Arizona Education Activities

Graduate students working at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit can earn Master's and Ph.D.'s in Wildlife and Fisheries Conservation and Management. We strive to ensure students work closely with university, state and federal scientists and managers so they recieve a thorough education in the fish and wildlife management techniques required for the 21st century.
Title | Instructor(s) | Start Date | End Date |
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Wildlife Habitat Analysis | Bauder | August 2022 | December 2022 |
Showcase of Promising Scientists in Natural Resources Seminar Series | Culver | January 2005 | May 2005 |
SNRE Weekly Seminar Series | Bauder | August 2022 | December 2022 |
SNRE Seminar Series | Culver | January 2021 | May 2021 |
SNRE Seminar Series | Culver | August 2020 | December 2020 |
SNRE Seminar Series | Culver | August 2019 | December 2019 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | January 2017 | May 2017 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | January 2016 | May 2016 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | January 2015 | May 2015 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | January 2014 | May 2014 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | January 2013 | May 2013 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2017 | December 2017 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2016 | December 2016 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2015 | December 2015 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2014 | December 2014 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2013 | December 2013 |
Recent Advances in Genetics | Culver | August 2012 | December 2012 |
RNR 495A/595a – Communication Skills in Conservation | Bonar | January 2017 | May 2017 |
Ornithology | Conway | January 2004 | May 2004 |
Independent Study in Comparative Analysis | Conway | January 2002 | May 2002 |
Independent Study in Behavioral Ecology | Conway | January 2001 | May 2001 |
Fisheries Management and Ecology Seminar | Bonar | January 2004 | May 2004 |
Fisheries Management Lab | Bonar | January 2008 | May 2008 |
Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2020 | May 2020 |
Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2014 | May 2014 |
Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2012 | May 2012 |
Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2008 | May 2008 |
Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2010 | May 2010 |
Cultivating Diversity in the Natural Resources | Culver | August 2005 | December 2005 |
Conservation Genetics Laboratory | Culver | August 2016 | December 2016 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2022 | December 2022 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2021 | December 2021 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2020 | December 2020 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2019 | December 2019 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2018 | December 2018 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2017 | December 2017 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2016 | December 2016 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2015 | December 2015 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2014 | December 2014 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2013 | December 2013 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2011 | December 2011 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2010 | December 2010 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2009 | December 2009 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2007 | December 2007 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2006 | December 2006 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2005 | December 2005 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2004 | December 2004 |
Conservation Genetics | Culver | August 2003 | December 2003 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | January 2010 | May 2010 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | January 2008 | May 2008 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | January 2007 | May 2007 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | August 2008 | December 2008 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | August 2007 | December 2007 |
Conservation Biology | Culver | August 2006 | December 2006 |
Conceptual Foundations in Wildlife Ecology | Conway | August 2005 | December 2005 |
Conceptual Foundations in Wildlife Ecology | Conway | August 2003 | December 2003 |
Conceptual Foundations in Wildlife Ecology | Conway | August 2002 | December 2002 |
Conceptual Foundations in Ecology | Conway | August 2009 | December 2009 |
Conceptual Foundations in Ecology | Conway | August 2007 | December 2007 |
