Valerie S. Banschbach

Current

• Professor and Chair, Environmental Studies, Roanoke College, Salem, VA
• Fulbright-Nehru Research and Teaching Scholar at the Wildlife Institute of India, Uttarakhand                                            (Biography at the US India Educational Foundation website: V.S. Banschbach)

Past

• Professor of Biology at Saint Michael’s College, Colchester, VT
• Environmental Studies Program Director at Saint Michael’s College
• Chair of the Biology Department at Saint Michael’s College
• Visiting Assistant Professor at Davidson College, Davidson, NC

Education

• University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
• Pomona College, Claremont, CA

Expertise

Behavioral ecology; conservation biology; population ecology; social insect biology (esp. ants and bees); evolution of social behavior; tropical ecology; pedagogy; environmental curriculum development; entrepreneurship for scientists

Refereed journal articles published in:

American Biology Teacher; Animal Behaviour; Annals of the Entomological Society; Association of Biology Laboratory Educators; Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology; Evolution;  Insectes Sociaux; Journal of College Science Teaching; Journal of Comparative Physiology A; Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences; Northeastern Naturalist; Oikos; and Psyche