Teaching

Contact me via e-mail for information about my current classes. Also see Rutgers Schedule of Classes and each departmental website for when courses are taught, syllabi, etc.

Currently Taught Courses at Rutgers:

Nature Journaling, 11:216:210 (Fall)

Biodiversity Collections, 11:216:311 (NEW, Spring)

Plant Diversity and Evolution, 11:216:411 (Fall)

Plant Diversity and Evolution Lab, 11:216:412 (Fall)

Advanced Plant Systematics, 11:215:507 (graduate level)

Plant Systematics Lab, 11:215:508 (graduate level)

Advanced Evolution, 11:215:550 (graduate level)

Methods in Plant Systematics, 16:765:503 (graduate level)

Course credits available for experiential learning and internships: 

Practicum in Ecology, Evolution & Natural Resources, 11:216:440 (internship) – See Chrysler Herbarium website for information about the Herbarium Army internships.

Honors Tutorial I, II, III, 11:554: XXX (internship)

Research Problems in Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, 11:704:483/484 (internship, independent research)

Special Problems in Plant Science, 11:776:495/496

Research in Ecology, 16:215:701/702, 1-6 credits (graduate level)

Research in Plant Biology, 16:765:701/702, 1-6 credits (graduate level)

Tropical Environments and Society, Embedded Spring Study Abroad, 01:959:329  (Spring Break Study Abroad course to Costa Rica)

Undergraduate Courses Taught Previously at Rutgers

Evolution of Eukaryotes, 11:216:401, 3 credits

First-year Byrne seminar: Evolution of food, cooking and plants, 11:090:101, 1 credit

First-year Byrne seminar: Food and Cooking through Change – A Spicy Walk through the Last 10,000 Years, 11:090:101

First-year Byrne seminar: Hidden Treasures and Specimen Stories, 11:090:101

First-year Byrne seminar: Safe or sorry? Herbal medicine, folklore and its scientific evidence, 11:090:101

First-year Byrne seminar: Weeds—What are They Good For? Life and Death among Unwanted Plants, 11:090:101

First-year Byrne seminar: Medicinal Plants: From Ethnobotany to Pharmacognosy,11:090:101

Fundamentals of Evolution, 11:216:251, 3 credits

Fundamentals of Evolution Lab, 11:216:252, 1 credit

Honors seminar: Evolution of Food, Crops, and Cooking from Pre-historic Times to Today. 11:216:296, 3 credit

Introduction to Ethnobotany, 11:776:205, 3 credits

Research in Biotechnology, 11:126:497, 1-3 credits

Research in Genetics, 11:447:406/407, 1-3 credits

Tropical Ecosystems and Society, 11:375:380, 3 credits

Graduate Courses Taught Previously at Rutgers

Advanced Evolution (aka “Journal Club in Evolution”), 16:215:550, 1 credit

Concepts and Methods in Evolution, 16:215:597, 4 credits

Core Seminars in Plant Biology, 16:765:600, 3 credits

Evolution of Eukaryotes, 16:215:299:02, 3 credits