Curriculum Vitae
Donald B. Hoagland
5 Conner Ave., Westfield MA 01085-2325
413-562-0557
bhoagland@westfield.ma.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D. 1988 Dept. Zoology, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT
Specialization in evolutionary genetics.
M.S. 1980 Dept. Biology, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
Specialization in mammalian population biology and ecology.
B.A. 1977 Dept. Biology, State University College at Potsdam, NY.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor Westfield State University, Biology Dept., Western Ave., Westfield, MA 2005-present.
Adjunct Professor University of Massachusetts Amherst, Biology Department, Amherst, MA 2001-2006.
Associate Professor Westfield State College, Biology Dept., Western Ave., Westfield, MA 1998-2005.
Assistant Professor Westfield State College, Biology Dept., Western Ave., Westfield, MA 1994-1998.
Assistant Professor McPherson College, Dept. Biological Science, McPherson, KS 1991-1994.
Assistant Professor University of Kansas, Dept. Physiology & Cell Biology, Lawrence, KS, 1988-1991.
GRANTS
External
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Information technology in science education.
$11,000, with S. Brewer and F. Giuliano. 2002.
Massachusetts Board of Higher Education. Information technology in biology education.
$10,000, with S. Brewer. 2000.
Price-Waterhouse. Integrating mathematics and science: New web-based curriculum
resources. $2000. 2000.
International Paper Company Foundation. DNA photo-analysis system: A college-high
school environmental learning partnership. $1000. 1997.
National Science Foundation. Computerized data acquisition, computer simulations, and the
World Wide Web in a unique undergraduate laboratory in physiology. DUE-9651280,
$37,252 (matched by Westfield State College), with D. Doe and J. Songdahl. 1996.
Kansas Department of Wildlife & Parks. Small mammal colonization of a restored prairie
wetland. $1,640. 1993.
Earthwatch. Population dynamics of the mongoose on Jamaica. $16,000, with
C. W. Kilpatrick. 1985.
Earthwatch. Population dynamics of the mongoose on St. Croix and Hawaii. $36,000, with
G. R. Horst. 1984.
Sigma Xi. Genetic variability and genetic differentiation among mainland and introduced
insular populations of the small Indian mongoose. $200, 1984.
American Society of Mammalogists. Genetic variability and genetic differentiation among
mainland and introduced insular populations of the small Indian mongoose. $479, 1984.
Internal
Westfield State College
Westfield State Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grants. The Interactive Classroom:
Beyond Clickers. $1500. 2010.
Westfield State College Foundation Outlook Grant Program. Integrating Biology,
Mathematics, and Physical Science: A New Paradigm For Undergraduate Biology Education.
One course reduction. 2005
Westfield State College Foundation. Protecting sea turtles in the Caribbean. $1000. 2003.
Westfield State College Foundation. Developing wireless access in the Biology Department.
$1000. 2002.
Westfield State College Foundation. Digitizing the Biology Department 35 mm slide library.
$1000. 2002.
Westfield State College Foundation. Digital video imaging and analysis. $1000. 2000.
Westfield State College Foundation. Integrating computer graphics into biology and physical
science courses. $1000, with M. Young and P. DePra. 1999.
Westfield State College Foundation. Integrating statistical analyses into the biology major.
$1000. 1998.
Intramural Teaching Grant Program. An integrated web-based approach to writing. $2500,
with G. Brewster, J. Fleron, F. Giuliano, and B. Rothermel. 1998.
Intramural Teaching Grant Program. Teaching science through the World Wide Web. $800.
1997.
Intramural Teaching Grant Program. A proposed biology-chemistry learning community.
$2000, with P. DePra. 1997.
McPherson College
Professional Research Fund. Recolonization by small mammals of a restored prairie-wetland
ecosystem in McPherson County. $681. 1992.
University of Kansas
Biomedical Sciences Support Grant. The use of polymerase chain reaction techniques in the
synthesis of radioactively labeled DNA sequences. $2000. 1990.
University of Vermont
Mini-Grants Program. The role of founder effect in introduced insular mongoose populations.
$400. 1986.
Mini-Grants Program. Polymorphism in the sex chromosomes of the small Indian mongoose.
$200, 1985.
BSCI 85-3. The role of founder effect in the differentiation of introduced insular
populations of the small Indian mongoose. $3500, with C. William Kilpatrick. 1984.
Mini-Grants Program. Allozyme variation in an introduced insular carnivore. $325. 1984.
PUBLICATIONS
2017 Angeli, N.F., C.D. Lombard, S.D. Brewer, B. Hoagland. Positive impacts of mongoose
control and a path forward. submitted to Biological Invasions.
2003 Brewer, S. D., D. B. Hoagland, and T. Hoogendyk. The data aggregation project: Free
software that transforms the student laboratory experience. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 15(1):108-127.
