大卫·里布尔博士.D.
- 迪恩:D. R. Semmes科学学院教授 , D. R. Semmes科学学院
In the role of Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs: Budget and 研究 (AVPAA:BR), 博尔 is the primary point person for academic departments in preparing their annual budget requests for consideration by the VPAA. 另外, he serves as an ex-officio member of the 教师 Development and Lecturers and 访问ing Scholar Committees, 协调学院研究晚宴系列, manages the operation of the DeCoursey and other major campus lecture series, and oversees supplemental funding requests for full-time faculty regarding start-up funding, 资源费用, 对研究的支持, 奖学金及创意活动. He supervises the Director of the Center for International Engagement, 赞助研究主任, 创业与创新局局长, 以及科学设施经理.
博尔 teaches courses in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology. 他在课堂上的热情得到了认可, 在实验室里, and most especially in the field; his courses often involve multiple weekend field trips where students camp out and work dawn to midnight surveying small mammals, 鸟, 和蝙蝠. He has led experiential field-based learning courses within the Untied States, China, and Costa Rica. He names one of his top accomplishments as inspiring students to continue with their own studies of biodiversity with over 12 of his students pursuing or having earned advanced degrees in science. He currently serves as the Chair of the 环境研究 Major.
作为一名学者, 里布尔有一个重要的记录, having delivered dozens of scientific presentations and published numerous scientific articles, 其中大部分是与澳门金沙线上赌博官网的学生共同撰写的. His scholarship has taken various students in recent years to Mexico, 坦桑尼亚和南非, and recently culminated in the discovery and description of a new mammal, 灰脸象鼩, 来自坦桑尼亚中部的东弧山脉. 作为生物系的系主任, he supported his colleagues to earn external grant support from the Keck Foundation, 霍华德·休斯医学研究所, 和国家科学基金会. He is a strong supporter of public schools and along with his wife, 海伦, has engaged their children's school in promoting an outdoor science-based curriculum.
*表示澳门金沙线上赌博官网学生
用他自己的话来说, 大卫·里布尔写道, "My teaching philosophies extend beyond my formal 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 classroom responsibilities. I have been active in the greater 圣安东尼奥 community working with conservation groups and local parks to help conserve their resources and educate the public about the importance of these resources. My wife and I have coordinated and led outdoor-science field trips for an inner-city public school, 博纳姆学院. 例如, several times I have taken 3rd graders on a birding and small mammal trip to Mitchell Lake Wetlands where I live-trapped small mammals for the students to observe and record using modern scientific equipment such as Global Positioning System (GPS) techniques. I have to be honest and admit that working with younger kids is truly motivating."
I also find myself at 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 gravitating to lower division courses because of the need to instill awe as soon as possible. 例如, under my leadership the 生物学 Department is designing new non-majors courses for 澳门金沙线上赌博官网 that are critical for improving science literacy in the general population. I am also in the middle of developing a Biodiversity Science course for sophomores and 环境研究 students that will be field-intensive and take advantage of our proximity to Brackenridge Park.
In addition to being Chair of the 生物学 Department and I am the 教师 Sheppard of our Science and Engineering Facilities Planning Committee. I am also a member of the 国际研究 教师 Committee (环境研究 Coordinator) and the 环境研究 教师 Committee.