Sexual selection: BIO449 and BIO649 (Fall 2006). Small seminar course designed for graduate students and advanced undergraduates looking for a graduate style of learning experience. We read new journal papers every week and focus on hypothesis testing in the framework of sexual selection. Every student presents papers they have researched and hosts a discussion session.

Evolutionary Biology: BIO448 and BIO648 (Spring 2007). Medium-sized class focusing on organismal processes in Evolutionary Biology. I place emphasis on students learning how to pose and test interesting evolutionary questions that apply to broad areas of the biological sciences.

Ecology and Evolution of Metapopulations BIO404 and MATH 410 (Spring 2006). Co-taught with Prof Sebastian Schreiber from the Mathematics department. This seminar style class introduces students to the population dynamics and evolution of linked populations, i.e those contributing to a metapopulation. As humans are fragmenting the environment we are altering the dispersal of animals between populations and drastically affecting their evolution and viability. We will explore biological and mathematical approaches to studying metapopulation dynamics.