Curriculum Vitae
Revised 17 December 2012
Contact
- Name: Shandelle Marie Henson
- Address: Department of
Mathematics,
- Phone: (269) 471-3423
- WWW: http://www.andrews.edu/~henson
- E-mail: henson@andrews.edu
Appointments
- 2012-present, Chair, STEM Division, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104 USA
- 2011-present, Chair, Department of Mathematics, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI 49104 USA
- 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,
- 1994-1996, Hanno Rund Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 USA
Education
- Postdoctoral studies,
Mathematics,
- Ph.D. Mathematics,
- M.A. Mathematics,
- B.S. Mathematics, summa cum laude, Southern Scholar, Southern College, Collegedale, TN, May 1987
Advisors
- Postdoctoral Advisor: J. M.
Cushing, Professor of Mathematics,
- PhD Advisor: Thomas G. Hallam, Professor of Mathematics,
- Masters Advisor: Joseph R. Shoenfield, Professor of Mathematics,
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.
Plenary Addresses
and Invited Workshop Lectures
- Plenary speaker, Third Annual Celebration of Research, "The Mathematics of Animal Behavior", Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, November 10, 2011.
- Plenary speaker, 2009 Workshop for Young Researchers in Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Biosciences Institute, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, August 26, 2009.
- 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
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, 2010-2013, DMS 1022494 RUI: Socially-Induced Ovulation Synchrony in Colonial Seabirds: Mathematical Models and Field Data
- NSF Grant, 2006-2010, 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, 2003-2009, 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
- Andrews University Faculty Grant, 2012-2013, Paleoecological Reconstruction of Protection Island, Washington
- Andrews University Faculty Grant, 2011-2012, Using Mathematical Models to Predict Haulout Patterns of Marine Iguanas (renewal)
Editorships
- Editor, Journal of Biological Dynamics (2006-present)
- Editor, Natural Resource Modeling (2004-present)
- Book Review Editor, Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (2002-2004)
Guest Editorships
- Guest Editor (with Jia Li), Journal of Biological Dynamics, special issue in honor of Professor J. M. Cushing, Vol. 3, No. 2-3, March-May 2009
- Guest Editor (with Azmy Ackleh, Linda Allen, Graciela Canziani, Jia Li, and Zhien Ma), Mathematical Sciences and Engineering, special issue in honor of Professor Thomas Hallam, Vol. 5, No. 4, October 2008
- Guest Editor (with Hal Smith), Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, special issue in honor of Professor J. M. Cushing, Vol. 11, No. 4-5, April 2005
Conferences
Organized
- Mathematics Section Chair, Michigan Academy of Sciences, Arts & Letters annual meeting, Hope College, Holland, MI, 22 March 2013
- Special Session on “The Mathematics of Natural Resource Modeling” at AMS annual meeting, Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Diego, January, 2013
- John F. Stout Research Symposium, Biology Department, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, September 26, 2008
- 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
- Geology Seminar, Andrews University, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
- 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
Professional
Societies
- American Mathematical Society
- Resource Modeling Association
- Sigma Xi
- Pi Mu Epsilon
Advisees
· Graduate students
- Danielle L. Burton, MS
Mathematics and Science,
- Libby C. Megna, MS Biology, Andrews University (2010-2012)
- Brianna G. Payne, MS Biology, Andrews University (2009-2012)
- Jonathan D. Cowles, MS
Biology,
- Kelly M. McWilliams, MS
Biology,
- Andrea L. Moore, MS
Mathematics and Physical Science,
- Smruti
P. Damania, MS Biology,
- Karl W. Phillips, MS
Biology,
· Undergraduate research students
- Emily Adams (2011-2012)
- Matthew Chacko (2010-present)
- Melissa McCormick (2010-2012)
- Esther Jackie Diah (2009-2010)
- Andre Moncrieff (2008-present)
- Claudia Melgosa,
- Libby Megna,
- Brianna Payne,
- Sheena Lyn,
- 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,
Awards
- Siegfried H. Horn Award for
Excellence in Research,
- J. N. Andrews Medallion,
- Alumnus of the Year Award,
Southern
- 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
- Senior Mathematics Award,
Southern
- A.G.H. Award for Excellence
in Mathematics, Southern
- Physics Award, Southern
- Calculus Sequence Award,
Southern
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
