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Biographies:
Gail Johnston
I was born and raised in the Piney Hills of Mississippi.
I got my B.S. in Fisheries Management from Mississippi State University
at Starkville where I was the first female graduate in the Wildlife and
Fisheries Department. I returned to Mississippi State to get my Master's
in Zoology with a specialization in Herpetology and a minor in Wildlife
Ecology. My Ph.D. in Zoology is from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
with a specialization in Herpetology and a minor in Botany. I taught for
three years at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. Denison is a small
liberal arts college. I taught several classes including Zoology, Comparative
Anatomy, and Herpetology. I also had the opportunity to direct undergraduate
research projects. I taught General Biology and Human Anatomy and Physiology
in the University of Kentucky Community College System, both at Madisonville
and Owensboro, for five years. During this time I got very involved in
environmental education. The community college was in the process of constructing
a Nature Area/Outdoor Classroom and planning its use in both formal and
informal education. I also served on the Board of Directors of the Owensboro
Area Museum of Science and History and was very involved with their educational
programs. I also taught Human Anatomy and Physiology at Fontbonne College
in St. Louis before joining the faculty at Saint Louis University. I teach
Principles of Biology and serve as the Program Coordinator for the University's
Field Stations--Reis Biological Station at Steeleville in the Ozarks and
Lay Field Station at Louisiana in the Lincoln Hills north of St. Louis.
Joanchim Dorsch
Joachim Dorsch, a native of Germany, is currently
an assistant professor at Saint Louis University, Department of Earth
and Atmospheric Sciences. He received his Diploma from the Julius-Maximilians
University in Worzburg, Germany and his Ph.D. in geological sciences from
the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Thereafter, he was a postdoctoral
research associate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Environmental
Sciences Division. Dr. Dorsch's research interests encompass sedimentary
geology and its relation to mountain building; in addition, he applies
sedimentary geology to solve problems in environmental sciences. At Saint
Louis University, Dr. Dorsch teaches a variety of courses ranging from
the introductory to the graduate level in environmental and geological
sciences. This includes courses such as Earth Systems 1, Geomorphology,
Surface-Water Hydrology, Sedimentology & Stratigraphy, Projects in Environmental
Sciences, and Advanced Sedimentary Geology. In addition to his teaching
assignments and research, Dr. Dorsch is the faculty coordinator responsible
for the Environmental Science Program at Saint Louis University.
Robert M. Wood
I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology
at Saint Louis University. I received my Ph.D. from the Department of
Biology (Section of Systematics and Ecology) at The University of Alabama
in 1993, and did post-doctoral work at Arizona State University. My particular
research area is the systematics of fishes in the families Percidae and
Cyprinidae. I utilize primarily molecular data sets for the reconstruction
of phylogenetic relationships although I have used morphological and biochemical
characters as well. At Saint Louis University I teach a variety of courses
including graduate courses in systematic theory and population genetics
as well as undergraduate courses in evolution and ichthyology. I have
also taught aquatic ecology and ichthyology at the Saint Louis University
Reis Biological Station in the Missouri Ozarks. These latter two courses
are what have generated my interest in inquiry based learning and particularly
how I can apply this methodology in my lecture based courses at the University.
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