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TEACHING [Home] [Research] [CV] [Links] Link to photo gallery from 2007 Costa Rica Field Studies Link to picture gallery from Costa Rica Field Studies 2004 & 2005 COURSES: Autumn 2008: TESC 120 -- Introductory Biology (Mon/Wed 1:30-3:35pm; Labs Wed 3:45-6:15pm; Fri 1:30-4pm) TESC 362 -- Introduction to Restoration Ecology (Thursdays 9am-6pm)
I teach courses in the Environmental Science and Environmental Studies curricula, which form part of the Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences (IAS) program at UW Tacoma. Courses I regularly teach include: TESC 100: Introduction to Environmental Science TESC 236: Plants & People: The Science of Agriculture TESC 304: Tropical Ecology and Sustainability TESC 310: Environmental Science Research Seminar TESC 340: Ecology and Its Applications (w/lab sections) TESC 362: Introduction to Restoration Ecology (Field course) TESC 404: Costa Rica Field Studies: Ecology & Community (Field course) (Click here for student research project website for 2007 Costa Rica course) TESC 440: Environmental Entomology (w/lab sections) TESC 452: Plants, Insects, and their Interactions (Field course)
For descriptions of these and other Environmental Science course offerings, check out the IAS Course Catalogue. A few accolades for Environmental Science:
I also currently serve as Tacoma campus coordinator for the UW Restoration Ecology Network. See our recent article in Science (subscriber restricted) describing this tri-campus program. You can also check out details of the program at: http://depts.washington.edu/uwren/. Finally, I am the faculty supervisor for the UWT Journal on the Environment, an online peer-reviewed science journal that showcases student research projects, which had its debut in June 2003. The fourth issue is planned for late 2008; you can check out the first three issues here.
Recent research projects with undergraduate students: Levi Keesecker, UWT undergraduate (2005-2006, Spider diversity in tropical agroecosystems; Levi was awarded a Research Scholarship from the Mary Gates Endowment for Students to continue his work on this research! See UWT News & Events story on Levi.) Patti Sandvik, UWT undergraduate (2003-2005, Insect biodiversity in and around tropical agroecosystems; Banks, J.E., Sandvik, P.J., & L. Keesecker. 2007. Beetle (Coleoptera) and spider (Araneae) diversity in a mosaic of farmland, edge, and tropical forest habitats in western Costa Rica. The Pan-Pacific Entomologist 82(3): 152-160). Connie L. Yasenak , UWT undergraduate (Banks, J.E. & C.L. Yasenak. 2003. Effects of plot vegetation diversity and spatial scale on Coccinella septempunctata movement in the absence of prey. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 108: 197-204). Graduate student supervision: Nauman Mumtaz, UWT IAS (M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies) (Faculty supervisor, Thesis advisor, 2007- present). Tanya Roberts, UWT IAS (M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies) (Thesis committee, 2007). Karen L. Brittain, UWT IAS (M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies) (Thesis advisor, 2002-2006). Dave Peter, Ph.D. student UWS (Thesis committee, 2002-2006). Mike Liquori, Ph.D. student UWS (Thesis committee, 2002 - 2006). Roger Bowman, UWT, IAS (M.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies) (Thesis committee, 2002-2003).
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