2003 Fleron, J. F., and D. B. Hoagland. Miracles and mathematical biology: The case of the white
buffalo. pp. 71-96 In Environmental Mathematics in the Classroom B. A. Fusaro and P. C. Kenschaft, eds.). The Mathematical Association of America.
2001 Horst, G. R, D. B. Hoagland, and C. W. Kilpatrick. The mongoose in the West Indies: The
biogeography and population biology of an introduced species. pp. 409- 424 In
Biogeography of the West Indies: Patterns and Perspectives (C. A. Woods and F. E. Sergile, eds.), Second Edition, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 582 pp.
1999 Hoagland, D. B., and C. W. Kilpatrick. Genetic variation and differentiation among insular
populations of the small Indian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus). Journal of Mammalogy 80:169-179.
1999 Hoagland, B. The scientist as consultant: Building new career opportunities (book review).
Quarterly Review of Biology, 74:375.
1998 Hoagland, B. Teaching in the twenty-first century (book review). BioScience, 48:408-410.
1997 Hoagland, B. Integrating information technology into biology courses. Bioscene 23:3-7.
1994 Hoagland, D. B. Small mammals of the grasslands: A prairie ecology workshop for elementary
teachers. The Kaufman Museum, North Newton, KS. 51pp.
1993 Hoagland, D. B. Powdertracking small mammals: An illuminating exercise for undergraduates. Bioscene 19:7-10.
1992 Hoagland, D. B. Feeding ecology of an insular population of the black-tailed jackrabbit (Lepus californicus)
in the Gulf of California. Southwestern Naturalist 37:280-286.
1991 Hoagland, D. B., N. Tilakaratne, M. S. Gaines, and R. F. Weaver. DNA fingerprinting of prairie voles
(Microtus ochrogaster ). Journal of Mammalogy 72:422- 426.
1989 Hoagland, D. B., G. R. Horst, and C. W. Kilpatrick. Biogeography and population biology of the
mongoose in the West Indies. Pp. 611-634, in
Biogeography of the West Indies (C. A. Woods, ed.). Sand Hill Crane Press, Gainesville, FL, 896 pp.
WORKSHOPS PRESENTED
2005 Hoagland, B. Human genetics: A workshop for Chicopee High School Teachers.
Chicopee, MA.
2002 Hoagland, B. Modern genetics: A workshop for Powder Middle School teachers.
Southwick, MA
2002 Hoagland, B., S. Brewer, and T. Hoogendyk. Linux in Higher Education:
Two applications that improve student learning. Massachusetts Education
Computing Conference, Cape Cod Community College, W. Barnstable, MA.
2001 Hoagland, B. Measuring a fitness component in students: Fluctuating asymmetry.
Association of College and University Biology Educators 45th Annual Meeting,
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.
2001 Davis, T., B. Hoagland, and M. Waterman. ACUBE: Are we meeting our objectives?
Association of College and University Biology Educators 45th Annual Meeting,
University of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.
2000 Hoagland, B. Heredity and bioengineering: A workshop for Powder Middle School
teachers. Southwick, MA
2000 Hoagland, B. Biology educators in context: Faculty issues forum on adjuncts, merit
pay, and distance learning. Association of College and University Biology
Educators 44th Annual Meeting, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN.
1999 Hoagland, B. Accessing and analyzing student-generated data: Integrating process
and content via the WWW. Association of College and University Biology
Educators 43rd Annual Meeting, University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls,
WI.
1997 Hoagland, B. Mammals on-line: A K-16 approach to science education.
Massachusetts Education Computing Conference, Northern Essex Community
College.
1997 Hoagland, B. Westfield river watershed mammals on-line. Westfield River
Symposium, Westfield State College, 12 April.
1997 Hoagland, B. Integrating the world wide web in biology classes. Information
Technology and Its Role in the Classroom. Faculty Development Day sponsored by
Cooperating Colleges of Greater Springfield. Western New England College.
1996 Hoagland, B. Integrating the world wide web into biology courses. Association of
Midwest College Biology Teachers Conference, Loras College, DuBuque, IA, 19-21
September.
1996 Hoagland, D., and D. Doe. Virtual biology lab: Real science in cyberspace.
Massachusetts Educational Computing Conference, Springfield Technical
Community College, Springfield, MA.
1995 Hoagland, D. B., and T. Mulkey. Internet workshop. Association of Midwest
College Biology Teachers Conference, Alverno College, Milwaukee, WI.
1995 Hoagland, D. B. Trash into treasure: Solid waste management planning. Conference
on Cooperative Learning, Westfield State College, Westfield, MA.
1994 Hoagland, B. Ping-pong ball network: Building a model telecommunications
network. Workshop presented to Mrs. Sanville's 4th grade class, Franklin Ave.
