David Patrick James Green, M.S.

                   Florida Gulf Coast University

                   Department of Marine and Ecological Sciences

                   Instructor                                                   

                   239.590.7657                                                             

                        dgreen@fgcu.edu                                                      

                        Twitter: @ DGENVBIO                                           

 

                        Whitaker Hall #124

10501 FGCU Blvd. S.

                        Fort Myers, FL 33965-6565

                       

EDUCATION

 

BS: University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida; 1996

Marine Science and Biology Dual Degree (Minor - Chemistry)

 

MS: Florida International University, Miami, Florida; 2007

Biological Sciences

Thesis: “Community Structure and Physiological Stresses of Oligohaline Zone Fishes in South Florida”

 

SIRFER Certified: University of Utah: Salt Lake City, Utah; Summer 2005; Ehleringer Lab

GIS ESRI Certification: ongoing

SENCER Trained Educator: SENCER Summer Institutes (UNC Asheville, Summer 2010; Butler University, Summer 2011)

 

            RESEARCH AND SCHOLARLY INTERESTS

 

·         Aquatic foodweb ecology using stable isotopes to help explain energy pathways and trophic positions;

·        

Everglades research in-action from the “Waterways” video series:

Ř  “Prey-based Fishes” Video Part I

Ř  “Prey-based Fishes” Video Part II
 
Mangrove ecology;

·         Everglades Restoration activities and key indicator species (wading birds);                 

·         Scholarship of Teaching and Learning;

·         Incorporating emerging technologies in course curricula.

 

AWARDS

 

·         FGCU Teaching Excellence Award (2011)

·         Nominated for the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative “7 Things” Advisory Board (2011)

·         Nominated for and Served as Orange Grove Digital Repository Scholar and Faculty Advisor for FGCU (2008-10) http://www.theorangegrove.org/

·         Overall Best Graduate Student Presentation: Florida Coastal Everglades Long-term Ecological Research (FCE LTER) All Scientists Meeting; Coral Gables, Florida (2006)

·         Mote Marine Laboratory Seminar Series Invited Guest Speaker; Sarasota, Florida (2006)

·         National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) Graduate Distributed Seminar: Ecosystem-based Management of Coastal Marine Ecosystems; Santa Barbara, California (2004-05) http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/ebmtwo

·         National Audubon Society Team Achievement Awards (2001, 2002)

·         National Audubon Society New Star Individual Achievement award (2000)

·         University of Miami Marine Science Honor Society (1992 – 1996)

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Published Articles:

 

Green DPJ, JC Trexler, JJ Lorenz, CC McIvor, and TE Philippi. 2006. Spatial patterns of fish communities along two estuarine gradients in

southern Florida. Hydrobiologia 569: 387–399.

 

Brown M, M Auslander, K Gredone, D Green, B Hull, and W Jacobs. 2010. A Dialogue for Engagement. EDUCAUSE Review 45(5): 38–56.

 

Manuscripts in preparation:

 

Green DPJ and JC Trexler. submitted – in revision. Salinity impacts δ13C and δ 15N stable isotopic fractionation in soma and liver tissues of two poeciliid fishes.

 

Green DPJ and J Sparrow. in prep. Active-learning now, lecture later: podcasting in a non-majors science lab course.

 

Green DPJ. in prep. Preparing for tomorrow in today’s SENCER-ized environmental science classroom: an activity-based curriculum incorporating experiential learning, problem-based activities, and emerging technologies in a general education STEM course.

 

 

UNIVERSITY TEACHING ACTIVITIES

 

·         Environmental Biology: Ecosystems of Southwest Florida

·         Environmental Science Scale-up

·         Marine Systems: Introduction to Oceanography

·         General Ecology

·         Everglades and Freshwater Supply Concerns

·         Growth and Resources (Honor’s)

·         Scientific Process

·         University Colloquium

·         Study Abroad in Pantanal Wetlands of Brazil

·         Latin American Environments

·         Cultural Ecology

 

 

CIVIC ENGAGEMENT PROJECTS (BY SOME OF MY STUDENTS)

 

·         CREW QR Code Interpretive Trail

·         CREW Trail Maintenance

·         Audubon Panther Island Refuge Education and Outreach Materials

·         Bonita Nature Place Nature Trail Construction and Maintenance

·         Bonita Nature Place QR Code Interpretive Trail

·         Bonita Nature Place GIS Map of Trails, Features, and Data

·         Bonita Nature Place Botany Mapping

·         Barefoot Beach Preserve Education and Outreach Assistance

·         Barefoot Beach Preserve GIS Map of Trails, Features, and Data

·         Bunche Beach Preserve Salt Marsh Flats Maintenance

·         FGCU Campus Map Communicating Ongoing Research Activities

·         FGCU Vester Marine Station Canoe Trail GIS Map                                                                                                             Click on the “SENCER” image above to learn more!

 

Word cloud (www.wordle.net) that summarizes my Environmental Biology class “Journey Down the Corkscrew Watershed”.

 

                Reusable Learning Object Example

 

                        Ecosystem-based Management and The Florida Everglades

 

                                (This is an example of the types of eLearning materials I create and make available to my students to assist with student engagement.)