C.V.

C.V.

Donata Henry

In my role as Associate Director for the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT) I especially enjoy discussing pedagogy with other professors, most of whom work outside of my discipline. As a Senior Professor of the Practice my career is focused on teaching and mentoring undergraduates and supervising graduate student teaching. One of the most rewarding aspects of my job has been the many collaborations I’ve been able to participate in, including advising student groups and honors theses, the design of new courses with my colleagues, developing an outreach program called Girls in STEM at Tulane (GiST) and team-teaching the Grand Canyon Colloquium. Developing friendships in Copenhagen has also shown me the influence of culture on attitudes about science and conservation. In the end, I am constantly learning from my students

Education
Ph.D. - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2005
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
B.S. - Biology
1995
Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH
Professional Experience
Associate Director of the Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching
2018 - Present
Tulane University, New Orleans
Senior Professor of the Practice - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
July 2016
Tulane University, New Orleans
Professor of the Practice - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2010-2015
Tulane University, New Orleans
Laboratory Supervisor and Lecturer - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
2005-2010
Tulane University, New Orleans
Current Teaching at Tulane University
Diversity of Animal Behavior
EBIO1230/2130
 
Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EBIO2020
 
 
Natural History of Louisiana Lecture and Laboratory
EBIO2330/2335
 
 
Natural History of Denmark
EBIO2660
 
 
Grand Canyon Colloquium
COLQ4120
 
 
Secondary Methods of Teaching (II)
EDUC 5100
 
 
Women in Science, Service Learning Seminar
EBIO4560
 
 
Issues in Contemporary Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EBIO5970
Senior Capstone
 
Journal Review in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
EBIO681
2011 - Present
 
Diversity of Life Laboratory Supervisor
EBIO1015
16 - 18 sections each semester
 
General Ecology Laboratory Supervisor
EBIO3045
3 - 4 sections each Fall
 
Teaching Awards and Honors
Louisiana Ornithological Society President's Award
2016
 
 
Honors Professor of the Year
2015
 
 
Suzanne and Stephen Weiss Presidential Fellowship Award
2015
Finalist
 
Graduate Studies Student Association Outstanding Faculty Award
2013
School of Science and Engineering
 
National Academies Education Mentor in the Life Sciences
2013
 
 
National Academies Education Fellow in the Life Sciences
2011
 
 
Newcomb College Annual Mortar Board Award
2011
For Excellence in Teaching
 
Select Teaching Enrichment and Service
Summer Institute Impact Project, Yale University's Center for Teaching and Learning
2016
Invited Collaborator
CELT Graduate Student Teaching Workshop
2012-2016
Invited Speaker on Active Learning
CELT Faulty Fellow Peer Observer
2014-2016
 
 
CELT Brown Bag Session
2015
Invited Speaker on the CREATE pedagogy
LSU Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching
2013
Invited Facilitator
CREATE Faculty Development Workshop
2013
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
CELT Brown Bag Session
2013
Invited Speaker on Active Learning
Global Health Systems Department Doctoral Seminar
2012
Invited Speaker on Teaching
Yale Summer Institute on Scientific Teaching
2012
Invited Facilitator
Center for Engaged Learning and Teaching (CELT)
2011-2012
Teaching Fellow
HHMI / Nat'l Academies Summer Institute on Undergraduate Education in Biology
2011
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Select University Service and Collaborative Activities
Flint & Steel: Cross Disciplinary Combustion, A Studio in the Woods
2016
Faculty Collaborator
Tulane University Pre-Veterinary Society
2014-2016
Faculty Advisor
Butler Larks and Owls Honors Society
2014-2016
Faculty Fellow
Louisiana Master Naturalists Program
2013-2016
Advisory Board
Girls in STEM at Tulane
2012-2016
Community Outreach Program Founder and Co-Director
Newcomb Women in Science
2011-2016
Faculty Advisor
EBIO Undergraduate Fellows Program
2008-2016
Supervisor (6-12 students per semester)
Weatherhead Hall Environmental Sciences Society
2012-2014
Faculty Fellow
K-12 Science Education Outreach
2009-2016
St. Tammany Parish schools
National Audubon Society
2007
Environmental Lobbyist

Special invitation advocacy workshop on aquatic invasive species legislation, Washington D.C.

