CURRICULUM VITAE

MARK ALAN MCGINLEY

Department of Biological Sciences

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX 79409-3131

(806) 742-1828 ext. 242, (806) 742-4340,  or (806) 742-2715 (message)

e-mail: mark.mcginley@.ttu.edu

Date and Place of Birth: April 28, 1958; Corpus Christi, TX

Education

            2000 Tropical Marine Biology, Hofstra University Marine Lab, St. Ann’s Bay, Jamaica.

            1983 – 1989 Ph. D. Department of Biology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

            1980 – 1983 M.S. Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

            1982 Fern Mountain Field Ecology Course, University of  Northern   Arizona, Flagstaff, AZ.

            1976 – 1980 B.A. Zoology, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA.

            Professional Diving Education

            PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer 2002

            PADI Open Water Scuba Instructor 2001

                             - specialties in Deep Diver, Underwater Naturalist, Fish ID, Wreck Diver, Night Diver, Multilevel Diver, and Altitude Diver.

                            -  distinctive specialties in Natural History of San Solomon Springs and Research Diver

Professional Experience

            2005 - present. Associate Professor, The Honors College and Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

            2003 - present.  Biology Instructor and Scuba Instructor, Odyssey Expeditions, British Virgin Islands (June - August)

            1997 - 2005.  Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

            1991 – 1997. Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

            1989 – 1991. Post-doctoral Research Associate (with David Tilman) Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota,

                        Minneapolis, MN.

            1983–1989. Graduate Teaching Fellow. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.

            1982 – 1983. Graduate Teaching Assistant.  Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

            1980 – 1982. Graduate Research Assistant (with Christopher C. Smith), Division of Biology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.

Publications

McGinley, M.A. 2005. Transferring a course developed for honors students to non-majors biology students: lessons learned. Honors in Practice, Fall/Winter, pp. 85-9.  

McIntyre, N, M.A. McGinley, L.D. Densmore, and L. Smith. 2005. The Wildlife of the Llano Estacado. In J. Lee (Ed). The Llano Estacado, Texas Tech University Press (in press).

McGinley, M.A. 2003.  The Process of Science. Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co.

Willig, M.R. and M. A. McGinley. 1999. The response of animals to disturbance and their roles in path generation. Pp. 633 – 657 in Ecosystems of Disturbed Ground,  L.R. Walker (ed). Elsevier Press, Amsterdam

Mayes, S.G., M.A. McGinley, and C.R. Werth. 1998. Clonal population structure and genetic variation in sand-shinnery oak. American Journal of Botany 85:1609-1617.

McGinley, M.A., S. S. Dhillion, and J. Neumann. 1994. Environmental heterogeneity and seedling establishment: ant:plant:microbe interactions. Functional Ecology 8:607-615.

Dhillion, S. S, M. A. McGinley, C. F. Friese, and J. C. Zak. 1994. Construction of sand shinnery oak communities of the Llano Estacado: animal disturbances, plant community structure, and restoration.  Restoration Ecology 2:51-61.

McGinley, M. A. and D. Tilman. 1994.  Short-term response of old-field plant communities to fire and disturbance. American Midland Naturalist 129:409-413.

McGinley, M. A. 1994. Variation in reproductive characteristics of Poa  pratensis across a successional chronosequence. The Texas Journal of Science 45:107-108.

McGinley, M. A., C. C. Smith, P. F. Elliott, and J. J. Higgins. 1990. Morphological constraints on seed mass in lodgepole pine. Functional Ecology 4:183-192.

McGinley, M. A. 1989. Within and among plant variation in seed mass in Tragopogon dubius. Canadian Journal of Botany 62:1298-1304.

McGinley, M.A. 1989. The influence of a positive relationship between clutch size and offspring survival on optimal offspring size. Evolutionary Ecology 3:150-156.

McGinley, M.A. and E.J. Brigham. 1989. Fruit morphology and terminal velocity in Tragopogon dubius. Functional Ecology 3:489-496.

McGinley, M.A. and E.L. Charnov. 1988. Multiple resources and the optimal balance between size and number of offspring.  Evolutionary Ecology 2:77-84.

