Mr. Ward teaches Environmental Science courses for majors and non-majors, including field herpetology, and has previously taught courses for the Department of Biology.

Education

• B.S.Ìý Texas A&M University
• M.S.Ìý Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary

Courses Taught

• ENVR 130Ìý Intro to Environmental Science
• ENVR 241 Ecology and Field Biology (Lecture and Lab)
• FYS 178Ìý Reptiles and Amphibians in Facts and Fiction
• ENVR 372Ìý Field Herpetology
• ENVR 351Ìý Herpetology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 323ÌýÌýTropical Ecosystems Field Experience [Costa Rica]
• BIOL 320ÌýÌýÌý Marine Biology Field Experience
• ENVR 391Ìý Conservation Biology
• ENVR 341Ìý Wetlands Ecology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 374 ST: Winter Ecology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 322 ÌýTropical Ecosystems
• ENVR 330Ìý Seminar
• ENVR 490Ìý Internship
• ENVR 499Ìý Undergraduate Research

Recent Publications

• Ward, L.A., P.A. Montagna,ÌýR.D. Kalke,Ìý& E.J. Buskey.Ìý [2000].Ìý “Sublethal Effects of Texas Brown Tide onÌýStreblospio benedictiÌý[Polychaeta] Larvae.”ÌýÌý JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGYÌý 248:121-129.
• Shields, J.D., &ÌýL.A.ÌýWard.Ìý [1998].Ìý “Tiarinion texopallium, New Species, An Entoniscid Isopod Infesting Majid Crabs [TiariniaÌýspp.] from the Great Barrier Reef Australia.Ìý JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGYÌý 18[3]:590-596.
• Ward, L.A.Ìý [1995].Ìý National Estuarine Research Federation Meeting Poster [published abstract].Ìý The Effects of Freshwater Inflow on Benthic Invertebrates of Nueces Bay.