CURRICULUM VITAE
Steven K. Goldsmith
Telephone: 903-813-2204
Department of Biology
FAX:
903-813-2420
Austin College
email:
sgoldsmith@austincollege.edu
900 North Grand Avenue
Sherman, TX 75090
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (Zoology) Arizona State University, 1985
M.S. (Zoology) University of Oklahoma, 1981
B.S. (Zoology) University of Oklahoma, 1978
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
2007 – Professor of Biology, Dean of Sciences,
Austin College, Sherman, TX
1999 – Associate Professor and Chair, Department of
Biology, Austin College, Sherman, TX
1995 – 1999 Assistant Professor of Biology,
Austin College, Sherman, TX
1993 – 1995 Visiting Assistant Professor of
Biology, Austin College, Sherman, TX
1988 – 1992 Director of Advising, College of
Arts and Sciences, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1986 – 1993 Visiting Assistant Professor of
Biology, University of Tulsa, Tulsa, OK
1985 – 1986 Visiting Assistant Professor of
Biology, Austin College, Sherman, TX
Summer 1985, 1986 Assistant Professor of
Zoology, University of Oklahoma Biological Station
PUBLICATIONS
Goldsmith, S. 2007. Longhorned beetle (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae) density differs at different elevations in Hawaiian
motane forest. Southwestern Naturalist. 53:364-370
Goldsmith, S., H. Gillespie, and C. Weatherby. 2007.
Restoration of Hawaiian montane wet forest: endemic longhorned beetles
(Cerambycidae: Plagithmysus)
in koa (Fabaceae: Acacia
koa) plantations and in intact forest. Southwestern Naturalist.
53:356-363
Hill, P. and S. Goldsmith. 2005. Albert Patrick
Blair, 1913-2004. Southwestern Naturalist 50:282-283
Goldsmith, S. 2002. Book review of Texas Natural
History: A century of change by David Schmidly. Sida 20: 873-875
Goldsmith, S., and J. Mealy. 2002. Arctic National
Wildlife Refuge: To drill or not to drill. Austin College Magazine,
Fall 2002. (an opinion piece)
Goldsmith, S. 1999. Howard McCarley, 1926-1999.
Southwestern Naturalist 44: 545-546
Goldsmith, S.K, Z. Stewart, S. Adams, and A.
Trimble. 1996. Body Size, Male Aggression, and Male Mating Success in
the Cottonwood Borer (Plectrodera
scalator,
Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of
Insect Behavior 9:719-728
Goldsmith, S.K. and J. Alcock. 1993. The Mating
Chances of Small Males of the Cerambycid Beetle Trachyderes mandibularis Differ in
Different Environments. Journal of
Insect Behavior 6:351-360
Goldsmith, S.K. 1989. Feeding Ecology and the Mating
System of Stenaspis verticalis
arizonicus Casey (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the
Kansas Entomological
Society 62:528-533
Goldsmith, S.K. 1988. Courtship Behavior of the
Rough Green Snake Opheodrys aestivus
(Colubridae: Serpentes). Southwestern Naturalist 33:473-477
Goldsmith, S.K. 1987a. The Mating System and
Alternative Reproductive Behaviors of Dendrobias
mandibularis (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Behavioral Ecology and
Sociobiology 20:111-115
Goldsmith, S.K. 1987b. Resource Distribution and its
Effect on the Mating System of a Longhorned beetle, Perarthrus linsleyi (Coleoptera:
Cerambycidae). Oecologia
73:317-320
Goldsmith, S.K. 1986. Feeding Behavior of an
Arboreal, Insectivorous Snake (Opheodrys
aestivus). Southwestern Naturalist 31:246-249
Goldsmith, S.K. 1985. Male Dimorphism in Dendrobias mandibularis
Audinet-Serville (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae). Journal of the Kansas
Entomological Society 58:534-538
Goldsmith, S.K. 1984. Aspects of the Natural History
of the Rough Green Snake, Opheodrys
aestivus (Colubridae: Serpentes). Southwestern Naturalist
29:445-452
PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES
2007: “Seasonal changes in abundance and size of
longhorned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) depend on elevation in
Hawaiian montane forest” Southwestern Association
of Naturalists meeting, Stephenville, TX
2004: “Assessing restoration of Hawai’ian montane
wet forest: Frequency and abundance of longhorned beetles, a food
source for ‘akiapola’au” Hawaii Conservation
Conference, Honolulu
2001: “Plags, Koas, and Akis: An endemic Hawaiian
community in peril” Southwestern Association of Naturalists meeting,
Hays, KS
1998: “Reproductive biology of Manfreda virginica (Agavaceae) in
north central Texas” Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, Albuquerque, NM
1997: “Innovative techniques for teaching field
biology” Conference on Curriculum Development in the Life Sciences,
Austin, TX
1997: “Aspects of the Natural History of the
Granite Grasshopper, Trimerotropis
saxatilis (Orthoptera: Acrididae)” Southwestern Association of
