Education

B.A. in General Science (with honors) and Psychology, University of Rochester, 1971

M.A. in Library, Media, and Information Studies, with highest honors, University of South Florida, 1979

M.S. Tulane University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1989

Ph.D. Tulane University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 1996

Experience

2002-date Lab Supervisor, Tulane University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Taught general ecology (lecture and lab), introductory organismal biology (lecture and lab), ornithology (lecture and lab), environmental biology (general and honors sections), history of life, and Darwinian medicine (evolution in human health and disease).

1994-02 Visiting Instructor, Tulane University, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Taught general ecology (lecture and lab), introductory organismal biology (lecture and lab), ornithology, and environmental biology (general and honors sections).

1994-99 Part-time Instructor, Loyola University, Dept. of Biological Sciences. Taught ecology and evolutionary biology, zoology lab, genetics and society.

1990-96 Graduate Assistant, Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Assisted with courses in ecology, economic botany, and vertebrate physiology, lab preparation and teaching for introductory organismal biology. Taught summer 1991-1998 lab course in introductory organismal biology. Taught summer 1995, 1997-1998 lecture course in introductory organismal biology. Lab coordinator Fall 1993-1995, for Diversity of Life laboratory, taught EEOB Diversity Honors Lab, Spring 1993-1996.

1983-90 Head of Science and Engineering Division, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana. Provided reference service and computerized literature search service for twelve science and engineering departments, taught classes in the use of the library, biology information retrieval, and computerized literature retrieval. Responsible for science and engineering collection development, supervision of four Division staff, and long range planning and policy in the Division.

1982-83 Head of Reference Department, Florida Institute of Technology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida. Provided reference service and computerized literature search service, and taught classes in the use of the library. Responsible for collection development and supervision of four departmental staff.

1981-82 Reference Librarian, Roux Library, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida. Provided general reference service and classroom instruction in the use of the library, developed reference and government documents collections.

1981-82 Reference Librarian, University of South Florida Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Provided general reference service.

1980-81 Central Bin Supervisor, U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Tampa, Florida. Supervised operation of Tampa census forms control area, assisted in planning of general clerical procedures for the Tampa census.

1978-79 Reference Assistant, University of South Florida Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.

1974-78 Head of Engineering Library, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.

Publications

Biology

Dinosaurs: A Guide to Research, New York: Garland Press, 1992.

Dinosaurs, (Bibliographic Essay), Choice 26 (#4), December 1988, p.609-620.

Crisis in the Crawfish Ponds, Living Bird, Winter 1994, p.28-34.

Long-term population trends of colonial wading birds in the southern United States: the impact of crayfish aquaculture on Louisiana populations, with Thomas W. Sherry. Auk, 112:613-632, 1995.

Conservation of large, nomadic populations of White Ibises (Eudocimus albus) in the United States, with Peter Frederick, Keith Bildstein, and John Ogden. Conservation Biology 10:203-216, Feb. 1996.

Agricultural Wetlands and the Conservation of Colonial Wading Birds in Louisiana, with T. W. Sherry and Jay V. Huner, In: L. P. Rozas et al. (eds.), Recent Research in Coastal Louisiana, Proceedings of the 1998 LUMCON Conference on Natural Ecosystem Function and Response to Human Influences, Louisiana Sea Grant College Program.

Library and General Literature

Student Book Collection Contests in American Colleges and Universities, with Dr. Fred Pfister. College and Research Libraries 41, July 1980, p.305-312.

The Aliens in Our Oceans: Dolphins as Analogs, Cosmic Search 2, Spring 1980, p.2-5.

Sawgrass Lake: Suburban Sanctuary, Florida Naturalist 54, April/June 1981, p.8-10.

Henry Scharrer's Florida Love Affair, The St. Petersburg Times Floridian, Sept. 20, 1981, p.22-24.

The Design of Printed Instructional Materials: Research on Illustrations and Typography, with Dr. Thomas Wilson and Dr. Fred Pfister. ERIC Document ED# 211 122, Syracuse, 1981.

A Librarian Looks at Censorship, The Christian Science Monitor, Nov. 19, 1982, p.27. Reprinted in The Tampa Tribune, Nov. 26, 1982.

For Love of the Book, with Dr. Fred Pfister. Library Scene 2 (#4), August 1983, p.5-6.

