Teaching
I was honored to receive the Augustana Student Association's Betty Ostenrud Award for a Faculty member who has given of themselves tirelessly to the benefit of students and the institution as a whole for 2021-2022.
I was honored to receive the Augustana Student Association's Betty Ostenrud Award for a Faculty member who has given of themselves tirelessly to the benefit of students and the institution as a whole for 2021-2022.
My teaching interests include anything to do with plants, statistics, conservation biology, and all scales of ecology.
My teaching interests include anything to do with plants, statistics, conservation biology, and all scales of ecology.
For the 2023-24 academic year I am teaching the following courses (I have a reduced teaching load while I am Associate Dean of Teaching:
For the 2023-24 academic year I am teaching the following courses (I have a reduced teaching load while I am Associate Dean of Teaching:
Fall Semester 2023
Fall Semester 2023
Winter Semester 2024
Winter Semester 2024
The courses that I regularly teach include the following:
The courses that I regularly teach include the following:
AUBIO 350/459 Costa Rica Field Studies in Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Fall 11, Winter Block, biannually)
AUBIO 350/459 Costa Rica Field Studies in Tropical Ecology and Conservation (Fall 11, Winter Block, biannually)
Ecological sustainability in rural landscapes - examining the role of forest, grassland, and wetland habitats in carbon sequestration/valuation and biodiversity conservation within Beaver County. (PI: Glynnis Hood, Co-PIs myself and Glen Hvenegaard)
Ecological sustainability in rural landscapes - examining the role of forest, grassland, and wetland habitats in carbon sequestration/valuation and biodiversity conservation within Beaver County. (PI: Glynnis Hood, Co-PIs myself and Glen Hvenegaard)
My MSc student, Raiany Silva, explored restoration of wetland areas degraded by off-highway-vehicle use in Eagle Point Blue Rapids near Drayton Valley, AB. She successfully defended her MSc in January 2019.
My MSc student, Raiany Silva, explored restoration of wetland areas degraded by off-highway-vehicle use in Eagle Point Blue Rapids near Drayton Valley, AB. She successfully defended her MSc in January 2019.
TEACHING - RELATED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
TEACHING - RELATED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
I presented a poster at the Virtual Conference of the Association for Biology Lab Education June 2021. Information can be found HERE
I presented a poster at the Virtual Conference of the Association for Biology Lab Education June 2021. Information can be found HERE
I presented a poster at the Virtual Undergraduate Biology Conference of Alberta Conference May 13, 2021. Information can be found HERE
I presented a poster at the Virtual Undergraduate Biology Conference of Alberta Conference May 13, 2021. Information can be found HERE
I presented a poster at the Association for College and University Biology Educators Annual (Virtual) Meeting October 24-25 2020. Information can be found HERE
I presented a poster at the Association for College and University Biology Educators Annual (Virtual) Meeting October 24-25 2020. Information can be found HERE
Directed Studies
Directed Studies
If you want to do a directed study/reading with me click HERE to find out more information about the process.
If you want to do a directed study/reading with me click HERE to find out more information about the process.
Previous Directed Studies:
Emily Mahon (AUBIO 419; Winter 2023) Play-Clean-Grow: Tracking Seed Species Within Elk Island National Park. https://sites.google.com/ualberta.ca/pcgelkislandnationalpark/home is where you can get more information on her project.
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