David Morimoto
Professional Title: Associate Professor of Biology, Director of College of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies Natural Science and Mathematics Division
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Ecology, Ornithology, Conservation Biology, Animal Behavior
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Division Director, Teach research and biology courses
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Patterns in Nature, Environmental Field Research, New England Field Studies, Field Experiences in Tropical Ecology
Education: BS, Stonehill College; MA, PhD, Boston University
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Villegas Vallejos, M. A. V., and D. C. Morimoto. In press. The importance of data verification: unchecked errors in basic natural history sampling may greatly impair conservation research. Biological Conservation.
- Morimoto, D. C. 2012. Place, people, and self in an increasingly crowded home: An ineluctable journey and epistemology for educational travel through the ‘GLASS window’. Journal of Pedagogy, Pluralism, and Practice, invited paper for special educational travel issue, submitted.
- "Forest Fragmentation Effects on Ovenbird Populations in the Urban Region of Eastern Massachusetts", USA, Urban Habitats, Volume 7 (March 2012): http://www.urbanhabitats.org/v07n01/forestfragmentation_full.html
- "Oneself" (poem), TalkingWriting: A Magazine for Writers, January 27 2012, http://talkingwriting.com/?p=29754
Fun Facts: I enjoy sculpting, nature exploration, poetry, studies of complexity theory and extensive natural history travel (over 30 trips to South America, plus Cuba, Central America, South Africa, Australia, etc.). I am also on the Local Organizing Committee for the 21-25 July 2013 International Congress for Conservation Biology in Baltimore, MD.
I co-developed Guyana Lesley Abroad Service Semester (GLASS), the first Lesley University study abroad program, with Rupununi Learners Foundation's Alice Layton.