Degrees

• B.S. Biology (Environmental Science) 1981 Muskingum College, New Concord OH
• M.S. Biology (Ecology) 1983 Kent State University, Kent OH
• Ph.D. Environmental Sciences 1988 The University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA

 

 

Interests

	My teaching interests include ecology, environmental science, plant biology, microbiology, and most things aquatic. I am also involved in service learning programs and resource management issues. In support of these interests I organized the Trap Pond Program and the DNERR relationship in Delaware, the Brown County Program in Indiana, and the Blue Spring Program and GTMNERR relationship in Florida to provide field research opportunities in environmental science and ecology for students while generating useful data for management decisions within the park and reserve systems. My courses utilize multiple teaching formats, open-ended experiments, project-based learning, and variable exam styles to help develop well-prepared students as well as flexible thinkers. I like to offer service-based programs and courses "on-site" at nearby parks or similar areas when possible, and I have a particular interest in teaching people about the connections between ecology, environment, technology, and human culture. I have won awards for my teaching, and consider my teaching and curriculum development to be an important part of my contribution as a faculty member.
I am very active in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary (ID/TD) environmental efforts, including the development of ID/TD courses, integrated ID/TD conceptual modeling for management purposes, the design of ID/TD programs and majors, and the development and delivery of workshops on ID/TD teaching. Some of my work is international, and I am always willing to discuss opportunities for international contacts and cooperation both for my students and for myself (I try to offer at least one ID/TD team-taught field course outside the United States every other year, and I have been listed on the Fulbright Senior Specialist roster in environmental science and environmental education). My personal opinion is that the questions we encounter in "large-scale" scientific disciplines such as environmental science do not lend themselves well to answers from a single academic perspective. This is the primary reason for my strong interest and participation in the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association, which provides a rare and exciting opportunity for the exchange of information on environmental topics among as many different disciplines and perspectives as possible. I highly recommend that you check into it!
	I have also performed a wide range of ecological and ID/TD research, and have been invited to speak on environmental topics both in the United States and abroad. I am the author of manuscripts in several different fields of scientific study ranging from the development of communities of microorganisms in streams to the long-range transport and deposition of air pollutants to the use of conceptual models for addressing resource management issues in coastal watersheds. I have received research grants from the USDA, NOAA, Sigma Xi, and The Nature Conservancy, and maintain memberships with several professional organizations including the IEA, the Ecological Society of America, and the Union of Concerned Scientists. My primary academic focus involves the scientific and interdisciplinary study of ecological and environmental problems: the significance of environmental topics, the importance of interdisciplinary approaches to environmental issues, and the value of having skills in more than one field of study. My goals are to highlight the importance of making broadly-based, scientifically-informed decisions concerning our present and future environmental concerns, and to do my part to ensure that such scientifically-informed individuals exist in the near future.

 

A Selection of Publications

• Reiter, M. A. G. R. Parsons, R. W. Scarborough, C. Fan, and S. M. Thur. 2006. An interdisciplinary conceptual metamodel for the St. Jones River watershed, Delaware: Development, results, and implications. J. Environ. Monit. Restor. 2:38-50.

• Reiter, M. A. 2004. A simple fuzzy logic approach to analyze integrated interdisciplinary “four-component” conceptual resource management models. Interdisc. Environ. Rev. 6(2):1-13.

• Reiter, M. A. 2001. Colonization time and substratum relief as factors in the uptake of algae from the water column. J. Freshwater Ecol. 16(1):57-65.

• Reiter, M. A., J. P. Eagleman, and J. Luckenbaugh. 2000. The design and value of service learning partnerships in state parks. George Wright Forum 17(3):47-54.

• Reiter, M. A. and J. P. Eagleman. 1999. The development of a resource management strategy: Deer, plants, and data at Brown County State Park, Indiana. Interdisc. Environ. Rev. 1(1):129-140.

