Professional History:
- 1987-present: Assist., Assoc., Full Professor, University of Arkansas
- 2007-2008: Cambridge Research Fellow, Department of Genetics and Wolfson College, University of Cambridge, UK. host: Michael Ashburner
- 1985-1987: NSF Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona. mentor: William B. Heed
- 1984-1985: Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona
- 1980-1983: NIH Predoctoral Fellow, University of Rochester
- 1977-1979: Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Summer Research Fellow
Educational History:
- 1984. Ph.D. Biology, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York. Advisor: Conrad A. Istock
- 1979. M.Sc. Zoology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia. Advisor: Michael H. Smith
- 1976. B.S. Cum Laude, Zoology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina. Advisor: Frederick S. Barkalow
- 1972-1974. Miami University, Oxford, Ohio