Naturalists meeting, Fayetteville,
AR
1995: “Male aggression and sperm competition
in the mating system of Plectrodera
scalator” part of an invited symposium on “Insect Mating
Systems, International Ethological
Conference, Honolulu HI
1992: “The mating system of Trachyderes mandibularis on saguaro
cactus fruits: A large male advantage?” Southwestern Association of
Naturalists meeting, Junction TX
1989: “Feeding ecology and the mating system
of Stenaspis verticalis
(Coleoptera: Cerambycidae)” Animal Behavior Society meeting,
Northern Kentucky University, Highland
Heights, KY
1988: “Male dimorphism and alternative
reproductive behaviors of Dendrobias
mandibularis” part of an invited symposium on “Secondary sexual
characteristics and
reproductive competition in insects” 18th
International Entomology Congress, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver
1981: “Feeding behavior of an arboreal,
insectivorous snake (Opheodrys
aestivus)” Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, New Orleans LA
STUDENT PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCES AND ON CAMPUS
April 2004: “Assessing restoration of Hawai’ian
montane wet forest: Frequency and abundance of longhorned beetles, a
food source for ‘akiapola’au” presented by Hayley
Gillespie, Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, San Antonio, TX
April 2003: Biology Department seminar: “Plags,
Koas, and Akis: Ecology of Hawaiian Montane Wet Forest” presented by
Hayley Gillespie
March 2003: “Ecology of Longhorned Beetle Larvae in
Hawaiian Montane Wet Forest” presented by Hayley Gillespie, National
Council on Undergraduate Research meeting,
Salt Lake City
April 2001: “Population Density, Body Size, and Web
Characteristics of Argiope aurantia
(Araneae: Araneidae)” presented by Shawna Tuben, Southwestern
Association of
Naturalists meeting, Hays, KS
March 2000: Biology Department seminar: “Species
richness and diversity of benthic insect larvae in southern Oklahoma
streams” presented by Shawna Tuben and Brandie
Gould
April1998: “Reproductive cycle of the granite
grasshopper, Trimerotropis saxatilis
(Orthoptera: Acrididae)” presented by Rhome Hughes, Southwestern
Association of
Naturalists meeting, Albuquerque, NM
April 1998: Biology Department seminar: “In fire
ants (Solenopsis invicta;
Hymenoptera: Formicidae), alate queens are virgins and reproducing
queens have been inseminated”
presented by Keri Bugg
PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED
Montane
wet forest appeared in an issue of Science
Ohelo
berries was published in Honolulu Magazine – ohelo is an endemic
Hawaiian blueberry
Sotol
appeared in a poster on desert plants prepared by the Center for
Biodiversity
Haleakala
Crater appeared on the cover of a CD of music (Groove Stew) that
was published locally on Maui
Kahili
ginger appeared in Wired Magazine – Kahili ginger is a native of
south Asia that is a pest in Hawaii
Heads of Achillea millefolium;
Leaves
and fruit of Diospyros virginiana; Leaves of
Liquidambar styraciflua; and Leaves
and flower of Podophyllum peltatum appeared in
Dyes from American Native Plants by L. Richards and
R. Tyrl, Timber Press, 2005
Haleakala
silversword in flower will appear in the chapter on “Evolution”
in A World of Islands published by Island Studies Press
PRESENTATIONS ON CAMPUS, AT OTHER INSTITUTIONS, AND IN THE
COMMUNITY
February 2007: Science, Math, and CS Preview:
“Special Opportunities in the Sciences”
September 2006: AC Biology Department seminar:
“Stranger in a strange land: a biologist on a humanities trip to Asia”
April 2006: AC Biology Department seminar: “January
Term in Paradise: Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands 2006”
March 2006: AC Environmental Studies lunch forum:
“Plags, Koas, and Akis: My research in Hawaii”
February 2006: Science, Math, and CS Preview:
“Special Opportunities in the Sciences”
November 2005: AC Biology Department seminar: “What
I did last summer: Road trip and research”
April 2005: Red River Valley Birding and Nature
Festival: presentations on “Herps of Texoma” and “Native and Endangered
Birds of Hawaii”; also led field trip: “Bug Hunt in
the Arbuckles”
April 2005: AC Environmental Studies lunch forum:
“Conservation and Land Use in Hawaii”
March 2005: AC Biology Department seminar:
“January Term 2004: Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
February 2005: Science, Math, and CS Preview:
“Special Opportunities in the Sciences”
April 2004: AC Biology Department seminar:
“Assessing Restoration of Hawaiian Montane Wet Forest” presented with
Cole Weatherby
February 2004: Science, Math, and CS Preview:
“Special Opportunities in the Sciences”
