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Back to DirectoryExecutive Director of Strategic Planning and Institutional Effectiveness
Office of Assessment, Strategic Planning and Institutional Research and Effectiveness (ASPIRE)Ph.D. in Forest Science and M.S. in Forest Science from Cornell University
B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from University of Rochester
Ecology and Environmental Science; Introduction to Biology, Toxicology, Conservation Biology, Ecology
Gartner, T., C. Thomas, K. Geedey, K. Bjorgo-Thorne, J. Simmons, K. Shea, J. Dosch, and C. Zimmermann. Incorporating Long-Term Research Projects into the Undergraduate Curriculum: Examples from the Ecological Research as Education Network’s Decomposition Project. The American Biology Teacher Vol: 82.3. (pp. 142-148) DOI: 10.1525/abt.2020.82.3.142; https://abt.ucpress.edu/content/82/3/142
Simmons, J.A., L.J. Anderson, D.R. Bowne, J.J. Dosch, T.B. Gartner, M.F. Hoopes, K. Kuers, E.S. Lindquist, T.S. McCay, B.R. Pohlad, C.L. Thomas, K.L. Shea. 2016. Collaborative Research Networks Provide Unique Opportunities for Faculty and Student Researchers. Council for Undergraduate Research Quarterly 36(4):11-17. DOI: 10.18833/curq/36/4/4.
Keating*, M.P., and J.A. Simmons. 2014. Carbon and phosphorus dynamics of Justicia americana in stream ecosystems. BIOS 85(3): 160-166. DOI: 10.1893/0005-3155-85.3.160.
J.A. Simmons, M. Anderson, W. Dress, C. Hanna, D.J. Hornbach, A. Janmaat, F. Kuserk, J.G. March, T. Murray, J. Niedzwiecki, D. Panvini, B. Pohlad, C. Thomas, and L. Vasseur. 2014. A comparison of the stream temperature regime under forested and non-forested riparian zones at eleven sites across North America. River Research and Applications 31: 964-974. DOI: 10.1002/rra.2796. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/rra.2796/abstract
J.A. Simmons. (2012). Toxicity of major cations and anions (Na+, K+, Ca2+, Cl-, and SO42-) to a macrophyte and an alga. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. 31(6):1370-1374.
Sakowski*, E.G., and J.A. Simmons. 2010. Effectiveness of aquatic mosses as bioindicators of zinc contamination in streams. Journal of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 84(1):38-44.
*Indicates student co=author.