Faculty
The biology faculty are both scholars and teachers, devoted to teaching excellence and to making important contributions to our individual disciplines through fieldwork, research, and writing. Faculty research interests include, environmental sustainability, ecology, genetics, invertebrate form and function, animal developmental biology, cellular function and fate, animal physiology, and much more. We are committed to undergraduate education and teach everything from first-year gateway courses to advanced courses.
Assistant Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3186 — ralvey@iwu.edu
Associate Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3057 — lcozy@iwu.edu
George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Endowed Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3056 — gharper@iwu.edu
Instructional Professor
Contact: (309) 556- 3870 — ehaywood@iwu.edu
Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-1063 — wjaeckle@iwu.edu
Robert Harrington Endowed Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3399 — elehr@iwu.edu
Assistant Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3149 — tschwend@iwu.edu
Laboratory Coordinator for Human Biology (Biology 107 and 108)
Contact: (309) 556-3677 — ssoukup@iwu.edu
Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3965 — lwalker@iwu.edu
Associate Professor of Biology
Contact: (309) 556-3041 — bwalter@iwu.edu