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University of North Texas - Biological Sciences

Instructional Assistant Professor at Texas A&M University
Higher Education
Kati
Stoddard
Texarkana, Texas
I am a committed and broadly trained environmental scientist who has demonstrated success in interdisciplinary research, oral and written communication, and effectively managing stakeholders in sustainable initiatives. I have channeled these skills, knowledge, and experience towards a career in higher education, with my main focus being innovative and transformative teaching of environmental science. I have experience teaching and assessing core curriculum in higher education and enjoy using advanced pedagogical techniques in the classroom. Where possible, I use technology in the classroom, as well as proven high impact learning practices, such as student research and project based learning. My main professional interests are environmental sustainability, corporate product stewardship, environmental education, environmental toxicology, environmental sociology, and public outreach and communication. I also am committed to the students in the Bioenvironmental Sciences (BESC) program here at Texas A&M University. I enjoy teaching and mentoring them and it is my ultimate goal to prepare them for and help them find internships and jobs in the environmental industry.

Experience

  • Texas A&M University

    Instructional Assistant Professor

    In this role my main responsibilities are to:
    • Deliver high quality lessons in both face-to- face and online formats for the Bioenvironmental
    Sciences (BESC) program for existing BESC courses and develop new BESC courses suitable
    to the BESC curriculum;
    • Develop attractive and effective online interfaces for BESC courses on BlackBoard Learn LMC
    (eCampus at Texas A&M);
    • Oversee multiple online courses;
    • Organization, delivery, evaluation and assessment of student learning outcomes associated with
    • these courses;
    • Assist BESC faculty with implementing eCampus delivery of their courses;
    • Membership on the Curriculum and Assessment Committee;
    • Assist with annual assessment reporting activities;
    • Adhere to university core course requirements for all courses taught in the Core; and
    • Serve as the faculty adviser for the Texas A&M Chapter of National Association of
    Environmental Professionals (NAEP).
    • Mentor and guide BESC students towards achieving their career goals in environmental science.

  • KBA EnviroScience, Ltd.

    Project Scientist

    o Team member and individual lead for environmental projects for clients in a variety of industries requiring expert environmental consultation in the in the following areas:
    o Storm water permitting and support;
    o National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA);
    o Biological assessments;
    o Wetland determination, delineation, and permitting;
    o Hazardous waste site characterization; and
    o Environmental assessment and documentation.
    o Authored and edited sections of Environmental Assessments (EAs);
    o Authored Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans (SWPPPs) and managed stormwater projects;
    o Coordinated submission of applications to state and federal agencies for clients requiring permits under the Clean Water Act;
    o Analyzed environmental conditions using Geographic Information Systems (GIS); and
    o Enhanced environmental reports by developing comprehensive site maps using ArcGIS.

  • Texas A&M University-Texarkana

    Assistant Professor of Environmental Science & Biology Department Head

    As an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science I taught a variety of courses including, Biology I and II Lecture and Lab, Ecology, Environmental Biology, University Foundations, and Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. I was engaged in a variety of committees and other university service activities including, but not limited to, committees for the First Year Experience, the Academic Master Plan, High Impact Practices for Technology and Education Reform, a variety of search committees, and the Academic Affairs Advisory Council Core Curriculum Subcommittee. I also served as the faculty adviser for the STEM club and organized an Interdisciplinary Student Poster Session. While at TAMUT I was also active in a variety of research projects investigating environmental education and students' acceptance of evolution. I attended and participated in variety of professional meetings including the annual meeting for the Society of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology (SECTAC) (2013), the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) Transforming STEM Higher Education conference (2013), and Texas A&M University's Teaching with Technology Conference (2013 & 2014). I was Biology Department Head from October 2014 to May 2015. In this role I coordinated and supervised the undergraduate biology program, assessed the core curriculum and the general biology program, and managed the administrative matters of the department.

  • University of North Texas

    Graduate Research Assistant

    o Worked collaboratively with local city officials, school district representatives, and university researchers to develop, manage, and promote an environmental sustainability program focused on disposing of excess and unused pharmaceuticals in an environmentally responsible manner. The project was called Denton Drug Disposal Days (D4) and consisted of four one-day pharmaceutical disposal events and the establishment of a permanent pharmaceutical disposal drop-off box.
    o Served as a liaison between university researchers, city officials, and school district representatives to communicate important information between parties, arrange meetings, and ensure follow-up details were adequately addressed in discussions.
    o Conducted social, geographic (GIS), and statistical analyses of data collected from D4 events to evaluate the public and environmental health benefits of a pharmaceutical disposal program;
    o Conducted water quality analyses of local waste water treatment plant effluent using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to monitor concentrations of pharmaceuticals in wastewater before and after D4 events;
    o Authored two publications and one dissertation;
    o Submitted grants to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and
    o Presented research findings at seven academic and/or professional conferences.

