BENJAMIN MARTIN WAGGONER
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Biographical Information
Born: September 20, 1969; Lafayette, Louisiana
Current Home Address:
- 128 Davis St.
- Conway, AR 72034 USA
Current Professional Address:
- Department of Biology
- University of Central Arkansas
- Conway, AR 72035-5003 USA
- Phone: (501) 450-5037
- FAX: (501) 450-5914
- E-mail: benw@mail.uca.edu
- WWW: http://faculty.uca.edu/~benw/
Education:
- High School: Acadiana High School, Lafayette, Louisiana, 1983-1987
- B. S. summa cum laude (Biology), Tulane University, New Orleans, 1991
- B. A. cum laude (Russian), Tulane University, New Orleans, 1991
- Ph. D. (Integrative Biology), University of California, 1998
Positions:
- August 1997-present: Assistant Professor, Department
of Biology, University of Central Arkansas. Tenure received May 2003.
- 1996-August 1997: Graduate Student Research
Affiliate, University of California Museum of Paleontology
- July-December, 1993: Visiting scholar, Paleontological
Institute, Moscow
- August 1991-December 1996: Graduate Student
Instructor (GSI), Department of Integrative Biology, University
of California
- June 1991-August 1991; June 1992-August 1992:
curatorial assistant, University of California Museum of Paleontology
Professional affiliations:
- Paleontological Society
- Palaeontological Association
- International Palaeontological Association
- Society of Systematic Biologists
- American Microscopical Society
- UNESCO International Geological Correlation
Project 366: Ecological Aspects of the Cambrian Radiation
Courses taught:
- UC-Berkeley (teaching assistant)
- Biology 1A, General Biology
- Biology 1B, General Biology
- Biology 11, General Biology (non-majors' biology)
- Integrative Biology 82, Introduction to the Oceans
- Integrative Biology 131L, Human Anatomy Laboratory
- University of Central Arkansas (assistant professor)
- Biology 1120, Freshman Biology Seminar
- Biology 1400, Biology for General Education (non-majors' biology)
- Biology 4250 / 5250, Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Biology 4402 / 5402, Vertebrate Zoology
- Biology 4415 / 5415, Evolution
- Biology 6330, History of Biology
- Biology 6450, Systematics and Classification
- Honors College 3150, Junior Seminar
- Science Education 3410, Earth Science
Professional and Community Service
- Co-Organizer (with Jere H. Lipps),
Paleontological Society Short Course, "Biological Revolutions
in the Neoproterozoic and Cambrian." (In progress; course
scheduled for fall 2004)
- Book Revew Editor, Palaeontologica Electronica: December 2001-present
- Ad hoc manuscript reviewer:
- 1998:Journal of Evolutionary Biology;
Nature; Palaios
- 2000:Science; Nature; Journal
of Paleontology; Biological Reviews; American Malacological Bulletin
- 2001: Journal of Paleontology; Journal of Morphology; Nature
- 2002: Botanical Journal of the
Linnean Society; Science; Nature; Palaeontology; Palaeogeography,
Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology; Integrative and Comparative
Biology; Lethaia
- 2003: Palaeontology; Palaeogeography,
Palaeoecology; Lethaia; Journal of Paleontology
- Textbook reviewer: Addison-Wesley-Longman, 2000; McGraw-Hill, 2002;
Blackwell, 2002
- Book proposal reviewer: University of California Press, 2001;
Cambridge University Press, 2003
- Grant reviewer: NSF, Geology and Paleontology Division, 1999,
2002; NERC, 2002; Civilian Research and Development Foundation,
2003
Academic Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa (Alpha of Louisiana)
- Deans' Honor Scholar, Tulane University, 1987-1991
- UCA Research, Scholarship and Creativity Faculty Award, 2003
Skills
- Languages: English, Spanish, Russian, limited French (spoken and written)
Computer skills:
- Extensive HTML and Web design experience
- Familiarity with Macintosh, Windows, and UNIX platforms
- Software: Word, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
- Film developing and printing (B&W)
- Scanning Electron Microscopy
- Experience with both traditional SEM and Environmental
Scanning Electron Microscope (ESEM) operation
- X-ray elemental analysis (EDS)
- Biological and geological sample preparation
- Medical laboratory technician, Berkeley Free Clinic, 1991-1997
- Clinical microscopy, urinalysis
Grants:
-
"Acquisition of a Laser Scanning Confocal
Microscope for Natural Sciences Research and Teaching". National
Science Foundation grant #DBI-0215847, 2002. $225,155. (Senior
Investigator; Steven Runge, UCA, PI)
