2019 CV Kathryn E. Perez, Ph.D. Department of Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 1201 W. University Dr., Edinburg, TX 78539  Phone: 956-665-7145 Email: [email protected]  URL: http://northamericanlandsnails.org/

Education 2005 Ph.D. Biological Sciences, University of Alabama. 2001 M.S. Biology, Angelo State University. 1998 B.S. Biology, Angelo State University.

Professional Experience Assistant Professor, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2014-present. Assistant Professor, University of Texas Pan-American/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2014-2015. Undergraduate Program Coordinator, Biology, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, 2017-present. Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, 2012-2014. Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin at La Crosse, 2008-2012. Member, Assessment of Competence in Experimental Design in Biology (ACED-Bio) Research Coordination Network 2014-2019. Associate, UWL Institute for Latina/o and Latin American Studies. 2008-2014. Research Associate, Section of Mollusks, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 2005-present. Postdoctoral Fellow, Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Research and Education (NIH-SPIRE), 2005-2008. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Visiting Research Scholar, Duke University, Durham NC, Postdoctoral Research with Dr. Cliff Cunningham, 2005-2008. Visiting Assistant Professor, North Carolina Central University, Durham NC, 2007. Graduate Fellow, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (NSF-IGERT) program in the Freshwater Sciences, University of Alabama, 2001-2005. Graduate Research & Teaching Assistant, Angelo State University, San Angelo, Texas, 1999-2001.

Awards 2019-2020 Excellence in Faculty Mentoring Award, UTRGV, College of Sciences.

Courses Taught University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Biological Communications Biological Evolution (online) Invertebrate Zoology

University of Texas Pan American North Carolina Central University Biological Writing General Biology II Biological Evolution (in person and online) Principles of Ecology

University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Organismal Biology Additional Laboratories Animal Biology Genetics General Biology Vertebrate Zoology Introductory Biology Invertebrate Zoology Evolutionary Biology Human Anatomy & Physiology Capstone in Biology Man and the Environment

Undergraduate/High School Student Involvement Current: Alison Shofield, Dominique Alvear, Julia Sepulveda, Salma Ruiz, Vanessa Torres, Christina Ortega, Melissa Lopez, Taylor Villanueva, Jose Rojas. Past: Niharika Kunta, Amy Huang, Eli Ruiz, Andrea Morrison, Rosie Padron, Anu Cherayil, Ruth Lopez, Manuel Zavala, Claudia DeLeon, Mary Guerra, Victoria Garcia Gamboa, Marco Martinez-Cruz, Josue Pruneda, Bianca Serda, Megan Mills, Flavio Hernandez, Edmundo Castillo, Danny Garcia, Nallely Lira, Krystal Gonzalez, Erica Durham, Emily Durham, Brynn Sundberg, Chris Lynum, Brittany Harried, Kyle Fischer, Courtney Hetzel, Alyssa Pizzoferrato, Josh Laurila, Amanda Milde, Spencer Neibur, Traci Buchmann, Rachelle Amundson, Levi Hartmann, Kirk Gallant, Yer Lor, Jennifer Nestleroad, Kaila Davis, Eugene Thibodeaux, Janet Waggoner, Steven Savarese, Rachel Schoone.

Graduate Student Involvement MS Thesis advised: 1 2019 CV Briante Najev, 2017 - 2019. Survey of Texas land snails. Marco Martinez Cruz, M.S. 2018. Systematics of Succinidae. Rebecca Werren, M.S. 2012. Invasive genetics of Bithynia. MS Thesis Committee Membership: UPTA/UTRGV Raziel Flores (2015-present) UWL Benjamin Walker (2010), Casey Nolan (2012), Rachelle Amundson (2013), Matthew Foltz (2011), Joe Styga (2012), David Hayes (2007).

