Vinton Thompson Curriculum Vitae

Professional Office of the President address: Metropolitan College of New York 60 West Street New York, NY 10006

212-343-1234 Ext. 3301

Residence: 10 West Street, Apt. 20C New York, New York 10004 212-571-1730

Education: AB, Biology, 1969 With general and departmental honors, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts

PhD, 1974 Committee on Evolutionary Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

Continuing Harvard Seminar for New Presidents education: Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard Institutes for Higher Education, Cambridge, Massachusetts, July 18-23, 2008.

Chief Academic Officer Institute Council of Independent Colleges, Tampa, Florida, November 4-7, 2000.

Administrative experience:

May 2008 - present President, Metropolitan College of New York

Some accomplishments as President of Metropolitan College of New York:

■ As new president preserved college from pending threat of closure or sale to proprietary college through successful drive to increase enrollment (up 40% in first four years in office).

■ As new president led successful bid for Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) decennial reaccreditation in 2009, in immediate aftermath of severe institutional and national financial crises.

■ Oversaw development and implementation of new degree programs in Health Care Management (BBA, 2012 and MBA, 2015), Special Education Dual Certification (MSEd, 2014), Emergency Management and Business Continuity (AA and BA, 2015), and IT (AAS and BBA, 2017).

■ Oversaw successful bids for specialized accreditation in Education (NCATE, 2010) and Business (ACBSP, 2014).

■ Increased financial reserves from about $5 million in 2008 to about $30 million in 2014, based primarily on realized annual operating surpluses, secondarily on bequests and grants.

■ Negotiated purchase of condo and built out 108,000 sq ft new campus in the Financial District of Manhattan. Gut renovation project on three and a half floors of 19 story pre-war office building created “building within a building” vertical campus opened in May 2016.

■ Financed Manhattan Campus purchase through successful public offering of Fitch rated $68 million tax exempt bond issue.

■ Negotiated purchase of condo and built 26,000 sq ft new campus in the South Bronx. New construction project in two story mixed commercial development opened in September 2016.

■ Financed Bronx Campus purchase in part through innovative use of New Markets Tax Credits with first in nation application to a commercial condominium.

■ Achieved full Branch Campus status for Bronx Campus, vote of New York State Regents June 2017

■ Freed college from long-term risks of leasing through purchase of the two new campuses, Bronx and Manhattan, on condominium basis.

■ Achieved single largest fundraising year in history of college, $3.4 million in 2016.

■ Oversaw two strategic planning cycles.

2004 – 2008 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Kean University, Union, New Jersey

Some accomplishments as Provost of Kean University:

■ Oversaw the development of university’s first doctoral programs, a PsyD and an EdD.

■ Helped coordinate development of new Kean@Ocean branch campus co-located with and hosted by Ocean County Community College, Toms River, New Jersey.

■ Coordinated university-wide participation in preparation and submission of 5-year Periodic Review Report for the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (received unqualified reaffirmation of accreditation in November 2006).

■ Worked with president and other vice presidents to mitigate effects of 2006 state budget crisis. Eliminated $4.5M from operating budget while maintaining academic programs, avoiding layoffs and hiring 19 new tenure track faculty for Fall 2006.

■ Participated with New Jersey public university provosts and presidents in statewide effort to improve articulation with community colleges, particularly in P-3 education programs.

■ Led successful faculty recruitment efforts in academic years 2004-2005, 2005-2006 and 2006-2007 resulting in 80 tenure track hires characterized by strong credentials and high diversity.

■ Oversaw implementation of new faculty orientation process and revitalized professional development program for untenured faculty.

■ Conducted successful searches for five deanships and head librarian.

■ Oversaw final program planning for total renovation of 140,000 sq ft East Campus in Hillside, New Jersey (facility finished in 2008).

■ Created independent School of Visual and Performing Arts.

■ Created new academic departments (Counselor Education, Criminal Justice, Marketing, Computer Science) through division of existing large departments into more manageable, discipline-based units.

■ Worked closely with university architect and major campus constituencies on several major new facilities projects, including $60 million science building, student theatre, human rights center, parking deck and student residences.

■ Arranged successful transfer of two academic programs in their entirety to other institutions: Health information Management to the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (now part of Rutgers University), and Engineering Technology to SUNY Farmingdale.