Conceptual Foundations in Ecology | Conway | August 2001 | December 2001 |
Biopolitics: Communication in the Natural Resources | Bonar | January 2011 | May 2011 |
Biopolitics: Communication in the Natural Resources | Bonar | January 2013 | May 2013 |
Biopolitics | Bonar | January 2009 | May 2009 |
Biopolitics | Bonar | January 2007 | May 2007 |
Biopolitics | Bonar | January 2005 | May 2005 |
Biopolitics | Bonar | January 2003 | May 2003 |
Advanced Inland Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2006 | May 2005 |
Advanced Fisheries Management Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences 525 | Bonar | January 2002 | May 2002 |
Advanced Avian Habitat Selection | Conway | January 2005 | May 2005 |
Title and Location | Speaker | Date |
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Verbal Judo. A method to talk with people hostile to conservation Presented to: University of Hawaii |
Bonar | October 2022 |
Using high-definition underwater videography and social psychology to increase public interest in rare desert fishes. Seminar to the USFWS Southern Nevada Office and Collaborators, August 21, 2019 Presented to: USFWS Southern Nevada Office |
Bonar | August 2019 |
Turning up the heat: Effects of climate change on the fight to conserve the Southwest’s rare and spectacular fishes Presented to: University of Arizona |
Bonar | September 2017 |
The Conservation Professional's Guide to Working With People Presented to: Texas Parks and Wildlife Annual Meeting |
Bonar | August 2015 |
The Conservation Professional's Guide to Working With People Presented to: Montana AFS Annual Meeting |
Bonar | February 2012 |
Standardization and management of fish data for rivers and streams of the Southern U.S. Presented to: Southern Division AFS Workshop |
Bonar | January 2015 |
Seminar, Conservation Seminar Series, The conservation professional?s guide to working with people. Presented to: University of Arizona |
Bonar | November 2007 |
School of Renewable Natural Resources Seminar Presented to: University of Arizona |
Bonar | October 2001 |
Progress on International Collaboration on Inland Fish Standard Sampling Methods Presented to: Inland Fisheries Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Science |
Bonar | May 2016 |
Population subdivision in the Chiricahua Leopard Frog Presented to: USFWS Ecological Services Offices |
Culver | July 2009 |
Population subdivision in the Chiricahua Leopard Frog Presented to: Arizona Game and Fish Department Offices |
Culver | August 2009 |
On trial! Biologists' views of serving as expert witnesses Presented to: University of Arizona |
Bonar | January 2016 |
ON TRIAL: Biologists Views of Serving as Expert Witnesses Presented to: University of Arizona Law School |
Bonar | September 2016 |
Macias-Duarte, A., and C. J. Conway. 2005. Cambio en comportamiento migratorio de Athene cunicularia y su disminuci�n poblacional en latitudes septentrionales. Escuela de Biolog�a. Universidad Aut�noma de Sinaloa. Culiac�n, Sinaloa, Mexico. 26 April 2005. Presented to: Universidad Aut�noma de Sinaloa |
Conway, Macias Duarte | April 2005 |
Laboratory Data Integrity and Ethics. Presented to: University of Arizona |
Culver | June 2021 |
Laboratory Data Integrity and Ethics. Presented to: University of Arizona |
Culver | June 2020 |
Kirkpatrick, C., C. J. Conway, and D. E. Swann. 2007. Quantifying impacts of surface water and groundwater depletion on riparian bird communities in the desert southwest. Presented to: Departmental Seminar, School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona. |
Conway, Kirkpatrick | April 2007 |
Jaguar monitoring, citizen science, and conservation genetics Presented to: The Sierra Club - Tucson Chapter Meeting |
Culver | June 2017 |
Jaguar history, population genetics, diet, and citizen science monitoring in Arizona. Presented to: Loma Linda University - Biology Department |
Culver | May 2021 |
Intraspecific molecular taxonomy – examples from mammams and mollusks Presented to: University of Arizona, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department |
Culver | October 2007 |
Individual-Based Approaches for Landscape-Scale Conservation: Examples from the Federally Threatened Eastern Indigo Snake Presented to: Rutgers University |
Bauder | October 2021 |
How 111 Aquatic Science Societies Collaborated Worldwide to Sound Alarm for Climate Action Presented to: University of Arizona |
Bonar | October 2021 |
Genetics in wildlife management: current state and future direction Presented to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Region 2 Science Seminar Series |
Culver | May 2006 |
Genetic applications for the conservation of Amphibians and Reptiles Presented to: Tucson Herpetological Society |
Culver | February 2017 |
Effects of land-use on migratory behavior and abundance of nongame birds Presented to: University of Wyoming |