Publications

O’Brien, L.T., P. Gilbert, A. Hitti, E. Schaffer, A. Van Camp, & D.R. Henry. 2016. Improving girls’ sense of fit in science: increasing the impact of role models. Accepted for publication in Social Psychological and Personality Science.

Henry, D.R., D. A. Miller and T. W. Sherry. 2015. Integrating wildlife conservation with commercial silviculture — Demography of the Swainson’s Warbler (Limnothlypis swainsonii), a migrant bird of conservation concern in southern pine forests, USA, Precious Forests - Precious Earth, Dr. Miodrag Zlatic (Ed.), ISBN: 978-953-51-2175-6, InTech, DOI: 10.5772/61168. Available here.

Ellis, V.A., Collins, M.D., Medeiros, M.C.I., Sari, E.H.R., Coffey, E.D., Dickerson, R.C., Lugarini, C., Stratford, J.A., Henry, D.R., Merrill, L., Matthews, A.E., Hanson, A.A., Roberts, J.R., Joyce, M., Kunkel, M.R. & Ricklefs, R.E. 2015. Local host specialization, host-switching, and dispersal shape the regional distributions of avian haemosporidian parasites. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 112, 11294–11299.

Henry, D.R. and B.E. Fleury. 2016. Diversity of Life Laboratory Manual. Tulane University. (Updated each semester)

Sherry, T.W. and D.R. Henry. 2015. Laboratory Manual for General Ecology. Tulane University. (Updated annually)

Henry, D.R. and T.W. Sherry. 2004. Reproductive success and habitat selection of Swainson’s Warbler in managed pine versus bottomland hardwood forests. PhD Dissertation, Tulane University.

Henry, D.R. 2003. Notes on the breeding biology of Swainson’s Warblers. Louisiana Ornithological Society Newsletter

Consulted on the Birds of North America Swainson’s Warbler Species Account, Cornell Lab of   Ornithology and the American Ornithologist’s Union

Ellis, V.A., M.C I. Medeiros, M.D. Collins, E.H.R. Sari, E.D. Coffey, R.C. Dickerson, C. Lugarini, J.A. Stratford, D.R. Henry, Loren Merrill, Alix E. Matthews, Alison A. Hanson, J. R. Roberts, M. Joyce, M.R. Kunkel and R.E. Ricklefs. Prevalence of avian haemosporidian parasites is positively related to the abundance of host species at multiple sites within a region," has been accepted for publication in Parasitology Research.

Publications in Review / Preparation

Henry, D.R. and T.W. Sherry. Habitat selection by Swainson’s Warblers in two different habitat types: common denominators and scale dependency. Intended for Ecology.

Recent Research and Field Experience
Assessing student response to STEM workshops
2014-2016
 

Collaboration with Laurie O’Brien (Tulane)

Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship Bird Banding Station
2005-2016
 

Master Bander, Station Co-founder and Operations Manager, Pearl River, LA. Sponsored by the LDWF

Extending CREATE demographically and geographically
2014
 

Testing its efficacy on diverse populations of learners at 2 year and 4 year institutions. Collaboration with Sally Hoskins (City College New York) and Kristy Kenyon (Hobart and Williams Smith Colleges)

Malaria Monitoring Project
2013
 

Collaboration with Vincenzo Ellis and Robert Ricklefs (University of St. Louis, Missouri)