Disciplinary Research Publications (* denotes undergraduate student author, ** denotes graduate student author) Najev, B.**, R. Flores**, A. Schofield*, B.T. Hutchins, A. McDonald, K.E. Perez. Terrestrial snail communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley are affected by human disturbance and correlate with vegetation community composition. Southwestern Naturalist, In press. Diaz, P.H., D. Alvear*, K.E. Perez. 2020. Mesohabitat associations of the Devil Tryonia, Tryonia diaboli (Gastropoda: Truncatelloidea: Cochliopidae). Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:18–24. Alvear, D.A.*#, P.H. Diaz, R. Gibson, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz, K.E. Perez#. (#First and last authors contributed equally). Expanding the known ranges of the endemic, phreatic snails (Mollusca, Gastropoda) of Texas, USA. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation, 23:1-17. Gladstone, N.S.**, K.E. Perez, N. Shoobs**, E.B. Pieper, K.E. Dooley, E.T. Carter, A.S. Engel, M.L Niemiller. 2019. A new species of stygobitic snail in the genus Antrorbis Hershler and Thompson, 1990 (Gastropoda: Cochliopidae) from the Appalachian Valley and Ridge of eastern Tennessee, USA. Zookeys, 898:103-120. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.898.46917. Species authorship is Perez, K.E. et al. Nekola, J.C., B.T. Hutchins, A. Schofield*, B. Najev**, K.E. Perez. 2019. Caveat comsumptor notitia museo: Let the museum data user beware. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28:1722-1734. Botka*, R., K.E. Perez, T. King-Heiden. 2018. Embryonic exposure to environmentally relevant concentrations of triclosan impairs foraging efficiency in zebrafish larvae. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 37(12):3124-3133. Minton, R.L., R. R. Beasley **, S. L. Lance, & K.E. Perez. 2018. Development, characterization, and utility of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci in Praticolella species from South Texas, USA. American Malacological Bulletin 35(2):158-162. Perez, K.E. & T. C. King-Heiden. 2018. Geometric morphometrics as a tool to evaluate teratogenic effects in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Methods Molecular Biology, Vol. 1797, Luís Félix (Ed): Teratogenicity Testing. Walker, J.M. (ed). Springer Nature 1797: 373-391. doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-7883-0_20. Keith, K., R.A. Stamler, J.J. Randall, K. E. Perez, J. A. McDonald. 2017. Ipomoea gilana: A New and Endemic Morning Glory (Ipomoeeae, Convolvulaceae) in the Gila National Forest, New Mexico. Systematic Botany 42(4):974-978. Perez, K.E., V. Garcia Gamboa*, C.M. Schneider*, R.L. Burks. 2017. Resaca supports invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata, Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) within the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Checklist 13(3):1-9. Perez, K.E., E. Ruiz*, M. A. Martinez Cruz*, R.L. Minton. 2017. A new species of south Texas scrubsnail, Praticolella (Von Martens, 1892) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Polygyridae). The Nautilus 131:67-75. Minton, R.L., M. A. Martinez Cruz*, M.L. Farman, K.E. Perez. 2016. Two complete mitochondrial genomes from Praticolella mexicana Perez, 2011 (Polygyridae) and gene order evolution in Helicoidea (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys 626: 137-154. Perez, K.E, Werren, R.L.**, Lynum, C.A.*, Hartman, L.A.*, Majoros, G., Cole, R. 2016. Colonization of North America by Bithynia tentaculata. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 19(2):56-68. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, National Strategy Ad Hoc Committee: M. Bradley, R.S. Butler, H.L. Dunn, C. Gatenby, P.A. Morrison, T.J. Newton, M. Patterson, K.E. Perez, C.C. Vaughn, D. A. Woolnough, and S. J. Zigler. 2016. A national strategy for the conservation of native freshwater mollusks. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation 19:1-21. (authors alphabetical) Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2015. Assessing infection patterns in Chinese mystery snails from Wisconsin, USA using field and laboratory approaches. Aquatic Invasions 10(2):169-175. Perez, K.E., N. Defreitas*, J. Slapcinsky, R.L. Minton, F.E. Anderson, T.A. Pearce. 2014. Molecular phylogeny, evolution of shell shape, and DNA barcoding in Polygyridae (Gastropoda: Pulmonata), an endemic North American clade of land snails. American Malacological Bulletin 32(1):1-31. Chollett, D.* Perez, K.E., King-Heiden, T.C. 2014. Embryonic exposure to sublethal concentrations of 2,3,7,8-TCDD impairs prey capture by zebrafish larvae. Journal of Environmental Toxicology & Chemistry. 33(4): 784-790. Nominated for the ET&C Best Paper award, 2014. Lynum, C.*, Amundson, R.*, Kuchta, M., Little, A., Hyde, T., Perez, K.E. 2013. Hendersonia occulta (Say 1831), the Cherrystone drop snail (Gastropoda, Helicinidae), extended geographic distribution. Checklist 9(2):472-474. Foltz, M.**, K.E. Perez, T. Volk. 2013. Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveals three new species of Cantharellus within 20 meters of one another in western Wisconsin, USA. Mycologia 105(2): 447-461. Perez, K. E., Minton, R. L., Hayes, D. M., Reese, S. A. 2011. Spatial distribution of the Balcones Elimia, Elimia comalensis (Pilsbry, 1890) (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) in Comal Springs, Texas. Texas Journal of Science 63(1):183-198. 2 2019 CV Perez, K.E. 2011. A new species of Praticolella (Gastropoda: Polygyridae) from northeastern Mexico and revision of several species of this genus. The Nautilus 125(3):113-126. Henningsen, J.P.**, Lance, S.L., Jones, K. L., Hagen, C., Laurila, J.*, Cole, R. A., Perez, K. E. 2010. Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata (Gastropoda: Prosobranchia: Bithynidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 2:247-250. Perez, K. E. 2010. Current research on land snails and land snail conservation: Leslie Hubricht Memorial Symposium on Terrestrial Gastropods. American Malacological Bulletin, 28:13-14. Minton, R.L. & K. E. Perez. 2010. Analysis of museum records highlights unprotected land snail diversity in Alabama. American Malacological Bulletin, 28:91-95. Maggs, C. A., R. Castilho, D. Foltz, C. Hensler, T. Jolly, J. Olsen, K. E. Perez, W. Stam, R. Vainola, F. Viard**, J. Wares. 2008. Evaluating signatures of glacial refugia for North Atlantic marine organisms. Ecology: 89:S108-122. Perez, K.E. & R.L. Minton. 2008. Practical applications for systematics and taxonomy in North American freshwater gastropod conservation. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 471-483. Brown, K., B. Lang, K. E. Perez. 2008. A review of North American Pleurocerid & Hydrobiid ecology. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 484-494. Lysne, S. J.**, K. E. Perez, Brown, K., R.L. Minton & J. D. Sides. 2008. Freshwater gastropod conservation: an incipient national prerogative. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 27(2): 463-470. Hayes, D. M.**, R. L. Minton, K. E. Perez. 2007. Elimia comalensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Edwards Plateau, Texas: Multiple Unrecognized Endemics or Native Exotic? American Midland Naturalist 158(1): 97-112. Valentine, L. M.**, J. A. Cherry**, J. J. Culp**, K. E. Perez, J. B. Pollock**, D. A. Arrington, C. A. Layman. 2007. Floral, faunal, and abiotic differences between fragmented and unfragmented Bahamian tidal creeks. Wetlands 27(3): 702-718. Minton, R. L., S. A. Reese, K. Swanger*, K. E. Perez, & D. M. Hayes. 2007. Growth rates and shape changes in Elimia comalensis (Gastropoda: Pleuroceridae) from the Edwards Plateau, Texas, USA. Southwestern Naturalist 52(4), 475-481. Waggoner, J.*, S. A. Clark, K. E. Perez, & C. Lydeard. 2006. A survey of terrestrial gastropods of the Sipsey wilderness area (Bankhead National Forest), Alabama. Southeastern Naturalist 5(1): 57-68. Perez, K. E., W. F. Ponder, D. J. Colgan, S. A. Clark, & C. Lydeard. 2005. Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of spring- associated Hydrobiid snails of the Great Artesian Basin, Australia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 34(3): 545-556. Minton, R. L. & K. E. Perez. 2005. A systematic checklist of the land snails of Louisiana. Texas Journal of Science 52(2): 153-164. Davis, E. C.**, K. E. Perez, & D. J. Bennett**. 2004. Euglandina rosea (Férussac, 1821) is found on the ground and in trees in Florida. The Nautilus 118: 127–128. Lydeard, C., A. Bogan, P. Bouchet, S. A. Clark, R. H. Cowie, K. S. Cummings, T. J. Frest, D. Herbert, R. Hershler, K. E. Perez, W. F. Ponder, B. Roth, M. Seddon, E. Strong, & F. G. Thompson. 2004. The global decline of nonmarine mollusks. Bioscience 54(4): 321-330. Perez, K. E. & N. E. Strenth. 2003. A systematic review of the land snail Euglandina singleyana (Binney, 1892) (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Spiraxidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 116(3): 649-660. Perez, K. E. & N. E. Strenth. 2002. Enzymatic variation in the land snail Euglandina texasiana (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from Texas and Northern Mexico. Texas Journal of Science 54(1): 37-44.

In review: Perez, K.E., M.A. Martinez Cruz, B. Steury, G. Barker, A fresh start in ambersnail (Gastropoda: Succineidae) taxonomy: finding a foothold using a widespread species of Oxyloma. In review. Böhm, M., Dewhurst-Richman, N.I. Seddon, M., Albrecht, C., Allen, D., Bogan, A.E., Cummings, K., Darrigran, G., Darwall, W., Fehér, Z., Graf, D., Köhler, F., Lopes-Lima, M., Pastorino, G., Smith, K., van Damme, D., Vinarski, M., von Proschwitz, T., von Rintelen, T., Aldridge, D.C., Budha, P.B., Do, V.T., Haase, M., Johnson, P.D., Kebapçı, Ü., Madhyastha, N.A.A., Neubert, E., Prié, V., Radea, C., Son, M.O., Perez, K.E.+ 6 additional authors, Collen, B. The conservation status of the world’s freshwater molluscs. In review. Perez, K.E., B.T. Hutchins, J. Nekola. Poorly vetted conservation ranks can be more wrong than right: lessons from Texas land snails. Minor Revisions, Natural Areas Journal, resubmitted. Alvear, D.A.*#, P.H. Diaz, R. Gibson, K.E. Perez#. (#First and last authors contributed equally). An unusually sculptured new species of Phreatodrobia Hershler & Longley (Mollusca; Caenogastropoda; Cochliopidae) from central Texas. In review.

