CURRICULUM VITAE
WILLIAM M. COOK
Department of Biological Sciences
St. Cloud State University
720 Fourth Avenue South
St. Cloud , MN 56301 USA
Telephone: (320) 308-2019
E-mail: wmcook@stcloudstate.edu
EMPLOYMENT:
Saint Cloud State University , Saint Cloud, MN: Assistant professor, 2005-present.
Arizona State University , Tempe: Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2003-2005.
EDUCATION:
University of Kansas , Lawrence: Ph.D., 2003, Systematics and Ecology.
Organization for Tropical Studies , Durham, N.C. Two-month field course:
“Tropical Biology: An Ecological Approach,” 1999, Costa Rica.
Harvard University , Cambridge, MA: A.B. Magna cum laude, Biological Anthropology, 1995.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
St. Cloud State University, 2005-present.
(1) “Mammalogy” (BIOL 314).
(2) "General Ecology" (BIOL 312, 2 times).
(3) "Community Ecology" (BIOL 490/590, 2 times).
Adjunct faculty, Baker University, Fall, 2002
(1) “Human Ecology” (BI 120).
Teaching assistantships, University of Kansas , 1997-2003:
(1) “Principles of Biology, Laboratory” (BIOL 102, 3 times)
(2) “Principles of Environmental Studies” (EVRN 148, 3 times)
(3) “Environmental Policy” (EVRN 320)
(4) “Field Ecology” (EVRN 460)
(5) “Biostatistics” (BIOL 570)
(6) “Principles of Organismal Biology” (BIOL 152)
Public Education:
Arizona State University “Ecology Explorers” (2003-2005)
-Workshops for elementary and high school teachers on topics in ecology
Kansas Natural History Museum, Lawrence (1997-2003)
-Presented >130 workshops and hourly programs for school groups and senior
citizens about mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians, and other topics.
I have also done internships and volunteer work in public education for
New England Aquarium (Boston, MA, 1996-1997)
Boston Museum of Science (Boston, MA, 1996)
Appalachian Mountain Club (in White Mountain National Forest, NH, 1996-1998)
Recognition of teaching excellence:
Student nominee for the University of Kansas Excellence in Instruction in Introductory Biology award, 1997-1998
Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology nominee, University of Kansas Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, 2002.
PUBLICATIONS:
1. Cook, William M., Jin Yao and Robert D. Holt. 2001. Spatial variation in oviposition damage by periodical cicadas in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Oecologia 127(1): 51-61.
2. Cook, William M. , Robert M. Timm and Dena E. Hyman. 2001[2002]. Swimming ability in three Costa Rican dry forest rodents. Revista Biologica Tropical 49(3): 1101-1104.
3. Cook, William M. and Robert D. Holt. 2002. Periodical cicada (Magicicada cassini) oviposition damage: visually impressive yet dynamically irrelevant. American Midland Naturalist 147(2): 214-224.
4. Cook, William M., Kurt T. Lane, Bryan L. Foster and Robert D. Holt. 2002. Island theory, matrix effects, and species richness patterns in habitat fragments. Ecology Letters 5(5): 619-623.
5. Cook, William M. , Reuben M. Anderson and E. William Schweiger. 2004. Is the matrix really inhospitable? Prairie vole runway distribution in an experimentally fragmented landscape. Oikos 104: 5-14.
6. Cook, William M. 2004. Inadvertent bird captures in Sherman small mammal traps in an old field mosaic. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(3-4): 170-172.
7. Guarisco, Hank, William M. Cook and Kathleen R. Nuckolls. 2004. New additions to the spider fauna of Kansas discovered near black-tailed prairie dog towns in shortgrass prairie. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 107(3-4): 175-178.
8. Cook, William M. , Diane Hope, David G. Casagrande, Peter M. Groffman and Scott L. Collins. 2004. Learning to roll with the punches: Adaptive experimentation in human-dominated systems. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(9): 464-474.