2000 – 2003 Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois (acting position through November 2001)

Some accomplishments as Provost of Roosevelt University:

■ Oversaw three full fiscal year budget cycles, with surpluses of $2.2 million the first year, $1.6 million the second year, and $1.9 million the third year on operating budgets of $60.5 million, $67.4 million, and $74.1 million respectively.

■ Supported president and vice president for development in successful fundraising, including $5.0 million and $1.0 million gifts from alumna and $3.5+ million in funds from local businesses for new real estate program.

■ Maintained academic and institutional forward momentum during extended three and a half year period of presidential transition.

■ Oversaw development of high quality, nationally noted distance education program, with support from Tribune Foundation. Also made major strides in classroom technology to support teaching and learning.

■ Won ACBSP accreditation for College of Business, achieving a goal that eluded five predecessors over 22 year period.

■ Achieved full NCATE accreditation for College of Education and APA accreditation for PsyD program in School of Psychology.

■ Led academic and technology portions of initial phases of major strategic planning effort.

■ Opened new 80,000 sq ft academic facility at 18 South Michigan Avenue to expand Chicago Campus, including several computer laboratories, “smart” classrooms and teleconferencing capacity.

■ Participated in collaborative effort with two other universities to plan and build 1,700 bed consortium student residence in heart of downtown Chicago (facility opened in August 2004).

■ Led task force of full-time and adjunct faculty in development of new, fairer, and more sophisticated system of evaluation of teaching.

■ Coordinated successful negotiations with adjunct faculty union resulting in model first contract and harmonious relationship with union.

■ Led academic and facilities planning for Chicago Campus Auditorium Building instructional spaces. Oversaw classroom renovation, creation of multiple “smart” classrooms, construction of music rehearsal hall, and restoration of landmark recital hall.

1998-2000 Associate Provost Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.

Some accomplishments as Associate Provost:

■ Developed strong community partnership with Jones Academic Magnet High School, a neighboring Chicago public magnet school.

■ Developed vision of Chicago Campus as integral part of “Chicago Loop Education Corridor” encompassing more than 35,000 students attending multiple institutions in close proximity in downtown Chicago.

■ Coordinated and led master planing exercise for Chicago Campus facilities resulting in consensus 20-year master plan for renovation, restoration, modernization and efficient utilization of historic Auditorium Building.

■ Oversaw academic facilities planning for Chicago Campus expansion into newly leased 18 South Michigan Avenue facility.

■ Coordinated programming initiatives that attracted larger numbers of full-time, day-time students.

■ Oversaw major renovation and modernization of Chicago Campus chemistry laboratories. This included a successful $500,000 grant application to the State of Illinois.

■ Coordinated academic outcomes assessment initiatives.

1993-1998 Director, School of Science and Mathematics Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

Some accomplishments as Director:

■ Organized new School of Science and Mathematics from merger of five departments.

■ Oversaw design and installation of science laboratories at new Schaumburg, Illinois campus.

■ Served as co-principal investigator for $150,000 National Science Foundation grant to build additional science laboratories at Schaumburg, Illinois suburban Campus.

■ Facilitated innovative appointment of unrelated women to shared tenure track position in biology.

■ Implemented biotechnology certificate program, at time only program of its kind in the Chicago area, which later evolved into a biotechnology master’s program.

1991-1993 Chair, Department of Biology Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois.

Some accomplishments as Chair:

■ Achieved four-year, fourfold increase in biology and allied health majors, brought department back to health after period of serious decline.

■ Initiated biology major program at suburban Arlington Heights, Illinois Campus through reallocation of existing resources.

■ Negotiated articulation and "2+2" agreements with several Chicago area community colleges.

1988-1990 Research Associate, Senior Research Associate, and Acting Director of Research City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.

Some accomplishments in institutional research:

■ Conducted major study of large graduating cohort to determine times and trajectories to associate degree completion (see Garcia & Thompson, 1990 below)

■ Worked with presidents of the eight City of Chicago community colleges on coordinated studies of retention, transfer and academic performance.

