Links to courses taught

 

 

Larkin Powell

Associate Professor

School of Natural Resources

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

 

NRES 311

Wildlife Ecology and Management

Offered each spring

NRES 350

Wildlife Management Techniques

Offered during summer at Cedar Point Biological Station in odd years, on-campus in fall of even years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NRES 312

Introduction to Geospatial Information Sciences

Shared course--instruct in odd springs

NRES 315

Boundary Waters Wilderness Trip

Offered during each summer pre-session

NRES 315

Tropical Ecology: Puerto Rico Trip

Offered in spring semester of even years

NRES 404

Senior Seminar

Shared course--will instruct next in fall of 2007

NRES 896

Abundance estimation

Mark-recapture analyses

Multi-state mark-recapture analyses

Parameter estimation mini-courses offered in spring of even years

NRES 862

Conservation Biology

Not currently offered

 

Download materials from UNL GTA Workshop (August 2007)

Planning and preparing to teach: how do I develop a meaningful course?

Powerpoint here (PDF)   

Workshop handout here (PDF)

Current teaching projects

--Developing Geospatial Information Technology course for undergraduates.

--Integrating Problem-based Learning (PBL) teaching method into wildlife and conservation courses.

--Pursuing funding for curriculum development: integrating Geospatial Information Technology

Teaching awards received

Holling Family Junior Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska (peer nominated).  $3000 stipend.  2004.

Faculty of the Year Award, University of Dubuque (student selected).  2000.

Teaching grants received

Mamo, M., J. A. Ippolito, T. A. Kettler, and D. L. McCallister (PI's).  2005.  Broadening soil science education through on-line lessons.  $74,869.  National Science Foundation: Educational Materials Development.  Role: grant collaborator, module development).

Powell, L. A., Merchant, J., Walter-Shea, E., Johnson, R., and Zanner, W.  2002.  Integrating Geospatial Information Technologies into Natural Resources Curricula.  $5,100.  UNL Teaching, Learning, and Technology Roundtable.   Role: team leader. 

University of Dubuque.  2001.  Renovation of Goldthorp Science Hall.  $800,000 U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education, Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.  Role: chair of grant committee, developed in association with Cassidy and Associates.

Professional teaching presentations

Fritz, S., D. Husmann, D. Reese, R. Stowell, and L. Powell. 2006. High school students' perceptions of a College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. National Association of College Teachers of Agriculture annual meeting. (Abstract).

Powell, L. A., A. J. Tyre, S. E. Hygnstrom, and D. A. Wedin. 2006. Assessing experiential learning in a wilderness field course. Sixth biennial conference on University Education in Natural Resources, March 4-7, 2006, East Lansing, MI. (Abstract).

Mamo, M., P. Hain, T. Kettler, J. Ippollito, W. Zanner, R. Reuter, L. Powell, D. McCallister, C. Geiss, and D. Husmann. 2005. A multidisciplinary approach to applying soil science principles in the classroom. American Society of Agronomy annual meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, 6-10 November, 2005. (Abstract).

Powell, L. A. 2004. Course assessment in problem-based learning courses using formative, qualitative measures. Fifth Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Flagstaff, AZ, 14-17 March, 2004. (Facilitated Discussion: Abstract).

 

Professional teaching activities

--participated in UNL's Peer Review of Teaching project with partner Dr. Bill Zanner, 2003-2004.

--attended Fourth Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Raleigh, NC, March 14-17, 2002.

--attended North American College Teachers of Agriculture Conference in Lincoln, NE, June 21-22, 2002.

Teaching organization memberships

--National Association of Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture

--University Educators in Natural Resources

Teaching publications

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