- "Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope
for Natural Sciences Research and Training." National Science
Foundation grant #DBI-0079582, 2000. $136,672. (Co-PI with Paul
V. Hamilton and Carl K. Frederickson, UCA).
- "Cambrian Fossils of Eastern California
and West-Central Nevada." UCA University Research Council
grant #212-138, 2000. $3105.
Students:
- Hannah Young: B. S. honors thesis, UCA Honors
College, 1997-1998. Title: "Where's the Science in Creation
Science?"
- Karen McDonald: M.S. thesis, UCA Department
of Biology, 2000-2001. Title: "A paleoecological reconstruction
of the Imo Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) from the Peyton
Creek roadcut in north-central Arkansas."
- Heather Stottman: M.S. thesis, UCA Department
of Biology, 2001-2003. Title: "A Mazon Creek-type
fossil assemblage from the Pennsylvanian of the Arkansas River
valley."
Peer-Reviewed Publications:
Research Papers:
- Waggoner, B. and Hagadorn, J. W.
Conical fossils from the Lower Cambrian of California and Nevada,
USA. PaleoBios: in press (accepted April 21, 2003).
- Waggoner, B. M. Paleobiogeography
of the Late Precambrian "Ediacara biota" and the use
of phylogenetic contrast analyses in biogeography. Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology: in press (accepted January
10, 2003).
- Waggoner, B. M. and Collins, A. G.
Reductio ad absurdum: Testing the evolutionary relationships
of problematic fossils using molecular divergence dates. Journal
of Paleontology: in press (anticipated publication date January
2004).
- Waggoner, B. and Hagadorn, J. W.
An unmineralized ?chlorophycean alga from the Lower Cambrian of
California, USA. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie,
Monatshefte: in press (anticipated publication date December
2003).
- Waggoner, B. Non-trilobite arthropods
from the Silver Peak Range, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology
77(4): 706-720.
Peterson, K. J., Waggoner, B., and
Hagadorn, J. W. A fungal analog for Newfoundland Ediacaran fossils?
Integrative and Comparative Biology43(1): 127-136.
- Waggoner, B. M. The Ediacaran biotas
in time and space. Integrative and Comparative Biology
43(1): 104-113.
- Hagadorn, J. W. and Waggoner, B. M. 2002. The
Early Cambrian problematic fossil Volborthella: New insights
from the Basin and Range. In: Corsetti,
F. (ed.) Proterozoic-Cambrian of the Western United States.
Volume 93. Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists,
Pacific Coast Section, Los Angeles. pp. 137-152.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Hagadorn, J. W. 2002. Additional
fossils from the latest Neoproterozoic of southern Nye County,
Nevada. In: Corsetti, F. (ed.) Proterozoic-Cambrian of the
Western United States. Volume 93. Society of Economic Paleontologists
and Mineralogists, Pacific Coast Section, Los Angeles. pp. 87-96.
- Hagadorn, J. W., Fedo, C. M., and Waggoner,
B. M. 2000. Ediacara-type biotas from the Cambrian of the southwestern
United States.
Journal of Paleontology
74(4): 731-740.
,
- Hagadorn, J. W. and Waggoner, B. M. 2000. Ediacaran
fossils from the southwestern Great Basin, United States.
Journal of Paleontology
74(2): 349-359.
,
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Los comienzos de la historia
evolutiva de los artrópodos: ¿qué nos pueden
contar los fósiles? [The earliest evolutionary history
of arthropods: what do the fossils tell us?] In: Melic, A., de
Haro, J. J., Méndez, M., and Ribera, I. (eds.) Evolución
y Filogenia de Arthropoda. Sociedad Entomologica Aragonesa,
Barcelona. pp. 115-131.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Biogeographic analyses
of the Ediacara biota: a conflict with paleotectonic reconstructions.