Conway | April 2011 |
Effects of land-use and management actions on game and nongame birds Presented to: University of Idaho |
Conway | June 2011 |
Effects of land-use and management actions on game and nongame birds Presented to: Idaho Department of Fish and Game |
Conway | June 2011 |
Ecology and Natural History of Marsh Birds Presented to: Arizona Riparian Council |
Conway | March 2011 |
Design and development of the World Statement of Aquatic Science Societies on Climate Change Presented to: Virginia Tech |
Bonar | January 2021 |
Department of Zoology Seminar Presented to: University of Wyoming |
Bonar | October 2000 |
Conway, C. J. 2003. Comparative demography of Burrowing Owls in North America; a collaborative approach for determining underlying causes of regional population declines. Department of Fishery and Wildlife Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 2003. 28 January 2003. Presented to: New Mexico State University |
Conway | January 2003 |
Conway, C. J. 2001. Clutch size evolution in birds: Lack?s hypothesis revisited. Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 27 November 2001. Presented to: University of Arizona |
Conway | November 2001 |
Conway, C. J. 2000. Behavioral decisions of nesting birds: tradeoffs among thermal requirements, foraging needs, and risk of nest predation. School of Natural Resources, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 27 September 2000. Presented to: University of Arizona |
Conway | September 2000 |
Conservation Professional's Guide to Working with People Presented to: University of Idaho |
Bonar | February 2016 |
Conservation Genetics in Wildlife and Fisheries Presented to: University of Arizona, Genetics Graduate Interdisciplinary Program |
Culver | November 2002 |
Boundaries – biological and political – and their relevance to conservation Presented to: Northern Arizona University |
Culver | October 2008 |
Bonar, S.A., 2007. Fishes in the Desert. Aquatic research at the Arizona Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Guest Speaker at the Washington Cooperative Fish and Wildife Research Unit Annual Cooperator?s Meeting. May 15, 2007. INVITED. Presented to: University of Washington |
Bonar | May 2007 |
Bonar, S.A. 2007. (Keynote/Plenary Address) The conservation professional?s guide to working with people. Urban Wildlife Management National Conference, Arbor Day Foundation, June 18-20, 2007. INVITED Presented to: Urban Wildlife Management National Conference, Arbor Day Foundation. Keynote Address |
Bonar | June 2007 |
Bonar, S.A. 2007. (Keynote/Plenary Address) Standard sampling methods for North American inland fish: A multi-agency project coordinated by the American Fisheries Society. Fish Stock Assessment Methods for Lakes and Reservoirs: Towards the True Picture of the Fish Stock. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, September 11-15, 2007. Presented to: Keynote Address - Conference: Stock Assessment Methods for Lakes and Reservoirs: Towards the True Picture of the Fish Stock. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic |
Bonar | September 2007 |
Bonar, S.A. 2007. (Keynote/Plenary Address ? Student Breakfast) The conservation professional?s guide to working with people. The Wildlife Society 14th Annual Conference, Tucson, Arizona. September 22-26, 2007. Presented to: The Wildlife Society 14th Annual Conference - Special Address to the Student Breakfast |
Bonar | September 2007 |
Bonar, S.A. 2006. (Keynote/Plenary Address) Nonnative aquatic species in the American West: Their weird history, current research and thoughts for the future. Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society/The Wildlife Society, Flagstaff, Arizona, February 2-4, 2006. Presented to: Keynote Address, Arizona-New Mexico Chapter of the American Fisheries Society/The Wildlife Society, Flagstaff, Arizona |
Bonar | February 2006 |
Bonar S. and Y. Kuzmenko. 2006. Managing inland populations of large, piscivorous fish, from important commercial fisheries to invasive, economically harmful species. Address to the NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) Environmental Security Council, NATO Headquarters, Brussels, Belgium, September 28, 2006. Presented to: North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Environmental Security Council, Brussels, Belgium |
Bonar | September 2006 |
Are changes in land-use affecting demography and migratory behavior of Burrowing Owls in North America? Presented to: University of Idaho |
Conway | March 2009 |
Title | Presenter | Date |
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Writing Effective Scientific Proposals, Biopolitics (WFSC 595A), University of Arizona | Conway | February 2005 |
Working in the Fisheries Profession for UA Introduction to Natural Resources Class | Bonar | October 2015 |