March 2003: AC Biology Department seminar: “January
Term 2003: Natural History of the Desert Southwest”
February 2003: Science, Math, and CS Preview:
“Special Opportunities in the Sciences”
May 2002: AC Workshop week faculty symposium:
“Natural History and Conservation in Hawaii”
April 2002: “Campaign for the New Era” kickoff:
“Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
March 2002: AC Biology Department seminar: “January
Term 2002: Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
February 2002: University of Tulsa, Faculty of
Biological Science seminar: “Plags, Koas, and Akis: An endemic Hawaiian
community in peril”
November 2001: AC Biology Department seminar:
“Plags, Koas, and Akis: An endemic Hawaiian community in peril, Part 2”
September 2001: Highland Park Presbyterian Church
Senior Fellowship group: “Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
February 2001: AC Biology Department seminar:
“Plags, Koas, and Akis: An endemic Hawaiian community in peril”
November 1999: University of Tulsa, Faculty of
Biological Science seminar: “Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
March 1999: Biology Department seminar:
“Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands”
April 1998: session on "Prairie Invertebrates" for
North Texas Master Naturalist program
November 1995: AC Biology Department seminar:
“Evolution of mating systems in longhorned beetles”
October 1992: University of Kansas, Department of
Entomology seminar: “Male aggression and sperm competition in the
mating system of Plectrodera scalator”
September 1992: University of Tulsa, Faculty of
Biological Sciences seminar: “Male aggression and sperm competition in
the mating system of Plectrodera
scalator”
July 1991: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory,
Gothic, CO: “Evolution of mating systems in longhorned beetles”
October 1987: Oklahoma State University, Zoology
Department seminar: “Evolution of mating systems in longhorned beetles”
January 1987 University of Tulsa, Faculty of
Biological Sciences seminar: “Beetle sex: An evolutionary perspective”
January 1986: University of Oklahoma Zoology
Department Seminar: “Beetle sex: An evolutionary perspective”
July 1985: University of Oklahoma Biological
Station: “Beetle sex: An evolutionary perspective”
April 1985: Austin College Biology Department:
“Beetle sex: An evolutionary perspective”
OTHER PROFESSIONAL CONFFERENCES ATTENDED
March 2000: American Institute of Biological
Sciences annual meeting, “Biology: Challenges for the new millennium”
Washington D.C.
April 2000: Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, Denton, TX.
June 2000: National Council on Undergraduate
Research meeting, College of Wooster, OH.
October 1998: Missouri Botanical Garden Systematics
Symposium, St. Louis, MO
October 1997: Missouri Botanical Garden Systematics
Symposium, St. Louis, MO
April 1996: Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, McAllen, TX
April 1995: Southwestern Association of Naturalists
meeting, Shreveport, LA
October 1989: National Academic Advising Association
conference, Iowa State University, Iowa City
AWARDS AND HONORS
2006 Science Division Service Award
2005 Austin College nominee for Minnie Stevens Piper
Professors program
2004 Science Division Teaching Award
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND ACTIVITIES
Animal Behavior
Society
Kansas Entomological Society
Southwestern Association of Naturalists
Served on editorial board of The
Southwestern Naturalist, 1996-2005
UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH STUDENTS
Cole Weatherby (Austin College, 2003)
Hayley Gillespie (Austin College, 2002-2003)
Shawna Tuben (Austin College, January and summer
2000)
Brandie Gould (Austin College, January and summer
2000)
Keri Bugg (Austin College, 1998)
Rhome Hughes (Austin College, 1997-1998)
Michelle Rawson (Austin College, 1994)
Veronique Tran (Austin College, 1994)
Jason Kilgore (University of Tulsa, 1993)
Angela Trimble (University of Tulsa, 1992, 1993)
Zoe Stewart (University of Tulsa, 1992)
Stacie Adams (University of Tulsa, 1992)
COMMITTEES AND OTHER SERVICE
Chair, Quality Enhancement Plan committee
Chair of Biology Department (1999-2007)
“Internationalizing the Campus” advisory committee
SACS on-site reaffirmation committee, September 2006
HWC Advisory Committee
Institutional Effectiveness Committee
Faculty Hearing Committee (twice, chair once)
Deputy Marshal (until the end of time…)
Environmental Studies Advisory Committee
College Strategic Planning Committee
Landscape Master Planning Committee
Curriculum Review Steering Committee
Science Building Planning Committee
Curriculum Committee
Enrollment Management Task Force