Curriculum Vitae
Revised 2 September 2008
Contact
- Name: Shandelle Marie Henson
- Address: Department of
Mathematics,
- Phone: (269) 471-3388
- FAX: (269) 471-3509
- WWW: http://www.andrews.edu/~henson
- E-mail: henson@andrews.edu
Education
- Postdoc
Mathematics,
- Ph.D. Mathematics,
- M.A. Mathematics,
- B.S. Mathematics, summa cum laude, Southern Scholar, Southern Adventist University, Collegedale, TN, May 1987
Advisors
- Postdoctoral Advisor: J. M. Cushing, Professor of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 1994-1999
- PhD Advisor: Thomas G. Hallam, Professor of Mathematics,
- Masters Advisor: Joseph R. Shoenfield, Professor of Mathematics,
Appointments
- 2006-present, Professor,
Department of Mathematics,
- 2004-2006, Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Graduate Studies, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 USA
- 2001-2006, Associate
Professor, Department of Mathematics,
- 1999-2001, Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
- 1996-1999, Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
- 1994-1996, Hanno Rund Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Professional Publications
See http://www.andrews.edu/cas/math/research/henson_publications.html,
or see attached publication list if you are reading a hard copy.
Invited Professional Talks
See http://www.andrews.edu/cas/math/research/henson_talks.html,
or see attached list if you are reading a hard copy.
Popular News Featuring Research
- Anderson, R. 2008. Order and Chaos: Studying
the gulls of
- Haight, D. 2006. Andrews students’ gull studies have far reaching effect. Herald-Palladium, 6 October, p. D1
- Sieber, G. 2004. Interview with J. L. Hayward and S. M. Henson on WTRC radio, 20 January
- Meenan,
J. 2004. Seabird Ecology Team to study movements of seabirds, seals.
- Cipra,
B. A. 2003. In population dynamics, it's a dogma eat dogma world. In
- Cipra, B. A. 1998. Beetlemania: Chaos in Ecology. In What's Happening in the Mathematical Sciences, Vol. 4, American Mathematical Society
- Knight, J. 1997. Boom time for beetles. New Scientist, 29 November, p. 19
Research Groups
- Seabird Ecology Team;
website http://www.andrews.edu/~henson/seabird/
- Beetle Team; website http://caldera.calstatela.edu/nonlin/index.html
Grants and Fellowships
· External
- NSF Grant, 2006-2009, DMS 0613899 RUI: Collaborative Research: Impact of Environmental Disturbance on Animal Behavior: Mathematical Models and Field Populations
- NSF Grant, 2004-2007, DMS 0414212 Competitive coexistence and life cycle stages
- NSF Grant, 2003-2008, DUE
0336596 Testing a Model for Attracting Students into STEM: Behavioral
Neuroscience at
- NSF Grant, 2003-2006, DMS 0314512 Seabird Habitat Patch Dynamics: Connecting Mathematical Models and Data
- NSF Grant, 2002-2003, DMS 0210474 QEIB: Stochastic Nonlinear Population Dynamics: Mathematical Models, Biological Experiments, and Data Analyses
- NSF Grant, 1999-2002, DMS 9973126 Nonlinear Population Dynamics: Mathematical Models, Biological Experiments, and Data Analyses
- American Fellowship, 1996-1997 (Sarah Berliner Fellowship; granted by the American Association of University Women; full support for one year of research)
· Internal
Editorial
- Editor, Journal of Biological Dynamics (2006-present)
- Editor, Natural Resource Modeling (2004-present)
- Book Review Editor, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (2002-2004)
Advisees
· Graduate students
- Kelly M. McWilliams, MS
biology,
- Andrea L. Moore, MS
Mathematics and Physical Science,
- Smruti
P. Damania, MS biology,
- Karl W.
· Undergraduate research students
- Andre Moncrieff (2008-present)
- Claudia Melgosa,
- Libby Megna,
- Brianna Payne,
- Sheena Lyn, Andrews University (2005-2007; 2008-present)
- Emmanuel Scott,
- Amanda Wageman,
- Erika Tanner,
- Stefan Smith,
- Liza Habenicht,
- Laura Foster,
- Sharon Hodge,
- Daniel Greene,
- Michael Scott,
- Maureen Serem,
- Rebecca Prouty,
- Cassaundra
Johnson Boothby,
- Linda Lange,
- Matthew Sharrock,
- Chantel
Blackburn,
- Catherine Parris,
- Christina Burden,
- Clara Logan,
- Matthew Meyer,
- James Reilly,
- Eric Davis,
- Suzanne Robertson,
- Matthew Schu,
- Viva Miller,
- Alice Halloran,
- Naoko Nomura,
Conferences Organized
- Minisymposium
on "Competition: Data and Theory" at SMB Annual Meeting,
- Special Session on
"Biological Applications of Dynamical Systems" at AMS sectional
meeting,
- Special Session on "PDE Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology" at AMS annual meeting, Joint Mathematics Meetings, New Orleans, January, 2001
- Special Session on "Population Dynamics" at Southwestern Regional AMS meeting in Tucson, AZ, November, 1998
- Minisymposium on "Chaos in Population Dynamics" at annual SIAM meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, July, 1996
Seminars Organized
- Population Dynamics and
Bifurcations, Department of Mathematics,
- Dynamics in Populations
Seminar, Department of Mathematics,
Workshops Organized
- Co-organizer, NSF Quantitative Environmental Biology Workshop, Fall 2000
Invited Workshop Lectures and Plenary Addresses
- Plenary speaker, Mathematical Modeling and Analysis of Populations in Biological Systems, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, October 5, 2007
- Plenary speaker, MAA
Sectional Meeting,
- Main speaker, Rocky Mountain Mathematics Consortium Summer Conference on Discrete Dynamical Systems and Their Applications to Population Dynamics, University of Wyoming, July 7-18, 2003
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 4th Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, October-November 1994
Professional Societies
- American Mathematical Society
- Resource Modeling Association
Awards
- Alumnus of the Year Award, Southern Adventist University, October 25, 2007
- Daniel A. Augsburger Excellence in Teaching Award,
- American Fellowship (Sarah Berliner), American Association of University Women, 1996-1997
- Hanno Rund postdoctoral appointment, University of Arizona, 1994-1996
- Senior Graduate Student
Research Award,
- Dorothea and Edgar D. Eaves
Teaching Award,
- Graduate Teaching Assistantship and Graduate Research Associateship, University of Tennessee, 1992-1994
- L.P. and Barbara Smith
Award for Excellence in Teaching,
- L.P. and Barbara Smith
Teaching Award,
- Fellowship and Teaching Assistantship, Duke University, 1987-1991
- Southern Scholar, Southern College, 1987
- Senior Mathematics Award, Southern College, 1987
- A.G.H. Award for Excellence in Mathematics, Southern College, 1986
- Physics Award, Southern College, 1985
- Calculus Sequence Award, Southern College, 1985
Other Professional Activities
- Consultant and Core Group member, 1995-1996, Southwest Regional Institute in Mathematical Sciences (SWRIMS) NSF-funded project to integrate mathematical research into high school and middle school classrooms and to "establish a vehicle by which secondary and middle school mathematics and science teachers and university faculty members contribute to the professional development of one another"
- Founder and Former President
of Southern Mathematical Society, Southern College,
