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Georgianne Smith-Connell. Whatcom Community College Instructor, WWU Biology Instructor, and former WWU Biology Graduate Student Roland Jung (360) 754-6767. General Manager, Tumwater Brewery City Pizza Brian Bingham (360) 650-7400 or (360) 650-2845. Professor, Shannon Point Marine Center and Environmental Science, WWU Gisele Muller-Parker (360) 650-7400 or (360) 650-4885. Biology Department Chair, WWU Pema Kitaeff (206) 349-9977. Dive Safety Officer, Friday Harbor Labs, UW. Nate Schwarck (360) 650-7400. Lab Tech and Dive Safety Officer, Shannon Point Marine Center, WWU |
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Pierce College - Puyallup (253) 840-8333 1601 39th Ave SE, Puyallup, WA 98374 Part-Time (Adjunct) Instructor - Environmental Sciences 101 Supervisor: Tom Bush Employed from March 2008 until June 2008 Duties: I was the assigned instructor for Environmental Sciences 101, which included designing and presenting five hours a week of lectures, as well as labs, assignments, and exams. This course was an introduction to Environmental Science, where most of the students had limited experience in Biology or Chemistry. It also was highly independent, with little oversight. I also designed six days worth of new labs, including a field study, as well as a naturalist trip. Biology Department, Western Washington University (360) 650-3627 516 High St., Biology Bldg., Bellingham, WA 98225 Biology 101, 204, and 206 Lab Instructor Supervisor: Joanne Otto, Georgianne Connell and Pema Kitaeff Employed from January, 2005 until June 2007 Duties: I was an instructor for the Biology 101, 204 and 206 labs. This required creating a lesson plan for each lab, preparing weekly quizes, grading assignments and scientific papers, keeping the labs safe yet interesting, and instructing the lab. Labs included Field Ecology, Drosophila Genetics, Microscopy, Genetic Drift, Experimental Design, Analysis, Phylogeny, and Osmosis. Huxley College, Western Washington University (360) 650-3520 516 High St., ES Bldg., Bellingham, WA 98225 Teaching Assistant Supervisors: Brian Bingham, John Rybczyk, and Leo Bodensteiner Employed from September, 2004 until June, 2006 Duties: I have worked as a teaching assistant for three courses at Huxley College. During the fall of 2004 I assisted with the Experimental Design course for Dr. Brian Bingham. For this course I helped instruct students on usage of statistical packages on the campus computers. I also tutored several students individually to help with this difficult statistics course. During the Fall of 2005 I was the teaching assistant for Dr. John Rybczyk's Wetlands Ecology course. During this quarter I graded exams, lab notebooks, projects, and also helped instruct field labs and some of the in-class teaching. During the spring of 2006 I was the TA for Dr. Leo Bodensteiner's Fisheries Management Lab. This is a field lab class, where we take student out to the surrounding water bodies, and use scientific methods to survey fish populations. I helped with boat operation, taught methods in the field, graded quizes and exams, and was responsible for most of the gear clean-up and maintainence. Shannon Point Marine Center (360) 650-7400 1900 Shannon Point Rd., Anacortes, WA 98221 Graduate Assistant Supervisor: Gene McKeen and Karen Pelatreau Employed from March, 2005 to June, 2005 Duties: My duties are two-fold. First, I am the assistant to the Algae instrucor. I instructed most of the lab portions of this class as well as setting up labs, and helping with individual projects and field excursions. Secondly, I am an analytical lab assistant, working with water quality measurements (DO, Phosphates, Silicates, Cholophyll, etc.), analytical chemistry, and clean-up. Rensel Associates Aquatic Science Consultants (360) 435-3285 4209 234th Street NE, Arlington, WA 98223 Biologist I Supervisor: Dr. Jack Rensel Employed from May 2004 to current Duties: Worked on research projects funded through NOAA to explore possible beneficial effects of Atlantic Salmon farming in Deepwater Bay, Cypress Island. Work currently includes experimental design and setup, scientific diving and underwater photography, and the use of an underwater pressurewasher. Expanded to include wet and dry biomass of biofouling organisms around the farm, and analysis of results. