
Melissa Starking
Ph.D. Candidate
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
Courses I have taught:
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Wildlife Ecology and Management (BIO 423/523) UMF
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Evolution and Adaptation Biology (BIO 453/553) UMF
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Field Biology (BIO 480) UMF
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Senior Seminar (BIO 477) UMF
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Advanced Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (BIO 503) UMF
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Herpetology (BIO 456/556) UMF
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Organismal Biology Laboratory (BIO 111) UMF
Classes where I have guest lectured:
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Wildlife Research and Management Techniques (FW 413) MSU
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Conservation Biology (BIO 460/560) UMF
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Geographic Information Systems I (RPL 370) UMF
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Geographic Information Systems II (RPL 371) UMF
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Herpetology (BIO 484/584) UMF
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Wildlife Ecology and Management (BIO 423/523) UMF
Classes where I have been a teaching & laboratory assistant:
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Ecology (BIO 327) UMF
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Geographic Information Systems I (RPL 370) UMF
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Geographic Information Systems II (RPL 371) UMF
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Organismal Biology (BIO 111) UMF
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Spatial Analysis Seminar. (RPL 404) UMF
Workshops I have created:
UM-Flint GEMS: Girls in Engineering, Math, & Science
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BIOLOGY: wildlife tracking, animal behavior, radio tracking
For-Mar Nature Preserve & Arboretum Bio-blitz Workshop
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Turtles and Telemetry Workshop for School Groups
Super Science Friday Workshop
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“Track that Turtle!” Workshop for 7th & 8th grade students
Course affiliations:
Michigan State University (MSU)
University of Michigan-Flint (UMF)

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