Romi L.
Burks
Curriculum
Vita highlights
Department of Biology, Southwestern University, 1001 E. University
Ave., Georgetown, TX 78626
tel: 512.863.1280 | fax:
512.863.1696 | burksr@southwestern.edu
| www.southwestern.edu/~burksr
EDUCATION
University
of Notre Dame (UND)
Ph.D. in Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, 2000
Dissertation title: Daphnia in littoral zones: costs and benefits associated with diel horizontal migration;
Advisor: D. M. Lodge
Loyola
University Chicago (LUC)
B.S. in Biology with honors, magna cum laude, 1995
B.A. in English with honors, magna cum laude, 1995
POSITIONS HELD
2006-present Chair, Animal Behavior Program, Southwestern University (SU)
2003-present Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Southwestern University
2003-present Associate Doctoral Faculty, Texas State University
08/01 - 7/03 Research and Teaching Fellow, Rhodes
College (RC)
12/00 - 7/03 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Ohio State University
08/00 - 12/00 Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology & Teaching
Associate for the Kaneb Center
for Teaching and Learning, UND
08/99 & 08/04 Invited SWALE and Guest Researcher, Netherlands
Institute of Ecology, Centre
for Limnology
1997-present Invited Guest Researcher, National Environmental Research Institute, Silkeborg, Denmark
1995-1997 Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, UND
1992-1995 Aquatic Ecology Research Technician, LUC
HONORS & AWARDS
11/2008 Piper Professor Nominee
02/2007 Invited Panelist for DDIG Review in Ecology, National Science Foundation
2006 Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, SU
2005, 2006 Recognized as faculty work actively through disability issues, SU
2004-2005 Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) Environmental Fellow
Spring 2004 Associated Colleges of the South Technology Fellow
08/2004 Invited participant (16 chosen from 70 applicants) for SEEK (Science Environment
for Ecological Knowledge) workshop in Ecoinformatics, UNM's Sevilleta Field Station.
10/2003 Invited Panelist for Grant Review in Ecology, National Science Foundation
09/2003 Website featured on-line at The Chronicle of Higher Education
03/2003 Invited participant for 'Teaching Green', a workshop aimed at incorporating
environmental issues into interdisciplinary teaching. Sponsored by the Environmental Alliance
within the ACS. Furman University.
10/2001 Selected participant (44 chosen from 180) in DIALOG IV in Bermuda (Dissertation
Initiative For the Advancement of Limnology and Oceanography). 2 Presentations.
04/2000 The Kaneb Center Graduate Student Award for Excellence in Teaching.
1998-1999 Fulbright Scholar to Denmark
1997 UND Graduate Student Union Teaching Assistant of the Year Award
1995 Presidential Medal Recipient from the College of Arts and Sciences, LUC
1993 to present Phi Beta Kappa, member
