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LSAMP Winter Workshop
7 - 12 January 2001

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*  *  *    LIST OF PARTICIPANTS    *  *  * A listing of the 35 participants, including 18 students and 17 administrative representatives from 15 different LSAMP Centers, selected to participate in the '01 Winter Workshop - - Scientific Partners: Joining the Smithsonian Community

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Alabama LSAMP

· TanJanika Daniel is a student at Miles College. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Michael Wise.

WISE, Michael A., Geologist. B.A. (1979) University of Virginia; Ph.D. (1987) University of Manitoba. Research specialties: mineralogy, petrology, and geochemistry of pegmatites; petrogenesis and evolution of pegmatites and pegmatite-generating granites; systematic mineralogy; regional distribution of pegmatites in the Appalachians.

· Bernice Coar-Cobb is a professor of Biology and Principle Investigator for LSAMP and AGEP at Miles College. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Herpetology with Dr. Kevin deQueiroz.

DEQUEIROZ, Kevin, Associate Curator. B.A. (1978) University of California, Los Angeles; M.S. (1985) San Diego State University; Ph.D. (1989) University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties: systematics and evolutionary biology of reptiles; principles and methods of systematic biology.

All Nations LSAMP

· Janine Burns is a Sophomore at Salish Kootenai College majoring in Environmental Science. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Botany with Dr. Vicki Funk.

FUNK, Vicki A., Research Botanist and Director, Biological Diversity of the Guianas (BDG) program. B.S. (1969), M.S. (1975), Ph.D. (1980) Ohio State University. Research specialties: systematics of the Compositae, theoretical cladistics and biogeography, and methods for estimating biodiversity.

· Zetra Wheeler is administrative assistant at the All Nations LSAMP center. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Dr. Joallyn Archambault.

ARCHAMBAULT, Joallyn, Director of American Indian Program. B.A. (1970), M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1984) University of California, Berkeley. Research specialties: North American Indian ethnology with emphasis on the Plains and the Southwest; art and material culture; political clientelism; ethnic group relations.

California LSAMP

· John Brenner is a Freshman at Humboldt State University majoring in Biology. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology with Dr. David Pawson.

PAWSON, David L., Senior Research Zoologist, Curator of Echinoderms. Associate in Invertebrates, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. B.A. (1960), M.S. (1961), Ph.D. (1964) Victoria University, New Zealand. Research specialties: systematics and ecology of sea cucumbers and sea urchins, worldwide.

· Jacob Varkey is a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at Humboldt State University. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Bill Melson.

MELSON, William G., Senior Scientist. B.A. (1961) Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D. (1964) Princeton University. Research specialties: igneous and metamorphic petrology; research on rocks of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge; studies of active volcanoes; regional geology-Central America, Montana, Central Appalachians; marine geology-Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.

Chicago LSAMP

· Raymond Batts is a Junior at Chicago State University majoring in Biological Sciences. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Herpetology with Dr. George Zug.

ZUG, George R., Curator of Amphibians and Reptiles. B.A. (1960) Albright College; M.S. (1963) University of Florida; Ph.D. (1968) University of Michigan. Research specialties: evolution and systematics of amphibians and reptiles, with emphasis on South Pacific species; biology and systematics of Recent turtles.

· Leroy Jones, II is a faculty member at Chicago State University. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Dr. Abelardo Sandoval.

SANDOVAL, Abelardo, Anthropology Museum Specialist. B.A. (1975) Univ. Nac. Mayor de San Marcos, Lima Peru; M.A. & Ph.D. (1982) (2000) SUNY Binghamton. Research specialties: the Manu of Peru.

Colorado LSAMP

· Donna Begay is a junior majoring in Biology at Fort Lewis College. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Dr. Ives Goddard.

GODDARD, Ives, Curator, Anthropology (Linguistics). A.B. (1963) Harvard College; Ph.D. (1969) Harvard University. Research specialties: linguistics and North America; general linguistics including descriptive, historical, and theoretical; textual analysis, discourse, philology; Algonquian linguistics, and ethnohistory.

· Brenda Sakizzie is a sophomore at Fort Lewis College majoring in Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Paleobiology with Dr. Scott Wing.

WING, Scott L., Research Paleobiologist and Curator of Paleobotany, Co-director ETE Program. B.A. (1976), Ph.D. (1981) Yale University. Research specialties: paleoecology; angiosperm history and systematics; plant taphonomy; Cenozoic and Mesozoic paleoclimate; fossil plants of the Rocky Mountain region.

· Tyrone Smith is Program Coordinator for the Colorado LSAMP Center. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Tim McCoy.

MCCOY, Timothy J., Geologist, Associate Curator. B.S. (1986) Eastern Illinois University; M.S. (1990) University of New Mexico; Ph.D. (1994) University of Hawaii, Manoa. Research specialties: meteorites, igneous evolution of small bodies in the early solar system, martian volcanological history derived from meteorites.

· Julie Turner is a the administrative assistant for the CO-AMP program at Fort Lewis College. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds with Dr. Gary Graves.

