Curriculum Vitae

Education:

2003 – present Ph.D. candidate. Plant Biology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2002 B.S. Biology, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY

Publications:

Howard, A.R., L.A. Donovan. 2007. Helianthus Nighttime Conductance and Transpiration Respond to Soil Water But Not Nutrient Availability. Plant Physiology 143: 145-155. (Special issue)

Darley, M., A. Howard, C. Myers Flaute, K. Miller, T. Luhring, L. Martin, C. Teare Ketter. 2006. A Laboratory Manual for Principles of Biology II: BIOL 1108L. Fourth Ed. Contemporary Publishing, Raleigh, NC.

Darley, M., A. Howard, H. Collantes, K. Miller, C. Teare Ketter, C. Wallace, L. Martin. 2005. A Laboratory Manual for Principles of Biology II: BIOL 1108L. Third Ed. Contemporary Publishing, Raleigh, NC.

Presentations:

The effect of nighttime transpiration on the magnitude of hydraulic redistribution in four diverse species. Ecological Society of America. San Jose, CA, August 2007.

Using plants and inquiry-based approaches in P-12 classrooms. Georgia Science Teachers Association. Athens, GA, February 2007.

Using plants and inquiry-based approaches in P-12 classrooms. Regional Coordinating Committee (N.E. Georgia leadership and teacher team meeting). Athens, GA, February 2007.

Nighttime stomatal conductance and transpiration in Helianthus. American Society of Plant Biologists. Snowbird, UT, October 2006.

Regulation of nighttime water loss in Populus in response to soil nitrogen and water manipulation. UGA Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium. UGA, August 2006.

Regulation of nighttime water loss in Populus in response to soil nitrogen and water manipulation. Ecological Society of America. Memphis, TN, August 2006.

Nighttime conductance and transpiration in four C₃ annuals under sufficient and limiting nitrate availability. UGA Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium. UGA, August 2005.

Nighttime conductance and transpiration in four C₃ annuals under sufficient and limiting nitrate availability. Ecological Society of America. Montreal, Canada, August 2005.

Grants and Awards

2007 Department of Plant Biology Duncan award for excellence in teaching and research, UGA

2006 Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research. Determining the stomatal contribution to nighttime water loss in two Populus species.

2006 Graduate School Travel Award, UGA

2006 Graduate School Teaching Seminar (GRSC 7770) Assistantship, UGA

2005 Department of Plant Biology Small Grant, UGA

2005 Best Poster Award, UGA Plant Biology Graduate Student Symposium

2005 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award, UGA

Teaching Activities:

Courses Taught:

Principals of Biology II laboratory (UGA, BIOL 1108L), Laboratory Instructor: Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004

Principals of Biology II Honors laboratory (UGA, BIOL 2108L), Laboratory Instructor: Spring 2005

Graduate School Teaching Seminar (UGA, GRSC 7770), Co-instructor: Fall 2006, 2007

Principals of Biology II Honors Lecture (UGA, BIOL 2108H), Co-instructor: Spring 2008

Guest Instructor:

Principals of Biology II lecture (~250 undergraduate students): Fall 2004

Plant Physiological Ecology lab (14 graduate students): Spring 2006

Mentor for Undergraduate Research, 2006-present. Mentored 3 undergraduates in independent research (BIOL 4960 and BIOL 4960Honors). I help students learn concepts of plant physiological ecology and develop scientific research and writing skills. One mentee presented our research as a poster at the UGA 2006 spring CURO symposium.

Managing Research Assistants, 2005-present. I hire, train and manage the student assistants who work for hourly wage in our research lab. This has given me the opportunity to work closely with 8 students including those with physical or learning disabilities.

K-12 Science educator outreach, 2006-present. Constructing a website that will assist K-12 educators in using inquiry based activities to teach about plants in their classrooms. (Collaboration with Dr. Darley, UGA, and Nancy Vandergrift, N.E. PRISM)

Biology educator (tenure track) search committee, student representative, 2005-2006.

Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM) evaluation meeting participant, 2005. Invited to and participated in deliberations during a critical site visit held for National Science Foundation reviewers of the $35 million PRISM grant to Georgia’s Board of Regents.

BIOL 1108L Laboratory Preparatory Sessions volunteer, 2005. Provided preparatory sessions to help BIOL1108L graduate laboratory instructors become familiar and confident teaching with the new inquiry style lab manual that I co-authored.

Plant Biology Graduate Student Association (PBGSA) Teaching Officer, 2004-2005. Responsibilities included increasing teaching awareness, providing peer feedback for lectures and labs, documenting teaching experiences and mentoring graduate students currently teaching.

Affiliations

2007 Georgia Science Teachers Association

2006 – present American Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE)

2005 – present Partnership for Reform in Science and Mathematics (PRISM)

2004 – present Ecological Society of America (ESA)