Associate Professor
Department of Biology
The University of Mississippi

Contact:
Office: 104 Shoemaker Hall
E-mail: byrb@olemiss.edu
Telephone: (662) 915-5012

Research Interests:

• Animal Behavior
• Host-Parasite Interactions
• Conservation Biology

Education:
Ph.D. University of Florida

Mate Choice Research

Conservation Biology

Avian Research Facility

Teaching:

My teaching experience includes everything from teaching kids about animals in a zoo day camp program to educating senior citizens who had volunteered to give museum tours. At the college level I have designed and taught nine different topic courses. As is the case for most professors, I enjoy teaching biology in several complementary ways. The general public often assumes that the scholarly teaching commitment occurs only in the classroom, but the biologist teaches in the laboratory, the field and in the community as well. We also attend scientific meetings and teach (and learn from) our colleagues. To enrich my teaching I have attended teacher training programs, including a National Science Foundation workshop on the subject of fostering critical thinking in college science courses.