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EDUCATION

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PhD Integrative Biology, Oklahoma State University - 2018

MS Biology, Midwestern State University - 2010

Teacher Certification, Midwestern State University - 2006

Continuing Ed. & Certifications

Instructional Design: For adult learners | Measuring Learning Effectiveness | Training Program design | E-learning essentials | Organizational learning

Culturally responsive pedagogy

Open educational resources

Program manager certificaion (in progress)

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EXPERIENCE

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Teaching Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University - Current

Pylotastic Education Team Lead (post-doctoral researcher), University of Tennessee, Knoxville

PhD researcher & teacher, Oklahoma State University

Masters researcher & teacher, Midwestern State University

K-12 General Sciences Teacher, Wichita Falls ISD & Wichita Falls Christian School

- As of Fall 2022 I have been teaching science for 15 years and researching evolution through the lens of genetics for 12 -

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LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY BUILDING

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Code of Conduct Committee, Evolution Tri-Societies - Current

Curriculum Committee, College of Arts and Sciences, Oklahoma State University - Current

Representative, Integrative Biology Department, OSU Tulsa Campus - Current

Technology Committee, Integrative Biology Department - Current

EvoAlly, Evolution conference

Chair, Graduate Student Advisory Council, Society for the Study of Evolution

Mentor, Undergraduate Day at Evolution / Cimarron Middle School Science Fair

Coordinator, Diversity and Inclusion, Central Ecology and Evolution Conferences

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PRODUCTS

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Websites

Phylotastic Ed.

History of Earth

Phylogenies as Models

Workshops & Events

eScience Tools, Subject Specialist - Educator Workshop

Diversity and Inclusion luncheon | Flying Solo mixer - Evolution conference 2018 - 2019

Diversity and Inclusion luncheon - Central Ecology and Evolution conference 2018

Policies

Evolution Conferences Code of Conduct

Courses and Curriculum

General Genetics, course virtual syllabus

Introductory Genomics, course GitHub repository

History of Earth 5Es lesson plan

Peer Reviewed Publications

Wiggins JM, JB Scales, E Santoyo-Brito, SF Fox. 2018. Gene dose indicates presence of sex microchromosomes in collared lizards (Crotaphytus collaris), a species with termperature-influenced sex determination. Herpetologica.

Wiggins JM; Landers J; Agan,J; Fox SF. When do young Collard Lizards (Crotaphytus collaris) first copulate with and fertilize females? Herpetologica. In review.

Nguyen, V; Nguyen, T; Md. T, Abu S; Laughinghouse, III, H. ; Sánchez-Reyes, L; Wiggins, JM; Pontelli, E; Mozzherin, D; O'Meara, B; Stoltzfus, A. 2020. Phylotastic: improving access to tree-of-life knowledge with flexible, on-the-fly delivery of trees. Evolutionary Bioinformatics.

Invited Blog Posts

Femininity and Fieldwork: Dispatches from the Field

Are We Wrong about Territoriality in Anolis Lizards? Anole Annals