Lecturer and
Directory of Undergraduate studies

• 1989, Ph.D., University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
• 1980, B.S. in Biological Sciences and B.A. in English, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
• 1990-present, Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Miami
• 1995-present, Director of Undergraduate studies, Department of Biology, University of Miami
• 1988-present, Ecology Instructor, Coordinator, HHMI Research in Ecology Program
• 1997, Coordinator/Ecology Instructor, NSF Young Scholars Program

• Women in Eye Research Grant, April 1987 Awarded travel funds to attend the 1987 meetings of ARVO.
• Robert E. Maytag Fellowship, November 1981 - June 1984 Graduate Research fellowship awarded through the University of Miami
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid-of Research, January 1983 $300 award to fund research on infrared reflectance of Costa Ricanherpetofauna.
• Organization for Tropical Studies Course Fellowship, June 1981 Awarded full tuition and travel funds by the University of Southern California forthe #81-3 summer field ecology course.
• Jessie Noyes Foundation Grant, December 1981 $1200 award to fund research on infrared reflectance of Costa Rican herpetofaunaAwards
  

AWARDS

• Outstanding Biology Educator of the Year - May 1996 Voted by graduating senior Biology majors, University of Miami
• Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges - June 1989 Voted for inclusion by the University of Miami Biology Faculty
• Outstanding Graduate Student Award - May 1986 Awarded by University of Miami College of Arts and Sciences
• Teaching Assistant of the Year Award - June 1981 Awarded by the University of Southern California Biology Department.

• Judge for Florida-Georgia Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (FGLSAMP) Poster Symposium – 2004
• Judge, Miami-Dade Science, Engineering, Communication, Mathematics Enhancement (SECME) Science Fair (2004)
• Judge, Miami-Dade County Science Fair (2003)
• Guest Speaker, South Miami Elementary School (2001 – present) – interactive talks and lectures to third-grade students on exotic plant invasions in southern Florida.
• Ecology Instructor, Coordinator, HHMI Research in Ecology Program (1998 – present)
• Coordinator/Ecology Instructor, NSF Young Scholars Program (1997)

• Wildlife photography. My work has been published in several books, magazines, brochures, posters and on a Costa Rican postage stamp.
• Student/faculty relations. Served as a non-resident associate faculty master at Eaton Residential College, University of Miami since 1990. This program fosters personal interaction between students and faculty, and inivites faculty to sponsor outings and social interactions with students.
• Community Service. Served as president of a 783-member condominium association in 1992-93, overseeing the hurricane reconstruction of the community and dealing with the many legal and insurance issues involved therewith. Served as Landscape Director for the community of 96 acres, incorporating environmentally friendly and native plantings
  and initiating recycling programs. Served as editor and layout designer of community newsletter for three years; included environmental and wildlife education articles in every issue.
• Music. Semi-professional singer/guitarist; perform traditional British Isles and Canadian folk music. Served on the Board of Directors of the Folk Club of South Florida from 1983 through 1988.
• Athletics. Ran five marathons from 1986 through 1990, and still running.
• Graphic design. Designed numerous brochures, newsletters, display advertisements, etc. for many different organizations

My interest in teaching is wide-ranging, but the overarching theme is  training students to think critically and skeptically, to educate  themselves thoroughly via reliable sources, and to think for themselves. The study of evolutionary theory is ideal for this enterprise. Not only  is the topic currently of great sociopolitical import, but it allows me to  demonstrate to students the difference between science, pseudoscience, and  faith. I don't preach; I present the information. And, I hope, this in  itself will teach students to analyze the many sides of a difficult  problem and to come to a logical conclusion based on observable facts.

Courses

• Introductory Biology (BIL 101)
• Elementary Ecology (BIL 103)
• Genetics and Society (BIL 104)
• Elementary Botany (BIL 105)
• Elementary Zoology (BIL 106)
• Honors Seminar in Biology (BIL 113/114)
• Evolution of Biodiversity (BIL 160)
• Genetics (BIL 250)
• Honors Seminar in Genetics (BIL 253)
• Biology and Gender, an Evolutionary Perspective (BIL 375)
  

Director of Undergraduate Studies

• Advise undergraduate biology majors
• Evaluate transfer credits for new undergraduate transfer students
  
• Serve on College of Arts & Sciences Curriculum Committee
  
• Head Biology Department Curriculum Committee
  
• Devise potential improvements in biology majors' undergraduateexperience at the University of Miami
• Schedule biology courses for each semester

Publications

• Krempels, Dana M. 2003. Life, the Universe and Evolution: Laboratory Exercises in Evolutionary Biology. (Laboratory manual for BIL 161) Hunhare Press: Miami
• Krempels, Dana M. 2001. Go Figure: Critical Thinking and Experimental Design in the Biology Laboratory. (Laboratory manual for BIL 151) Hunhare Press: Miami
• Krempels, Dana M, Mary Cotter and Gil Stanzione. 2000. Ileus in Domestic Rabbits. Exotic DVM, Volume 2(4), pp. 19 – 21.
• Krempels, Dana M. 2000. Tiptoe through the Taxa: Laboratory Exercises in Evolution. (Laboratory Manual for BIL 161) Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company:
  San Francisco
• Krempels, Dana M. and Charles H. Mallery. 1995. Laboratory Exercises in General Biology, 4th Ed. Burgess Publishing Company: Edina
• Krempels, Dana M. 1995. Tiptoe through the Taxa: A Laboratory Guide to the Five Kingdoms. (negotiating for press rights)
• Krempels, Dana M. 1989. “Visible light” and near infrared reflectance of amphibians and reptiles and the visual system of avian predators (Accipitridae: Buteo spp.). Doctoral dissertation. University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL 33124.
• Donnelly, Maureen A., Craig Guyer, Dana M. Krempels and H. Elizabeth Braker. 1987. The tadpole of Agalychnis calcarifer (Anura: Hylidae). Copeia 1987(1): 247-250.
• Hayes, Marc P. and Dana M. Krempels. 1986. Vocal sac variation among frogs of the genus Rana from Western North America. Copeia 1986(4): 927-936.
• Hayes, Marc P. and Dana M. Krempels. 1985. Centrolenella vireovittata: a new locality record in Costa Rica. Herpetological Review 16(1): 31.