Discipline-Based Education Research Publications Price, R.M., & K.E. Perez. 2018. Many paths towards discovery: a module for teaching how science works. Journal of College Science Teaching 47(3):78-87. Price, R.M., & K.E. Perez (Co-first authors). 2016. Beyond the Adaptationist Legacy: Updating Evolution Education to Include a Diversity of Evolutionary Mechanisms. The American Biology Teacher 78(2):101-108. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2016.78.2.101. Reviewed in Science 15 Apr 2016: Vol. 352, Issue 6283, pp. 305-306. Gerrish, G., A. Sanderfoot, M. Abler, T. King Heiden, & K.E. Perez. 2015. Building the impetus for change: an across curriculum initiative in Biology. Journal of College Science Teaching 44(4): 28-35. Abraham, J.K., Perez, K.E., & Price, R.M. 2014. The Dominance Concept Inventory: a tool for assessing undergraduate student 3 2019 CV misconceptions about dominance in Mendelian and population genetics. CBE Life Sci Educ. 13:349-358. Featured in Issue Highlights, Genetics 198(1). http://www.genetics.org/content/198/1/NP.full Price R.M., Andrews, T.C., McElhinny, T.L., Mead, L.S., Abraham, J.K., Thanukos, A., & Perez, K.E. 2014. The Genetic Drift Inventory: a tool for measuring what advanced undergraduates have mastered about genetic drift. CBE Life Sci Educ. 13:65- 75. Perez, K.E., Hiatt, A., G.K. Davis, C. Trujillo, M. Terry, D.P. French, & R.M. Price. 2013. The EvoDevoCI: A concept inventory for gauging students’ understanding of evolutionary developmental biology. CBE Life Sci Educ. 12:665-675. Hiatt, A., G. K. Davis, C. Trujillo, M. Terry, D. P. French, R. M. Price, & K. E. Perez. 2013. Getting to evo-devo: concepts and challenges for students learning evolutionary developmental biology. CBE Life Sci Educ 12: 494-508. Abraham, J.K., K. E. Perez, J. C. Herron, N. Downey, & E. Meir. 2012. Undergraduate student alternate conceptions and acceptance of evolutionary theory before and after a short computer-based lesson plan. CBE Life Sci Educ 11: 152-164 (cover article). Andrews, T. M., R. M. Price, L. S. Mead, T. L. McElhinny, A. Thanukos, K. E. Perez, C. F. Herreid, D. R. Terry, & P. P. Lemons. 2012. Biology undergraduates’ misconceptions about genetic drift. CBE Life Sci Educ 11: 248-259. Perez, K.E., E. Strauss, N. Downey, A. Galbraith, R. Jeanne, & S. Cooper. 2010. Does displaying the class results affect student discussion during peer instruction? CBE Life Sci Educ 9:133-140.

Non-peer reviewed publications Perez, K.E., B. Najev, B. T. Hutchins, J. Nekola. 2018. Land snail survey of the Sabal Palm Sanctuary, Rio Grande Valley, Texas, USA. The Tentacle: Newsletter of the Mollusc Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission of the IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature). Perez, K. E. 2017. Do urban yards serve as a refuge for native land snail species? QUBES. doi:10.25334/Q48D5V. Perez, K.E., G. Sandland, C. Lynum*, Online key to the Freshwater Snails of Wisconsin. Perez, K.E. Ecological niche modeling of the genus Bradypus, Brown throated and Pale throated Three Toed Sloths. Laboratory training module on Historical Biogeography and Niche Evolution. Produced by the American Museum of Natural History for the National Association of Biology Teachers Meeting. Includes laboratory exercise and podcast of lecture and explanations. Perez, K.E., J. Cordeiro, J. Gerber, editors. A guide to terrestrial gastropod identification. American Malacological Society Terrestrial Gastropod Identification Workshop. 2008. Pp. 64. Perez, K. E., S. A. Clark, & C. Lydeard, editors. “Showing your shells” A primer to freshwater gastropod identification. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Gastropod Identification Workshop. 2004. Pp. 70.

Disciplinary Research Support Perez, K.E. (PI), N. Barr. 2019-2020. Methods for mitochondrial genome sequencing of Veronicellid Slugs. USDA Plant Protection Act. $30,000. In review. Schwartz, B.F. (PI), K.E. Perez (Co-PI), B.T. Hutchins (Co-PI), P. Diaz (Co-PI). 2019-2022. Conservation status evaluation of Trans- Pecos SGCN groundwater-dependent invertebrates. Funded, total grant $390,194; UTRGV subaward: $91,891. Alvear, D.*, & K.E. Perez. 2019-2020. Next generation sequencing of a population of an Endangered Texas Springsnail. Engaged Scholar Award, $2,000. Perez, K.E. 2019-2020. A proposal to support pursuit of state and federal funding for DNA-based estimates of population size and gene flow in a group of federally listed snails. UTRGV, COS SEED grant. $10,859. Perez, K.E. (PI), N. Barr. 2018-19. Molecular Identification of Invasive Veronicellid Slugs. USDA Farm Bill. $58,171. Alvear, D.* & K.E. Perez. Development of a DNA barcode library for the central Texas phreatic snails, Phreatodrobia. Engaged Scholar Award, $2,000. Perez, K.E. (PI), J. Nekola (coPI). 2016-2018. Status assessments and revision of the Species of Greatest Conservation Need (SGCN) List for Texan Terrestrial Gastropods (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Pulmonata). Texas Parks and Wildlife State Wildlife Grant Program. $148,957. Perez, K.E. 2016-2018. What is the common, abundant Oxyloma species along the Potomac River? George Washington Memorial Parkway, National Park Service, $19,700. Ruiz, E., K.E. Perez. 2014. Circumscription of a potential new species of Praticolella (Molluska: Gastropoda) in Cameron County, Texas. Undergraduate Research Initiative, $2,000. Perez, K.E. 2014. Is there a new species of Praticolella in South Texas? Faculty Research Council, University of Texas Pan American, $4,909. Perez, K.E. 2013-2014. Identification of the invasive New Zealand Mud Snail in Wisconsin Streams. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, $5,000. Perez, K.E. and G. Sandland. 2013-3014. Identification of freshwater snails for the Wisconsin Lakes Invasive Species Project. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, $4,875.00. Perez, K.E., G. Sandland, C. Lynum. 2013. Key to the freshwater snails of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. $5,000. Perez, K.E. Land snail survey of Effigy Mounds State Park. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. FY2014. $15,000. Perez, K.E. 2011. Colonization routes of the invasive freshwater snail, Bithynia tentaculata. National Great River Research and Education Undergraduate Research Fellowship. $7,000. 4 2019 CV M. Kuchta, K.E. Perez, T. Hyde, A. Little. 2010. Wisconsin land snail database and status surveys in the Driftless area. Funded. Wisconsin Division of Natural Resources State Wildlife Grants. $ 30,000. Perez, K.E. 2010. Colonization routes of the invasive freshwater snail, Bithynia tentaculata. University of Wisconsin at La Crosse Faculty Research Grant. $14,000. Perez, K.E., T. Hyde, M. Kuchta, J. Theler, J. Nekola, A. Little. 2009. Wisconsin land snail database and status surveys in the Driftless area. Funded. Wisconsin Division of Natural Resources State Wildlife Grants. $57,348. Perez, K. 2009. An initial estimate of population genetic structure of the invasive Faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata. University of Wisconsin Institute of Race and Ethnicity, $12,000.00 (reassignment for research, Fall 2009). Perez, K.E. 2008. Using molecular data to test morphological hypotheses of relationships among the land snail family Polygyridae. University of Wisconsin at La Crosse Faculty Research Grant. $18,862.

