Broader impacts

I have a track record for involving students in research and for using my research in my teaching. Furthermore, my work is directly applicable to conservation management; my projects are developed in collaboration with regional land managers to address pressing questions regarding invasion, restoration, and climate change.

I have also collaborated on a novel teacher education program, giving Biology Education majors experience with scientific research. Some of the students who participated in my CA climate change project used that experience to develop Next Generation Science Standards-based curricular materials. Lessons were peer reviewed and published on Science NetLinks, a AAAS-funded online resource. This multiplies the broader impacts of my work, since they bring the experience to their K-12 classrooms. Some of the published lesson plans are linked here (see CV for authors):

Using field notebooks for biodiversity study

Grassland plants: plant identification

Simulating climate change research in grasslands

This work was supported by an NSF LTREB and the UW-L College of Science and Health and was carried out in collaboration with Tim Gerber. River picture from Rick Gillis.