McGinley, M. A., D. H, Temme, and M. A. Geber. 1987. Parental investment in offspring in variable environments: theoretical and empirical considerations: American Naturalist 130:370-398.

McGinley, M. A. and T. G. Whitham. 1984. Central place foraging by beavers: a test of foraging predictions and the impact of selective feeding on the growth form of cottonwoods. Oecologia 66:558 – 562.

McGinley, M. A. 1984. The adaptive value of male-biased sex ratios in stressed animals. American Naturalist 124:508-509.

McGinley, M. A. 1984.  Central place foraging for non-food items: determination of the stick size-value relationship of house building materials collected by eastern woodrats.  American Naturalist 123:841-853.

Fugle, G. N, S. I. Rothstein, C. W. Osenberg, and M, A. McGinley. 1984. Signals of status in wintering white-crowned sparrows. Animal Behavior 32:86-93.

Invited Seminars

                        1990    Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cincinnati

                                    Department of Biological Sciences. University of Pittsburgh

                                    Section of Ecology and Systematics, Cornell University

                        1991    Kellogg Biological Station, Michigan State University

                        1993    University of North Texas Tech University        

                        1994    Cedar Creek Natural History Area, University of Minnesota

                        1997    Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State University

Invited Symposia

                        Resource allocation decisions by plants: effects on population and community organization. Resource Allocation Processes: The Connection Between Individual and Population Levels of Organization. Savannah River Ecology Lab, symposium organized by J. D. Congdon and A. E. Dunham, Jan/Feb 1997.

Presentations at Meetings

Secondary succession on a Minnesota sand plain.  McGinley, M.A. and D. Tilman. 1992 Southwestern Association of  Naturalists. Junction, TX

Effects of animal disturbances on environmental heterogeneity in the sand shinnery oak community of West Texas. McGinley, M.A., S.S. Dhillion, and C. Friese. 1993. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Section of AAAS. Albuquerque, NM.

Ant-plant-microbe interactions in sand shinnery oak communities of West Texas. Neumann, J, and M.A. McGinley. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Section of AAAS. Albuquerque, NM.

The effects of the microbial community and soil fertility on seedling establishment in little bluestem (Schizachyrium scoparium). Mehdiabadi, N.J. and M.A. McGinley. 1994. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Section of AAAS. Durango, CO.

Effects of cattle activity on plant community structure in the sand shinnery oak community of western Texas. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Section of AAAS. Durango, CO.

Clonal structure of Quercus havardii. Mayes, S. and M.A. McGinley, and C.W. Werth. 1994. Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Section of AAAS. Durango, CO.

Clonal structure of Quercus havardii. Mayes, S. and M.A. McGinley, and C.W. Werth. 1994. Southeastern Botanists, Alabama

Costs and benefits of VAM-plant interactions. McGinley, M.A. and S.S. Dhillion. 1994. Ecological Society of America. Knoxville, TN.

Effects of cattle activity on plant community structure in the sand shinnery oak community of western Texas. Holland, M and M.A. McGinley. 1994. Ecological Society of America. Knoxville, TN

Animal disturbance, the regeneration niche, and herbaceous plant species diversity in the sand shinnery oak community of western Texas. McGinley, M.A., J.C. Neumann, and N.J. Mehdiabadi. 1995. Ecological Society of America, Snowbird, UT.

Blowout island biogeography: islands of inhospitable habitat in an only slightly more hospitable sea. Holland, M., R. Meunnier, and M.A. McGinley. 1995. Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, UT.

Effects of soil nutrient content and microbial community on seedling and growth and behavior: of what a tangled web! Mehdiabadi, N.J. and M.A. McGinley. Ecological Society of America. Snowbird, UT.

The effects of litter removal on soil characteristics in the sand shinnery oak community of western Texas. Jeffery, J., C. Guthrie, and M.A. McGinley. 1996. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. McAllen, TX.

Animal disturbances, the regeneration niche, and plant species richness in sand shinnery oak communities of West Texas.  McGinley, M.A., J. Neumann, and N.J. Mehdiabadi. 1996. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. McAllen, TX.

The effect of animal feces on soil characteristics and seedling growth in sand shinnery oak community of West Texas. Purdom, A. and M.A. McGinley. 1996. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. McAllen, TX.

