CONLEY K. McMULLEN, Ph.D., FLS
Associate Professor, Department of Biology, MSC 7801
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia 22807
Telephone: 540-568-3805, E-mail: mcmullck@jmu.edu
DEGREES
1986 - Ph.D. - University of Maryland, College Park,
MD (Department of Botany). Dissertation: Self-compatibility, self-incompatibility,
and pollination agents of representative Galápagos Islands angiosperms. Advisor:
Dr. James L. Reveal
1980 - M.S. - James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA (Department of
Biology). Thesis: Survey of the vascular flora of Rockingham County, Virginia.
Advisor: Dr. Norlyn L. Bodkin
1978 - B.S. - Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA (Department
of Biology). Advisor: Dr. A. Clair Mellinger
ACADEMIC POSITIONS AND COURSES TAUGHT
2006-present - Associate Professor of Biology, James Madison University,
Harrisonburg, VA
1998-2006 - Assistant Professor of Biology, James Madison University
1997-1998 - Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, James Madison
University
Contemporary Biology (Bio 101)
Organisms Lecture and Laboratory (Bio 114)
Ecology and Evolution Laboratory (Bio 124)
General Botany (Bio 130)
Morphology and Anatomy of Vascular Plants (Bio 340)
Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (Bio 385)
Field Botany (Bio 386)
Natural History Studies in the Galápagos Islands and Mainland Ecuador (Bio
427)
Morphology of Nonvascular Plants (Bio 470)
Systematics of Vascular Plants (Bio 486)
Biological Techniques (Bio 495)
Research Literature (Bio 496)
Biological Research (Bio 497)
Mentored Teaching (Bio 601)
Graduate Seminar (Bio 660)
Scientific Perspectives (GSCI 104)
1991-1997 - Associate Professor of Biology, West Liberty State College,
West Liberty, WV
Life Sciences for the Non-Major (Bio 105, 106)
Biological Principles (Bio 124, 125)
Biology of Plants (Bio 200, 201)
General Ecology (Bio 314, 315)
Plant Taxonomy (Bio 331, 332)
Senior Seminar (Bio 478)
Special Problems (Bio 479)
1989-1991 - Assistant Professor of Biology, Cumberland College, Williamsburg,
KY
General Biology (Bio 130, 110)
Introduction to Organismal Biology (Bio 131, 111)
Plant Taxonomy (Bio 341)
Plant Biology (Bio 349)
1987-1989 - Assistant Professor of Biology, Goshen College, Goshen,
IN
Biological Principles (Biol 100-101)
Botany of Seed Plants (Biol 201)
Biology of the Sea (Biol 210)
Genetics (Biol 301)
General Ecology (Biol 307)
Plant Kingdom (Biol 310)
Biological World (NaSc 101)
PUBLICATIONS
McMullen, C.K. and A.C. Stella. (in preparation). Pollen-ovule ratio
and pollen size of selected Galápagos Islands angiosperms.
McMullen, C.K. (submitted). Nocturnal pollination in the Galápagos Islands.
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Island flora: more than 'wretched-looking little weeds.' In T. De Roy [ed.], Galápagos: Preserving Darwin's legacy, 62-68. Firefly Press, Ontario, Canada.
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Noteworthy collections: Virginia - Trillium nivale Riddell (Trilliaceae). Castanea 74: 181-182.
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Pollination biology of a night-flowering Galápagos endemic, Ipomoea habeliana (Convolvulaceae). Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 160: 11-20.
McMullen, C.K., A. Tye, and O. Hamann. 2008. Botanical research in the Galápagos Islands: the last fifty years and the next fifty. Galápagos Research 65: 43-45.
McMullen, C.K. 2007. Pollination biology
of the Galápagos endemic, Tournefortia rufo-sericea (Boraginaceae).
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 21-31.
Peters, M.D., C.K. McMullen, and L.M. Hill. 2005. An updated survey
of the vascular flora of Rockingham County, Virginia. Castanea 70: 63-69.