Discipline-Based Education Research Support Tomai, E. (PI), M. Ayatai (Co-PI), A. Figueroa (Co-PI), L. Zhang (Co-PI), A. Balogh (SP), S.Mohanty (SP), K.E. Perez (SP). CUE Ethics: Collaborative Research: An Adaptable Discipline-Relevant Introductory Sequence to Build Computational Skills. NSF DUE IUSE. In review, $340,023. Gerrish, G. (PI), CoPIs: A. Baines, D. Gerber, R. Gillis, R. Haro, B. Klein, E. Paluch, K. E, Perez, G. Sandland, M. Thomsen, T. Volk. 2013. Curricular Redesign Grant: Re-designing Organismal Biology to better prepare majors for upper-division coursework. Funded, $32,000. Perez, K. (Principal), Validation of an EvoDevo Concept Inventory, Sponsored by Wisconsin Teaching Scholars/Teaching Fellows, Funded, 2012-2013. ~$10,000. Baines, A. (PI), Gerrish, G. (Co-PI), Perez, K. E. (Co-PI), King-Heiden, T. (Co-PI), Sanderfoot, A. (Co-PI), Baines, L. (Co-PI), Abler, M. L (Co-PI). Curricular Redesign Grant: Evolution across the Biology Curriculum, Funded, summer 2012. $44,555.23. R. Price & Perez, K.E. 2010. Developing a concept inventory for Evolutionary Biology. NESCent working group meeting proposal. Funded, in progress, $63,400. Perez, K.E., N. Downey. 2009. Influence of molecular polarity on cell biology: application of a difficult concept. UWL Center for Teaching and Learning. Funded, $1,500.00. Davelos Baines, A., Perez, K., Baines, L. 2009. Creation and interpretation of graphical data in introductory biology. UWL Center for Teaching and Learning. Funded, $750.00.

Training workshops taught Perez, K. 2017. Best practices for using academic coaches in a large online course. UTRGV COLT Workshop series. Perez, K. & L. Mead. 2013. Using concept inventories to enhance the teaching of evolution. Avoiding Extinction in the Classroom: A Professional Development Workshop for Undergraduate Educators. Evolution 2013. Perez, K. & G. Sandland. 2012. How to collect, sort, and identify the freshwater gastropods of Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. UWL, La Crosse, WI. Perez, K. 2012. Evolution pedagogy. Designing and assessing curricular materials for evolution education. Evolution across the curriculum working group. UWL, La Crosse, WI. Perez, K. 2009. Introduction to Geometric Morphometrics. UWL Biology. Perez, K. 2009. Biogeography and Biodiversity. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center: outreach and education, Durham, NC. Presentation given by videoteleconference from UWL. Perez, K. 2009. Nuts and Bolts of Ecological biogeography. Evolution 101: A Workshop for Educators, Evolution 2009, Moscow, ID. Perez, K. 2009. Using DIVA-GIS for ecological niche modeling. Evolution 101: A Workshop for Educators, Evolution 2009, Moscow, ID. Perez, K.E. 2008. Nuts and Bolts of Ecological biogeography. Nescent workshop on Historical Biogeography. National Association of Biology Teachers meeting, Memphis, TN. Perez, K.E. 2008. Using DIVA-GIS for ecological niche modeling. Nescent workshop on Historical Biogeography. National Association of Biology Teachers meeting, Memphis, TN. Perez, K.E. 2005. Rare & endangered land snails of the southern Appalachians. Cherokee National Forest Land Snail Workshop. Perez, K. E. 2004. Geometric Morphometrics Techniques Workshop, University of Louisiana-Monroe. Perez, K. E. 2004. An introduction to the freshwater gastropod family Planorbidae from North America, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Gastropod Identification Workshop, University of Alabama. Perez, K. E. 2004. An introduction to the North American land snails, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Gastropod Identification Workshop, University of Alabama. Perez, K. E. & J. D. Sides. 2004. An introduction to morphometrics, Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Gastropod Identification Workshop, University of Alabama. Consulting Perez Snail Consulting, Inc. Land snail status surveys. Determine land snail diversity at a variety of sites including state and national parks and power-line construction sites. Student centered teaching evaluations, University of Michigan. 5 2019 CV

Editorial Editorial Board Member. CBE-Life Sciences Education (LSE). 2016-2018. Editorial Board Member. Freshwater Mollusk Biology and Conservation. 2017-2019. Manuscript Editor, the Texas Journal of Science. 2017-2020. Associate Editor, Tentacle. The Newsletter of the IUCN/SSC Mollusc Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2014-2017. Associate Editor, the Texas Journal of Science. 2015-2017. Associate Editor, American Malacological Bulletin, special issue: Leslie Hubricht Memorial Symposium on North American Land Snail Research. 2008-2009. Guest Editor, Southeastern Naturalist. 2010.

Advisory Boards An interactive approach to teaching EvoDevo in upper-level undergraduate courses. Craig Albertson, Norman Johnson, PIs. 2014- present (pending NSF funding). An interactive narrative approach to teaching EvoDevo in High Schools. DRSK-12 EvoDevo Education proposal. Craig Albertson, Norman Johnson, PIs. 2014-present (pending NSF funding). Cyberlearning, interactive formative assessment software, SIMBIO, Eli Meir, PI. 2012-2016. Proposal to develop the Dalquest Chihuahuan Desert Field Station, advisory panel member, Midwestern State University, 2008-2009.

