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Evolution - Population Biology

Steve Rissing

Professor

264 Aronoff Laboratory

318 W. 12th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210

Phone: 614-688-4989

Fax: 614-292-2030

E-mail: rissing.2@osu.edu

Education: PhD. The University of Washington (Seattle), 1980 BS Indiana University (Biology), 1974

Brief Description of Research Interests

Ant Evolution and Ecology

Detailed Research Interests

The evolution of cooperation in starting ant colonies through selection above the level of the individual. Effective science education with focus on evolution and undergraduate students. Application of evolutionary science insights in public policy formation.

Key Citations

Rissing, S. W., G. B. Pollock, M. R. Higgins, R. Hagen, and D. R. Smith. 1989. Foraging specializations without relatedness or dominance among co-founding ant queens. Nature 338: 420-422.

Rissing, S. W., G. B. Pollock and M. R. Higgins. 1996. Fate of ant foundress associations containing "Cheaters." Naturwissenschaften 83:182-185.

Kay, A., and S. W. Rissing. 2005. Division of foraging labor in ants can mediate demands for food and safety. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 58: 165-174

Parker, J., Ziemba, R. E., Cahan, S. H., Rissing, S. W. 2004. An hypothesis-driven, molecular phylogenetics exercise for college biology students. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education 32: 108-114.

Pickett, K. M., J. W. Wenzel, and S. W. Rissing. 2005. Iconoclasts of evolution: Haeckel, Behe, Wells & the ontogeny of a fraud. American Biology Teacher 67: 275-282.

Courses

BIO 101: The Nature of Biological Science. A non-majors, GEC Introductory course BIO 102: Human Biology, A Case Studies Approach. A non-majors, GEC Intro Course BIO 693: Effective Methods for Teaching in Introductory Biology Classes EEOB 405.01: Organismal Diversity (with Dr. Cynthia Dassler) EEOB 691: Senior Seminar in Evolution and Ecology (with Dr. Allison Snow)

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