Select Outreach, Talks and Meetings
Biomimicry 3.8 Professional Program
2016
 

Hired Naturalist

Louisiana Ornithological Society Meeting
2015
 

Invited Speaker on Honey Island Bird Monitoring Program

St. Tammany Public Library program
2015
 

Invited Speaker on Secret Lives of Nesting Birds

HBO “Saving My Tomorrow” Earth Day Episode
2014
 

Invited expert on bird banding and conservation

St. Tammany Public Library program
2014
 

Invited Speaker on Butterflies of Louisiana

St. Francisville Hummingbird Festival
2014
 

Invited Speaker on Ruby-throated Hummingbirds

CELT’s Launch Tulane
2013
 

Invited Speaker on Being an Educator

Baton Rouge Audubon Society
2013
 

Invited Speaker on Honey Island Bird Monitoring Program

New Orleans Public Library STEM Events (3 programs)
2013
 

Shark Tooth Fossil Hunt

Louisiana Ornithological Society
2012
 

Invited Speaker on Honey Island Bird Monitoring Program

Orleans Audubon Society
2012
 

Invited Speaker on Honey Island Bird Monitoring Program

Northshore Bird Club
2012
 

Invited Speaker on The History of Bird Banding

Tulane Green Club
2012
 

Invited Speaker on The Struggle to Learn in the Context of Climate Change

Folsom Hummingbird Festival
2012
 

Invited Speaker on Hummingbirds of Louisiana

Chevron Geologist’s Banquet
2012
 

Invited Speaker on The History of Bird Banding

Tulane Interdisciplinary Experiences Seminar
2011
 

TIDES 1620-01/1892-11 Tulane’s Natural History

Newcomb Women in Science
2011
 

Faculty Series Seminar

Advanced Bird Banding Workshop
2011
 

With Peter Pyle, Baton Rouge

Newcomb Women in Science
2011
 

Speaker On Being a Scientist

Folsom Hummingbird Festival
2011
 

Invited Speaker on Nesting Birds of Louisiana

Select Student Projects
Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2016
 

Gina Zwicky - “Ecological niche modeling of elasmobranch fishes endemic to the Gulf of Mexico after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill"

Honors Thesis Advisor
2014
 

Eric Fagan - “Differences in territoriality and habitat use between Nearctic-Neotropical migrants and residents in a bottomland hardwood forest-swamp matrix”

4+1 Masters Student Advisor
2012
 

Emma Levenson - “Breeding bird community change in a bottomland hardwood forest”

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2012
 

Madeline Dickson - “Hybridization and multimodal signaling in stream fishes”

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2012
 

Victoria Troeger - “Waterborne transmission and cross-contamination of Aspergillosis in the Common Sea Fan”

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2012
 

Erin Valley - “Evaluating the effect of predation on phenotypic divergence in Dendrobates pumilio by using a model predator”

Masters Student Committee Member
2011
 

Julia Whitrock - “The effect of light availability and elevation on the establishment of Ligustrum sinense

4+1 Masters Student Advisor
2011
 

Jenifer Del Rossi - “Greenhouse gas inventory for the City of New Orleans”

Honors Thesis Advisor
2011
 

Lily Primason - “Effects of natural and anthropogenic disturbance on a migratory breeding bird of conservation concern”

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2011
 

Caroline Mitchell - “The role of hydrochory in the spread of Chinese privet”

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2011
 

Shemi Benge - “Interpreting the effect of habitat disturbance on female sexual selection in poison dart frogs, Dendrobates pumilio

Honors Thesis 2nd Reader
2011
 

Kaitlin Tasker - “Evaluating impacts of land use on the Strawberry Poison Dart Frog, Dendrobates pumilio”

Honors Thesis Advisor
2010
 

Mary Grace Lemon - “Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Abundance and Biodiversity of Breeding Birds in Honey Island Swamp, LA”

Honors Thesis Collaborator
2005
 

Shannon Tanner - “Bird community responses and conservation implications of loblolly versus slash pine cultivation in southeastern Louisiana”