Magee, J., C.K. McMullen, J.K. Reaser, E. Spitzer, S. Struve, C. Tufts,
A. Tye and G. Woodruff. 2001. Green invaders of the Galápagos Islands. Science
294: 1279-1280.
McMullen, C.K. and W.J. Elisens. 2000. Variation in the Galápagos shrub
snapdragon: is there another subspecies of Galvezia leucantha? Noticias
de Galápagos 61: 21-22.
McMullen, C.K. 1999. Flowering plants of the Galápagos. Cornell University
Press, Ithaca, New York, USA.
McMullen, C.K. 1994. Pollinator availability: a possible explanation
of inter-island floral variation in Justicia galapagana (Acanthaceae).
Noticias de Galápagos 54: 22-27.
McMullen, C.K. and D.M. Viderman. 1994. Comparative studies on the
pollination biology of Darwiniothamnus tenuifolius (Asteraceae) and
Plumbago scandens (Plumbaginaceae) on Pinta Island and Santa Cruz Island,
Galápagos. Phytologia 76: 30-38.
McMullen, C.K. and S.J. Naranjo. 1994. Pollination of Scalesia baurii
ssp. hopkinsii (Asteraceae) on Pinta Island. Noticias de Galápagos
53: 25-28.
McMullen, C.K. 1994. Biología reproductiva de las angiospermas de las
Islas Galápagos. In A. Carrasco y H. Valdebenito (eds.), Investigación Botánica
y Manejo en Galápagos, 39-51. Fundación Charles Darwin, Quito, Ecuador.
McMullen, C.K. 1993. Angiosperm breeding systems and pollination ecology
in the Galápagos Islands. National Geographic Research and Exploration 9:
380-382.
McMullen, C.K. 1993. Flower-visiting insects of the Galápagos Islands.
Pan-Pacific Entomologist 69: 95-106.
McMullen, C.K. and D.D. Close. 1993. Wind pollination in the Galápagos
Islands. Noticias de Galápagos 52: 12-17.
McMullen, C.K. 1990. Reproductive biology of Galápagos Islands angiosperms.
Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 32: 35-45.
Judd, W.S., J.D. Skean, Jr. and C.K. McMullen. 1990. Additions to the
flora of Macaya Biosphere Reserve: additional taxa, taxonomic and nomenclatural
changes. Moscosoa 6: 124-133.
McMullen, C.K. 1989. Flowering colonizers of the Galápagos Islands:
drab but not dull. Plants Today 2: 192-196.
McMullen, C.K. 1989. The Galápagos carpenter bee, just how important
is it? Noticias de Galápagos 48: 16-18.
McMullen, C.K. 1987. Breeding systems of selected Galápagos Islands
angiosperms. American Journal of Botany 74: 1694-1705.
McMullen, C.K. 1986. Seed germination studies of selected Galápagos
Islands angiosperms. Noticias de Galápagos 44: 21-24.
McMullen, C.K. and N.L. Bodkin. 1986. Additions to the vascular flora
of Rockingham County, Virginia. Castanea 51: 216-220.
McMullen, C.K. 1986. Observations on insect visitors to flowering plants
of Isla Santa Cruz. II. Butterflies, moths, ants, hover flies, and stilt bugs.
Noticias de Galápagos 43: 21-23.
McMullen, C.K. 1986. A study of self-compatibility and pollination
agents of representative Galápagos Islands angiosperms. Charles Darwin Research
Station Annual Report 1983: 17-19.
McMullen, C.K. 1985. Observations on insect visitors to flowering plants
of Isla Santa Cruz. I. The endemic carpenter bee. Noticias de Galápagos 42:
24-25.
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS
McMullen, C.K. (in press). Changes in the islands that changed the world:
Galápagos phytogeography and the invasive species problem. Southeastern
Biology
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Darwin's Galápagos plant collections. Virginia Journal of Science
Gorzelnik, K.V., and C.K. McMullen. 2009. A floristic survey of the Smith Creek restoration area in Rockingham County, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Pollination biology of the rare Galápagos endemic, Clerodendrum molle var. glabrescens (Verbenaceae). Southeastern Biology 56: 291.