Academic appointments:

2008-present Associate, Division of Invertebrate Zoology American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York

2004-2008 Professor of Biology Kean University, Union, New Jersey

1998-2007 Research Associate, Division of Insects Field Museum, Chicago, Illinois

2005-present Professor of Biology, Emeritus Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

1995-2004 Professor of Biology Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

1985-1988 and Associate Professor of Biology 1990-1995 Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

1980-1985 Assistant Professor of Biology Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

1979 Adjunct Instructor, Natural Science Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois 8

1971-1973 Adjunct Instructor, Natural Science Roosevelt University, Chicago, Illinois

Major university service, prior to appointment as provost (all at Roosevelt University):

Chair, University Senate University Senate Executive Committee Senator, representing Division of Science and Mathematics University Budget Committee Chair, Strategic Planning Task Force on Enrollment Management Chair, Strategic Planning Task Force on Traditional Age Students Chair, Chicago Campus Master Planning Committee University Planning Committee University Curriculum Committee Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee Arts and Sciences General Education Committee Illinois Articulation Initiative, Biology Major Panel

Professional memberships:

Society for the Study of Evolution Organization for Tropical Studies National Center for Science Education Yes We Must Coalition – Lifetime Honorary Associate

Selected community and professional service:

Member, Local Planning Committee, Bronx Civic Center Downtown Revitalization Initiative. Appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz, Jr., November 2017

Mentor, Minority Serving Institutions Aspiring Leaders Program, Center for Minority Serving Institutions, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania, 2017-2019

Chairperson, decennial reaccreditation evaluation team for the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Visited Cambridge College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 13-16, 2016.

Founding member, Board of Directors, Yes We Must Coalition, a national organization that strives to increase degree attainment of low-income students by promoting the work of small, not-for-profit colleges and universities. 2011-2017.

First Reviewer of Periodical Review Report submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education by Slippery Rock University. August 2006.

Second Reviewer of Periodical Review Report submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education by the State University of New York at Farmingdale. August 2006.

Chair, John B. Murphy Local School Council 1989-1993 (elected position, Chicago neighborhood public elementary school).

Member, Thurgood Marshall Middle School Local School Council, 1993- 1997 (elected position, Chicago neighborhood public middle school).

Recognition: Lifetime Achievement Award, New York Nonprofit Media, presented at annual 50 over Fifty awards Ceremony, November 8, 2017.

Educational Leadership Award, National Puerto Rican Day Parade, May 2011.

Professor of Biology Emeritus, Roosevelt University, 2005.

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, inducted November 2004.

Research Leave Award (in residence at the Las Cruces Biological Station, San Vito, Costa Rica), August-December 1994.

Research Leave Award (in residence at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University), January-August 1984.

Ford Foundation Fellowship, 1972-1974.

National Defense Education Act Title IV Fellowship, 1969-1972.

Philadelphia Bulletin Newsboy Scholarship, 1965-1969.

Co-valedictorian, Lenape Regional High School, Medford, New Jersey, June 1965. 10

Scientific interests: Evolutionary and agricultural ecology of insects of the Superfamily Cercopoidea (spittlebugs).

Host plant mediated interactions between insects and microorganisms.

Evolution of warning coloration.

Languages: Spanish – reading ability in technical areas French – reading ability

International experience (since 1997):

Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, England, France, Germany, Honduras, Israel, Jamaica, Kenya, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Panama, Rwanda, Trinidad, Wales, Vietnam, Zambia

Avocations: Chinese/Thai cooking Vegetable gardening Hiking In-line skating

Family: Spouse, Ruth M. Moscovitch (married 1975). Children, Isaiah (born 1980) and Owen (born 1984). Grandchildren, Tenaz (born 2014) and Raphael (born 2017)

Writings related to higher education

Thompson, V. 2013. History suggests college rating system a losing proposition. Diverse Issues in Higher Education, December 16, 2013, http://diverseeducation.com/article/59515/

Thompson, V. 2012. Three-year baccalaureate degrees contain costs and accelerate positive outcomes. Chapter 6, pp. 1-4, Presidential Perspectives, 2011/2012 Series, Aramark Higher Education. http://www.presidentialperspectives.org/pdf/2012/2012-Chapter6-3-Year-Degrees- Contain-Costs-Accelerate-Outcomes-Thompson.pdf

Thompson, V. 2012. Take advantage of ATB before it’s too late. New York Nonprofit Press. February 2012, p. 5.

Thompson, V. 2012. While no one was looking, Congress eliminated an alternative route to college. Education Update 17(4).