Lectures, Textbooks, and the College Librarian, Improving College and University Teaching 32 (#2) Spring 1984, p.103-106.

That Ol' Devil Moon, ALA Answer Place, American Library Association, Newspaper Enterprise Association, April 27, 1984.

Facts to Sleep On, ALA Answer Place, American Library Association, Newspaper Enterprise Association, January 27, 1984.

Apes or Angels: Creationism and the Religious Right, Louisiana Library Association Bulletin 48 (#3), Winter 1986, p.97-106.

Annotated Bibliography of Creationism, Louisiana Library Association Bulletin 48 (#3), p.107-112.

Creation and Evolution: The Rise of Scientific Creationism, (Bibliographic Essay), Choice 24 (#10), June 1987, p.1513-1522.

Beating the Heat in the Big Easy, American Libraries, June 1988, p.465-472+.

Gardening, in Guide to Reference Sources, American Library Association, In press.

Don't Release Exotic Species, Times-Picayune, Nov. 16, 1997 Op-Ed Metro p. 6

Croissants in the Crescent City, ALA Journal, December 1997, p. 49-54.

The Juicy Facts Of Botany, Times-Picayune, April 19, 2001, Op/Ed Metro Pg. 6

Enviroweb, 2001, Guide to the Louisiana environment and local environmental problems,

www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/envirobio/enviroweb.htm

Everything’s Hot Down in New Orleans, 2002, Insider’s guide to New Orleans, La. www.tulane.edu/~bfleury/neworleans/NewOrleans.htm

Seeing A Parade From The Inside Out, Times Picayune, Feb. 12, 2005, Op-Ed Metro p. 7

Amid Losses, Christmas Glitters, Times-Picayune, Dec. 25, 2005, Op/Ed Metrop. 15

A Desire Named Streetcar. Times-Picayune, Feb. 18, 2007, Op/Ed Metro p. 7

Book Reviews

New Orleans Times-Picayune, 1988 to date

Science Books and Films (AAAS), 1984 to date

Choice (American Library Association), 1984 to date

Lectures And Symposia

Roux Library, Florida Southern College, 1981-1982. Library instruction course, held special seminars for the Biology Department on library research in biology.

Florida Institute of Technology Library, Florida Institute of Technology, 1982-1983. Course in library research for undergraduates, initiated research methods program for all new freshman as part of the general English requirement.

Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, 1983-1990. Provided seminars in information retrieval to the Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Psychology and Biology. Taught biological and medical information retrieval to freshman lab sections in introductory biology and held seminars in computerized information retrieval for library staff and for Biology Department faculty and graduate students.

Invited lectures on dinosaur biology, and on man’s attitude toward nature, to the staff of the Audubon Zoo, 1985-1986.

Invited lecture on scientific creationism for the Louisiana Library Association Intellectual Freedom Committee, 1986 LLA Annual Convention.

Departmental seminar on the coevolution of dinosaurs and angiosperms, Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, 1987.

Invited lecture on scientific creationism, graduate evolution class, Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, 1987.

Invited seminars on information retrieval, DIALOG, and the use of the Internet for computerized information in biology, graduate course in scientific writing, Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, 1991-1994.

Guest lectures on the origin and early evolution of birds, and territoriality and colonial behavior in birds, graduate ornithology class, Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, 1992-1996.

Presented paper on long-term population trends in Louisiana wading birds, Symposium on Agricultural Change and its Consequences for Birds, American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) conference, 24-28 June 1992 Ames, Iowa.

Invited paper on long-term population trends in Louisiana wading birds in relation to crawfish aquaculture, Symposium on The Double-Crested Cormorant: Biology, Conservation, and Management, Colonial Waterbird Society annual conference, 14-18 October 1992, Oxford, Mississippi.

Invited paper on long-term population trends in Louisiana wading birds in relation to crawfish aquaculture, Symposium on Management of Fish-Eating Birds on Fish Farms, National Aquaculture Association annual conference, Aqua Expo ‘93, 5-6 January 1993, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Invited paper on long-term population trends in Louisiana wading birds in relation to crawfish aquaculture, Louisiana Aquaculture Association annual conference, February 1993, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Presented paper on wading bird foraging success in relation to habitat quality, Colonial Waterbird Society annual conference, 17-20 October 1996, Charleston, S.C.