Working in the Fisheries Profession for UA Introduction to Natural Resources Class | Bonar | October 2014 |
Wildlife Management/Mammalian Species | Culver | November 2008 |
Wildfire and Fishes in UA Introduction to Wildland Fire | Bonar | October 2014 |
Wildfire and Fishes in UA Introduction to Wildland Fire | Bonar | February 2018 |
Value of conservation for Science Teachers/Science Teachers Workshop/ Aerospace and Engineering | Bonar | July 2010 |
Use of indices in fisheries managment/Fisheries Management | Bonar | April 2007 |
Use of Relative Length Frequency for Fisheries Management | Bonar | April 2003 |
The Rarest Fish in the World: Native Desert Fishes of the American Southwest and Their Response to a Changing Climate | Bonar | September 2018 |
The Rarest Fish in the World: Native Desert Fishes of the American Southwest and Their Response to a Changing Climate | Bonar | February 2018 |
The Rarest Fish in the World: Native Desert Fishes of the American Southwest and Their Response to a Changing Climate | Bonar | February 2016 |
Techniques for communication in natural resources/Conservation Biology | Bonar | November 2009 |
Responsibilities and ethics of peer-reviewers of scientific proposals and papers, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona | Conway | September 2006 |
Preparing budgets in grant proposals, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona. | Conway | November 2005 |
Overview of Working in the Fisheries Profession/Meeting of Doris Duke Conservation Scholars | Bonar | October 2014 |
Overview of Working in the Fisheries Profession - Introduction to Natural Resources | Bonar | October 2017 |
Overview of Working in the Fisheries Profession - Introduction to Natural Resources | Bonar | October 2016 |
Over the Hills and Far Away: Following the Movements of Prairie Rattlesnakes Across Central Idaho’s Wilderness | Bauder | November 2021 |
Obtaining Funding from Agencies | Bonar | October 2000 |
Monitoring Inland Fish Populations | Bonar | April 2005 |
Molecular Genetic Applications to Conservation Biology | Culver | April 2003 |
Methods to monitor inland fish populations | Bonar | April 2004 |
How to write successful research proposals. | Conway | September 2009 |
How to write successful grant proposals and develop a vibrant research program, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona | Conway | September 2006 |
How to write successful grant proposals | Conway | September 2005 |
How to write successful grant proposals | Conway | September 2004 |
How to write successful grant proposals | Conway | September 2003 |
How to write successful grant proposals | Conway | September 2002 |
How to Write Successful Research Proposals, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona | Conway | September 2007 |
How to Obtain Funding | Bonar | October 2002 |
Grass Carp for Aquatic Plant Control/Fisheries Management | Bonar | January 2007 |
Grass Carp for Aquatic Plant Control | Bonar | February 2004 |
Grass Carp for Aquatic Plant Control | Bonar | April 2005 |
Grass Carp for Aquatic Plant Control | Bonar | April 2003 |
Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2015 |
Genetics and Fish Management in Wild Populations | Culver | April 2006 |
Genetics and Conservation | Culver | November 2002 |
Genetic Considerations for Managing Wildlife Populations Under Climate Change | Bauder | October 2022 |
Genetic Applications to Conservation Biology | Culver | October 2004 |
Genetic Applications in Mammalogy | Culver | October 2016 |
Genetic Applications in Mammalogy | Culver | November 2009 |
Fishes of the Desert Southwest/Wildlife and Society | Bonar | October 2014 |
Fishes of Arizona/Wildlife and Society | Bonar | September 2010 |
Fishes of Arizona/Wildlife and Society | Bonar | October 2007 |
Fishes of Arizona/Wildlife Conservation and Society | Bonar | September 2009 |
Fishes of Arizona/Wildlife Conservation and Society | Bonar | September 2008 |
Fishes of Arizona/Conservation Biology | Bonar | October 2007 |
Fishes of Arizona, Wildlife and Society | Bonar | September 2011 |
Fishes of Arizona, Wildlife and Society | Bonar | October 2016 |
Fishes of Arizona - Wildlife and Society | Bonar | September 2012 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | September 2005 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | October 2004 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | October 2003 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | October 2002 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | October 2001 |
Fishes of Arizona | Bonar | October 2000 |
Fisheries Habitat Management in UA Wildlife Habitat Management Class | Bonar | October 2014 |
Fish Sampling Techniques (in UA Wildlife Management Class) | Bonar | October 2016 |
Fish Sampling Techniques (in UA Wildlife Management Class) | Bonar | October 2014 |