9. Cook, William M. , Jin Yao, Bryan L. Foster, Robert D. Holt and L. Brian Patrick. 2005. Secondary succession in an experimentally fragmented landscape: community patterns across space and time. Ecology 86(5): 1267–1279.
10. Cook, William M. and Robert D. Holt. 2006. Fire frequency and mosaic burning effects on a tallgrass prairie ground beetle assemblage. Biodiversity and Conservation 15(7): 2301-2323.
11. Cook, William M. and Robert D. Holt. 2006. The influence of multiple factors on insect colonization of heterogeneous landscapes: a review and case study with periodical cicadas. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 99(5): 809-820.
12. Cook, William M. and Stanley H. Faeth. 2006. Irrigation and land use drive ground arthropod community patterns in an urban desert. Environmental Entomology 35(6): 1532-1540.
Manuscripts accepted or in press :
Casagrande, David G., Diane Hope, Elizabeth Farley-Metzger, William M. Cook and Scott Yabiku. Accepted. Problem and opportunity: Integrating anthropology, ecology, and policy through adaptive experimentation in the urban American Southwest. Human Organization.
Submitted manuscripts :
Cook, William M. and Robert D. Holt. Submitted. Armadillidium vulgare (Crustacea: Isopoda) populations in Kansas tallgrass prairie. Acta Oecologia.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:
Invited:
Southwest Missouri State University, November 2002.
Doane College, February 2003.
Mount Holyoke College, March 2003.
Arizona State University, May 2003.
New Mexico State University, February 2004.
University of Nebraska , February 2005.
Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, February 2005.
Saint Cloud State University, March 2005.
Contributed papers and posters:
Cook, W.M. October 1998. Tenth Annual Meeting of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. “The effects of fire frequency on community structure: Analysis of trends in a ground arthropod assemblage.”
Cook, W.M. , J. Yao and R.D. Holt. August 1999. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. “Spatial variation in oviposition damage by periodical cicadas in an experimentally fragmented landscape.”
Cook, W.M. , R.M. Timm and D.E. Hyman. September 1999. Kansas Mammal Meetings. “Swimming ability in three Costa Rican dry forest rodents.”
Cook, W.M. October 1999. Eleventh Annual Meeting of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. “Carabid beetle species responses to experimental fire frequency.”
Cook, W.M. April 2000. Annual Meeting of the Central States Entomological Society. “ Spatial factors influencing colonization by periodical cicadas in a heterogeneous landscape.”
Cook, W.M. August 2000. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. “Ground beetle community responses to experimental fire frequency.”
Cook, W.M. and R.M. Anderson. October 2000. Annual Meeting of the Great Plains Society of Mammalogists. “Space use and runway construction by prairie voles in an experimentally fragmented landscape.”
Cook, W.M. December 2000. Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Konza Prairie Research Natural Area. “Carabid beetle community responses to habitat structure in tallgrass prairie.”
Cook, W.M. and K.E. Nuckolls. April 2001. Annual Meeting of the Central States Entomological Society. “Testing the prairie dog keystone species hypothesis: are colonies hotspots of arthropod biodiversity?”
Cook, W.M. and J. Kolosick. April 2001. Annual Meeting of the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science. “Teaching children about tropical forests.”
Cook, W.M. August 2001. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. “Effects of vegetation structure on ground beetle diversity and species occurrence on tallgrass prairie.”
Cook, W.M. April 2002. Annual Meeting of the Kansas Association of Teachers of Science. “The burning question: the role of fire in Kansas prairie ecology.”
Cook, W.M. , J. Yao, B.L. Foster, R.D. Holt and L.B. Patrick. August 2002. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. ”Species diversity on terrestrial “islands”: Do successional landscapes follow the predictions of island biogeography theory?”
