CURRICULUM VITAE: ROBERT POWELL, Ph.D. Avila University Department of Biology 2725 S. 28th St. Court 11901 Wornall Road Independence, MO 64055 Kansas City, MO 64145 (816) 373-2684, [email protected] (816) 501-2440, [email protected] http://www.avila.edu/bobpowell/ EDUCATION: Ph.D. 1984 University of Missouri-Columbia. Dissertation: Variation in Spotted Salamanders (Ambystoma maculatum) from Missouri M.A. 1971 University of Missouri-Kansas City B.A. 1970 University of Missouri-Columbia PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: 2000–2002 Adjunct Graduate Faculty, University of Texas at Tyler, Tyler, TX 1997–2002 Research Associate, Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA 1994–present Professor of Biology, Avila University, Kansas City, MO 1992–1996 Adjunct Graduate Faculty, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 1989–1994 Professor, Coordinator–Biology Area, Avila College, Kansas City, MO 1988–present Research Associate, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas, Lawrence 1983–1989 Associate Professor, Coordinator–Biology Area, Avila College, Kansas City, MO 1976–1982 Assistant Professor, Avila College, Kansas City, MO 1973–1974 Instructor, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, MO 1972–1976 Instructor, Avila College, Kansas City, MO MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: American Society of Ichthyologists Deutsche Gesellschaft für Maryland Herpetological Society and Herpetologists Herpetologie und Terrarienkunde Missouri Academy of Science American Society of Mammalogists Herpetologists’ League Missouri Herpetological Association Association of College and University International Iguana Society Missouri Prairie Foundation Biology Educators IUCN Diminishing Amphibian Societas Europaea Herpetologica Association of Systematics Collections Task Force Society for the Study of Biological Society of Washington IUCN Iguana Specialist Group Amphibians and Reptiles Chicago Herpetological Society Kansas City Herpetological Society Vida Silvestre Neotropical Council on Undergraduate Research Kansas Herpetological Society PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICE: International Reptile Conservation Foundation. Iguana: Editor 2005–present. International Iguana Society. Board of Directors 2002–2004, Iguana Times: Editor 2001–2004. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles: Editor 1990–2004, Managing Editor 1988–1990, Index Editor 1986–1988. Kansas Herpetological Society. Awards Committee 2002–2004, Past-president 2001, President 2000, President-elect 1999. Council on Undergraduate Research. Avila College Liason 1995–2002. Departamento de Vida Silvestre, Dominican Republic. Consultant in Herpetology, 1990–present. International Gecko Society. Editor (Recent Literature on Geckos and Pygopodids) 1995–2000. Missouri Herpetological Association. Newsletter Editor 1988–2000. The Center for North American Herpetology. Board of Directors 1994–present. Bobby Witcher Society. Vice-president 2002, President 1986, Board of Directors 1979–1981 (Chairman 1981). GRANTS: National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Supplement) – 2008. $2,392. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Supplement) – 2006 & 2008. $19,688. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Site) – 2004–2008. $262,384. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Site) – 1999–2002 (with E.J. Censky and J.S. Parmerlee, Jr., co-PIs). $ 171,414. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Site) – 1996 (consultant to S.A. Mathis, PI, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield). $ 49,975. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Supplement) – 1994. $ 2,600. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Site) – 1993–1995. $ 99,684. National Science Foundation: Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) – 1992. $ 31,727. National Science Foundation: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU Site) – 1991. $ 49,850. Missouri Department of Conservation, Natural History Division — 1987–1991. $ 4,500. UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES: Biology Area Coordinator, 1983–1994. Responsibilities include hiring, supervision, and evaluation of area adjunct faculty, curriculum planning, scheduling of courses, transfer student evaluations, assignment of area students to advisors, developing and monitoring area budgets, facilitation of recruitment of area students, and preparation of year-end reports. Curator, Bobby Witcher Memorial Collection, a ca. 7000-specimen research and teaching collection of amphibians and reptiles. Approximately 4600 specimens are from Hispaniola. SELECTED COURSES TAUGHT: Biology Courses: General Biology, Zoology, Environmental Biology, Evolution, Genetics, Human Anatomy and