Paleobiology 25(4): 440-458.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Fossil oak leaf galls
from the Stinking Water paleoflora of Oregon (early Miocene).
PaleoBios
19(3): 8-14.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1998. Interpreting the earliest
metazoan fossils: what can we learn? American Zoologist
38(6): 975-982.
- Fedonkin, M. A. and Waggoner, B. M. 1997. The
Late Precambrian fossil Kimberella is a mollusc-like bilaterian
organism. Nature 388: 868-871.
- Poteet, M. and Waggoner, B. M. 1996. Unusual
oak leaf galls from the middle Miocene of northwest Nevada.
Journal of Paleontology 70(6): 1080-1084.
- Long, D. J. and Waggoner, B. M. 1996. Evolutionary
relationships of the white shark: a phylogeny of lamnoid sharks
based on dental morphology. In: Klimley, A. D. and Ainley, D.,
eds. Great White Sharks: The Biology of Carcharodon carcharias.
Academic Press, New York. pp. 37-47.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1996. Bacteria and protozoa
from middle Cretaceous amber of Ellsworth County, Kansas.
PaleoBios
17(1): 20-26.
,
- Waggoner, B. M. 1996. The first fossil cyphoderiid
testate amoeba, in Dominican Republic amber (Eocene-Oligocene).
PaleoBios
17(1): 17-19.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Langer, M. R. 1996. Taxonomische
Notiz: Mississippidendrium, new name for Mesodendrium
Waggoner and Langer 1993. Paläontologische Zeitschrift
70(1/2): 273.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1996. Phylogenetic hypotheses
of the relationships of arthropods to Precambrian and Cambrian
problematic fossil taxa. Systematic Biology 45(2):
190-222.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1995. Ediacaran lichens: a
critique. Paleobiology 21(3): 393-397.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Collins, A. G. 1995. A
new chondrophorine (Cnidaria, Hydrozoa) from the Cadiz Formation
(Middle Cambrian) of California. Paläontologische Zeitschrift
69 (1/2) : 7-17.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1994. An aquatic microfossil
assemblage from Cenomanian amber of France. Lethaia 27:
77-84.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1994. A fossil actinomycete in
Eocene-Oligocene Dominican amber.
Journal of Paleontology
68(2): 398-401.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1994. Fossil microorganisms
from Upper Cretaceous amber from Tishomingo County, Mississippi.
Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 80(1/2): 75-84.
- Poinar, G. O. Jr., Waggoner, B. M. and Bauer,
U.-C. 1993. Palaeoecology of a Triassic amoeba. Naturwissenschaften
80(12): 566-568.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1993. Fossil actinomycetes
and bacteria in Eocene amber from Washington. Tertiary Research
14(4): 155-160.
- Waggoner, B. M and Langer, M. R. 1993. A new
hydroid from the Upper Cretaceous of Mississippi. Paläontologische
Zeitschrift 67(3/4): 253-259.
- Long, D. J. and Waggoner, B. M. 1993. The ectoparasitic
barnacle Anelasma (Cirripedia, Thoracica, Lepadomorpha)
on the shark Centroscyllium nigrum (Chondrichthyes, Squalidae)
from the Pacific sub-Antarctic. Systematic Parasitology
26: 133-136.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Poinar, G. O. Jr. 1993.
Fossil habrotrochid rotifers in Dominican amber. Experientia
49(4): 354-357.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1993. Naegleria-like
cysts in Cretaceous amber from central Kansas. Journal of Eukaryotic
Microbiology 40(1): 97-100.
- Poinar, G. O. Jr., Waggoner, B. M., and Bauer,
U.-C. 1993. Earliest terrestrial protists and other microorganisms
in Triassic amber. Science 259(5092): 222-224.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Poinar, G. O. Jr. 1992.
A fossil myxomycete plasmodium from Eocene-Oligocene amber of
the Dominican Republic. Journal of Protozoology 39(5):
639-642.
Papers in Review or Preparation:
- Waggoner, B. M. An Ediacara-type
fossil from the Lower Cambrian of the Mojave Desert. Historical
Biology. In review.
- Waggoner, B. The "cladistic
telephone." American Biology Teacher: in revision.
