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About Carla Bossard

Positions

2010 - Present Chair, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Biology
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2001 - Present Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Biology
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Environmental and Earth Science
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Biology
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ School of Science
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2007 - 2007 Chair, Academic Senate, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2007 Member, BOSS Strategic Planning Task Force, Saint Mary's College of California
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1994 - 2007 Member, January Term Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2006 - 2006 Vice-Chair, Academic Senate, Saint Mary's College of California
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1998 - 2005 Member, Faculty Welfare Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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1999 - 2004 Director, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Environmental and Earth Science
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1996 - 2001 Associate Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Biology
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2000 - 2000 Alumni Faculty Fellowship, Saint Mary's College of California
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1997 - 1998 Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Sri Jayewardenepura
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1991 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Biology
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1990 - 1991 Post-doctoral Researcher, Unit of Comparative Plant Ecology, University of Sheffield
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1989 - 1990 Botany Department Research Fellowship, University of California, Davis
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1989 - 1990 Botany Research Fellow, Department of Botany, University of California, Davis
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1986 - 1989 Teaching Assistant, Department of Botany, Saint Mary's College of California
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2007 - 2007 SWAMP Education Project at SMC
J.M. Long Foundation
$50,000
1999 - 1999 Supplies and expenses associated with editing book Invasive Plants of California’s Wildlands
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
$10,000
1999 - 1999 Supplies and expenses associated with editing book Invasive Plants of California’s Wildlands
Saint Mary's College of California
$20,000
1992 - 1992 French Broom Research Project
California Department of Forestry and Agriculture and Golden Gate National Park
$5,000
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Professional Service and Affiliations

1992 - 2004 Executive Board Member, California Exotic Pest Plant Council
1999 - 2002 Member, Fulbright Selection Committee for Asia, National Fulbright Awards Committee
1997 - 1997 Chair, National Pest Plant Council
1994 - 1996 President, California Exotic Pest Plant Council
1989 - 1989 President, Botany Graduate Student Association, UCD
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Honors and Awards

  • Award for exceptional contributions to invasive plant management and ecosystem proptection in California - California Invasive Plant Council (October 2006)
  • Sabbatical - Saint Mary's College of California (September 2002)
  • LaSallian Teaching and Learning Excellence Award - SOS, Saint Mary’s College of California (April 2002)
  • Fulbright Senior Scholar - University of Sri jayawardenepura (1998) Research in Singharaja Biosphere Preserve
  • Jastro-Shields Graduate Research Award - University of California, Davis (June 1989)
  • Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award - University of California, Davis (June 1988)
  • Sabbatical to do Research on Tibetan Plateau, P.R. China in JiuZhaiGou with Szechwan University Research Project

Courses

  • BIOLOGY 125: General Ecology
  • BIOLOGY 125L: General Ecology [Lab]
  • BIOLOGY 142: Plant Ecophysiology
  • BIOLOGY 142L: Plant Ecophysiology [Lab]
  • BIOLOGY 144: General Botany
  • BIOLOGY 144L: General Botany [Lab]
  • BIOLOGY 146: California Flora and Communities
  • BIOLOGY 146L: California Flora and Communities [Lab]
  • BIOLOGY 152: Conservation Biology
  • BIOLOGY 152L: Conservation Biology [Lab]
  • EES 75 Wetlands Ecology
  • JANUARY 2000: Nepal Montane Forests
  • JANUARY 2001: Coral Reefs of the Cook Islands
  • JANUARY 2007: Evolution in Ecuador, Amazon, Andes and Galapagos
  • JANUARY 2008: Images of Morocco
  • January 2009 Coral Reefs and Culture in Philippines and Yap
  • January 2010 (JAN 171) - Laos, Thailand, & Singapore: Three Paths to Tomorrow

Education

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1990 Ph.D. Ecology, University of California, Davis
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1974 M.S. Botany, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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1967 B.S. Botany, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
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Contact Information

Office: Brousseau Hall 108
Phone: 4032
Fax: 376-4027
Mail: P.O. Box 4507

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Honors, Awards, & Grants (8)

Presentations (34)