Senior Lecturer at Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona Area
Senior Lecturer at Arizona State University
Phoenix, Arizona Area
My academic training is as a zoologist (B.Sc. 1989 and Ph.D. 1993, University College Dublin), and after graduation I moved to Tempe (Arizona, USA) as a post-doctoral researcher in evolutionary biology - specifically looking at hybridization among endangered desert fishes of the genus Gila - at Arizona State University's Department of Zoology. After the end of my funding in 1996, I became a faculty associate with the Interdisciplinary Humanities Program, teaching courses dealing with the interactions between the humanities and sciences. At this time, I also began teaching in the history and philosophy of biology for two ASU departments (Philosophy and Biology). In 2000, I became a lecturer at the Barrett Honors College and have been teaching courses in intellectual history. I'm also affiliated with the Center for Biology and Society and the History & Philosophy of Science Program. Details of my research and teaching can be found at my ASU website.
evolutionary morphometrics, statistical analysis, history of biology, history of evolution, history of creationism.
(Higher Education industry)
2006 — Present (2 years)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2000 — Present (7 years 10 months)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1996 — 2000 (4 years)
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
PhD, Zoology, 1989 — 1993
B.Sc. (Hons), Zoology, 1985 — 1989
History of Science Society,
International Society for the History Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology,
Society for Evolutionary Analysis in Law
Arizona Professor of the Year, CASE/Carnegie Foundation for Teaching Excellence, 2007
Provost’s Faculty Achievement Award for Service, ASU, 2007
Outstanding Academic Service Award, ASU Barrett Honors College, 2006
Distinguished Teaching Award, ASU College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 2000