Christine Visscher LaFave

Laboratory Instructor of Biology

Office:  310 Olin Hall

Phone: 315-228-7882

email: cvisscher@mail.colgate.edu

 

Responsibilities: 
                                    Laboratory Sections:   
                                    Ecology, Evolution and Diversity (Biology 211)
                                    Biology of Insects (Biology 252)
                                    Human Physiology (Biology 381)
                                    Vertebrate Zoology (Biology 255)

Courses:  Science Writing Seminar for Biology 100 (Summer 2003, Summer 2004))

Supplemental Instruction: Ecology, Evolution and Diversity (Biology 211)

Publication: Fitzgerald, T. D., and C.R. Visscher 1996. Foraging behavior and growth of isolated larvae of a social caterpillar, Malacosoma americanum. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 81:293-299.

Summer Research Projects: Established research projects with pre-sophomore students enrolled in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) funded Science Math Initiative (SMI).

Foraging Behavior and Growth patterns of Colony versus Isolated Eastern Tent Caterpillars, Malacosoma americanum. 1999-2000

Vocal Acquisition and Cognition in African Grey Parrot 2002-2003

Other:  HHMI Science Affiliates High School Teacher Workshop on Eastern Tent Caterpillar Spring 2003; HHMI Science Affliates high school student experience in trail following and the chemical ecology of  the eastern tent caterpillar.

Radiation Safety Assistant: Responsible for organizing and maintaining records of radioisotope use on campus.