Thompson, V. 2011. Year-round Pell Grants are a lifeline. Guest Post in: The Washington Post College Inc. March 5, 2011. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/college- inc/2011/03/guest_post_year-round_pell_gra.html

Garcia, R. and V. Thompson. 1990. How long does it take to get a community college degree? The experience of Spring 1987 graduates of the City Colleges of Chicago. Office of Planning, Development and Research, City Colleges of Chicago.

Selected higher education administration public presentations

Two New NYC Campuses in One Year: Planning, Challenges, Results. Society for College and University Planning, Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference Princeton, New Jersey, April 4, 2017 (with L. Kupfer and B. Dunphe).

Challenges and Opportunities in an Increasingly Competitive Environment. Governors State University, University Park, Illinois, January 18, 2007.

Learning to Learn: An Institution Ensures the Success of an Academic Community. Society for College and University Planning, 40th Annual International Conference, Washington, DC, July 25, 2005 (with M. Shatken and P. Rew).

The Millennial Generation: How We Boomers Produced Collegians So Unlike Ourselves. Harvard-Radcliffe 35th Reunion Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, June 11, 2004 (with William Strauss).

Comprehensive Universities in Metropolitan Areas: Challenges and Opportunities. Pace University, New York City, April 14 & 15, 2003.

The Vertical Campus: Planning a Campus to Revitalize a Signature Historic High-rise Building. Society for College and University Planning Conference, Chicago, Illinois, October 2002 (with D. Mann).

Scientific publications

Thompson, V. and Carvalho, G.S. 2016. Abrupt geographical transition between aposematic color forms in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Fitch) (Hemiptera: Cercopidae). Psyche Vol. 2016, Article ID 3623092, 10 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/3623092

Thompson, V. 2015. “Meadow Spittlebug and Lepyronia coleoptrata”. In D.A. Samac, L.H. Rhodes and W.O. Lamp (Eds.), pp. 94-95, Compendium of Alfalfa Diseases and Pests, Third Edition, American Phytopathological Society Press, St. Paul, Minnesota.

Rodrigues A.S. B., S.E. Silva, E. Marabuto, D.N. Silva1, M.R. Wilson, V. Thompson, S. Yurtsever, A. Halkka, P.A.V. Borges, J.A. Quartau, O.S. Paulo and S.G. Seabra. 2014. New mitochondrial and nuclear evidences support recent demographic expansion and an atypical phylogeographic pattern in the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera, Aphrophoridae). PLoS ONE 9(6): e98375. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0098375 http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0098375

Thompson, V. 2013. Spittlebugs in the genus Sphenorhina (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) associated with weedy composite host plants (Asteraceae) that may represent unusual cases of nitrogen fixation. Entomotaxonomia 35:101-105.

Puissant, S. and V. Thompson. 2013. The Plant- and Leafhoppers of Germany: Identification Key to all Species. Fotoatlas der Zikaden Deutschlands. Book review (in French). L’Entomologiste 69:9-12.

Thompson, V. 2011. Notes on the biology of Clastoptera distincta Doering, the Dwarf Mistletoe Spittlebug (Hemiptera: Cercopoidea: Clastopteridae). Cicadina 12: 81-87.

Thompson, V. 2011. The Plant- and Leafhoppers of Germany: Identification Key to all Species. Fotoatlas der Zikaden Deutschlands. Book review. American Entomologist 57:186-187.

Hamilton, K.G.A. and V. Thompson. 2007. Evidence for spittlebug warning colouration and mimicry between Aphrophorine and Cercopine species in a Peruvian valley. Biodiversity 8(2):3-6.

Thompson, V. 2006. Cercopid Spittle Bugs of the New World (Hemiptera, Auchenorrhyncha, Cercopidae). Book review. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99: 1259–1260.

Thompson, V. and R. León González. 2005 (distributed 2006). La identificación y distribución de los salivazos de la caña de azúcar y los pastos (Homoptera: Cercopidae) en Costa Rica. [The identity and distribution of sugar cane and pasture spittlebugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Costa Rica]. Manejo Integrado de Plagas y Agroecología No. 75:43-51.

Thompson, V. 2004. Associative nitrogen fixation, C4 photosynthesis, and the evolution of spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) as major pests of neotropical sugarcane and forage grasses. Bulletin of Entomological Research 94:189-200.

