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Résumé of Donald J. Farish
President of Rowan University

EDUCATION:

  • Institute for Educational Management, Harvard University, 1992
  • J.D, University of Missouri, 1976
  • Ph.D (biology), Harvard University, 1970
    Thesis: The grooming behavior of Hymenoptera (Insecta)
  • M.S. North Carolina State University, 1966
    Major: Entomology
    Minor: Parasitology
    Thesis: Some aspects of the sensory and phoretic behavior of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Scopoli, 1772) (Acarina: Macrochelidae), with a consideration of phoresy as a phenomenon
  • B.Sc., University of British Columbia, 1963
    Major: Zoology (honors)
    Thesis: Polymorphism in Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in British Columbia

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

  • President, Rowan University, 1998 - present
  • Provost and Vice President, Academic Affairs, Sonoma State University, 1994 - 1998
  • Vice President, Academic Affairs, Sonoma State University, 1991 - 94
  • Acting Vice President, Academic Affairs, Sonoma State University, 1990 - 91
  • Dean, School of Natural Sciences, Sonoma State University, 1983 - 90
  • Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 1981 - 83
  • Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Rhode Island, 1979 - 81
  • Chair, Physiology and Behavior Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri, 1970 - 74

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

  • Sonoma State University
    Professor of Biology, 1983 - 1998
  • University of Rhode Island
    Adjunct Professor of Zoology, 1979 - 83
  • University of Missouri
    Associate Professor of Biology, Entomology, and Medical Sociology, 1977 - 79
    Associate Professor of Biology and Entomology, 1974 - 77
    Assistant Professor of Biology and Entomology, 1969 - 74
    Instructor, Zoology and Entomology, 1968 - 69
  • Harvard University
    Teaching Assistant, Biology, 1967-68
    Teaching Assistant, Anthropology, 1965 - 67

PUBLICATIONS:

Books:

  • Farish, D.J. 1999. (w. Kent van der Graff and Anne Mirels) Human Biology. Jones and Barlett Publishers. In preparation
  • Farish, D.J. 1993. Human Biology. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 629 pp
  • Farish, D.J. 1993. Student Study Guide to Accompany Human Biology. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 258 pp
  • Farish, D.J. 1993. Test Bank to Accompany Human Biology, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 238 pp
  • Farish, D.J. 1984. Introduction to Biology: The Human Perspective. Willard Grant Press, Boston. 574 pp. (Reissued by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 1986)
  • Farish, D.J. 1978. Biology: A Human Perspective. Harper & Row, Publishers, New York. 427 pp.

Referred Articles:

  • Farish, D.J. Loss of Accountability in Higher Education. In preparation for Public Productivity and Management Review (invited submission).
  • Farish, D.J. A Modest Proposal: Focusing on Student Success and Retention, Not Student Failure and Attrition. Liberal Education.
  • Farish, D.J. The Ozymandias Syndrome and the Deregulation of Higher Education. Change.
  • Armiñana, R., D. Calandrella, and D.J. Farish. Improving Student Retention: The Role of the University President. In: Policies and Practice: A Focus on Higher Education Retention.
  • AASCU special publication, 1997, pp 77 - 91.
  • Thelen, E. and D.J. Farish. 1976. Grooming behaviour in morphological mutants of Bracon hebetor (Hymenoptera: Braconidae). Behaviour, 62:70-102.
  • Wilson, E.O. and D.J. Farish. 1973. Predatory behavior in the ant-like wasp Methocha stygia (Say) (Hymenoptera: Tiphiidae). Anim. Behav., 21:292-5.
  • Farish, D.J. 1972. The evolutionary implications of qualitative variation in the grooming behavior of the Hymenoptera (Insecta). Anim. Behav., 20:662-76.
  • Farish, D.J. 1972. An inexpensive keyboard for continuous recording of insect behavior. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 65:278-80.
  • Farish, D.J. 1972. Balanced polymorphism in North American populations of the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (Homoptera: Cercopidae). I. The North American morphs. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 65:710-19.
  • Farish, D.J. and R.C. Axtell. 1971. Phoresy redefined and examined in Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Acarina: Macrochelidae). Acarologia, 13:16-29.
  • Farish, D.J. and G.G.E. Scudder. 1967. The polymorphism in Philaenus spumarius (Hemiptera: Cercopidae) in British Columbia. J. Ent. Soc. Brit. Col., 64:45-51.
  • Farish, D.J. and R.C. Axtell. 1966. Sensory functions of the palps and first tarsi of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae (Acarina: Macrochelidae), a predator of the house fly. Ann. Ent. Soc.
    Amer., 59:165-70.
  • Farish, D.J. and R.C. Axtell. 1964. Sensory behavior of Macrocheles muscaedomesticae, a predator of house fly eggs. Bull. Ent. Soc. Amer., 10:174.

 

Other Publications:

  • Farish, D.J. 1997. Wired to the Future. "Close to Home" column for The Press Democrat (local newspaper).
  • Farish, D.J. 1981. The Genetics of Human Driving Habits. Providence Journal-Bulletin Weekend Magazine.
  • Farish, D.J. 1969. Two letters in The Struggle for Canadian Universities, R. Matthews & J. Steele, eds. New Press, Toronto.
  • Farish, D.J. 1968. Cleaning movements in insects and More about bees. Curious Naturalist, 7:5-6.

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • Nominee for Purple Chalk Award (outstanding teacher in the College of Arts and Sciences), University of Missouri, 1979.
  • National Research Council of Canada Special Scholarship, 1967 - 68
  • Richmond Fellowship, Harvard University, 1965 - 68
  • National Research Council of Canada Studentship, 1965 - 66
  • Entomological Society of British Columbia Book Prize, 1963
  • British Columbia Provincial Government Scholarship, 1962 - 63
  • Robin Hood Flour Mills Scholarship, 1959 - 63


RESEARCH GRANTS:

  • Reconceptualizing Teaching and Learning. Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education, 1997 - 99.
  • Spontaneous rhythmic motor patterns in human neonates. Grant Foundation, 1975 - 77
  • Genetic mediation of behavior. National Institute of Mental Health, 1971 - 72
  • The genetic control of grooming behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. University of Missouri Research Council, Summer, 1971
  • The adaptive significance and genetic control of polymorphism in the meadow spittlebug, Philaenus spumarius (Cercopidae). University of Missouri Research Council, Summer, 1970
  • The genetic control of grooming behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. University of Missouri Research Council, Summer, 1969