Robert M. Turnbull, Instructor/Lab Coordinator
Department of Biological Sciences

robert.turnbull@usm.edu
(228) 214-3294

M.S. Biological Sciences (Animal Behavior). Auburn University. December 1986
Thesis: Antipredator Behavior of the Eastern Gray Squirrel: Sciurus carolinensis

Additional Education
University of Phoenix-Online. Phoenix Arizona. Aug. 2004-Aug. 2005
Major: Education                  
Coures Completed:
Com/516 Professional Communications
Mat/501 The Art and Science of Teaching
Mat/505 Child and Adolescence Development
Mat/509 Models, Theories, and Instructional Strategies
Mat/561 Action Research
Mat/518 Secondary Student Teaching I: The Professional Educator
Mat/542 Curriculum, Constructs, & Assessment: Reading Methods
Mat/515 Instruction and Assessment of English Learners
Mat/ Survey of Special Populations

Grants, Awards, and Affiliations
Butch Oustalet Distinguished Professorship Award for Teaching, May 2008
Elected Associate Member Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Sigma Xi Graduate Student Research Grant 

Teaching Experience           
Instructor and Visiting Instructor, University of Southern Mississippi, August 2005-present
Courses Currently Teaching:
BSC 107 and lab – Human Biology
BSC 110 and lab – Biology I
BSC 111 and lab – Biology II
BSC 201 and lab – Zoology
BSC 250 and lab – Human Anatomy and Physiology I
BSC 251 and lab – Human Anatomy and Physiology II
BSC 340 – Environmental Biology
BSC 455 and lab -- Animal Behavior

Adjunct Professor. Delgado Community College. Slidell, Louisiana. January 2007- May 2007, May 2008 – July 2008, August 2008- December 2008, June-December 2009
Courses Taught:
Human Anatomy and Physiology I, II
Introduction to Human Anatomy and Physiology and Lab

Graduate Teaching Assistant. Auburn University. August 2004- December 2006.
Lab courses taught
Biology I, Animal Biology, Genetics,

Other Experience
Internal Control Officer, Regions Bank, Birmingham Alabama and New Orleans Louisiana. 1991-2004. 
Responsible for documenting, overseeing, and training, in policy, procedure and compliance for 27 Regions Bank branches in South Louisiana

Student Mentoring:

Fall 2009: Student Tammy Mckenna. Instructed and mentored undergraduate student in designing, preparing, managing, and instructing of biological laboratory courses at the college level.

Fall 2008:  Student: Ryan Vandermeullen.  Instructed and mentored undergraduate student in the designing, preparing, managing and instructing of biological laboratory courses at the college level.

Fall and Spring 2007: Student: Rebecca Haehn. Instructed, mentored and supervised graduate student in the set up, instruction, management, and operation of college biological science laboratory courses.

Presentations:

Careers in Biological Science. Presented to marketing department, University of Southern Mississippi, Gulf Park Campus. April 2007

Adaptations and Dentition in Mammals. Presented to 3rd grade students at Lusher Elementary School, New Orleans, LA.  March, 2000.

Analysis of Predator-Induced Behavior in the Eastern Gray Squirrel. Presented at the annual meeting of the Alabama Academy of Science. 1986.  Montgomery, Alabama.

Publications
Alarm Calls of the Eastern Gray Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis): Documentation of Content and Analysis of Function. Abstract published, Journal of the Alabama Academy of Science. Volume 57, July 1986