I came to San Jose State University in 1991 after nine years of teaching Junior High and High School science.  During that time (1982-1991), I was involved in curriculum development, writing laboratory manuals for Life Science, Biology, and Human Anatomy and Physiology.  Two years (1987-1988 & 1989-1990) were served as a Mentor Teacher presenting science inservice professional development to secondary school teachers in addition to his normal high school teaching.  I believe that science teaching should be inquiry-based and conceptually oriented.  I teach a research course to prospective science teachers that is concentrates upon the integration of "Nature of Science" into the classroom.  For the past several years I have been involved in revising the university introductory biology courses for majors to include more conceptually oriented, inquiry-based instruction.
I am currently teaching the Zoology 173 course "Mammalogy" which will be taught in Fall 2001.  I am one of the Biology 2 (Animal Biology) professors.  This course is designed to introduce biology majors to the realm of animal diversity, anatomy and physiology, ecology, and evolution.  I also teach General Education biology courses. 

Recent Courses Taught:

Fall 2001
Mammalogy (Zoology 173, lecture/laboratory)
Nature of Science (Science 255 lecture/seminar)
Spring 2000
Animal Biology (Biology 2 lecture, Laboratory coordinator)
Secondary School Science (SCED 373 lecture/seminar/lab/activity)
Fall 1999
Animal Biology (Biology 2, laboratory)
Contemporary Science Education (Science 220 lecture/seminar)

Course Syllabi:
Mammalogy
Nature of Science