Peck D.C. and V. Thompson. 2004. Cercopoidea – Spittlebugs. Pp. 156-160 in J.L. Capinera (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Entomology, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Netherlands. 13

Thompson, V. 1999. Spittlebugs associated with actinorhizal host plants. Canadian Journal of Botany 77:1387-1390.

Thompson, V. 1997. Spittlebug nymphs (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Heliconia flowers (Zingiberales: Heliconiaceae): Preadaptation and evolution of the first aquatic Homoptera. Revista de Biología Tropical 45:905-912.

Thompson, V. 1996. Spittlebugs in Costa Rica. Amigos (Newsletter of the Wilson Botanical Garden, San Vito, Costa Rica) 46:6-7.

Thompson, V. and N. Mohd-saleh. 1995. Spittle maggots: Studies on Cladochaeta fly larvae living in association with Clastoptera spittlebug nymphs. American Midland Naturalist 134:215-225.

Thompson, V. 1994. Spittlebug indicators of nitrogen-fixing plants. Ecological Entomology 19:391-398.

Thompson, V. 1988. Parallel colour form distributions in European and North American populations of the spittlebug Philaenus spumarius. Journal of Biogeography 15:507-512.

Thompson, V., M. Mayfield and K. Venkatachalam. 1987. New host record for the spittle maggot Cladochaeta inversa. Drosophila Information Service 66:143.

Thompson, V. 1986. Synthetic lethals: A critical review. Evolutionary Theory 8:1-13.

Ostrega, M.S. and V. Thompson. 1986. Mitochondrial DNA restriction site polymorphism in Drosophila montana and Drosophila virilis. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 14:515-519.

Thompson, V. 1986. Half-chromosome viability and synthetic lethality in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of Heredity 77:385-388.

Thompson, V. and L.D. Brooks. 1985. A semi-balancer system for detecting third chromosome synthetic lethals in D. melanogaster. Drosophila Information Service 61:170-171.

Thompson, V. 1985. Documentation of the electrophoresis revolution in Drosophila population genetics. Drosophila Information Service 61:8.

Thompson, V. 1984. Colour polymorphism in the introduced spittlebug Philaenus spumarius (Homoptera: Aphrophoridae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Entomologist 8:86-88.

Thompson, V. 1984. Polymorphism under apostatic and aposematic selection. Heredity 53:677-686.

Thompson, V. 1984. Distributional evidence for thermal melanic color forms in Philaenus spumarius, the polymorphic spittlebug. American Midland Naturalist 111:288-295.

Thompson, V. 1983. Second chromosome crossing over in Drosophila melanogaster females heterozygous for first, second and third chromosome balancers. Drosophila Information Service 59:129-130.

Thompson, V. 1983. Failure of the Hnr3 ry6 combination to behave as a recessive synthetic lethal. Drosophila Information Service 59:128-129.

Thompson, V. 1977. Recombination and response to selection in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 85:125-140.

Thompson, V. 1976. Does sex accelerate evolution? Evolutionary Theory 1:131-156.

Thompson, V. and O. Halkka. 1973. Color polymorphism in some North American Philaenus spumarius populations. American Midland Naturalist 89:348-359.

Thompson, V. 1973. Spittlebug polymorphic for warning coloration. Nature 242:126-128.

Web-based faunal list

Maes, J.-M. and V. Thompson. Undated. Bio-Nica, Fauna Entomologíca de Nicaragua, Catalogo de Insectos y Artropodos Terrestres de Nicaragua, Familia Cercopidae. http://www.bio-nica.info/Ento/Homop/CERCOPIDAE.htm

Selected popular and scholarly scientific presentations (1992-Present):

2017 Checklist of the spittlebugs (Hemiptera: Cercopidae of Costa Rica including new records for twenty-one species. 15th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress and 10th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance, Mendes, Brazil, July 14, 2017 (with Gervasio Carvalho).

2017 A novel exotic host plant and taxonomic tangle for a California spittlebug of the genus Aphrophora (Cercopoidea, Aphrophoridae). 15th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress and 10th International Workshop on Leafhoppers and Planthoppers of Economic Importance, Mendes, Brazil, July 10, 2017.

2014 An unusual pattern of geographic variation in warning coloration in the spittlebug Prosapia ignipectus (Hemiptera, Cercopidae) at the northern limit of the species in Maine. Society for the Study of Evolution, Annual Meeting, Snowbird, Utah, June 22, 2014 (with G. Carvalho).

