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SERVICE University service 1996-97 (and Spring semester ‘96) Tulane representative to the Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors Attended BOD meeting 3/97; advertised OTS course opportunities to Tulane graduate students; faculty resource person to OTS Tropical Ecology field course. Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) CBR Scholars Committee (member, Chair beginning 1/97) Established (1996) and revised (1997) fellowship application, evaluation and administration processes; organized committee meetings; addressed special situations and fellowship infringements. Mesoamerican Ecology Institute Revitalization Working Group — co-Chair Identified and organized group of 12 faculty interested in re-building research and training expertise in ecology, earth and environmental disciplines in Latin America and the Caribbean; wrote statement of MEI mission and goals and identified projects to achieve short- and long-term goals, including Yucatan Colloquium course Spring ‘97. Committee on Newcomb Center Institute for Research on Women and Gender, leave-replacement member (Fall ‘96) Freshman [sic] advisor for Newcomb College 1997-98 Tulane representative to the Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors Attended BOD meeting 3/98; advertised OTS course opportunities to Tulane graduate students; advertised new OTS undergraduate course to Tulane undergraduates; hosted visit of OTS Executive Director. Center for Bioenvironmental Research (CBR) CBR Scholars Committee (Chair) Evaluated fellowship applications; organized committee meetings; addressed special situations and fellowship infringements. Mesoamerican Ecology Institute (Acting Director) Organized and facilitated meetings of MEI faculty group; organized workshop on "Status of Biosphere Reserves in the Yucatan", bringing 5 experts to campus; supported OTS course tuition for 2 graduate students; provided summer research grants to 3 graduate students. Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Executive Committee (and de facto Search Committee for CLAS Director) Revised CLAS Mission statement; clarified roles of Executive Committee in CLAS organizational structure; conducted extensive search for new Director. CLAS Grievance Committee Met to arbitrate dispute emanating from CLAS course. Institute for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences - founding member and steering committee Motivated by our collective research interests and the productivity of our collaborative research, we developed an organizational framework for this research and training institute; we also developed a graduate training program. 1998-99 Tulane representative to the Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors Attended BOD meeting 3/99; advertised OTS course opportunities to Tulane graduate students; advertised new OTS undergraduate course to Tulane undergraduates; worked with Undergraduate Semester Abroad program to knit OTS undergraduate program into Tulane semester abroad opportunities. Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Executive Committee Worked with new Director to initiate new programs; conducted review of CLAS. Neotropical Ecology Institute (previously Mesoamerican Ecology Institute) Participant; worked with Undergraduate Semester Abroad program to knit OTS undergraduate program into Tulane semester abroad opportunities. Institute for Earth and Ecosystem Sciences - founding member and steering committee 1999-2000 Tulane representative to the Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors Advertised OTS course opportunities to Tulane graduate students and undergraduates. Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS), Executive Committee Worked with Director to initiate new programs. Neotropical Ecology Institute participant. Department service 1996-97 (and Spring semester ‘96) EEOB Graduate Studies Committee organized EEOB T-shirt Design Contest Examiner for 7 graduate comprehensive/competency examinations EEOB award presentation at Tulane College awards ceremony EEOB Graduate Studies Committee Earth and Ecosystem Science (EES) graduate program working group EEOB Seminar Series Organizer (Spring Semester 1998) Hathaway Lectureship Organizer Peter Vitousek "Ecology and Global Environmental Change," and "Causes and consequences of nutrient limitation in Hawaiian montane forests" omore than 200 people attended the first lecture Vitousek met with students and with the Provost, to discuss the EES program Conery Lecture Organizer Gary Hartshorn, Executive Director of OTS, "Why Tropical Forests are of Global Importance" Hartshorn met with students and with the Provost, to discuss what OTS courses and membership offer to Tulane students and faculty Co-writer of successful (internal) computer technology for student education grant Examiner for 5 graduate comprehensive/competency examinations EEOB Major Advisor for 14+ undergraduates EEOB award presentation at Newcomb College awards ceremony 1998-99 EEOB Graduate Studies Committee revised graduate examination process drafted new "Procedures for Graduate Study" Examiner for 2 graduate comprehensive/competency examinations EEOB Major Advisor for 10 undergraduates 1999-2000 EEOB Graduate Studies Committee Examiner for 3 graduate comprehensive/competency examinations EEOB Major Advisor for 10 undergraduates Professional service Professional Society Membership: American Association for the Advancement of Science American Institute of Biological Sciences Association for Tropical Biology Association for Women in Science Ecological Society of America Soil Ecology, Physiological Ecology and Education section affiliations Organization for Tropical Studies Society for Ecological Restoration Soil Ecology Society Union of Concerned Scientists 1996 Association for Tropical Biology Symposium selection committee for 1997 Annual Meeting Ecological Society of America Chaired contributed papers session at annual meeting Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors Resource professor, OTS 96-3 Tropical Ecology course reviewed grant proposals for the US Department of Energy reviewed manuscripts for Annals of Botany (2) Ecological Applications (1) 1997 Ecological Society of America Organization for Tropical Studies reviewed grant proposals for the US Department of Agriculture Panel member — Fund for Rural America Program reviewed manuscripts for American Journal of Botany (1) Mycorrhiza (1) reviewed textbook ms for Prentice Hall publishers: A Primer of Community Ecology, by Peter Stiling 1998 Ecological Society of America Secretary of the Soil Section Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors reviewed manuscripts for Annals of Botany (1) 1999 Ecological Society of America Organization for Tropical Studies Soil Ecology Society reviewed manuscripts for Biogeochemistry (1) 2000 Ecological Society of America co-organized and co-chaired symposium on "The Rhizosphere" at annual mtg Organization for Tropical Studies Board of Directors reviewed manuscripts for |
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