Teaching

Each fall semester, I teach a 3-credit graduate course entitled Conceptual Foundations in Wildlife Ecology (WFSC 525).  This course explores how past and current research in wildlife ecology and other fields in ecology have used (and mis-used) the scientific method.  The class reads classic/controversial papers from the primary literature and examines the extent to which each paper uses the scientific method to address conceptual issues in ecology.  Each student gives a class presentation on some conceptual issue in ecology using the framework outlined in the courses

I also offer periodic graduate seminars in advanced topics in avian ecology