Current courses:
COMING FALL 2020: Entomology 2804: Bees: Biology, Diversity, and Sustainability
I am developer and lead instructor for this course, which will serve as a foundational introduction to bees. We will begin with behavior, communication, and social organization of honey bees, then cover diversity and use of alternative (non honey bee) pollinators and scientific inquiry in ecosystem services management, and conclude with a section on current global challenges to and sustainable solutions for pollination in the modern-day agricultural landscape. (3H,3C)
as part of VT's PATHWAYS (reasoning in the natural sciences) general education curriculum.
Entomology 5004: Graduate seminar course
I am lead instructor for this course. The goal is to develop graduate students into critical and constructive peer reviewers. This will be accomplished through two specific course goals. (1) To allow graduate students to select from the array of research seminar offerings in the sciences on the Blacksburg campus and at conferences, with priority given to the Entomology seminar series. (2) To allow graduate students to develop relevant skills as research evaluators, particularly for peer reviewing. Graduate students are expected to attend weekly seminar and then to our seminar meeting the next morning.
Entomology 2254: Bees and Beekeeping
I contribute to this course, which is taught by Dr. James Wilson. This course is designed to provide students with (1) a knowledge of honey bee biology, (2) an understanding of modern beekeeping practices and management techniques, and (3) a knowledge of the importance of the honey bee to modern agriculture and its use for crop pollination. I contribute 2 lectures on honey bee foraging and recruitment behaviors and 1 on sublethal impacts of pesticides on honey bee foraging behavior.
I am developer and lead instructor for this course, which will serve as a foundational introduction to bees. We will begin with behavior, communication, and social organization of honey bees, then cover diversity and use of alternative (non honey bee) pollinators and scientific inquiry in ecosystem services management, and conclude with a section on current global challenges to and sustainable solutions for pollination in the modern-day agricultural landscape. (3H,3C)
as part of VT's PATHWAYS (reasoning in the natural sciences) general education curriculum.
Entomology 5004: Graduate seminar course
I am lead instructor for this course. The goal is to develop graduate students into critical and constructive peer reviewers. This will be accomplished through two specific course goals. (1) To allow graduate students to select from the array of research seminar offerings in the sciences on the Blacksburg campus and at conferences, with priority given to the Entomology seminar series. (2) To allow graduate students to develop relevant skills as research evaluators, particularly for peer reviewing. Graduate students are expected to attend weekly seminar and then to our seminar meeting the next morning.
Entomology 2254: Bees and Beekeeping
I contribute to this course, which is taught by Dr. James Wilson. This course is designed to provide students with (1) a knowledge of honey bee biology, (2) an understanding of modern beekeeping practices and management techniques, and (3) a knowledge of the importance of the honey bee to modern agriculture and its use for crop pollination. I contribute 2 lectures on honey bee foraging and recruitment behaviors and 1 on sublethal impacts of pesticides on honey bee foraging behavior.
