Michael A. Reiter, Ph.D.
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Degrees
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Courses Over the
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Find
the fine, fascinating flat flounder in the following featured fish photo!
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Interests
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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
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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! |
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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 |
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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,
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
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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.
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.
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.

Some Recent Grants, Awards and Honors
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Find that first flounder? Fine; find the following fellow, friend!
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http://www4.cookman.edu/faculty/reiter/index.html
Please contact me before using images from my web
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Rev. 8/29/08