Seminars, Lectures, and Presentations

Both PowerPoints and audio files are available for some of these presentations.

NOTE: This page is still under construction.


  • Gerald D. Schmidt Memorial Lecture, CPBS, 091908
  • Parasites and sexual selection (audio), 090408 915P seminar
  • Parasites and sexual selection (PPT), 091908 915P seminar
  • Parasite communities and species accumulation curves (audio), 011808 915P seminar
  • Parasite communities and species accumulation curves (PPT), 011808 915P seminar
  • The Big Picture in Biology (PPT; BIOS 101)
  • Cedar Point Biological Station show (PPT)
  • Cedar Point Biological Station show (audio)
  • Evolution of Parasite Life Cycles: Marshes, Metaphors, and Models (Notre Dame, Nov. 20, 2008) (PPT)
  • Evolution of Parasite Life Cycles: Marshes, Metaphors, and Models (audio)
  • What we teach, what they learn, and why anyone should care (Notre Dame, Nov. 20, 2008). (PPT)
  • What we teach, what they learn, and why anyone should care (audio)
  • December 3, 2008, BIOS 101 in Henzlik Auditorium (PPT)
  • December 3, 2008, BIOS 101 in Henzlik Auditorium (audio)
  • December 10, 2008, BIOS 101 in Henzlik Auditorium (PPT)
  • December 10, 2008, BIOS 101 in Henzlike Auditorium (audio)
  • University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources teaching improvement symposium, January 15, 2009 (pdf)
  • University of Missouri College of Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources teaching improvement symposium, January 15, 2009 (audio)
  • Three Really Supid Ideas About Parasitism, BIOS915P, March 5, 2009 (pdf)
  • Three Really Stupid Ideas About Parasitism, BIOS915P, March 5, 2009 (audio)
  • Garstang's Doggerel in the Context of Natural Selection: Telling the Impossible Stories (pdf)
  • Garstang's Doggerel in the Context of Natural Selection: Telling the Impossible Stories (audio)
  • Cultural Transmission and Evolution (pdf)
  • Cultural Transmission and Evolution (audio)
  • The Cedar Point literary lecture (pdf)
  • The Cedar Point literary lecture (audio, *.WMA)

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