Seminar on long-term population trends in Louisiana wading birds in relation to crawfish aquaculture, Tulane University Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, departmental seminar series, Fall 1996.

Presentation to Orleans Audubon Society on wading birds and crawfish farms, Spring 1997.

Invited seminar on wading birds and crawfish farms for the National Wetlands Research Center Spring 1998.

Presented paper on the importance of agricultural wetlands to wading birds, LUMCON 1997 Conference, Natural Ecosystem Function and Responseto Human Influences, Lafayette, Louisiana.

Presented paper on “Intelligent Design: New Wine in Old Bottles”, 2005 MENSA Annual Conference, New Orleans Louisiana, July 8, 2005.

McGraw-Hill Conference on Undergraduate Major’s Biology, Marco Island, Florida, March 1-4, 2007.

Memberships

American Ornithologists’ Union, Colonial Waterbirds Society, Society for Conservation Biology, Cooper Ornithological Society, Sigma Xi, National Society of Collegiate Scholars.

Activities And Awards

Teaching

Mortarboard award from Newcomb College for outstanding teaching, 2002-2003.

Mortarboard award from Newcomb College for outstanding teaching, 2001-2002.

Member of Tulane’s Instructional Learning Center’s Advisory Committee

Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2003.

Tulane University Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching, Spring 1995.

Tulane’s ILC Summer Institute for innovative use of technology in the classroom, Summer 2002.

Dean’s Colloquim, invited speaker Science: Ways of Knowing, lecture series on the history and nature of evolutionary thought, Fall 2004.

Webmaster, Tulane Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 2004 to date.

Tulane Science Scholars Program, 2004 to date, taught advanced high school student classes on global warming.

Distinguished Member award, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, 2007.

Favorite Professor award, Tulane University, Newcomb Collerge Instiutute, 2007.

Biology

George Henry Penn Memorial Award for outstanding graduate research in Zoology, Dept. of Ecology, Evolution and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, 1996.

Research Associate, Research Advisory Board, Audubon Zoological Park, New Orleans, 1984-1996.

Research Grant, 1994-1995, Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board, Louisiana State Department of Agriculture.

Dinosaurs: A Guide to Research, selected by CHOICE (American Library Association) for the ALA 1993 list of outstanding academic books.

Marcia Brady Tucker Travel Award, American Ornithologists’ Union, to present paper at the 1992 A.O.U. Convention, Summer 1992.

Library Science

Student Body Representative, University of South Florida Library Associates Board of Directors, 1978-80.

Consultant to the library of the Newfound Harbor Marine Institute, Big Pine Key, Florida, 1979-80.

Cosmic Search Award from Carl Sagan's Cosmic Search Magazine for best graduate student submission, 1979.

Writer's Digest award for non-fiction, 1982.

Sigma Xi Chapter Award for excellence in teaching, Florida Institute of Technology, 1983.

Tulane University Library Staff Association Secretary (1984), Acting Treasurer (1986), and President (1985-86).

Local Information Coordinator, 1988 American Library Association Convention, New Orleans.

Miscellaneous

Webmaster, Tulane Dept. of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology - designed and maintained new departmental web site, 2002 to date.

Association of Southern Biologists 2001 Conference, New Orleans La., designed and implemented conference web pages, online guide to New Orleans.

North American Ornithological Conference, 2002, New Orleans La., designed and implemented web pages for ornithological societies convention.

Den leader for Cub Scout Pack 48, New Orleans, 1999-2002

Consultant for McGraw-Hill on Raven and Johnson Biology supplemental video CD, 2005-2006

References

Dr. Thomas Sherry, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 (504-862-8000, x1546); tsherry@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu; FAX 504-862-8706.

Dr. Jay Huner, Director, Crawfish Research Center, University of Southwestern Louisiana, P.O. Box 44650, Lafayette, Louisiana. 70504 (318-482-5239); jhuner@usl.edu; FAX 318-482-5395.

Dr. Steven Darwin, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 (504-862-8000, x1542); sdarwin@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu; FAX 504-862-8706.

Dr. Daniel Todd, Chief Bibliographer, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 (504-862-8000, x1825); dtodd@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu; FAX 504-865-6773.