Professional Service UTPA/UTRGV University Leadership Competency Focus Group, Member, S2020. Search Committee Member, College of Sciences Dean, 2018-19. UTRGV/RGV STEM Education Consortium, Steering Committee Member, 2017-2018. UTRGV Women’s Faculty Network, Women of Color Committee, Member 2015-2016; Chair, 2016-2018. Leader of Course Based Undergraduate Research (CURE) learning community, S2106. College of Sciences College of Science Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 2019-2020. Search Committee Member, SEEMS/Bio Urban Ecology, 2017-2018. Search Committee Member, SEEMS/Bio Soil Ecology, 2016-2017. College of Science Assessment Council, member, 2015-2016. College of Science Exploratory Committee – Biomolecular Sciences PhD Program, S2016. Biology Department Ad Hoc, Online QM Ad Hoc Committee, Member, 2020. Undergraduate Curriculum and Assessment Committee, Chair, 2015-present. Ad Hoc, Annual Review Revision Committee, 2018-2019. Annual Review committee, member 2014-2018. Strategic Planning Committee, member, 2014-present. Organizer for Biology Journal Club, 2014-2015. Biology Department Research Seminar, Committee member, 2019-2020. Community Vaquero Roundup, Organizing Committee, Biology major activities. 2018, 2019. Presenter, HESTEC Community Day, Snail diversity. 2015-2018. Hosting the Biology booth at the UTPA Major’s Fair. F2015 Organizing committee for High School STEM teacher workshop, 2015; 2016.

Previous institutions University service (UWL) Student Services and Buildings Committee, Search and Screen Committee (Inclusive Excellence Coordinator), Joint Minority Affairs Committee.

College of Science and Allied Health (UWL) College of Science and Allied Health Assessment Committee

Biology Department service (UWL) Search and Screen Committee (Vertebrate Anatomist, Chair), 200 level curriculum review committee, Search and Screen Committee (Cell Biologist), Planning and Goals Committee, Evolution across the Curriculum, Search and Screen Committee (Organismal Biologist), Capstone Revision Committee, Assessment Committee, Assessment Committee (Chair), Merit Review Committee, 6 2019 CV Graduate Student Teaching Assessment, Scholarship Committee.

Community service (UWL) Member, Wisconsin Invasive Aquatic Invertebrate Species Assessment Group. Evaluate invasive snail species for invasive potential in the state. 2012. Member, Wisconsin DNR species conservation assessment group. Assign conservation ranks to terrestrial snail species. 2011. Taught land snail collection field methods workshop to 45 De Soto, WI junior high school students. Part of the Mississippi Valley Conservancy field school at Sugar Creek WI. Co-Taught Wisconsin Natural Resources Foundation field trip to 15 members with Joe Henry WDNR. Rare plants and snails of Oakfield ledge State Natural Area. Developing citizen-science outreach websites on land snail diversity. Distinguished Scholar Seminar Planning Committee, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Women in Science and Engineering Planning committee, Duke University. Partnership for Minority Advancement in Biomolecular Sciences (PMABS) Summer Research Program, Application reviewer, UNC. Convener, Graduate Student Forum, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alabama.

Other professional service (only last 5 years or leadership positions listed) American Association for the Advancement of Science: Electorate Nominating Committee of the Section on General Interest in Science and Engineering, elected member, 2011-2014. American Malacological Society: Organizing Committee, Leslie Hubricht Memorial Land Snail Workshop and Symposium, AMS June 2008; Councilor-at-large, Executive Council, 2005-2007; Co-Chair, Conservation Committee, 2004-2008; Member, Conservation Committee, 2008-2010. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society: Committee member, Genetics Committee; Committee member, Revising the National Strategy for Conservation of Native Freshwater Mollusks, 2007-2015; Committee member, Gastropod Status and Distribution, 2004-present; Evaluation Committee Member 2019- present; Co-Host, Freshwater Snail Identification Workshop, Tuscaloosa, AL, 2003; Organizing committee member FMCS Gastropod workshop, 2018; Organizing committee member, FMCS Symposium, 2019. Plenary speaker committee and host, 2019. Student poster and oral presentation reviewer, 2017, 2019. Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum, Planning Committee Member, 2020 Symposium. Texas Academy of Science, Academic Director, Board of Directors 2015-2018; Judge for undergraduate student poster and oral presentations, 2016-2020 meetings. International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN): Invited participant – revising the Red-List for North American Freshwater Gastropods; Member, Species Survival Commission, Mollusk Specialist Group. 2010-present Society for the Study of Evolution: T.H. Huxley award selection committee member. 2016-2019. Planning committee member: Avoiding Extinction in the Classroom: A Professional Development Workshop for Undergraduate Educators. Evolution 2013.

Professional development  ADVANCE Leadership Workshop Series. Spring 2020.  Quality Matters Rubric Update Sixth Edition Certificate, 2018 UTRGV.  Data Incubator Group Faculty Mentoring Network, a partnership between the Ecological Society of America (ESA) and Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES). Participant. 2017.  Developing a CURE Workshop, Course-Based Undergraduate Research. 2016 UTRGV.  Applying the Quality Matters Rubric certificate (APPQMR) workshop. 2016 UTRGV.  Teaching Large Online Courses training workshop program. 2015-2016. UTRGV.  Online teaching certification training program. 2015. University of Texas Pan American.  Process-oriented guided inquiry learning (POGIL) training workshop. 2014. UW-River Falls.  Reformed Teacher Observation Protocol (RTOP), trained classroom assessor.  Massively parallel sequencing using Next-generation sequencing methods for phylogenetics and phylogeography. Attendee at training workshop. Yale University, 2014.  Wisconsin Teaching Fellows and Scholars, Participant, 2012-2013.

Disciplinary Research Presentations (only last 5 years listed) (* denotes undergraduate student author) Invited Perez, K.E. 2019. Providing an evidentiary basis for conservation of Texas invertebrates: cave and spring snails. 1st Annual Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum, Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, San Marcos, TX. Perez K.E. and Invertebrate Zoology students. 2019. Snails of Quinta Mazatlan. Quinta Mazatlan Nature Thursday Series, Mcallen, Texas. Perez, K.E. 2019. Diversity and data gaps in West Texas spring snails. Trans Pecos Workgroup Symposium, Texas Parks & Wildlife,