Fish Habitat Measurement (Wildlife Management) | Bonar | November 2017 |
Fish Habitat Measurement (Wildlife Management) | Bonar | November 2016 |
Distance Sampling and Program Distance to estimate population size | Conway | March 2009 |
Developing Research Proposals, Biopolitics (WFSC 595A), University of Arizona. 21 March 2007. | Conway | March 2007 |
Developing Proposals and Pre-proposals | Conway | September 2010 |
Developing Budgets for Research Proposals, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona | Conway | September 2007 |
Developing Budgets for Research Proposals, Principles of Research (RNR 546), University of Arizona | Conway | November 2006 |
Conserving Connectivity | Culver | October 2008 |
Conservation Genetics in Wildlife and Fisheries | Culver | February 2004 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2017 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2016 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2015 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2014 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2013 |
Conservation Genetics in Natural Resources | Culver | October 2010 |
Connectivity for pumas, black bears, and ambersnails in Arizona | Culver | October 2008 |
Communication in Conservation Biology/Conservation Biology | Bonar | November 2010 |
Avian Life History Strategies and Parental Care, Ornithology (ECOL 484/584), University of Arizona | Conway | February 2007 |
Assisted Migration - Genetic Issues | Culver | March 2014 |
Assisted Migration - Genetic Issues | Culver | March 2013 |
Assisted Migration - Genetic Issues | Culver | February 2012 |
Assessing Connectivity on US-Mexico Border | Culver | November 2017 |
Applications of genetics to mammalian evolution and biology | Culver | June 2008 |
Applications of Genetics to Fish and Wildlife Conservation | Culver | October 2003 |
Applications of Genetics to Conservation Biology | Culver | April 2005 |
An Introduction to Wildlife Management | Bauder | April 2022 |
Advice for obtaining research funding | Conway | February 2011 |
Student (Degree) | Advisor | Start Year | End Year |
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Zugmeyer, Claire (MS) | Conway | 2003 | 2007 |
Weiser, Michael (PhD) | Conway | 2001 | 2007 |
Ulrich, Taylor (MS) | Bonar | 2016 | 2018 |
Teal, Chad (PhD) | Bonar | 2018 | Present |
Steckler, Sonya (MS) | Conway | 2005 | 2009 |
Schultz, Andrew (PhD) | Conway | 2001 | 2007 |
Schade, Chuck (MS) | Conway | 2001 | 2003 |
Rosemartin, Alyssa (MS) | Conway | 2006 | 2008 |
Rheude, Margaret (MS) | Culver | 2004 | Present |
Palmer, Geoffrey (MS) | Conway | 2005 | 2012 |
Oleson, Brittany (MS) | Conway | 2010 | 2019 |
Ogonowski, Mark (MS) | Conway | 2003 | 2007 |
Nemec, Zachary (MS) | Bonar | 2016 | 2019 |
Neils, Aletris (PhD) | Conway | 2009 | 2011 |
Minor, Rebecca (MS) | Conway | 2007 | 2010 |
Messier, Julie (PhD) | Conway | 2009 | 2011 |
Merrick, Melissa (PhD) | Conway | 2009 | 2016 |
McCreedy, Chris (MS) | Conway | 2008 | 2014 |
McCarthy, Megan (PhD) | Conway | 2001 | 2007 |
Macias-Duarte, Alberto (PhD) | Conway | 2003 | 2011 |
Macias Duarte, Alberto (PhD) | Culver | 2005 | Present |
Lundblad, Carl (MS) | Conway | 2011 | 2014 |
Lee, Larissa (MS) | Bonar | 2016 | 2018 |
Larson, Kyle (MS) | Conway | 2007 | 2009 |
Lantz, Sarah (MS) | Conway | 2002 | 2005 |
Kennedy, Laura (MS) | Conway | 2007 | 2009 |
Kahrs, David (MS) | Conway | 2005 | 2008 |
Johnson, Glenn (MS) | Conway | 2005 | 2011 |
Jo, Yeong-Seok (PhD) | Conway | 2010 | 2011 |
Jentsch, Stephanie (MS) | Conway | 2002 | 2005 |
Jenney, Christopher (PhD) | Bauder | 2021 | Present |
Jenney, Chris (MS) | Bonar | 2019 | Present |
Ingram, Steven (MS) | Bonar | 2019 | Present |
Hughes, Katie (MS) | Conway | 2002 | 2007 |
Hinojosa-Huerta, Osvel (PhD) | Conway | 2002 | 2006 |
Harvey, Tiffany (MS) | Conway | 2007 | 2009 |
Gwinn, Nate (MS) | Conway | 2005 | 2011 |
Grant, Joshua (MS) | Bonar | 2019 | Present |
Goode, Matt (PhD) | Culver | 2003 | 2005 |
Gatewood, Doreen (MS) | Bonar | 2001 | 2004 |
Garcia, Victoria (MS) | Conway | 2001 | 2005 |
Garcia, Miguel (PhD) | Bauder | 2021 | Present |
Garcia, Maria (MS) | Conway | 2010 | 2014 |
Gahl, Kaitlyn (MS) | Bauder | 2021 | Present |
Freed, Emily (MS) | Bonar | 2019 | Present |
Fix, Paul (MS) | Conway | 2006 | 2011 |
Dwyer, James (MS) | Culver | 2002 | Present |
Dwyer, James (MS) | Conway | 2002 | 2004 |
Donaldson, Brad (MS) | Culver | 2006 | 2008 |
Dillon, Kristen (MS) | Conway | 2010 | 2013 |
Decker, Paula (PhD) | Culver | 2008 | Present |
Decker, Karie (MS) | Conway | 2007 | 2009 |
Craddock, Cheryl (PhD) | Conway | 2004 | 2009 |
Cote, Isabella (PhD) | Bonar | 2004 | 2007 |
Corral, Lucia (PhD) | Culver | 2015 | Present |
Cerro, Ana (MS) | Conway | 2010 | 2012 |
Borgmann, Kathi (PhD) | Conway | 2005 | 2010 |
Blais, Brian (PhD) | Culver | 2015 | Present |
Bennett, Kendall (PhD) | Culver | 2015 | Present |