Linking resource allocation with population and community level patterns. McGinley, M.A. and J.M. Jeffery. 1997. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Fayetteville, AK.

Retarded responses to disturbance. McGinley, M.A., J.M Jeffery, and M.H. Mills. 1997. Ecological Society of America, Albuquerque, NM.

The effects of leaf litter layer on seedling establishment in the sand shinnery oak community of western Texas. J.M. Jeffery and M.A. McGinley.  Ecological Society of America. Albuquerque, NM.

Optimal investment in dispersal structures: a model and test. McGinley, M.A. 1998. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, NM.

Productivity, disturbance, and community structure in a shinnery oak grassland. Skylstad, P.L., and M.A. McGinley. Southwestern Association of Naturalists, Albuquerque, NM.

Leaf litter layer and seedling establishment: a differential response by two grass species. Jeffery, J.M. and M.A. McGinley. 1998. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Albuquerque, NM

                                    ** won Best Student Paper Award from Midcontinent Section of  the American Botanical Society.

The effect of diaspore morphology on wind dispersal of grass and forb seeds.  Paglia, G.R. and M.A. McGinley. 1998. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Albuquerque, NM.

Effect of variable winds on dispersal of wind-dispersed seeds: the role of the beak. Walker, E.M. and M.A. McGinley. Southwestern Association of Naturalists. Albuquerque, NM.

                                    ** won Best Student Poster Award

Grant Funding

1. Disseminating an information package about the Natural History of San Solomon Springs to the diving public.  PADI Project Aware Foundation.$938. 2005.

2. Development and analysis of models for the spread and control of weeds and infectious diseases (with L. Allen (PI) and E. Allen) National Science Foundation.  $88,500.  1996 – 1999 

3. Baseline vegetation survey of Copper Breaks State Park. with A. Stamm. Texas parks and Wildlife. $9,999. Jan – Dec 1997.

4. Geographic variation in the costs and benefits of VAM fungi-little bluestem associations (with S. S. Dhillion) National Science Foundation> $64,557, 1994 – 1996. 

5. Research Enhancement for Undergraduates, supplemental grant. National Science Foundation. $3,750 1995-1996. 

6. Causes and consequences of plant diversity at Cedar Creek Natural History Area, a Long Term Ecological Research Site. ORS for research in Environmental Sciences, Texas Tech University. $1,115. summer 1993.

Awards

1. Mortar Board Teacher Appreciation 1995, 1998, 2000

2. Outstanding Professor, Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-professional Honors Society, 1997

3. President’s Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998

4. Sport’s Club Advisor of the Year, 1998

5. Elected into the Texas Tech University Teaching Academy, 2000

6. Professing Excellence Award, 2002,2004, 2005

7. Honors College Professor of the Year, 2004

8. Excellence in Teaching Award, Texas Tech Greek System, 2005

1. Teaching and Academic Service

a. Courses Taught

1. non-majors- Plant Biology, Animal Biology, Ecology and Environmental Problems, Honors Integrated Science, Honors Integrated Science Lab, Freshman Seminar; Rio Grande as a Case Study for Environmentalism; Seminar on Environmentalism; Ecology for Natural History and Humanities Majors (Honors College); The Science Behind Environmental Issues (Honors Seminar).

2. majors- Biology II (introductory Biology), Honors Biology II, Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems, Community Ecology, Field Ecology, Tropical Marine Biology (St. Ann's Bay Jamaica).

3. graduate- Topics in Biodiversity, Advanced Community Ecology, Ecology and Evolution for Teachers, Ecology Seminar, Seminar on Teaching for New Teaching Assistants.