7 2019 CV Austin, Texas. Perez, K.E. 2018. An overview of Texas pebblesnails: Diversity, Threats, and Research Needs. Texas Parks and Wildlife, Meadows Center, San Marcos, TX. Perez, K.E. 2018. Rio Grande Valley land snails with a focus on Praticolella, the scrub snails. USDA APHIS, Moore AFB, Edinburg, TX. Perez, K.E., R. Werren, L. Hartman*, C. Lynum*, J. Laurila*, R. Cole. 2012. Origins and potential range of North American populations of the invasive faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata. United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Midwest Region Annual Meeting, Mollusk Symposium, Iowa City, IA. Perez, K.E. 2011. Land snail diversity of the Driftless Hill Prairies. Prairie enthusiasts meeting. University of Wisconsin at La Crosse. Perez, K.E. 2011. Land snail biodiversity conservation: from surveys to supertrees. Illinois Natural History Survey, Champaign, IL. Perez, K.E. 2009. Systematics and Conservation of Land and Freshwater Snails. United States Geological Survey, La Crosse, WI. Perez, K.E. 2008. Environmental niche modeling and rate of morphological evolution in the land snail Praticolella. Developing an integrative algorithmic method for historical biogeography working group. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC. Perez, K.E. 2008. Evolution and biogeography of low-vagility organisms: An example using the land snail Praticolella. Genomic Patterns and Processes of Introgression Working Group. National Evolutionary Synthesis Center, Durham, NC. Perez, K.E. 2007. Systematics, biogeography, and evolution of the land snail Praticolella. Institutional Research and Career Development Award (IRACDA) National Conference, San Diego, CA. Minton, R.L. & K.E. Perez. 2007. Using geometric morphometrics and phylogenetics to examine the evolution of gastropod shell shape. Symposium on advances in invertebrate phylogenetics, Willi Hennig Society, New Orleans, LA. Perez, K.E., R.L. Minton, K. Brown, J. Sides, S. Lysne. 2007. Recommendations for a conservation strategy for freshwater gastropods. Plenary talk presented to the Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Little Rock, AR. Platform Alvear, D., K.E. Perez, W. Nowlin, C. Nice. 2020. How can DNA help us with conservation in San Solomon Springs? Texas Academy of Science, Feb 27-29, 2020. Sam Houston State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Schofield, A., N. Barr, K.E. Perez. 2020. Species identification of an invasive leatherleaf slug using degenerate primers of the mitochondrial CO1 gene. Texas Academy of Science, Feb 27-29, 2020. Sam Houston State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Perez, K.E. 2019. Diversity and data gaps in West Texas spring snails. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, April 17, 2019, San Antonio, Texas. Alvear, D.A.*, Diaz, P.H., R. Gibson, B.T. Hutchins, B. Schwartz, K.E. Perez. 2019. Updating the known ranges of Texas’s endemic, freshwater cavesnails (Mollusca; Gastropoda; “Hydrobiidae”). Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 1, 2019, Brownwood, TX; Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, April 17, 2019, San Antonio, Texas. K.E. Perez, Nekola, J.N., B. Najev**, A. Schofield*, B. Hutchins. 2019. Updating the conservation status ranks for Texas land snails (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Texas Conservation Symposium, Southwestern University, January 10, 2019; Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 1, 2019, Brownwood, TX. Alvear, D.A.*, P. H. Diaz, R. Gibson, K.E. Perez. 2019. Determining the specific status of an unusual, phreatic, Texas cavesnail (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Hydrobiidae). Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 1, 2019, Brownwood, TX (awarded best student presentation in systematics section); Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, April 17, 2019, San Antonio, Texas (awarded best student presentation); Southeast Texas Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics Symposium Texas A&M University, July 18, 2019. Nekola, J.N., B. Najev**, A. Schofield*, B. Hutchins, K.E. Perez. 2019. Comparison of snail communities of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in urban and wild areas. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 1, 2019, Brownwood, TX; College of Sciences Annual Research Symposium, UTRGV, March 29, 2019. Martinez Cruz, M.**, G. M. Barker, K.E. Perez. 2018. Who are the Ambersnails? A fingerhold into sorting out the most taxonomically-challenged group of snails in North America. American Malacological Society/Western Society of Malacologists, July 21, 2018, Honolulu, HI. Najev, B.**, J. Nekola, B. Hutchins, A. Schofield*, K.E. Perez. 2018. Terrestrial snail population assessment in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 2, 2018, Midland, TX. Nekola, J., B. Hutchins, B. Najev**, A. Schofield*, K.E. Perez. 2018. Misidentification of land snails in museum collections. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 2, 2018, Midland, TX. Najev, B.**, J. Nekola, B. Hutchins, A. Schofield*, K.E. Perez. 2018. Terrestrial snail population assessment in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. SouthWestern Association of Naturalists Annual Meeting, April 15, 2018, Midland, TX. Martinez Cruz, M.**, K.E. Perez. 2018. A preliminary molecular phylogeny of the Eastern US Oxyloma (Gastropoda: Succineidae). Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 2, 2018, Midland, TX. Perez, K.E. V. Garcia Gamboa*, C. M. Schneider*, R. Burks. 2017. Abandoned but should not be forgotten: resaca supports invasive apple snails (Pomacea maculata, Perry, 1810; Caenogastropoda: Ampullariidae) within the lower Rio Grande Valley, Texas. Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society, Cleveland, OH. Sundberg, B. *, K.E. Perez. 2014. The McDowell Prairie: Land snail community prior to restoration of a hill prairie with forest encroachment. Midwest Ecology and Evolution, Dayton, OH.