- Waggoner, B. M. Phylogenetic, multivariate,
and hybrid approaches to the biogeography of the late Neoproterozoic
Ediacara biota. Paleobiology. In preparation.
- Stottman, H. and Waggoner, B. Mazon
Creek fossils from the coal strata of Arkansas. Palaeontologia
Electronica. In preparation.
- Waggoner, B., Hagadorn, J. W., and
Leslie, S. A. The bivalved arthropod Caryocaris from the
lower Ordovician of the western United States. Journal of Paleontology:
in preparation.
- Waggoner, B. Mineralized Miocene
microbial mats from the Barstow Formation of San Bernardino County,
Califorrnia. Palaios: in preparation.
Review Papers
- Runnegar, B. and Waggoner, B. 2002. Ediacaran
biota. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology.
Volume 6, pp. 78-82. McGraw-Hill, New York.
- Waggoner, B. 2002. Eukaryotes and multicells:
Origin. In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Vol. 6, pp.
585-593. Nature Publishing Group, London. http://www.els.net/
- Waggoner, B. 2002. Molecular palaeontology.
In: Encyclopedia of Life Sciences. Vol. 12, pp. 227-232.
Nature Publishing Group, London. http://www.els.net/
- Waggoner, B. M. 2000. Evolution. 2001 Yearbook
of Science and Technology. McGraw-Hill, New York: pp. 154-156.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Chelicerata. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 249-261.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Fungi. In: Singer, R.
(ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn, London,
Chicago. pp. 504-506.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Lichens. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 676-679.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Microbial fossils, Precambrian.
In: Singer, R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy
Dearborn, London, Chicago. pp. 736-740.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Miller, Hugh. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 750-752.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Origin of life. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 790-796.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Superphyla. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 1188-1193.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Trilobites. In: Singer,
R. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Paleontology. Fitzroy Dearborn,
London, Chicago. pp. 1288-1295.
Theses:
- Waggoner, B. M. 1998. New approaches
to the systematics and paleobiology of the late Precambrian soft-bodied
biotas. Doctoral dissertation, Department of Integrative Biology,
University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, California. xv
+ 266 pp.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1991. Interactions
between soil protozoa and plant roots: a physiological and ecological
study. Bachelor of Science Honors thesis, Department of Biology,
Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. v + 42 pp.
Published Abstracts of Professional Presentations:
- Stottman, H. A. and Waggoner, B.
M. 2003. A Mazon Creek-type concretionary biota from the Pennsylvanian
of the Arkansas River Valley. Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs 35(1): 68. Presented at the
2003 Geological Society of America Southeastern/South Central
Section Annual Meeting, Memphis, Tennessee.
- Fernald, A. R., Leslie, S. A., Connelly,
J. B., Waggoner, B. M. and Hagadorn, J. W. 2002. Caryocaris
(Arthropoda, Phyllocarida) from the Mazarn Shale and its biostratigraphic
potential. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
34(6): 358. Presented at the 2002 Geological Society of
America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colorado.
- Waggoner, B. 2002. Shifting provinces
across the Proterozoic-Cambrian boundary. Geological Society
of America Abstracts with Programs 34(6): 316. Presented
at the 2002 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver,
Colorado.
- Waggoner, B. 2002. The beginnings of biomineralization
in the southwestern Great Basin of the western United States.
Geological Society of Australia Abstracts 68: 163.
Presented at the First International Palaeontological Congress,
Sydney, Australia.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. The Ediacara biota in space and time. 2002 Society
for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Anaheim, California.
American Zoologist 41(6): 1617.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. Possible micrometazoan
coprolites from the Johnnie Formation (Late Neoproterozoic) of
the Mojave Desert, California. Geological Society of America
Abstracts with Programs 33(6): 429. Presented at 2001
Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Collins, A. G. and Waggoner, B. M. 2001. The evolutionary affinities of
cnidarian-grade Ediacaran fossils: Tests using molecular divergence
dates. Sixth North American Paleontological Convention,
Berkeley, California. PaleoBios 21(2, supplement): 42.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. The rulebook is rewritten: Ediacaran and Cambrian
global biodiversity patterns. Sixth North American Paleontological Convention,
Berkeley, California. PaleoBios 21(2, supplement): 130.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. Facies, time, and geography
in the structuring of Ediacaran assemblages. Geological Association
of Canada / Mineralogical Association of Canada Abstracts
26: 158. Presented at 2001 Geological Association of Canada
/ Mineralogical Association of Canada Meeting, St. John's, Newfoundland.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2000. Phylogenetic analysis
of heterochrony in the evolution of Cambrian arthropods. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs 32(7): 302.
