Resume

• 1997

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

  For my dissertation

  I used game theory to predict root growth in response to competition from neighboring plants in natural and agricultural systems and then tested those predictions in greenhouse

  garden and field experiments. My advisor was Joel S. Brown. The work was largely funded by a NSF dissertation improvement grant.

  Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

  University of Illinois at Chicago

• 1992

  Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)

  Biology

  General

  Bryn Mawr College

• Teacher Training

  Adult Education

  Curriculum Design

  Program Evaluation

  E-Learning

  Research

  Curriculum Development

  Higher Education

  Statistics

  Educational Technology

  Data Analysis

  Qualitative Research

  Teaching

  Faculty Development

  Instructional Design

  Science

  University Teaching

  O'Brien

  UC Santa Barbara

  Claremont University Consortium

  eSMART Camp

  AAUW Tech Savvy Outreach

  Utah Academy of Science

  Arts

  and Letters

  Utah Academy of Sciences

  Arts and Letters

  Dixie State University

  Utah Academy of Sciences

  Arts

  and Letters

  St. George

  UT

  We offer a one-day STEM experience for 6th-9th grade girls and their parents on the campus of Dixie State University. This program was originally developed at the University of Buffalo and now

  the American Association of University Women sponsors the program across the country. We were selected as a site for the second year of the program

  the only one in the southwest that year

  and attracted over 120 girls and 30 parents in our first year.

  co-chair

  AAUW Tech Savvy Outreach

  Worked with Bruce Mahall on plant below-ground interactions and chemical signaling in greenhouse and field experiments. Funded by the Mellon Foundation.

  Post-doctoral researcher

  Santa Barbara

  California Area

  UC Santa Barbara

  Representing Dixie State to the board and assisting with projects.

  Utah Academy of Sciences

  Arts and Letters

  Utah Academy of Science

  Arts

  and Letters

  Utah

  The past-president largely serves as institutional memory and sits on the board to assist with their various activities.

  Past-President

  We are the state Academy of Science for Utah. Founded in 1908

  the Academy became interdisciplinary in the middle of the last century. Every year we honor exceptional academics in Utah and citizens who support education in the state. We host an annual conference and publish a journal through BYU Press.

  Utah Academy of Science

  Arts

  and Letters

  eSMART Camp

  Saint George

  UT

  We offer a five-day summer STEM experience for girls entering the 8th grade. The girls sleep in the dorms at Dixie State University and experience a little of college life while they make friends who share their interest in science

  math and technology. Workshops are primarily led by female mentors working in STEM fields and include field geology and hydrology

  food science

  computer assisted-art

  extracting their own DNA

  and building electronics. The camp is one of two STEM programs sponsored by the St. George branch of the American Association of University Women that are held at Dixie State. Through the fundraising efforts of the branch and in-kind donations from Dixie State and local businesses including Even Stevens

  we are able to cut the camp fees for all girls to less than half of the cost of camp and offer need-based fee waivers to those families who need a little help beyond that. My responsibilities have included holding the fundraiser for camp one year

  but are generally restricted to organizing the camp.

  Director

  Dixie State University

  Utah Academy of Sciences

  Arts

  and Letters

  Utah

  Served on the UASAL board and acted as section editor for the Biological Sciences.

  Biology Chair

  Dixie State University

  Claremont University Consortium

  Claremont

  CA

  Visiting professor

  Joint Science Department at the Claremont Colleges

  Dixie State College