Physiology, Comparative Chordate Anatomy, Animal Physiology, Embryology, Histology, Ecology, Field Biology, Herpetology, Mammalogy, Directed Studies (topics courses), Seminar and Research (senior capstone courses). Interdisciplinary Studies Courses: Darwin & 19th Century Literature (with N. Cervetti), Environmental Issues (with D. Wissmann), Cultural and Natural History of Hawaii/Bahamas: A History of Invasions (with D. Wissmann), The History and Science of the Lewis & Clark Expedition (with S. Schirmer). INSTITUTIONAL AWARDS: Avila Distinguished Scholar (2007, first year of award). LEAD Grants for Teaching Excellence (1990–1992, only years of program). Avila College Small Grants to Promote Teaching Excellence (1988–1989, 1993–2001). Avila Medal of Honor (1991, one-time award). Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award (finalist 1990–1991, only years of program). UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES (since 1985): Committee on Enhancing Campus-Community Engagement, 2007 (co-chair). Faculty Scholarship Committee, 2005–2007. Research Advisory Board, 2002–2005. Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 1998–present. Student Scholar Day Task Force, chairperson, 1998–2001. Faculty Assembly Committee, 1997–1998. Dean’s Council, Faculty representative, 1997–1998. Faculty Workload Taskforce, 1997–1998. North Central Reaccreditation Subcommittee on Governance, 1996–1997. Search Committees, 1985, 1989, 1992, 1997 (biology faculty), 1991 (mathematics faculty), 1998 (grant director). Rank Promotion, 1984–1987, 1990–1996, chairperson 1993–1995. Educational Outcomes Task Force, 1989–1990. President’s Advisory Council, 1988–1989. Curriculum Committee, 1987–1989, chairperson 1988–1989. Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities Selection Committee, 1985–1988, 1996–1997. Departmental committee to identify and implement the capstone course(s) in the sciences, 1993–present. Departmental task force on laboratory safety policies and procedures, 1991–present. Associate faculty advisor to the Pi Iota Chapter of Beta Beta Beta, 1998–2006. Faculty advisor to the Avila College Chapter of the Bobby Witcher Society, 1976–present. PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS PRESENTED (undergraduate co-authors are indicated in bold type): These are organized under the following headings: books, book chapters, refereed articles and notes, Catalogue of American Amphibians and Reptiles accounts, indices and bibliographies, reviews, obituary, miscellaneous notes and non-refereed publications, popular articles, publications by undergraduates under my direction, presentations, and presentations by undergraduates based on research under my direction. Books 7. Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2009. Natural History of West Indian Reptiles and Amphibians. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. 6. Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell (eds.). 2007. Biology of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing LC, Eagle Mountain, Utah. 5. Powell, R., R.W. Henderson, and J.S. Parmerlee, Jr. 2005. Reptiles and Amphibians of the Dutch Caribbean: St. Eustatius, Saba, and St. Maarten. St. Eustatius National Parks Foundation, Gallows Bay, St. Eustatius, Netherlands Antilles. 4. Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell (eds.). 2003. Islands and the Sea: Essays on Herpetological Exploration in the West Indies. Contributions to Herpetology, volume 20. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York. 3. Hodge, K.V.D., E.J. Cenksy, and R. Powell. 2003. The Reptiles and Amphibians of Anguilla, British West Indies. Anguilla National Trust, The Valley. 2. Powell, R., J.T. Collins, and E.D. Hooper, Jr. 1998. A Key to the Amphibians and Reptiles of the Continental United States and Canada. University Press of Kansas, Lawrence. 1. Powell, R. and R.W. Henderson (eds.). 1996. Contributions to West Indian Herpetology: A Tribute to Albert Schwartz. Contributions to Herpetology, volume 12. Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Ithaca, New York. Book Chapters 18. Powell, R. and R.W. Henderson. 2008. Urban herpetology in the West Indies, pp. 389–404. In J.C. Mitchell, R.E. Jung Brown, and B. Bartholomew (eds.), Urban Herpetology. Herpetological Conservation, volume 3, Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, Salt Lake City, Utah. 17. Powell, S.D., M.L. Treglia, R.W. Henderson, and R. Powell. 2007. Treeboas in the West Indies: Responses of Corallus cookii and Corallus grenadensis to disturbed habitats, pp. 374–387. In R.W. Henderson and R. Powell (eds.), Biology of the Boas and Pythons. Eagle Mountain Publishing LC, Eagle Mountain, Utah. 16. Henderson, R.W. and R. Powell. 2007. The biology of boas and pythons: A retrospective look to the future, pp. 2–22.