Current Courses at Stanford University
- Bio 388. Communication and Leadership Skills (Same as IPER 210.) Focus is on delivering information to policy makers and the lay public. How to speak to the media, Congress, and the general public; how to write op-eds and articles; how to package ideas including titles, abstracts, and CVs; how to survive peer review, the promotion process, and give a job talk; and how to be a responsible science advocate.
- Bio 191. Research in Bird Biology
- Bio 323. Detecting Climate Driven Changes in California Plant Ranges (Primarily for Graduate students)
- Bio 193: Biology of Birds. How birds interact with their environments and each other, emphasizing studies that had impact in the fields of population biology, community ecology, and evolution. Local bird communities. Emphasis is on field research. Enrollment limited to 20.
Course Taught at UCLA
- Critical Thinking (Undergraduate Seminar)
Courses Taught at the University of Michigan
- General Wildlife Ecology (Lecture with lab, Junior level)
- Terrestrial Vertebrate Natural History (Lecture with lab; Junior level)
- Ornithology (Lecture with lab; Senior level)
- Conservation Biology (Lecture & discussion, beginning Graduate level)
- Biodiversity Crisis (Graduate seminar taught with Dr. Norman Myers)
- Biogeography: Theory and Application (Graduate seminar)
- Current Research Topics (Graduate seminar)
- Ecological Consequences of Global Warming (Select Graduate students and Faculty seminar)
- Philosophy of Science (Graduate seminar)
- Scaling in Ecology and Conservation (Graduate seminar)
- Wildlife and Climate Change (Graduate Seminar)
- Including Wildlife in the IPCC (Graduate Seminar)
