Bruce W. Grant
Professor
BIOLOGY
Widener University
United States of America
Biography
Evolutionary Ecology 1988 University of Pennsylvania (PA)
Research Interest
(1) urban ecology in southeastern PA, spanning urban herpetofauna (reptiles and amphibians), urban invertebrates (principally nocturnal Lepidoptera and aquatic macroinvertebrates), and urban invasive plants; (2) biodiversity of Honduran Lepidoptera (new project involving field and archival work in collaboration with Zamorano University at the Uyuca cloud forest preserve in Honduras); (3a) pedagogy of academic service learning (locally in Chester, PA, and internationally in Honduras) to enhance student learning, civic engagement, and engagement in global human sustainability; (3b) pedagogy of undergraduate ecological education using practitioner research.
Publications
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Grant, B.W. (2009). Practitioner research as a way of knowing: A case study of teacher learning in improving Undergraduates' Concept Acquisition of Evolution by Natural Selection. National Academy of Sciences Commissioned Paper from the NRC Board On Science Education Workshop "Promising Practices in STEM Undergraduate Education."
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Grant, B.W., Middendorf, G., Colgan, M.J., Ahmad, H., & Vogel, M.B. (2010). Herps in Cities * Herps of Cities: Urbanophiles, Urbanophobes, and the Urbanoblivious. Section 3, Chapter 4. In J. Niemela & I. Sherman (Eds.), Handbook of Urban Ecology. New York, NY: Oxford University
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