Elementary School, Westfield, MA.
1994 Hoagland, D. B. and J. P. Frye. Tombstones: An exercise in science. Association of
Midwest College Biology Teachers Conference, Henderson Community College,
Henderson, KY.
PAPERS PRESENTED
2007 Hoagland, B. Open Source Solutions in Education. First Annual Technology Day,
Westfield State College, Westfield, MA
2004 Hoagland, B. Human allometry: sexual differences in growth rates of various body
parts. Association of College and University Biology Educators 48th Annual
Meeting, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN.
2002 Hoagland, B. Bioinformatics and environmental problem solving. Association of
College and University Biology Educators 46th Annual Meeting, Columbia College
Chicago, Chicago, IL.
2001 Brewer, S., and B. Hoagland. The evolution of assessment. Association of College
and University Biology Educators 45th Annual Meeting, University of Nebraska at
Kearney, Kearney, NE.
2000 Hoagland, B. How symmetrical are we? A student-centered approach to learning.
Pathways to Change: A Research Conference on Science and Mathematics Teaching
and Learning, Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.
1998 Hoagland, B. and P. DePra. Linking biology and chemistry: A first look.
Association of College and University Biology Educators 42nd Annual Meeting,
Rockhurst College, Kansas City, MO.
1993 Hoagland, D. B. and G. R. Horst. Where do mongooses go? Ten years of trapping
and we still don't know. 73rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Mammalogists, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA.
1992 Hoagland, D. B. Fluorescent pigments as an inexpensive method to study small
mammal ecology. Association of Midwest College Biology Teachers Conference,
St. Xavier's University, Chicago, IL.
1990 Hoagland, D. B. and M. S. Gaines. DNA fingerprinting in prairie voles. 70th
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Frostburg State
University, Frostburg, MD.
1989 Hoagland, D. B. and M. S. Gaines. DNA fingerprinting of prairie voles. Kansas
Mammalogists Meetings, Emporia State University, Emporia, KS.
1987 Hoagland, D. B. and C. W. Kilpatrick. The role of founder effect in introduced
insular mongoose populations. 67th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Mammalogists, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1986 D. B. Hoagland, G. R. Horst, and C. W. Kilpatrick. Demographics of a feral
mongoose population on St. Croix. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Mammalogists, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1986 Kilpatrick, C. W., P. D. Rennert, D. B. Hoagland, and D. Werbitsky. A reexamination
the primitive karyotype of Peromyscus and of the cytosytematic value
of chromosomal inversion data. 66th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Mammalogists, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
1986 Hoagland, D. B. and C. W. Kilpatrick. The role of founder effect in introduced
insular mongoose populations. Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of
Evolution, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH.
1985 Hoagland, D. B. and C. W. Kilpatrick. Polymorphism in the sex chromosomes of
the small Indian mongoose. 65th Annual Meeting of the American Society of
Mammalogists, University of Maine, Orono, ME.
1984 Hoagland, D. B., C. W. Kilpatrick, and G. R. Horst. Allozymic variation in an
introduced island carnivore (Herpestes auropunctatus). 64th Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Mammalogists, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA.
1982 Hoagland, D. B. Summer food habits of an insular jackrabbit. 62nd Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Mammalogists, Brigham Young University, Snowbird,
UT.
WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES ATTENDED
2015 Academic Transfer Pathways Convening, 16 October, Marlborough, MA.
2015 Academic Transfer Pathways Convening, 27 March, Wellesley, MA.
2014 Academic Transfer Pathways Convening, 17 October, Westborough, MA.
2014 Massachusetts STEM Summit, 22 October, Worcester, MA.
2007 22nd Annual Northeast Arc Users Conference, Burlington, VT.
2007 Cultura, MIT, Cambridge, MA.
2007 Massachusetts Colleges Online 4th Annual Conference on E-Learning, Middlesex
Community College, Lowell, MA.
2006 Northeast Arc Users Group Regional conference. Smith College, Northampton, MA.
2006 ESRI ArcGIS 9.2. Amherst Town Hall, Amerst, MA.
2006 ESRI GIS Training. Westfield State College, Westfield, MA.
2005 Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities (SENCER)
New England Regional Symposium. Springfield College, Springfield, MA.
2003 BioQUEST Summer Workshop for Undergraduate Faculty: Enabling Exploration for
Everyone, Everytime, Everywhere: Collaborators, Digital Libraries, and
Computational Biology Education. Beloit College, Beloit, WI.
2000 National Conference on the Teaching of Evolution, University of California at
Berkeley.
2000 BioQUEST Summer Workshop for Undergraduate Faculty: Developing Curricular
Resources and Strategies for Introductory Biology Courses. Beloit College, Beloit,
WI.