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (206) 368-4573 14511 Whitman Ave N., Seattle, WA 98133 Scientific Technician II - Port Sampler Supervisor: Patrick "Slim" Simpson Employed from July to November, 2003 Duties: I was assigned to several Seattle-area ports, where I asked questions of private fishers to determine their catch that day, as well as time spent fishing and other relevant information. Also did biological sampling of marine fishes, such as weight, length and scale sampling. Position is independent, and must be self-driven. Also worked commercial Purse Seine fishery in November, as on on-board observer. Biology Department, Western Washington University (360) 650-3627 516 High St., Biology Bldg., Bellingham, WA 98225 Research Assistant IV Supervisor: Gisele Muller-Parker Employed from September, 2000 until June, 2003 Duties: I began work in the WWU Biology Department by aiding Dr. Muller-Parker in data analysis, entry and cell counts. Beginning in the Fall of 2001, I continued my projects from that Summer, including writing a grant for to purchase an HPLC. The grant was approved, and I derived my own HPLC methodology based on my available resources, and completed the project. In the 2002-2003 school year I assisted Dr. Muller-Parker on an initial Costa Rica project, as well as completing my work's writing and statistics for publication. Work will be submitted to a peer-reviewed scientific journal in early to mid-2004. Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (360) 249-1215 49 Devonshire Rd., Montesano, WA 98563 Scientific Technician II - Port Sampler Supervisor: Wendy Beeghley Employed from July to September, 2002 Duties: This position was very similar to the Seattle position in the Summer of 2003, however, I also worked with commercial and charter fisheries. I worked primarily in the ports of Ilwaco and Chinook, near the mouth of the Columbia River. When working on commercial fisheries I had to call in data to Doug Milward, in order to maintain an immediate and accurate count for season. Shannon Point Marine Center (360) 650-7400 1900 Shannon Point Rd., Anacortes, WA 98221 Research Experience for Undergraduates Student Supervisor: Stephen Sulkin and Gisele Muller-Parker Employed from June to August, 2001 Duties: During this nine-week summer program it was my job to design, implement, complete, make conclusions, and present results of a marine biology experiment. I designed an experiment involving UV-absorption of intertidal sea anemones, using UV-Vis chromatography. I completed my research, and presented it using MS PowerPoint to the faculty of SPMC. Out of the eight researchers that year I was selected to present my conclusions to the Ocean Sciences Conference. At that conference I was selected as the second place undergraduate poster presenter, by scientists in the field. CompuCare of Bellingham (360) 733-1234 3908 Meridian Rd., Bellingham, WA 98226 Head of Sales Supervisor: Justin (no longer with company) Employed from February to December, 2000 Duties: My primary duty was customer service and sales of computer hardware. I also trained and supervised and cashier staff. I completed minor system upgrades to customer computers, including most hardware upgrades. Dominos Pizza (360) 671-8282 818 Lakeway Dr., Bellingham, WA 98226 Pizza Delivery Driver Supervisor: Mike Victor Employed from August, 1999 until February, 2000 Duties: I delivered pizza throughout the city of Bellingham, along with answering phone orders and preparing pizzas. Little Caesars Pizza (360) 676-7749 1070 Lakeway Dr., Bellingham, WA 98226 Pizza Crew Supervisor: Kevin Baker Employed from August, 1998 until August, 1999 Duties: I answered phones, prepared pizzas, performed customer service, and operated a cash till. Brewery City Pizza (360) 754-6767 5150 Capitol Blvd., Olympia, WA 98501 Pizza Crew Supervisor: Roland Jung Employed from July, 1997 until September, 1999 Duties: I answered phones, prepared pizzas, performed customer service, and operated a cash till. Also I trained new employees, and routed pizza deliveries to maximize delivery efficiency. Rendezvous at the Trails No longer open 1500 79th Ave, Olympia, WA 98501 Prep Cook, Head Dishwasher Supervisor: Kelly Manning Employed from August, 1996 until May, 1997 Duties: I pre-prepared foods for cooking, washed dishes, and trained new dishwashers. Also did interviews to help in hiring of new staff. |