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During my career I have taught a variety of courses, principally
in the area of ecology. Undergraduate offerings include Introductory
Ecology and Applied Ecology. Graduate courses I have taught include
Aquatic Ecology, Population and Community Ecology, and Ecosystems
Ecology. Here are the courses I am currently offering at VCU.
- Water Pollution Biology (BIOL 532) a team-taught course with
Drs. deFur, Garman and Smock. The course topics include water
resource management, eutrophication, acidification, toxicology and
biological assessment. Class activities include lectures, computer
labs and student presentations. The course is offered in the spring
of odd-numbered years (2007, 2009, etc.).
- River & Estuarine Ecology (ENVS 691) integrates hydrology,
geomorphology and ecology to promote an understanding of river and
estuarine ecosystems. Class activities include lectures, computer
labs and discussion of assigned readings. The course is offered in
the Fall semester of odd-numbered years (2007, 2009, etc.).
- Ecosystems Ecology (BIOL 691) covers biogeochemical cycles and
food-web energetics in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Class
activities include lectures, computer labs and discussion of
assigned readings. The course is offered in the Fall semester of
even-numbered years (2006, 2008, etc.).
My courses emphasize quantitative approaches – statistics,
modeling and graphical analyses – as a way of understanding
environmental processes and building problem-solving skills. I try
to familiarize students with tools for quantitative analyses and
stress their utility in conjunction with monitoring and experimental
approaches.
Try a sample problem to test your
skills.
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