  • Independent Consultant

    Research and Technical Writing Consultant

    o Led a team of three interdisciplinary scientists to investigate, organize, and compile research articles into a comprehensive literature review focused on describing an emerging sub-discipline of aquatic toxicology;
    o Lead author on a report analyzing and describing the current state of knowledge, regulatory support, and research gaps in the developing field of behavioral aquatic toxicology.

Education

  • University of North Texas

    Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

    Environmental Science
    o Advising Professor: Dr. Duane Huggett o Worked collaboratively with local city officials, school district representatives, and university researchers to develop, manage, and promote an environmental sustainability program focused on disposing of excess and unused pharmaceuticals in an environmentally responsible manner. o Conducted social, geographic (GIS), and statistical analyses of data collected from D4 events to evaluate the public and environmental health benefits of a pharmaceutical disposal program o Conducted water quality analyses of local waste water treatment plant effluent using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to monitor concentrations of pharmaceuticals in wastewater before and after D4 events o Submitted grants to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) o Presented research findings at seven academic and/or professional conferences.

  • University of North Texas

    Graduate Research Assistant


    o Worked collaboratively with local city officials, school district representatives, and university researchers to develop, manage, and promote an environmental sustainability program focused on disposing of excess and unused pharmaceuticals in an environmentally responsible manner. The project was called Denton Drug Disposal Days (D4) and consisted of four one-day pharmaceutical disposal events and the establishment of a permanent pharmaceutical disposal drop-off box. o Served as a liaison between university researchers, city officials, and school district representatives to communicate important information between parties, arrange meetings, and ensure follow-up details were adequately addressed in discussions. o Conducted social, geographic (GIS), and statistical analyses of data collected from D4 events to evaluate the public and environmental health benefits of a pharmaceutical disposal program; o Conducted water quality analyses of local waste water treatment plant effluent using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to monitor concentrations of pharmaceuticals in wastewater before and after D4 events; o Authored two publications and one dissertation; o Submitted grants to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and o Presented research findings at seven academic and/or professional conferences.

  • Texas A&M University

    Master of Science

    Water Management and Hydrologic Science
    o Advising Professor: Dr. Douglass Shaw o Analyzed survey data for an EPA funded research project designed to investigate individuals’ responses to elevated levels of arsenic in drinking water with particular interest in mortality risk perception and willingness to pay o Developed summary reports for other EPA funded projects o Thesis: Public Response to Elevated Levels of Arsenic in Drinking Water: An Investigation of Survey Participation, Risk Perception, and Averting Behavior

  • Texas A&M University

    Bachelors of Science

    Bioenvironmental Science
    o Outstanding Senior Award in Plant Pathology and Microbiology (Spring 2005) o Senior Merit Award (Spring 2005) o Gamma Sigma Delta (Agricultural Honor Society, Spring 2005) o Phi Kappa Phi (Spring 2005) o The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Fall 2003) o Golden Key International Honor Society (Fall 2003) o Phi Eta Sigma (Freshmen Honor Society, Spring 2002)

  • Texas A&M University

    Instructional Assistant Professor


    In this role my main responsibilities are to: • Deliver high quality lessons in both face-to- face and online formats for the Bioenvironmental Sciences (BESC) program for existing BESC courses and develop new BESC courses suitable to the BESC curriculum; • Develop attractive and effective online interfaces for BESC courses on BlackBoard Learn LMC (eCampus at Texas A&M); • Oversee multiple online courses; • Organization, delivery, evaluation and assessment of student learning outcomes associated with • these courses; • Assist BESC faculty with implementing eCampus delivery of their courses; • Membership on the Curriculum and Assessment Committee; • Assist with annual assessment reporting activities; • Adhere to university core course requirements for all courses taught in the Core; and • Serve as the faculty adviser for the Texas A&M Chapter of National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP). • Mentor and guide BESC students towards achieving their career goals in environmental science.

Publications

  • Effects of the artificial sweetener sucralose on Daphnia magna and Americamysis bahia survival, growth and reproduction

    Food and Chemical Toxicology

    The artificial sweetener sucralose has been detected in municipal wastewater effluent and surface waters at concentrations ranging from ng/L to low μg/L. Few chronic ecotoxicological data are available in the peer reviewed literature with respect to sucralose. To address this data gap, 21 d Daphnia magna and 28 d Americamysis bahia (mysid shrimp) studies were conducted to assess the effects of sucralose on the survival, growth and reproduction of these organisms. Concentrations ⩽1800 mg/L resulted in no statistically significant reduction in D. magna survival or reproduction. Survival, growth and reproduction of mysid shrimp were unaffected by ⩽93 mg/L sucralose. The no observable effect concentration (NOEC) and lowest observable effect concentration (LOEC) for the D. magna study were 1800 and >1800 mg/L, respectively. The NOEC and LOEC for the mysid study were 93 and >93 mg/L, respectively. Collectively, these data suggest that the concentrations of sucralose detected in the environment are well below those required to elicit chronic effects in freshwater or marine invertebrates.

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