8 2019 CV Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2014. Uncovering the mystery of the invasive chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) as a potential host for high-impact waterfowl parasites of Wisconsin. Mississippi River Research Conference, La Crosse, WI. Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2014. Attempting to solve a mystery: Experimental exposures of Chinese Mystery Snails to trematodes. Midwest Ecology and Evolution, Dayton, OH. K. Fischer*, B. Harried*, Em. Durham, Er. Durham, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2014. A curious lack of parasites: Distribution of the Chinese Mystery Snail and trematode parasites in Wisconsin Lakes. Midwest Ecology and Evolution, Dayton, OH. Anderson, F.E., Defreitas, N., Minton, R., Pearce, T.A., Perez, K.E., Slapcinsky, J. 2012. Big shells, little shells, hairy shells and toothy shells: phylogeny and character evolution of polygrid land snails. 1st Joint World Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottowa, Canada. Anderson, F.E., Defreitas, N., Minton, R., Pearce, T.A., Perez, K.E., Slapcinsky, J. 2012. A reassessment of the phylogeny of Polygyridae based on analyses of a multigene data set. Western Society of Malacologists meeting. Santa Cruz, CA. Werren, R., L. Hartman*, C. Lynum*, R. Cole, K.E.Perez. 2012. Origins of the Invasive Faucet Snail, Bithynia tentaculata, in the Upper Mississippi River. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Cincinnati, OH. Lynum, C*., R. Amundsen*, T. Hyde, M. Kuchta, A. Little, K.E. Perez. 2012. Patterns of land snail diversity in the Driftless Region, Wisconsin. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, Cincinnati, OH. Prise, A, K.E. Perez. 2011. Using An Ecological Niche Model To Predict The Potential Range of the Invasive Faucet Snail, Bithynia tentaculata. National Great Rivers Research and Education Center symposium, East Alton, IL. Hartman, L.*, K.E.Perez. 2010. Origins of the Invasive Faucet Snail, Bithynia tentaculata, in the Upper Mississippi River. Seven Rivers Undergraduate Research Symposium, Viterbo University, La Crosse, WI. Perez, K.E. 2008. An introduction to identification of the Polygyridae. American Malacological Society, Land snail identification workshop. Poster Ortega, C., M. Lopez, S. Ruiz, S. Gonzalez, W. Nowlin, K. E. Perez. 2020. Life history and reproductive dynamics of the Phantom Tryonia (Gastropoda). Texas Academy of Science, Feb 27-29, 2020. Sam Houston State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Torres, V., J. Rojas, D. Alvear, Pete Diaz, K.E. Perez. 2020. Phylogeography of Phreatodrobia conica (Gastropoda: Cochliopidae). Texas Academy of Science, Feb 27-29, 2020. Sam Houston State University, Nacogdoches, TX. Ortega, C.*, M. Lopez*, S. Ruiz*, W. Nowlin, K.E. Perez. 2019. Life history and reproductive dynamics of the Phantom Tryonia (Gastropoda). Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum, Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, San Marcos, TX; Capitol of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference, Austin, TX. Torres, V.*, T. Villanueva*, P. Diaz, K.E. Perez. 2019. What is the “phantom mysterysnail”? A reminder about snail identification. Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum, Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, San Marcos, TX. Alvear, D.A.*, P. H. Diaz, R. Gibson, K.E. Perez. 2019. Determining the specific status of an unusual, phreatic, Texas cavesnail (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Hydrobiidae). Texas Groundwater Invertebrate Forum, Edwards Aquifer Research & Data Center, San Marcos, TX. Women’s Faculty Network, Women of Color Committee; Presented alphabetically: S. Alvarez, M. Dawkins, M. De La Trinidad, L. Garza, T. Mata-Pistokache, N. Altema McNeely, H. Medrano, C. Paccacerqua, K. E. Perez. (Chair), M.A. Rocha, S. Salinas. 2019. Challenges and Recommendations to Improve Workplace Equity for Women of Color and Women at UTRGV. NSF INCLUDES Symposium for Advancing Latinas in STEM careers. May 16, 2019, South Padre Island, TX. Schofield, A., B. Hutchins, J. Nekola, K.E. Perez. 2019. Range extension of Ashmunella carlsbadensis, the Guadalupe Woodlandsnail, and its relationship with other Ashmunella. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 1, 2019, Brownwood, TX; Engaged Scholar Symposium, UTRGV, April 19, 2019. Alvear, D.A.*, P. H. Diaz, R. Gibson, K.E. Perez. 2019. Determining the specific status of an unusual, phreatic, Texas cavesnail (Mollusca; Gastropoda; Hydrobiidae). College of Sciences Annual Research Symposium, UTRGV, March 29, 2019. Najev, B.**, J. Nekola, B. Hutchins, A. Schofield*, K.E. Perez. 2018. Terrestrial snail population assessment in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting, August 5, 2018, New Orleans, LA. Kunta, N.*, *D. Alvear, K.E. Perez. 2018. DNA barcode characterization of Phreatodrobia plana, the Disc Cavesnail. College of Science High Scholars Symposium, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX. Received 3rd place award in Biology poster competition. Huang, A.*, *D. Alvear, K.E. Perez. 2018. Characterization and genetic sequencing of the Comal Pebblesnail (Mollusca: Gastropoda). College of Science High Scholars Symposium, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX. Received 1st place award in Biology poster competition. Morrison, A.*, B. Najev**, K.E. Perez. 2017. Comparison of the land snail community in unmodified and restored Tamaulipan thornforests. College of Science High Scholars Symposium, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX. Received 2nd place award in Biology poster competition. Received 1st place award in RGV High School Regional Science Fair, Earth & Environmental Sciences category. Won NASA Earth System Science Award and Ricoh Sustainable Development Award. Won 3rd place award in Natural Resource Management by Texas Tech University at Texas State Science Fair. De Leon, C.*, M. Guerra*, M. Zavala*, K.E. Perez. 2017. Determining the environmental variables affecting species diversity of terrestrial gastropods in urban and suburban habitats in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Engaged Scholar Symposium, UTRGV, Edinburg, TX.

9 2019 CV Ruiz, E.*, M. Martinez Cruz*, R. Minton, K.E. Perez. 2016. Circumscription of a potentially new species of land snail from South Padre Island, Cameron County, Texas. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research, San Diego, CA; Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Junction, TX. Martinez Cruz, M.*, R.L. Minton, K.E. Perez. 2016. Mitochondrial genome heterogeneity in Stylommatophora and new insights into the discovery of a new species of Polygyridae land snail. West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research, San Diego, CA; Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Junction, TX; Engaged Scholarship Symposium, UTRGV. Garcia Gamboa, V.*, R. Burks, K.E. Perez. 2016. Identification of a newly discovered population of apple snails (Ampullariidae) in the Rio Grande Valley. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, Junction, TX. Received Best Poster Systematics & Evolutionary Biology section; Engaged Scholarship Symposium, UTRGV; UTRGV Healthy Communities: Mental Health, Substance Abuse, & HIV Prevention Planning Committee. Perez, K.E., R.L. Minton, R. Amundson. 2015. Evolution of shell shape in the land snail family Polygyridae. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2014. Uncovering the mystery of the invasive chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) as a potential host for high-impact waterfowl parasites of Wisconsin. Upper Mississippi River Research Symposium, La Crosse, WI. Harried, B.*, K. Fischer*, K.E. Perez, G. Sandland. 2013. Uncovering the mystery of the invasive chinese mystery snail (Cipangopaludina chinensis) as a potential host for high-impact waterfowl parasites of Wisconsin. Three Rivers Symposium, La Crosse, WI. Prise, A, K.E. Perez. 2011. Using An Ecological Niche Model To Predict The Potential Range of the Invasive Faucet Snail, Bithynia tentaculata. National Great Rivers Research and Education Center symposium, East Alton, IL. Hartman, L.*, K.E.Perez. 2010. Origins of the Invasive Faucet Snail, Bithynia tentaculata, in the Upper Mississippi River. UWL Summer Research Day. Lynum, C.*, R. Amundson*, K.E.Perez. 2010. Land snail community diversity in the Driftless Region of Wisconsin. UWL Summer Research Day. Laurila, J*. & K.E. Perez. 2010. An initial estimate of population genetic structure of the invasive faucet snail, Bithynia tentaculata, in the upper Mississippi river. UWL Summer Research Day; UWL Research and Creativity Day; National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2010; Missoula Montana. Yer, L.*, K. Gallant, & K.E. Perez. 2009. A preliminary phylogeny of the land snail family Polygyridae. UWL Summer Research Day. R. L. Minton & K. E. Perez. 2009. Analysis Of Museum Records Highlights Unprotected Land Snail Diversity In Alabama. Association of Southeastern Biologists. Perez, K. E. & C. Cunningham. 2007. Trampsnails: genetic evidence for natural colonization and human-mediated introductions of the land snail Praticolella. Evolutionary Change in Human-altered Environments: An International Summit.

Discipline-Based Education Research presentations (* denotes undergraduate student author) Invited panel presentation Perez, K.E. 2014. Success Stories Panel. Integrating Undergraduate Research into the Curriculum, University of Texas Pan American, Edinburg, TX. Perez, K.E. 2014. Classroom Assessment Panel. Assessing undergraduate student understanding of evolution symposium. Evolution 2014, Raleigh, NC. Perez, K.E. 2014. Program Assessment Panel, University of Wisconsin La Crosse, Annual Teaching Conference, La Crosse, WI.