4. Laboratory Coordinator- Designed and Coordinated Labs for all Non-majors Science Courses in Department of Biological Sciences (> 1000 students/semester)

b. Graduate Students Advised

                        Michele Holland- M.S. Biology 1994

                        Steven Mayes- M.S. Biology 1994

                        Jennifer Jeffery- M.S. Biology 1998

                        Gregory Paglia- M.S. Biology 1998

                        Peter Skylstad- M.S. Biology 1998

                        Sandra Butler- M.S. Biology 2002

                        Andrea Miranda- M.S. Biology 2005

                        Dee Rutherford- M.S. Multidisciplinary Science Education 2005

            current Ph.D. Student - Richard Ashmore (co-advised with Nancy McIntyre)

c. Undergraduate Students Advised

                        Sahala Hardin- McNair Scholar

                        Shannon McNutt, NHH

                        Meredith Entrop, NHH

                        Joan Neumann- HHMI Fellow

                        Natasha Mehdiabadi- HHMI Fellow

                        Catherine Cole- NSF REU Fellow

                        Amanda Purdom- Clark Scholar, HHMI Fellow

                        Chris Adair- HHMI Fellow

                        Laurie Ertle- NSF Plant Biology Fellow

                        Jacy Lewis- McNair Scholar

                        - an additional 45+ undergraduate students have received undergraduate research experience in my lab.

d. Undergraduate Advisor

                        Emphasis in Ecology and Environmental Biology

                        Biology Education

                        Ecology Club

                        Tech Scuba Club

e. Departmental Committee Service

                        Freshman Botany Committee

                        Freshman Biology Committee

                        Non-majors Environmental Science Committee

                        Student Awards Committee

                        Graduate Selection Committee

                        Invertebrate Ecologist Search Committee

                        Introductory Biology Search Committee

                        Plant Physiological Ecology Search Committee

                        Temporary Ecologist Search Committee

                        Curriculum Specialist Search Committee

                        Curriculum Committee

                        Safety Committee, Chair

2. College and University Service

                        Teaching Learning and Technology Center (TLTC) Advisory Committee

                        Faculty Advisor/Coach Texas Tech Women’s Volleyball Club

                        Faculty Advisor, Mortar Board

                        Graduate Dean’s Representative to Ph.D. Final Exam (6 times)

                        Member Interdisciplinary Science Masters Degree Advisory Board

                        Chaired Committee that Reviewed the Graduate Program of the Department of Educational Psychology and Leadership (2005)

3. Professional Service  

a. Manuscript Reviewer for

American Journal of Botany

American Naturalist

Australian Journal of Ecology

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Canadian Journal of Forestry Research

Acta Oecologia

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

The Prairie Naturalist

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Ecology

Journal of Mammalogy

Oikos

Theoretical Population Biology

Functional Ecology

Journal of Ecology

b. Grant Proposal Reviewer for

National Science Foundation

USDA

c. Member of

Council for Education and Communication, World Conservation Network (ICUN) (2005 - )

4. Educational Outreach  

1. Instructor in Coordinated Thematic Science Institute, Region 17 Educational Service Center.  summer course for Middle School Teachers

                                    1994-Energy

                                    1995. Change over Time

                                    1996. Systems and Processes

                                    1997. Environmental Interactions

2. Attended the Third and Fourth Annual Meetings of the Regional Collaboratives for Excellence in Science Teaching. Austin, TX. July 1996,1997. 

3. Collaborated with Kayla Morrison, a 6^th grade teacher at Roosevelt Intermediate School.  I worked with her 6^th grade science students on conducting manipulative field experiments in ecology. 1996. 

4. Participant in Science Day. Presentations on Natural Selection, Ecology, the Nature of Science, Biophysics, and Mate-Choice

5. Participant in HHMI Biotechnology and Microscopy Institutes.

6.  Presented two short courses at CAST (Natural Selection and Mate Selection), October 1999.

 7. Attended Sigma Xi sponsored conference on Improving Undergraduate Science Education. Minneapolis, MN. 1999.

 8. Presentation on Statistics and Hypothesis Testing for Teachers. June 2001.

9. Presentations about Marine Biology. Preston Smith Elementary School. 2003.

10. Career Day (Marine Biologist) Shallowater Middle School, October 2005.

11. Last Lecture. Gordon Hall, November 2005.

5. Community Service

                        Presentations at Science Spectrum

                        Participant in Career Day- Whiteside Elementary School

                        Presentation to Academic Decathalon Team at Monterey High School

                        Presentation of Human Population Growth at Tahoka Middle School

                        Fish ID seminars, Caprock Dive Club and Best Little Dive Shop

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