Selected Presentations & Appearances
Communicating science in social settings; …yes, it matters
- Next Generation Pteridology: An International Conference on Lycophyte and Fern Research
· June 2015
Keynote/Named Lecture
Smithsonian Institution and United States Botanic Gardens,
Profiles in Sexuality Research: "Why gender diversity in ferns is critical to their evolutionary success"
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Duke Program In The Study Of Sexualities, Center for LGBT Life, and Women's Studies Program
Incoming President's Address: "In the shadow of angiosperms", American Society of Plant Taxonomists Banquet
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Botany 2012, Columbus, Ohio
Invited speaker, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA
· November 27, 2011
Lecture
Invited Symposium speaker, IBC 2011: XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Symposium: Exploring the Fern Frontier: Identifying the Next Generation of Challenges in Fern Biology
· November 27, 2011
Lecture
Communicating science in social settings; …yes, it matters
- Next Generation Pteridology: An International Conference on Lycophyte and Fern Research
· June 2015
Keynote/Named Lecture
Smithsonian Institution and United States Botanic Gardens,
Profiles in Sexuality Research: "Why gender diversity in ferns is critical to their evolutionary success"
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Duke Program In The Study Of Sexualities, Center for LGBT Life, and Women's Studies Program
Incoming President's Address: "In the shadow of angiosperms", American Society of Plant Taxonomists Banquet
· December 16, 2012
Lecture
Botany 2012, Columbus, Ohio
Invited speaker, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont, CA
· November 27, 2011
Lecture
Invited Symposium speaker, IBC 2011: XVIII International Botanical Congress, Melbourne, Australia. Symposium: Exploring the Fern Frontier: Identifying the Next Generation of Challenges in Fern Biology
· November 27, 2011
Lecture
Invited speaker, Department of Botany, University of Vermont, VT
· December 11, 2010
Lecture
Invited speaker, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, CT
· July 1, 2010
Lecture
Invited speaker
· November 1, 2008
Lecture
Dept. of Plant Biology, North Carolina State University
Invited speaker
· April 1, 2008
Lecture
Department of Plant Biology, Southern Illinois University
Invited speaker
· January 1, 2008
Lecture
Organization for Tropical Studies, Las Cruces and La Selva Biological Stations, Costa Rica
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
Oversee a student-driven class website that highlights the "Plants of the Duke University Campus: www.dukeplants.net - Outreach from teaching Bio 142L
· December 20, 2010
Other
Oversee a student-driven class website that highlights the "Plants of the Duke University Campus: www.dukeplants.net - Outreach from teaching Bio 142L
· December 20, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
A Duke student-run organization that hosts educational outreach programs for 4th-6th grade girls from Durham public schools - Duke University: faculty mentor participant in FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science)
· February 1, 2010
Other
A Duke student-run organization that hosts educational outreach programs for 4th-6th grade girls from Durham public schools - Duke University: faculty mentor participant in FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science)
· February 1, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - Duke University Herbarium (Awareness Campaign)
· December 20, 2009
Other
Oversee a student-driven class website that highlights the "Plants of the Duke University Campus: www.dukeplants.net - Outreach from teaching Bio 142L
· December 20, 2010
Other
Oversee a student-driven class website that highlights the "Plants of the Duke University Campus: www.dukeplants.net - Outreach from teaching Bio 142L
· December 20, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
A Duke student-run organization that hosts educational outreach programs for 4th-6th grade girls from Durham public schools - Duke University: faculty mentor participant in FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science)
· February 1, 2010
Other
A Duke student-run organization that hosts educational outreach programs for 4th-6th grade girls from Durham public schools - Duke University: faculty mentor participant in FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering, and Science)
· February 1, 2010
Other
Service to the Community
Unknown - Duke University Herbarium (Awareness Campaign)
· December 20, 2009
Other
Unknown - Duke University Herbarium (Awareness Campaign)
· December 20, 2009
Other
Service to the Community ; Initiated annual Herbarium reports to document the high use of the facility (through loan activity and visits) and refereed publications that cite the Duke collection (about 100/year). Spearheaded the development of a new Herbarium URL and website -- herbarium.duke.edu -- that went live in November 2010. Organized the sale of Duke herbarium prints (high-resolution, archival-quality scans) through Duke Stores (Terrace Shop at Sarah Duke Gardens), with proceeds going toward a newly established Herbarium Fund. This was done in connection with a prominent framing gallery in Durham to generate some self-sustaining revenue and to raise our public profile. In collaboration with Duke Libraries, I initiated a project that digitized all the vascular type specimens at Duke (nearly 1000 specimens), and this collection will go live as part of the Duke Herbarium website in January 2013.
Service to the Profession
President
·
2012
- 2013
Other
American Society of Plant Taxonomists,
President
·
2012
- 2014
Other
American Fern Society,
Council Member, International Association of Plant Taxonomists (IAPT)
·
2011
- 2017
Editorial Activities
Associate Editor : Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
·
2010
Editorial Activities
Associate Editor : Annals of Botany
·
2010
Editorial Activities
Service to Duke
DIRECTOR OF GRADUATE STUDIES
·
July 2014
- June 2020
Other
Department of Biology, Duke University,
Serve as chair of departmental graduate recruiting, admissions, and fellowship committees; nominate students for Graduate School fellowships; monitor students’ annual progress towards degree; participate in RCR compliance training; annually assess the quality of the graduate program using quantitative metrics and descriptive narrative for University accreditation reports.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS COMMITTEE
(University)
·
2006
- 2009
Committee Service
Provost appointment,
The APC is an advisory body to the Provost. The charge to the APC is a broad one in terms of advising the Provost on university-wide academic issues as well as providing advice on the creation, termination, or contraction of academic units. The full Committee meets once a month. Members serve on one of two subcommittees which meet every three weeks. The membership of the APC is comprised of senior faculty members from schools with undergraduate bodies and the professional schools, including two from the Executive Committee of the Academic Council. Ex officio members include the Provost, the Dean of the Graduate School, the Chair of the Academic Council, and the Executive Vice Provost, among others. Term: three years.
DIRECTOR OF DUKE HERBARIUM
·
2005
- 2025
Other
Department of Biology, Duke University,
Includes overseeing budget and general operations for the Duke Herbarium which comprises five research/teaching collections (nearly 1M specimens): vascular plants, bryophytes, algae, lichens, and basidiomycete fungi. Fourteen Duke staff members are associated with the Herbarium (9 curators (3 emeritus); 5 collection managers).