Courses designed and implemented for the Department of Biological Sciences - Saint Xavier University:  BIOL101 - Principles & Methods in Biology, BIOL250 - Zoo Biology: Animal Nutrition, Behavior & Diagnostics, BIOL351 – Lab & Field Research I.  Guest Lecturer in BIOL300 - Genetics and BIOL220 - Vertebrate Zoology, Biology 250 - Animal Nutrition.

Courses designed and implemented for the School of Education - Saint Xavier University:  EDU372 - Methods of Teaching Biology in the Middle & Secondary School, EDGSE404 – Field Experience in Teaching at the Secondary School, EDGSE444 – Directed Teaching at the Middle & Secondary School.

Courses/programs designed and implemented for the Math-Science Division - Lyons Township High School:  Accelerated Biology, Preparatory Biology, Co-curricular Zoology.

Courses/programs designed and implemented for the Chicago Zoological Society (graduate credit):   Ornithology, Evolution, Animal Coloration, Zoo Genetics: Key Aspects of Conservation Biology, Biodiversity Hotspots, To Save a Species: Species Survival Plans, TAG: Taxonomy, Adaptations & Genetics, Ocean Biology, Animal Movements:  Navigation, Migration & Orientation, NGSS Implementation & Design, NGSS Storylining, NGSS 3-Dimensional Assessment.

Published works for HHMI Biointeractive:​

• Tusklessness:  Analyzing Data on Tuskless Elephants

• Beaks as Tools:  Selective Advantage in Changing Environments

• West Nile Virus:  Vectors & Hosts

• Great Transitions:  Meet the Birds’ Inner Dino

• How and Why Species Multiply​

Lectures at the National Science Teachers Conference:  Zoo Genetics, NGSS Storylining, Harry Potter Biology, NGSS Assessment, Topics in Evolution.

Lectures at the National Association of Biology Teachers Conference: Zoo Genetics, NGSS Storylining, Harry Potter Biology, NGSS Assessment.

Lectures at various avicultural events:  The Incorporation of Tea in Avian Husbandry Practices, the Avian Biology Classroom series, The Keeping of Softbilled Birds, Zoo Genetics, Using DNA for Species Identification, How Mutations Get from One Generation to the Next, Zoo-trition: The Importance of Raw Whole Foods, Avian Genetics 101. 

Columnist:  “The Science of Nutrition,” Bird Talk Magazine

Published:  “The Importance of Raw Whole Foods,” Parrots magazine, August, 2017

Published:  “Vollwertkost fur Papageien,” (Whole Foods for Parrots) WP-Magazin, March, 2016

Published:  “Der Gebrauch von Tee in der Vogelhaltung,” (The Use of Tea in the Aviary) WP-Magazin, March, 2015

Published:  “AFA’s IDEA Program,” The Watchbird: Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture, Vol. XLII, No. 2, 2015

Published:  “The Avian Biology Classroom (ABC): A new educational effort for aviculture,” Vol. XLII, No. 2, 2015

Published:  “The Importance of Raw, Whole Foods,” In Your Flock Magazine, April/May, 2014

Published:  “Introduce Tea to Your Flock,” In Your Flock Magazine, September, 2013

Published:  “The Many Uses and Benefits of Blended Teas in Aviculture,” The Watchbird: Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture, Vol. XXXIX, No. 2/3, 2012

Published: "Tea Time," Bird Talk Magazine  March, 2011

Published:  “Tea Time:  The many benefits of teas,” NFSS Journal, March/April, 2010

Published:  “White-backed Mousebirds,” NFSS Journal, November/December, 2009

Featured aviculturist in the July, 2008 issue of Bird Talk magazine

Published:  "Green Aracaris in Aviculture,"  Journal of the American Federation of Aviculture, Vol. XXXIV, No. 4, 2007

Published:  "Lineolated Parakeets,"  Parrots magazine  October, 2007

Published:  "Zoo Genetics:  Key aspects of conservation biology," July, 2007

Published:  "Activities in Environmental Science" laboratory manual  (co-author)

Published:  "The Aviarium:  Constructing a year-round avian habitat," NFSS Journal, August/September, 2005

Published:  "Illinois HB0707: Local groups work together to defeat proposed legislation"  The Watchbird: Volume XXXI Number 4  August, 2005

Published:  "Avian Education:  The need for softbill exposure"  NFSS Journal, March/April, 2004