2014 Science for the People 2.0 … where do we go from here? Closing Plenary, Science for the People: The 1970’s and Today, Conference hosted by the Social Thought and Political Economy Program, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, April 13, 2014 (with I. Chapela, I. Handler, D. Karwat, S. Nadel and K. Pershell).

2007 All You Will Ever Remember about Spittlebug Ecology and Evolution, in 15 Minutes or Less. NSF/PEET Auchenorrhyncha Workshop, New York State Museum, Albany, March 11, 2007.

2005 The life cycle of Clastoptera distincta, the Dwarf Mistletoe Spittlebug, is synchronized with monsoon climate in the Southwestern United States. 12th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, University of California, Berkeley, August 9, 2005.

2003 Froghopper control and nitrogen fixation: Can understanding xylem feeding ecology aid the fight against a tenacious pest? University of the West Indies, Trinidad, December 4, 2003.

2002 Associative nitrogen fixation and the evolution of spittlebug pests on C4 grasses (Homoptera, Cercopoidea, Cercopidae), 11th International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, Potsdam, Germany, August 2002. 2002 Associative nitrogen fixation in C4 grasses and the evolution of spittlebugs as sugar cane and pasture pests, Society for the Study of Evolution, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, June 2002.

2001 Why spittlebugs prefer nitrogen-fixing plants and the consequences for agricultural systems. Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago, Illinois, November 2001.

1999 Spittlebug hosts and plant physiology: Xylem feeding as a key to spittlebug ecology. Tenth International Auchenorrhyncha Congress, Cardiff, Wales, September 1999.

1998 Spittlebugs, mycorrhizae and actinorhizal plants: Organic nitrogen transport as a factor in host plant preferences. Eleventh International Conference on Frankia and Actinorhizal Plants, University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois, June 1998.

1998 Xylem feeding and agricultural ecology: Nitrogen fixation determines spittlebug host preferences. Roosevelt University Spring Science Symposium, Schaumburg, Illinois, May 1998.

1997 Spittlebugs: A case study in agricultural conservation issues in Latin America. For general audience. Soroptimist International of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, February 1997 16

1996 La taxonomía y classificación de cercópidos en plantaciones de caña de azúcar en Costa Rica. Presented in Spanish. 10mo Congreso de la Asociación de Técnicos Azucareros de Costa Rica, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, September 1996.

1995 Comparing insect life in Wonalancet and Costa Rica. For general audience. Wonalancet Outdoor Club, Wonalancet, New Hampshire, August 1995.

1996 Preadaptation and the first aquatic Homoptera. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 1996.

1996 Insects with straws. For general audience. Smith Symposium, Ryerson Conservation Area, Deerfield, Illinois, May 1996.

1995 The identity and distribution of sugar cane and pasture spittlebugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae) in Costa Rica. Third Costa Rican Congress of Entomology, San José Costa Rica, July 1995.

1995 Costa Rican spittlebugs: An illustrated tale of crop pests, underwater nymphs, and odd predilections for nitrogen-fixing plants. British Museum (Natural History), London, March 1995.

1994 Spittlebugs, warning coloration and nitrogen-fixing plants. Las Cruces Biological Station, San Vito, Costa Rica, December 1994.

1994 Spittlebug indicators of nitrogen fixing in plants. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 1994.

1994 Evidence against parasitism in the spittle maggot Cladochaeta inversa (Drosophilidae). Thirty-fifth Annual Drosophila Research Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 1994.

1993 Spittlebugs and nitrogen-fixing plants: Evidence for a close association based on xylem feeding and xylem nitrogen transport. Fourteenth North American Conference on Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation, University of Minnesota, July 1993.

1992 Warning coloration and bug/fly interactions in American and Costa Rican spittlebugs. North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 1992.

1992 Aquatic spittlebug nymphs in water-filled Heliconia flower bracts. Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica, March 1992.

Meeting presentation co-author in absentia

2017 Rodríguez, J., A. Novoa, V. Thompson, A. Cordero-Rivera, D.M. Richardson and L. González. Novel interactions between Carpobrotus edulis and invertebrate species in the native and non-native range. International Conference on Ecology and Management of Alien Plant Invasions, EMAPI 14, Lisbon, Portugal, September 4-8, 2017. Vers. 2-14-2018