Presented at 2000 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Reno, Nevada.
- McDonald, K., Waggoner, B. M., Hotchkiss, F. H. C., and Harper, J. A. 2000.
Ophiuroids from the Imo Formation (Chesterian: Mississippian) of northern
Arkansas. 2000 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Reno, Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
32(7): A-446. ,
- Waggoner, B. M. and Hagadorn, J. W. 1999. Unusual
Lower Cambrian fossils from the Latham Shale: What, if anything,
is a Lagerstatten? Geological Society of America Abstracts
with Programs 31(6): 105. Presented at 1999 Geological
Society of America Cordilleran Section Annual Meeting, Berkeley,
California.
- Hagadorn, J. W. and Waggoner, B. M. 1998. Vendian-Cambrian biotas
from the southwestern U.S. 1998 Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
30(7): A-233.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1998. Three-dimensional anatomy and microstructure of
some simple "medusoids" from the Vendian of Siberia. 1998 Geological
Society of America Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
30(7): A-34.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1997. Interpreting the earliest
metazoan fossils: what can we learn? American Zoologist
37(5): 103A. Presented at 1998 Society for Integrative
and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts.
- Waggoner, B. M. and Hagadorn, J. W. 1997. Ediacaran fossils from
western North America: Stratigraphic and biogeographic implications.
1997 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City,
Utah. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs
29(6): A30.
- Fedonkin, M. A. and Waggoner, B. M. 1996. The
Vendian fossil Kimberella: The oldest mollusc known. Geological
Society of America Abstracts with Programs 28(7): 53.
Presented at 1996 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting,
Denver, Colorado.
- Poinar, G. O. Jr. and Waggoner, B. M. 1993.
New terrestrial micrometazoan fossils in amber. PaleoBios
14(4): S12. Presented at 1993 California Paleontology Conference,
Los Angeles, California.
- Poinar, G. O. Jr. and Waggoner, B. M. 1992.
New microbe fossils in amber and their use in phylogeny and paleoecology.
PaleoBios 14(1): S6. Presented at 1992 California
Paleontology Conference, Davis, California.
Other Professional Presentations:
- Waggoner, B. and Hamilton, P. V. 2001. Involving
an electron microscope in the K-12 curriculum. Annual Mathematics
and Science Leadership Conference, University of Central Arkansas,
Conway.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1996. Global biogeography of
Ediacaran assemblages in the Late Precambrian. California Paleontological
Conference, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara,
California.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1995. Global biogeography of
Ediacaran assemblages in the Late Precambrian. XIV Meeting of
the Willi Hennig Society, College Station, Texas.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1994. Phylogeny of Vendian
and Cambrian arthropods and arthropod-like organisms: a first
cladistic hypothesis. XIII Meeting of the Willi Hennig Society,
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Other Publications:
- Waggoner, B. M. Fossils: the Key to the Past (book review).
Quarterly Review of Biology 78: 218-219.
- Ruehle, J., McDonald, K. S., Waggoner, B. M.,
Shostell, J. M., Keteles, K. A., and Culwell, D. E. 2002. Biology
1400: Biology for General Education: Laboratory Manual.
Hayden-McNeil, Plymouth, Michigan. xii + 188 pp.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2002. The Map that Changed
the World (book review). Palaeontologica Electronica
5(1. http://palaeo-electronica.org/2002_1/books/map.htm.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. Paleobiogeography:
Using Fossils to Study Global Change, Plate Tectonics, and Evolution
(book review). Quarterly Review of Biology 76: 348.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2001. American Monster:
How the Nation's First Prehistoric Creature Became a Symbol of
National Identity (book review). Palaeontologica Electronica
4(1). http://palaeo-electronica.org/2001_1/books/monster.htm.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2000. Cradle of Life
(book review). Quarterly Review of Biology 75: 44-45.
