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