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
| http://people.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
2009-present Associate Professor, Department of Biology, Southwestern University
2003-present Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Southwestern University
2006-present Chair, Animal Behavior Program, Southwestern University (SU)
2003-present Associate Doctoral Faculty, Texas State University
08/01 - 7/03 Research and Teaching Fellow, Rhodes College
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
HONORS & AWARDS
11/2008 Piper Professor Nominee
02/2007 Invited Panelist for DDIG Review in Ecology, National Science Foundation
2006, 2009 Nominated for Outstanding Teaching Award, Southwestern University
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
