Courses Taught

• Adaptation or Extinction
• The Ocean Project: a design lab with sculptor Jon Isherwood
• Evolution in America
• How Do Animals Work?
• Comparative Animal Physiology
• Animal Social Behavior
• Women and Men: The Biology of the Sexes
• Sensory Worlds of Animals
• Neurons, Networks, and Behavior: Advances in Neurophysiology
• Field Course in Coral Reef Science (June 2016)
• Science and Anti-science in America: Belief and Knowing
• Diversity of Coral Reef Animals
• Human Nature(s)
• Environmental Physiology of Animals
• No Free Lunch: the Second Law of Thermodynamics

Senior Research

• Analysis of the role of visual cues in evoking and sustaining the aggressive response in male Betta splendens. Claudia Rallis, 2016.
• The Cockroach Escape Response: Investigating the Effects of Alarm Pheromones on the Sensory, Motor, and Central Nervous System of the Cockroach Periplaneta americana. Genelle Rankin, 2015.
• Fitness Consequences Associated with Variation in Developmental Temperature in Pieris rapae Butterflies. Emily Mikucki, 2013.
• Role of vigilance (pup guarding) as a function of family size and structure in Arctic foxes. Holly E. Mutascio, 2011.
• The effect of “voyeurism” on aggression in crayfish. Camille McIntyre, 2011.
• Mate preferences among infected and uninfected newts. Stephanie Van Ryzin, 2010.
• Investigating the phenomenon of hatching plasticity in the fish, Oryzias latipes, and the amphibians Rana sylvatica and Xenopus laevis. A. Dory Dawson, 2008.
• Foraging ability of the bluntnose minnow, Pimephales notatus, in response to noise. Wesley Bernegger, 2008.
• Fluctuating asymmetry among newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) from ponds of different pH. Kaylee Tock, 2006.
• Developmental differences among newts (Notophthalmus viridescens) as function of pond pH. Garth Silberstein, 2000.
• Neural coding in the ventral giant interneurons during escape-turning of the cockroach, Blaberus discoidalis. Jay Queenin, 1999.
• Thermal tolerance and inducible thermal tolerance are reduced by metamorphosis in Xenopus laevis and Bufo americanus. Daniel Levitis, 1999.
• Male agonistic behavior and female preference in the Siamese Fighting Fish, Betta splendens. Jay Metz, 1994.
• Learning and memory in the Sea Star, Asterias forbesi. Kathryn Zingle, 1994.
• Fever and metabolic rate in the toad, Bufo marinus. Antonia Stephens, 1993.
• Acoustic communication in the Spring Peeper, Hyla crucifer. Kendra Buresch, 1993.
• Color change in Anolis carolinensis. Linda Pastorello, 1992.
• Ontogenetic change in thermal tolerance and heat hardening of the toad Bufo americanus and the frog Xenopus laevis. Jennifer Creason, 1991.
• Developmental changes in heat shock proteins and thermal tolerance in Xenopus laevis. Brian Reagan, 1990.
• Ontogenetic change in thermal tolerance and heat shock protein synthesis in Bufo americanus. Erik Deurell, 1989.
• The effect of pyrogen on the selected body temperature and Critical Thermal Maximum of Bufo marinus. Gerardo Fernandez, 1988.
• The effect of fever on the thermal tolerance of Bufo marinus. Lynda Baldwin, 1988.
• Thermal tolerance and fever in Rana pipiens. Alex McAdam, 1987.
• A comparison of the neuronal response to wind stimuli in the cockroaches Blaberus craniiferand B. discoidalis. David Kirschenbaum, 1985.
• The effect of dehydration on the thermal responses of a lunged and a lungless salamander. Dushyant Pathak, 1985.
• The effect of dehydration on rehydration and metabolic rate in lunged and lungless salamanders. Sallie Stadlen, 1983.
• Physiological correlates of overwintering and facultative diapause induction in the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. Elizabeth Evans, 1984.
• The effect of temperature on several characteristics of the cockroach electroretinogram. Michelle Murrain, 1981.
• Osmoregulation in earthworms as a function of soil water tension. Eileen Bridge, 1981.
• Effects of tank size, handling, and previous experience on the display of the Siamese fighting fish Betta splendens. Jennifer Sheldon, 1981.
• Temperature and osmoregulation in hermit crabs. Ashley Eichrodt, 1980.

Professional Work in K–12 Schools

• Math Science Partnerships Grant Instructor. Provide classes in content and inquiry to K–12 math science teachers. Grant awarded to school districts in southern Vermont, 2009–present.
• Vermont Science Initiative. Provide classes in content and inquiry to K–12 math science teachers. Statewide grant, 2009–11.
• Consultant, elementary, middle, and high school science education, 1979–present. Emphasis on science content and inquiry approach to science. Experience includes science curriculum development and implementation, model teaching, in-service workshop presentation, writing of grant applications, assessment. Supported by grants from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, the Vermont Department of Education, and the National Science Foundation.
• Science, Math, & Technology Assessment Design Team, Vermont Institute for Science, Math, and Technology. Sponsored by National Science Foundation, 1995.
• Consultant and instructor, Vermont Institute for Science, Math, and Technology. Sponsored by National Science Foundation, 1993–98.
• Founder and director, Bennington College Science Student Internship Program, 1981–98. Bennington College science students work in elementary school classrooms teaching science during January and February.