- Waggoner, B. M. 2000. Oxidative respiration
(sung to the tune of the "Hokey Pokey".) Annals of
Improbable Research 6(4): 26.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Bone Wars and
Two Tiny Claws (book review). Palaeontologica Electronica
2(2). http://www-odp.tamu.edu/ paleo/1999_2/toc.htm.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. The Garden of Ediacara
(book review). Palaeontologica Electronica 2(1).
http://www-odp.tamu.edu/paleo/1999_1/toc.htm.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1999. Eukaryotes. Microsoft
Encarta Deluxe Online Encyclopedia. Accessible via http://encarta.msn.com/
Also on Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia Deluxe 2000 CD-ROM.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1997. The non-linear dynamics
of reincarnation. Annals of Improbable Research 3(6):
3-5.
- Waggoner, B. M. 1995. Evolutionary relationships
among cheeses: pattern or process? Annals of Improbable Research
1(3): 6-7.
Invited Technical Presentations:
- "The Ediacaran Organisms: What
Were They, Anyway" Department of Geology,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock. March 1998.
- "The Ediacaran Fossils of the
Late Precambrian and their Significance." Department of Geology,
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. November 1998.
- "The Ediacaran Organisms: What
Were They? What Happened to Them? And Why Should You Care?"
Department of Geology, Tulane University. February 2003.
- "The Ediacaran Organisms: What
Were They? And Why Should Anyone Care?" Department
of Geology, University of Georgia. February 2003.
- "What You Can learn From a Bunch
of Oddballs: The Late Proterozoic Ediacara Biota." Graduate
Program in Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, University of
Massachusetts at Amherst, September 2003.
Popular Presentations:
- "Saturdays with SEM" (hands-on
workshop for local students and teachers). University of Central
Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. Seven workshops from spring 2002 to
present.
- "Evolution or Creation: Symposium
About Origins" (debate with D. Hovind). Heritage Baptist
Church and Christian School, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2003.
- "Evolution or Creation: Symposium
About Origins" (debate with K. Hovind). Heritage Baptist
Church and Christian School, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2002.
- "Evolution or Creation: Symposium
About Origins" (debate with K. Hovind). Heritage Baptist
Church and Christian School, Little Rock, Arkansas, February 2001.
- "Life Comes to Land." Altamont
School, Birmingham, Alabama. February 2001.
- "Life: The First Three Billion
Years." College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University
of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas. April 2000.
- "Arthropods: The Real
Rulers of the Earth." Burpee Museum of Natural History,
Rockford, Illinois. March 2000.
- "Evolution or Creation: Symposium
About Origins" (panel discussion) Heritage Baptist Church
and Christian School, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 1999.
- "The First Three Billion Years." Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, Illinois. March 1999.
- "The Origin and Evolution of Birds." Central Arkansas Audubon Society. November 1998.
WWW Educational Resources:
- University of Central Arkansas, Department
of Biology: Web designer, 1997-present. Representative samples
include:
- UCA Department of Biology: http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/biology/
- UCA Environmental Sciences Program:
http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/environment/
- Scanning Electron Microscope Lab and Image Archive: http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/biology/sem/
- University of California Museum of
Paleontology: An estimated 200 on-line exhibits created during
the period 1994-2002. Recently created or updated samples include:
- Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778):
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html
- Introduction to the Echinoidea: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/echinoidea.html
- Introduction to the Ophiuroidea: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/echinodermata/ophiuroidea.html
- Localities of the Cambrian: The Marble
Mountains: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/marblemts.html
- Localities of the Cambrian: The House
Range: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/cambrian/house.html
- Localities of the Cretaceous: Clayton
Lake, New Mexico: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/mesozoic/cretaceous/clayton.html
- Localities of the Eocene: The Florissant
Formation: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/eoc/florissant.html
- Localities of the Oligocene: The
Creede Formation: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/tertiary/oli/creede.html
- Localities of the Vendian: Mistaken
Point: http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/vendian/mistaken.html
- Nicholas Steno (1636-1686): http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/steno.html
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/thuxley.html
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