2000 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Education
Collaborative (STEMTEC) Spring Workshop. University of Massachusetts at
Worcester, MA.
1999 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Teacher Education
Collaborative (STEMTEC) Statewide Summer Institute. University of Massachusetts
at Amherst, MA.
1998 Workshop on Molecular Visualization for Biological Science Teaching: RasMol and
Chime, Part II. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA.
1997 Workshop on Molecular Visualization for Biological Science Teaching: RasMol and
Chime, Part I. University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
MCLA Biology Department Program External Reviewer. 2007
Massachusetts Educational Computing Conference Committee. 2001-2003.
Web Committee Chair, Association of College and University Biology Educators, 2000-2003.
Invited participant and Undergraduates Session Co-chair, National Conference on the
Teaching of Evolution, University of California at Berkeley, October 2000.
Past-President, Association of College and University Biology Educators, 2000-2001.
President, Association of College and University Biology Educators, 1999-2000.
President-elect, Association of College and University Biology Educators, 1998-1999.
Secretary, Association of Midwest College Biology Teachers, 1995-1997.
American Society of Mammalogists Committee on Public Education, 1995-1997.
Editorial Board, Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 1994-1997.
1st Vice President, Association of Midwest College Biology Teachers, 1994-1995.
Local Committee, 75th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, University of Vermont, 1995.
INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE AT WESTFIELD STATE COLLEGE
Chair, Dept. of Biology, 2013-2016.
Chair, All University Committee 2015-2016.
Vice Chair, All University Committee, 2014-2015.
Parking Ticket Appeals Board, 2013-2015.
175th Anniversary Scholarship Gala Committee, 2013-2014.
President, Westfield Chapter of the Massachusetts State College Association, 2012-2015.
Committee on Promotions, 2012-2013.
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Chair, 2009-2015.
Campus Technology Committee, 2008-2009.
IT Executive Director Search Committee.
IT Steering Committee, 2004-2008.
All College Committee, 1997-1998, 2003-2005.
Curriculum Committee, Chair Subcommittee C, 1997-1998.
Retention Liaison for Westfield State College, Spring 1997.
Editorial Board, Best of Westfield State, 1996-1998.
Academic Policies Committee Chair, 1996-1997.
Physical Sciences Faculty Position Search Committee, 1996.
Head of Reference Librarian Search Committee, 1996.
Academic Policies Committee, 1995-1996.
Long Range Planning Committee, 1995-1996.
Westfield State College Gopher/Home Page Committee, 1995-1998.
Future Search Conference, 28-30 August, 1995.
Advisor for the Biology Club, 1994-1998.
Department of Biology Curriculum Committee, 1994-1998, 2004-present.
Department of Biology Master of Education Committee, 1994-1996, 1999-2002, 2004-2008.
Team for Systematic Change in Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science Education, 1994-1996.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Junior Boys Basketball Coach, Westfield Parks & Rec Dept., 2009-2011.
Test Center Supervisor, College Board SAT, Westfield State College, 2002-2008.
High School Science Fair Judge, Massachusetts Region I Science Fair, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2003-2004.
Vice President, Westfield Youth Football, Inc., 2002-2003.
Junior Boys League Coordinator, Westfield United Basketball, Inc., 2001-2004.
Chair, Westfield City Cable Television Commission, 2000-2004.
Treasurer, The Naturalists' Club, Springfield, MA, 1998-2004.
Member, Westfield City Cable Commission, 1997-2004.
Treasurer, Juniper Park Elementary School PTC, 1997-1998.
Newsletter Editor, The Naturalists' Club, Springfield, MA, 1995-2004.
Board Member, The Naturalists' Club, Springfield, MA, 1996-1999.
Juniper Park School Improvement Council, Westfield, MA, 1996-1998.
Chair of Technology Committee, Franklin Avenue Elementary School PTO, Westfield, MA, 1994-1996.
Co-Chair, Franklin Avenue Elementary School Improvement Council, Westfield, MA, 1994-1996.
Member, Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, Sanofi-Winthrop Drug Inc., McPherson, KS, 1994.
Secretary/Treasurer of the McPherson Area Solid Waste Utility Board, 1992-1994.
Chair and newsletter editor for the McPherson Valley Group of the Kansas Sierra Club, 1991-1992.
Newsletter editor for the Jayhawk Audubon Club, Lawrence, KS, 1991.
Grand Awards Judge for Zoology, International Science and Engineering Fair, Tulsa, OK, 9 May 1990.
High School Science Projects Judge, Douglas County Science Fair, Lawrence, KS, 1989-1991.
PERSONAL
Born:10 March 1955.
Marital Status: Divorced, one child.
Hobbies: Bicycling, basketball, cross-country skiing, hiking and backpacking, snorkeling,
birding, and homebrewing.