Program Home About the Program Required Courses General Education   Requirements Four-Year Plans Faculty Catalog			Faculty Profile Lewis, Susan E., Dr. Biology Professor Marine Sciences Director   Office: Rankin 110 Office Phone: 262-524-7279 Email: lewiss@carrollu.edu   Education: Undergraduate B.A. – Biology, Earlham College - 1987 Graduate M.A. – Environmental Education, University of Minnesota - 1993 Ph.D. – Behavioral Ecology, University of Minnesota   Areas of Specialization: Parental care and social behavior of vertebrates (bats) and invertebrates (amphipods)   Scholarship: Tarutis, J.*, S. Lewis and M. Dyke*. 2005. Active Parental Care in a Freshwater Amphipod (Crustacea:  Gammarus pseudolimnaeus):  Effects of environmental factors. American Midl. Naturalist, 153:276-283. Lewis, S., K. Lampe, and A.Lloyd*.  2005.  Once in a million years: understanding the magnitude of geologic time. ActionBioscience.org. Lewis, S. E., Conley, L. C. and Horst, C. J.  2003. Structuring Research Opportunities for All Biology Majors. Bioscene, 29(2): 9-14. Lewis, S. E. 2003. Issues-based teaching in science education.  http://www.actionbioscience.org/education/lewis.html Lewis, S. E.  2002. Investigating Reformulated Gasoline in an Issue-based Environmental Science Course. Bioscene 28:15-20. Pavwoski, D*. and S. E. Lewis. 2001.  Characteristics of buildings used as bat roosts in Waukesha County, Wis. Bat Research News, 42(4): 192-196. * indicates undergraduate student author   Service to Carroll University or the Profession: Director, Greene Field Station Director, Marine Biology Program Liberal Arts and Sciences Academic Steering Committee Wisconsin Natural Areas Preservation Council Project Kaleidescope Faculty for the 21st Century member      Kettle Moraine Natural History Association Board Member.   Honors and Awards: National Science Foundation Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Grant, 2001 ($85,000) to improve equipment and faculty development for the core biology curriculum. Field Station Facilities Improvement Planning Grant, 1997 ($6,000) to develop a field station conservation plan. National Wildlife Foundation Five Star Grant ($10,000) for ecological restoration following removal of a dam at the Greene Field Station. Natural Resource Conservation Service Wildlife Habitat Improvement Program Grant ($24,000) to restore one linear mile of Genesee Creek. Wisconsin Foundation for Independent Colleges Watershed Initiative Grant ($8,500) to support student research and internships associated with the Genesee Creek Watershed. Lois Almon Grant for Field Study, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts, and Letters:  grants supported research on sediment seed banks behind a 150-year-old dam (2004, $500), radiotelemetry to assess habitat use by Blanding’s turtles (2002, $1,500), and community structure of bats in the Kettle Moraine State Forest (1996, $1,500).   Back to faculty Last updated 2/13/2007
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