GRAVES, Gary R., Curator of Birds. B.A. (1976) University of Arkansas, Little Rock; M.S. (1980) Louisiana State University; Ph.D. (1983) Florida State University. Research specialties: evolution, biogeography, and ecology of Neotropical birds, especially Andean taxa.

Florida-Georgia LSAMP

· Chad Baker is a Freshman at Bethune-Cookman College majoring in Pre-Engineering/Mathematics. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Entomology with Dr. Wayne Mathis.

MATHIS, Wayne N., Curator of Diptera, Department of Entomology. B.A. (1969) Brigham Young University; Ph.D. (1976) Oregon State University. Research specialties: systematics, biology, and zoogeography of shore flies.

· Ralph Turner is Director of the Florida-Georgia LSAMP Center. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Ed Vicenzi.

VICENZI, Edward, Supervisory Research Chemist. B.Sc. (1982) McGill University; M.S. (1985) University of Oregon; Ph.D. (1991) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research specialties: microchemical studies of minerals and glasses.

Maryland (University System) LSAMP

· Alexander Dummett is a Freshman at the University of Maryland, Baltimore City majoring in Chemical Engineering. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Dr. Don Ortner.

ORTNER, Donald J., Curator, Physical Anthropology. B.A. (1960) Columbia Union College; M.A. (1967) Syracuse University; Ph.D. (1970) University of Kansas; D.Sc. (Honorary) (1995) University of Bradford, U.K. Research specialties: physical anthropology; human biocultural adaptation; paleopathology; microevolution; health and disease in Medieval England; calcified tissue biology; Middle Eastern skeletal biology.

· Anika Green is a representative from the Meyerhoff Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore City. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes with Dr. Lynne Parenti.

PARENTI, Lynne, Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1975) State University of New York at Stony Brook; Ph.D. (1980) City University of New York. Research specialties: systematics and biogeography of Indo-Pacific freshwater fishes, in particular atherinomorph and gobioid fishes; historical biogeography; reproductive and nerve characters in fish systematics.

Mississippi LSAMP

· Kenneth Brookins is a Freshman at Jackson State University majoring in Biology. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes with Dr. Richard Vari.

VARI, Richard P., Curator of Fishes. B.A. (1971) New York University; Ph.D. (1976) City University of New York. Research specialties: systematics, evolution, and zoogeography of South American and African freshwater fishes.

· Diana Ortiz is professor of Biology at Jackson State University. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Paleobiology with Dr. Conrad Labandeira.

LABANDEIRA, Conrad, Research Paleobiologist and Curator of Fossil Arthropods. B.A. (1980) California State University, Fresno; M.S. (1986) University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee; Ph.D. (1990) University of Chicago. Research specialties: interactions between plants and insects in the fossil record; fossil arthropods, particularly insects; evolution of mouthparts of insects; member ETE Program.

New Mexico LSAMP

· Yolanda Chacon is a Sophomore at New Mexico State University majoring in Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology with Dr. Kristian Fauchald.

FAUCHALD, Kristian, Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms. Cand. Mag. (1959) Cand. Real. (1961) University of Bergen; Ph.D. (1969) University of Southern California. Research specialties: Systematics, anatomy, morphology, biogeography and phylogeny of marine polychaete worms, worldwide.

· Ricardo Jacquez is Project Director for the New Mexico LSAMP Center. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Dr. Daniel Rogers.

ROGERS, J. Daniel, Curator, North American Archaeology. B.A. (1976); M.A. (1982) University of Oklahoma; Ph.D. (1987) University of Chicago. Research specialties: Great Plains, Southeastern U.S., Mexico archaeology and ethnohistory, development of social complexity, culture contact.

New York City LSAMP

· Konrad Wright is a Freshman at the City College of the City University of New York majoring in Electrical Engineering. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Richard Fiske.

FISKE, Richard S., Geologist. B.S.E. (1954), M.S.E. (1955) Princeton University; Ph.D. (1960) Johns Hopkins University. Research specialties: physical volcanology of submarine pyroclastic eruptions, especially in the Tertiary and Recent of Japan; structural evolution of Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii, with special focus on the volcano's history of explosive eruptions and it's mobile south flank.

· Claude Brathwaite is Project Administrator for the New York City LSAMP Center. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Botany with Dr. Paula DePriest.

DEPRIEST, Paula, Associate Curator, Botany. B.A. (1978) Union University; M.S. (1983) University of Tennessee; Ph.D. (1992) Duke University. Research specialties: systematics, chemotaxonomy and molecular evolution of lichens, especially Cladoniaceae and Parmeliaceae.

North Carolina LSAMP

· Jasmin Feimster is a Freshman at North Carolina AT&T State University majoring in Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Botany with Dr. Warren Wagner.

WAGNER, Warren L., Curator, Botany. B.A. (1973), M.S. (1977) University of New Mexico; Ph.D. (1981) Washington University. Research specialties: Pacific Basin angiosperm floristics, systematics, phylogeny and biogeography; systematics, and evolution of Oenothera (Onagraceae); phylogeny of Caryophyllaceae.