• Reiter, M. A. 1997. A simple fluorescent labeling technique for the marking of algae in mixed assemblages. J. Freshw. Ecol. 12(1):163-165.

• Reiter, K. D. and M. A. Reiter. 1996. Constructing an interdisciplinary course in environmental history. Proc. Interdisc. Conf. Environ. 2:259-267.

• Reiter, M. A., P. C. Coggins, and K. D. Reiter. 1995. Incorporating Multidisciplinary Environmental Topics into the Curriculum: A Possible Model. Proc. Interdisc. Conf. Environ., 1:256-264.

• Reiter, M. A. 1993. Course-long projects for nonscience majors. Bul. Ecol. Soc. Amer. 74(1):67-68.

• Reiter, M. A. 1991. Preliminary experiments concerning the potential for hydrodynamic isolation in benthic algal assemblages. J. Freshwater Ecol. 6(1):103-106.

• Reiter,. A. 1989. Development of benthic algal assemblages subjected to differing near-substrate hydrodynamic regimes. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 46(8):1375-1382.

• Reiter, M. A. 1989. The effect of a developing algal assemblage on the hydrodynamics near substrates of different sizes. Archiv. Hydrobiol. 115(2):221-244.

• Gilliam, F. S., J. T. Sigmon, M. A. Reiter, and D. O. Krovetz. 1989. Elevational and spatial variation in daytime ozone concentrations in the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains: Implications for forest exposure. Can. J. For. Res. 19(4):422-426.

• Krovetz, D. O., J. T. Sigmon, M. A. Reiter, and L. H. Lessard. 1989. An automated system for air sampling with annular denuder systems at a remote site. Environ. Pollut. 58:97-107.

• Reiter, M. A. 1986. Interactions between the hydrodynamics of flowing water and the development of a benthic algal community. J. Freshwater Ecol. 3(4):511-517.

• Reiter, M. A. and R. E. Carlson. 1986. Current velocity in streams and the composition of benthic algal mats. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 43(6):1156-1162.

Some Recent Grants, Awards and Honors

• NOAA 2008-2011, $382,781. Project: “Environmental Cooperative Science Center”. Co-PI and Integrated Assessment Thematic Area Leader (consortium of nine universities lead by FAMU). Continuation of EPP Cooperative Science Center Consortium Grant #NA06OAR4810164.
• President of the Interdisciplinary Environmental Association (IEA), 2005-2007, and Chair of the IEA Advisory Board and Editor of Interdisciplinary Environmental Review, 2007-2009.
• Board of Trustees of Delaware State University, 2006. Citation of Honor.
• National Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges, and the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (Academic Programs Section) 2005. National Award for Excellence in College and University Teaching in the Food and Agricultural Sciences.
• Association of Research Directors, Inc, 2005. Nominated for the Morrison-Evans Outstanding Scientist Award.
• NOAA, 2006-2011. EPP Cooperative Science Center Consortium Grant #NA06OAR4810164, $12,500,000. Project: “Environmental Cooperative Science Center.” Co-PI, consortium of nine universities administered by FAMU.
• USDA, 2004-2006. CSREES Evans-Allen Program DELX-0019-03-3, $319,564. Project: “A Black-Box Nutrient Loading Model for Trap Pond, Delaware: Environmental Monitoring, State Service, and Student Training.” Co-PD, with C. Fan.
• Winner of the Delaware State University Excellence in Teaching award, 2004.
• Appointed to the Executive Board of the Mid-Atlantic Region Ecological Observatory (MAREO), a potential node of NSF’s National Ecological Observatory Network, 2004.
• Winner of the Delaware State University Excellence in Research and Creative Activity award, 2003.
• Passed review and approved for five-year candidacy as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in environmental science (designated specializations: ecology/environmental science, interdisciplinary environmental education, resource management, service learning),  J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the Council for International Exchange of Scholars. 2001-2006.

 

 

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