 1982.
  
  

• Graduation With Distinction from Biology Department, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, June 1981.

EDUCATION

Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

*Bachelor's degree in Biology. Graduated With Distinction, June 1981.

*Master's degree in Biology, June 1983.

*Achieved Ph.D Candidacy in Botanical Sciences, Fall 1986, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii.

SKILLS

• Biological and Ecological Field Studies

• Microbiological Laboratory Techniques

• Electron Microscopy (T.E.M. and S.E.M.)

• Biological Illustration

• Plant Taxonomy Techniques

• Photography (including darkroom developing and printing)

• SCUBA Diving (NAUI Openwater I certification)

• Computer proficiency

• HTML proficiency and Webpage design

 SYMPOSIUM & WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

• Marine Biology and Ecology Workshops, Expanding Your Horizons, Sonoma State University, March 23, 2002

• Faculty Facilitator for Environment Breakout Group, Office of Community-Based Learning Symposium, February 22, 2002

• Tour of Ragle Ranch Wetlands, World Wetland Day,, February 1, 2002

• Hidden Waters, Urban Stream Restoration, at SSU Watershed Symposium, May 2000

• Incorporating Field Studies in the California Studies Curriculum, Workshop, California Studies Consortium and Curriculum Development Symposium, San Francisco, April 1999

• Marine Biology Workshops, Expanding Your Horizons Program, Sonoma State University, 1992 - 2003

• Science Night, Sonoma State University, Algae and Fungi of Sonoma County, 1990-1994

PUBLICATIONS

2001

Hidden Waters: Uncovering Natural History and Cultural History through Urban Stream Restoration. Report submitted to CUEREC, CSU, Hayward.

1992

Marine Directory: Ocean-Oriented Organizations in the Eastern Pacific. The C.S. Fund, Freestone California, 45 pp.

1989

Cell division patterns and diurnal cycle of Porphyra abbottae (Rhodophyta, Bangiales) carpogonial and carpospore development. Jour. Phycology 25, 612-615.

1987

Ultrastructural localization of uranium biosorption in Penicillium digitatum by stem X-ray microanalysis. Environmental Pollution 43: 209-218.

1987

Ultrastructural and biochemical evidence for a calcium-binding protein in calcified algae (Rhodophyta, Nemaliales) from Hawaii (abs). Jour. Electron Microscopy Tech. 6: 125.

1985

Comparative ultrastructure of some calcified red algae (Rhodophyta) from Hawaiian reefs. P. 62 In C. Gabrie, J.L. Toffart & B. Salvat (Eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Coral Reef Congress, Vol. 2: Antenne Museum-Ephe, Moorea, French Polynesia, 428 pp.

1984

New findings on the systematics, cytology, and reproductive strategies of Porphyra (Bangiaceae, Rhodophyta) in Hawaii and California. P. 358 In Abstract of Papers, Ninth Annual Albert L. Tester Memorial Symposium, Pacific Science 38: 356-373.

1983

New Findings on the Systematics, Cytology and Reproductive Strategy of Porphyra (Bangiales, Rhodophyta) in California, Department of Biology, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California.

REFERENCES available upon request.

Email:  cannon@sonoma.edu

 Marilyn I. Cannon, February 5, 2023