· Vivian Hampton is an associate professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at North Carolina AT&T State University. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology with Dr. Rafael LeMaitre.

LEMAITRE, Rafael, Research Zoologist, Curator of Crustacea. B.A. (1977) Universidad J. Tadeo Lozano; M.S. (1981) Florida International University; Ph.D. (1986) University of Miami. Research specialties: systematics, biology, and zoogeography of decapod crustaceans, especially hermit crabs, worldwide.

Oklahoma LSAMP

· Curtrina Hughes is a Sophomore at Langston University majoring in Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Paleobiology with Dr. Kay Behrensmeyer.

BEHRENSMEYER, Anna K. , Research Paleobiologist. B.A. (1967) Washington University; M.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1973) Harvard University. Research specialties: paleoecology of terrestrial environments, especially in the later Cenozoic of Africa and Pakistan, continental sedimentation, vertebrate taphonomy in recent and ancient contexts, human paleoecology, evolution of terrestrial ecosystems.

· Zola Drain is Program Manager for the Oklahoma LSAMP Center. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals with Dr. Don Wilson.

WILSON, Don E., Senior Scientist. B.S. (1965) University of Arizona; M.S. (1967), Ph.D. (1970) University of New Mexico. Research specialties: evolutionary biology of mammals, especially bats.

Philadelphia LSAMP

· Jean Dorsey is a sophomore at the Community College of Philadelphia majoring in Engineering Science. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Entomology with Dr. Thomas Henry.

HENRY, Thomas J. , Research Entomologist, Systematic Entomology Lab., ARS-USDA. B.A. (1971) Purdue University; M.S. (1980) Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. (1995) University of Maryland. Research specialties: systematics of Heteroptera, especially Berytidae and Miridae.

· Linda Powell is professor of Biology at the Community College of Philadelphia. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Anthropology with Deborah Hull-Walski.

HULL-WALSKI, Deborah, Collections Manager, Department of Anthropology. B.A. (1974) University of Colorado; M.S. (1988) Illinois State University. Research interests: 19th and 20th-century material culture.

Puerto Rico LSAMP

· Olaf Feliciano is a Sophomore at the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras majoring in Chemistry. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Mammals with Dr. James Mead.

MEAD, James G., Curator of Mammals. B.A. (1965) Yale College; M.A. (1972) University of Texas; Ph.D. (1972) University of Chicago. Research specialties: evolution and interrelationship of cetaceans; functional anatomy, distribution, and biology of cetaceans in the western and northern Atlantic.

· Susan Baez-Cazull is a graduate from the University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras, having majored in Chemistry. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Paleobiology with Dr. Daniel Stanley.

STANLEY, Daniel J., Senior Geological Oceanographer and Curator of Sedimentology. B.Sc. (1956) Cornell University; M.S. (1958) Brown University; D.Sc. (1961) Grenoble University; Post-Doctoral (1964) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Research specialties: sedimentology and marine geology of deltas; the continental shelf, slope, and basin sediments and ancient deep-sea deposits in the modern and ancient record.

· Javier Figueroa is supervisor of the Peer Mentoring Component of the Puerto Rico LSAMP. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Botany with Dr. Pedro Acevedo.

ACEVEDO, Pedro, Associate Curator, Botany. B.A. (1977) University of Puerto Rico; Ph.D. (1989) City University of New York. Research specialties: systematics of Neotropical Sapindaceae, floristics of the Caribbean Islands (Greater Antilles).

South Carolina LSAMP

· Cecilia Lewis is a Freshman at the College of Charleston majoring in Marine Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Botany with Dr. Robert Faden.

FADEN, Robert B., Associate Curator, Botany. B.A. (1962) City College of New York; M.S. (1964) University of Michigan; Ph.D. (1975) Washington University. Research specialties: systematics of Commelinaceae; systematic anatomy; flora and phytogeography of East Africa; reproductive biology of angiosperms; evolutionary biology.

· Jeanietta Terry is a Sophomore at the University of South Carolina majoring in Biology. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology with Dr. Jon Norenburg.

NORENBURG, Jon, Research Zoologist, Curator of Worms. B.A. (1973), M.S. (1976) Acadia University; Ph.D. (1983) Northeastern University. Research specialties: morphological and molecular phylogeny, phylogeography, biogeography and functional anatomy of nemertean worms.

· Shingara Sandhu is a faculty member at Claflin University. He will explore the research activities in the Department of Paleobiology with Dr. Ted Schultz.

SCHULTZ, Ted R., Curator of Hymenoptera. B.A. (1988) University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D. (1995) Cornell University. Research specialties: Evolution and systematics of ants, especially the fungus-growing ants (tribe Attini, subfamily Myrmicinae).

· Beverly Wright is the coordinator for the South Carolina LSAMP. She will explore the research activities in the Department of Mineral Sciences with Dr. Tom Simkin.

SIMKIN, Tom, Geologist. B.A. (1955) Swarthmore College; M.S. (1960), Ph.D. (1965) Princeton University. Research specialties: global volcanism, calderas, and magma dynamics; geology of the Galapagos Islands and the Scottish Tertiary Province

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