Lane, K.L. and W.M. Cook. August 2002. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. “When does island biogeography theory apply to fragmented habitats? Plant community patterns in successional patches and the surrounding matrix.” (Poster)
Coles, B.F., M.E. Ramspott, K.P. Price, W.M. Cook and R.H. Hagen. March 2003. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers. “Detection of vegetation community characteristics in the Kansas Biotic Succession Facility using multitemporal high-resolution airborne remote sensing.” (Poster)
Cook, W.M. September 2003. Workshop at the LTER All-Scientists’ Meeting, Seattle . “Experimental design in the Long Term Ecological Research network.”
Cook, W.M. February 2004. CAP-LTER Urban Community Ecology Symposium, “Planned population and community research at North Desert Village.”
Cook, W.M. , D.G. Casagrande, D. Hope, C. Martin and J. Stutz. February 2004. CAP-LTER Annual Research Poster Symposium. “The North Desert Village ‘Suburbosphere’: An experiment in urban ecology.” (Poster)
Cook, W.M. and S.E. Faeth. August 2004. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America . “Ground arthropod community composition within the urban landscape of greater Phoenix.” (Poster)
Cook, W.M. January 2005. CAP-LTER Annual Research Poster Symposium. “Long term bird community patterns at Phoenix’s Desert Botanical Garden.” (Poster)
Cook, W.M. August 2006. Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of America. “The Phoenix Desert Botanical Garden: a growing oasis for birds in central Arizona.” (Poster)
GRANTS:
Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, 1998. $575 awarded for travel to Organization for Tropical Studies field school.
University of Kansas, January 1999. $1800 awarded for tuition for Organization for Tropical Studies field school.
Panorama Society Small Grant Program, Kansas Natural History Museum and Biodiversity Research Center, May 2000. $471.15 for study entitled “Effects of prairie dog colonies on ground beetle (Coleoptera: Carabidae) communities.”
J.T. Callahan Memorial Student Travel Award, Ecological Society of America, July 2000. $300.
Office of Sponsored Programs, St. Cloud State University, 2006-2007. "Bottom-Up Versus Top-Down Influences on Grassland Diversity and Productivity: A Pilot Study." $4815.
U.S. Department of Military Affairs, 2006-2007. "Land Management Services at Camp Ripley and Arden Hills Army Training Site." $84,887. Co-PI with Richard Rothaus.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
At Saint Cloud State University (2005-present):
Graduate Committee, Department of Biological Sciences (2006-7)
Curriculum Committee, Department of Biological Sciences (2006-7)
Fixed-term Ecologist Search Committee, Department of Biological Sciences (2005-6)
Judge, Central Minnesota Regional Science Fair (2006)
At Arizona State University (2003-2005):
Co-organizer, CAP-LTER Annual Poster Symposium, 2004, 2005
Judge, Earth, Life and Social Sciences Graduate Research Symposium, 2004
Judge, Arizona American Indian Science and Engineering Fair, 2004, 2005
At University of Kansas (1997-2003):
Executive Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Student Representative, Experimental and Applied Ecology Program
President, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Student Organization
Student Representative to Ecology and Evolutionary Biology faculty meetings
Undergraduate Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology New Student Orientation Committee
Minority Affairs Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Sabbatical Leave Committee, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Panorama Small Grants Review Committee, Kansas Natural History Museum
Kansas Field Station and Ecological Reserves Executive Committee
Committee for Graduate Regulations, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Invited panelist, KU New Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation
Manuscripts reviewed for:
Acta Theriologica, American Midland Naturalist, Ecology Letters, Environmental Conservation, Environmental Entomology, Ethology, Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Animal Ecology, Journal of Ecology, Journal of Arid Environments, Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Landscape Ecology, Wetlands
Grant proposals reviewed for:
U.S. National Science Foundation
STUDENT MENTORING AND GRADUATE COMMITTEES:
Laurie Tuohy (M.S. committee member, SCSU Biological Sciences). Graduated 2006.
Rebekah Olson, (M.S. committee member, SCSU Biological Sciences). 2006-present.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS AND MEMBERSHIPS :
American Society of Mammalogists
Ecological Society of America
Entomological Society of America
Central States Entomological Society