James P. Gibbs, Professor

Conservation Biology & Wildlife Management

Department of Forest and Environmental Biology

State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 404 Illick Hall, Syracuse, NY 13210 USA phone: 315/470-6764, fax: 315/470-6934, skype jamesgibbs1 e-mail: jpgibbs@esf.edu

Adjunct faculty member: Columbia University (EEB), Charles Darwin Foundation (Charles Darwin Research Station)

 Education

· B.S. University of Maine (1986): Wildlife Management

· M.A. University of Missouri (1988): Biological Sciences

· Ph.D. Yale University (1995): Forestry & Environmental Studies

 

Recent Teaching

· Conservation Biology, EFB 413, 3 cr.

· Problem-solving in Conservation Biology, EFB 419, 3 cr.

· Herpetology, EFB 485, 3 cr.

· Field Herpetology, EFB 496, 2.5 cr.

 

Current Graduate Students (2008) (Former Graduate Students) 

· Sam Quinn (MS) - Distribution of the eastern hellbender

· Mike Fishman (MS) - Indiana bat conservation

· Helen Czech (MS) - Softshell turtle biology and conservation

· Angela Sirois (MS) - Bog turtle biology and conservation

· Kevin Shoemaker (PhD) - Landscape genetics of bog turtles

 

Post-docs and affiliates in residence (2008)

· Dr. Geri Tierney (NPS/NETN project)

· Dr. David Patrick (NYSDOT “herps” and roadways project)

· Dr. Elizabeth Harper (NSF LEAP project)

· Steve Gulick (Wildland Security)

 

SELECTED PUBLISHED ARTICLES

 

Recent Books 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem-solving book website

 

 

Some thoughts:

“The world is big. Some people are unable to comprehend that simple fact. They want the world on their own terms, its peoples just like them and their friends, its places like the manicured little patch on which they live. But this is a foolish and blind wish. Diversity is not an abnormality but the very reality of our planet. The human world manifests the same reality and will not seek out permission to celebrate itself in the magnificence of its endless varieties. Civility is a sensible attribute in this kind of world we have; narrowness of heart and mind is not. “

 

Chinua Achebe, 1996 Bates College Commencement Address

 

“A zoologist is … no more a wildlife manager than a botanist is a forester; but, unfortunately, many influential decision makers do not seem to be sufficiently aware of this.”

 

GS Child 

 

last updated: 6/10/08