Dedicated Faculty

Learning is enhanced at Illinois Wesleyan University by the quality of courses and individualized instruction.  Each class and lab is taught by a faculty member who will take time for students' questions, both in and out of class.

Faculty

Research Interests

Courses Taught

Elizabeth (Susie) Balser

Comparative examination of the structure and development of the kidney in starfish and other echinoderms

Invertebrate Biology, Parasitology, Experimental Zoology

David Bollivar

Molecular biology and biochemistry of tetrapyrrole biosynthesis

Introduction to Genetics, Molecular Genetics

Jonathan Dey

Taxonomy and biogeography of the lichen-forming fungi in the United States

Plant and Fungal Diversity, Plants and Civilization, Microbiology, The Microbial World

R. Given Harper

Avian evolutionary ecology

General Biology, Ecological and Environmental Problems, Introduction to Ecology,  Field Ornithology, Advanced Ecology, Tropical Ecology: Costa Rica, Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology, Research

Robert Hippensteele

Membrane transport physiology

Animal Physiology, Neurophysiology, Biostatistics

William Jaeckle

Larval life history, development, physiology, and ecology

Histology, Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology

Edgar Lehr

Biodiversity of amphibians and reptiles in the neotropics (Peru) and in Africa (Rwanda)

Comparative Anatomy, Evolution

Loni Walker

Growth and developmental processes in plants

Intro. to Cellular and Molecular Biology, Plant Anatomy and Physiology, Topics in Cell Biology

Brian Walter

Cell and structural developmental biology

Developmental Biology, Molecular Foundations of Molecular Biology

Recent Retirees

Bruce Criley

Developmental biology

Biology and Ethics

Norma Criley

Anatomy and physiology

Human Biology: Anatomy and Physiology

Nisa Blackmon

General Biology Lab Coordinator

 Cindy Honegger

Stockroom Manager