Invited oral presentations Price, R.M. & K.E. Perez. 2015. Updating the way we teach evolution to include a diversity of evolutionary mechanisms. Gordon Conference. Price, R.M. & K.E. Perez. 2015. Strategies for assessing what biology majors know about nonadaptive evolution. Student learning and understanding in ecology and evolution: Development and use of assessment tools to guide undergraduate education reform symposium. Ecological Society of America, Baltimore MD. Perez, K.E. & Anna Hiatt. 2014. Undergraduates’ misconceptions of evodevo and the development of the EvoDevoCI. Assessment of Evolution Symposium, Evolution 2014, Raleigh, NC. Perez, K.E. 2013. Evolution across the biology curriculum at UWL: Departmental initiation and implementation process. AAAS, Vision & Change Conference, Washington D.C. R. Price & Perez, K.E. 2012. Using concept inventories in the biology classroom. Seeding Postdoctoral Innovators in Science and Education, University of North Carolina. Platform Price, R.M., K.E. Perez. 2018. Outcomes from a teaching module for how science works aimed at college students. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, March 2, 2018, Midland, TX. Perez, K.E., R. Price. 2016. Assessment of a set of activities that teach the complexity of the nature and process of science. SABER, Minneapolis, MN.

10 2019 CV Perez, K.E. & R.M Price. 2015. The Echoes of an Adaptationist Legacy: (Not) Teaching Non-adaptive Evolution. Texas Academy of Science Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. R. Price and K.E. Perez. 2014. Can teaching nonadaptive mechanisms of evolution improve understanding of natural selection? Lessons learned from developing concept inventories about evolution. Society for Biology Education Research, Minneapolis, MN. Smith, M.U., R. Walker, R. Devereaux, R. Price, K. E. Perez. 2014. The Population Thinking Concept Inventory (PTCI): Measuring introductory biology student understanding of selected evolution concepts. National Association for Research in Science Teaching. Pittsburgh, PA. Hiatt, A., Davis. G., K.E. Perez, C. Trujillo, M. Terry, R. Price. 2013. The EvoDevoCI: A New Measure of Evolutionary Understanding. NABT Professional Development Meeting. Atlanta, GA. Walker, R.M., K. Murie, F. Jing, R.M. Price, K.E. Perez. 2013. What do your students know about evolution? A case study demonstrating the use of concept inventories in the secondary biology classroom. National Association of Research in Science Teaching. Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Submitted for consideration August 2012. Davis. G., K.E. Perez, A. Hiatt, C. Trujillo, M. Terry, R. Price. 2012. Development of an evo-devo concept inventory. Society for Developmental Biology, Montreal, Canada. Perez, K.E., Price, R. 2012. Concept inventories to assess student understanding of evolution: genetic drift, population-thinking and evo-devo. 1st Joint World Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottowa, Canada. Hiatt, A., Perez, K.E., Davis, G., Trujillo, C., Terry, M., Price, R. 2012. Evo-Devo in the classroom: target concepts and students' challenges. 1st Joint World Congress on Evolutionary Biology, Ottowa, Canada. Davis, G., Perez K.E., Hiatt, A., Trujillo, C., Terry, M., Price, R.M. 2012. Development of an evo-devo concept inventory. Society for Developmental Biology, Montreal, Canada. Perez, K.E. 2011, J.K. Abraham, N. Downey, E. Meir, J. Herron. Undergraduate student alternate conceptions and acceptance of evolutionary theory before and after a short computer-based lesson plan. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research, Minneapolis, MN. Poster Price, R.M. and Perez, K.E. Assessment of a Set of Activities that Teach How Science Works. UTRGV Teaching Excellence Symposium, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. February 16, 2018. Edinburg, Tx. Torres-Avila, M., K.E. Perez, J. Vanoye*. 2017. Improving student learning outcomes with teaching strategy on argumentation. Engaged Scholar Symposium, UTRGV. Perez, K.E. 2017. Creating a departmental assessment program from scratch: The first look at student data on Math, Stats, and Experimental Design at a new institution. 2017 HHMI Constellation Studio A, Chevy Chase, MD. Perez, K.E. 2016. Evolution across the Biology Curriculum: initiation and implementation process with assessment at the core. 2016 HHMI Constellation Studio A, Chevy Chase, MD. Thomsen, M., A. Baines, E. Paluch, G. Sandland, E. Snively, B. Klein, T. Volk, R. Haro, A. Sanderfoot, D. Gerber, R. Gillis, K.E. Perez. 2014. Outcomes from streamlining the biology curriculum through a re-design of 200 level courses (Organismal Biology): have students improved in writing, data interpretation and evolutionary understanding? University of Wisconsin-La Crosse, Center for Teaching and Learning Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Symposium. Abraham, J.K., E. Meir, K.E. Perez, R.M. Price. 2012. Development of the Dominance Relationships Concept Inventory (DRCI). Transforming Research in Undergraduate STEM Education (TRUSE). St. Paul, MN. Price, R. M., Andrews, T. M., L. S. Mead, T. L. McElhinny, A. Thanukos, K. E. Perez, C. F. Herreid, D. R. Terry, P. P. Lemons. 2012. Expanding our understanding of the misconceptions that biology undergraduates have about evolution. University of Washington System Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Conference, Seattle, WA. Hiatt, A., K.E. Perez, G. Davis, M. Terry, C. Trujillo, D. French, R. Price. 2012. Evaluating student misconceptions in Evo-Devo. 2012 EvoDevo IGERT: Evolution, Development, and Genomics Symposium, Portland OR. Price, R. M., K.E. Perez, T. M. Andrews, J. K. Abraham, G. K. Davis, K. M. Fisher, A. C. Hiatt, T. L. McElhinny, L. S. Mead, M. U. Smith, M. Terry, A. Thanukos, R. M. Walker. 2011. Concept inventories to assess student understanding of evolution: genetic drift, population thinking and evo-devo. Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research symposium, Minneapolis, MN.

Teacher Workshops Perez, K.E. 2015. Some New Tools to Help Students Understand the Nature & Process of Science. January 2015 Conference for High School Science Education, UTPA, Edinburg, TX. Perez, K.E. 2015. Pitfalls and Strategies for Improving Student Understanding of Genetic Drift. October 2015 Conference for High School Science Education, RGVSA, Edinburg, TX.

Peer review activities (last 5 years listed)

American Biology Teacher Aquatic Conservation Cell Biology Education: Life Sciences American Malacological Bulletin Biological Invasions Education Aquatic Invasions Biodiversity & Conservation Evolution: Outreach and Education 11 2019 CV Conservation Biology Conservation Genetics CourseSource Fisheries Festivus Florida Fish and Wildlife Freshwater Biology Freshwater Science Journal of Limnology Hudson River Foundation Minnesota Conservation Volunteer Magazine Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution National Science Foundation Northeastern Naturalist The Nautilus Texas Journal of Science Turkish Journal of Zoology PeerJ Revista Científica Udo Agrícola University of the South Pacific United States Geological Survey Unites States Fish & Wildlife Service Walkerana Waterbirds West Virginia Department of Natural Resources Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries Zootaxa Zoological Studies ZooKeys Urban Ecosystems USDA- APHIS Oxford University Press

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