Joanna R. Vondrasek

Assistant Professor, Biology

email: jvondrasek [at] pvcc [dot] edu

tel: 434 961 6513

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Biology (2003). University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

B.A. Biology (1994). Swarthmore College

COURSES TAUGHT

General Biology (101, 102)

Biotechnology Courses (Biotech Methods & Careers, Bio 170, 180) - Fall only

Cell Biology (Bio 206) - Fall only

General Genetics (Bio 256) - Spring only

General Ecology (Bio 270) - occasionally

TEACHING / RESEARCH INTERESTS

Increasing inquiry based content and evolutionary content in laboratory exercises

Behavioral Ecology, Animal Communication, Ornithology

PUBLICATIONS

Antonovics J, Abbate JL, Baker CH, Daley D, Hood ME, Jenkins, CE, Johnson, LJ, Murray, JJ, Panjeti, V, Rudolf, VWH, Sloan, D, Vondrasek, J. 2007 Evolution by Any Other Name: Antibiotic Resistance and Avoidance of the E-Word. PLoS Biol 5(2): e30 doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050030

Vondrasek, JR. 2006. Social factors affect the singing rates of female northern cardinals Cardinalis cardinalis. 37: 52-57 Journal of Avian Biology

Vondrasek, JR. 2005. Rolling prey and the acquisition of aerial foraging skills in Northern Mockingbirds. Wilson Bulletin. 117, 313-315

Vondrasek, J., Antonovics, J. and Taylor, D. 2004. Evolution Kills! A Web Resource for Instructors of Evolutionary Biology. Bioscene 30, 3-8.

Schlag BD, Vondrasek JR, Munir M, Kalandadze A, Zelenaia OA, Rothstein JD, Robinson MB. 1998. Regulation of the glial Na⁺-dependent glutamate transporters by cyclic AMP analogs and neurons. Molecular Pharmacology 53, 355-369