McMullen, C.K., and A. Tye. 2008. Botanical research in the Galápagos Islands - prioritizing future studies. Virginia Journal of Science 59: 66.
McMullen, C.K., B.A. Gahagen, and D.W. McPherson. 2008. Ongoing floristic projects at James Madison University - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum and Smith Creek Restoration Area. Southeastern Biology 55: 294-295.
Woolf, M.S., C.K. McMullen, and A. Weeks. 2007. An herbarium study of the morphological characters and systematics of endemic members of Cordia L. (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Journal of Science 58: 73.
McMullen, C.K., K.E. Baird, M.S. Woolf, and A. Weeks. 2007. Update on a taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Southeastern Biology 54: 202-203.
McMullen, C.K., and A. Weeks. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands - preliminary results. Southeastern Biology 53: 198.
McMullen, C.K. 2005. A preliminary study of the genus Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Journal of Science 56: 19.
McMullen, C.K., and E.E. Culpepper. 2005. Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae), and example of heterostyly in the Galápagos Islands. Southeastern Biology 52: 167-168.
McMullen, C.K., and A. Stella. 2004. Pollen-ovule ratio and pollen size of selected Galápagos Islands endemics. Southeastern Biology 51: 125.
McMullen, C.K., M.D. Peters, and L.M. Hill. 2003. Floristic studies of Rockingham County, Virginia. Virginia Journal of Science 54: 74-75.
Peters, M.D., and C.K. McMullen. 2003. Vascular plant survey of Rockingham County, Virginia. Southeastern Biology 50: 176.
McMullen, C.K. 2003. Pollination studies in the Galápagos Islands. Southeastern Biology 50: 165.
McMullen, C.K. 2001. Pollination biology of the Galápagos endemic Tournefortia rufo-sericea Hook. f. (Boraginaceae). Virginia Journal of Science 52: 95.
Clevinger, J.A., C.K. McMullen, C.C. Clevinger and S.M. Bernacki. 2001. A preliminary phylogenetic study of Alternanthera Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Journal of Science 52: 95-96.
McMullen, C.K. 1999. Reproductive biology
of three Galápagos Islands angiosperms with an emphasis on nocturnal pollination.
The ASB Bulletin 46: 155.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2005 - Virginia Academy of Science. A taxonomic study of Cordia
in the Galápagos Islands.
2002 - Virginia Academy of Science. An updated survey of the vascular
flora of Rockingham County, Virginia.
2002 - James Madison University, Department of Biology Summer Research
Grant. Seed germination studies and chromosome counts of Alternanthera
(chaff flower) species from the Galápagos Islands. Student Researcher: Melinda
D. Peters.
2001 - James Madison University, Department of Biology Summer Research
Grant. Pollen-ovule ratios of selected Galápagos Islands angiosperms. Student
Researcher: Alex Stella.
2000 - James Madison University PEER Grant. A phylogenetic study of Alternanthera
Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Co-Investigator: Dr. Jennifer
A. Clevinger.
1995 - West Liberty State College Foundation. A photographic field guide
to the plants and flowers of the Galápagos Islands.
1994 - West Liberty State College Foundation. Nocturnal pollination in
the Galápagos Islands.
1994 - West Liberty State College Faculty Development Grant. Manuscript
publication costs.
1993 - National Geographic Research Grant. Nocturnal pollination in the
Galápagos Islands.
1993 - West Liberty State College Foundation. Nocturnal pollination in
the Galápagos Islands.
1990 - National Geographic Research Grant. Angiosperm breeding systems
and pollination ecology in the Galápagos Islands.
1990 - Lilly Endowment Faculty Development Program Grant. A comparative
study of angiosperm breeding systems and pollination ecology on Santa Cruz Island
and Pinta Island -Galápagos.
1988 - Goshen College Faculty Research Funds. Reproductive biology of
selected Galápagos Islands angiosperms and their related mainland sister taxa.
1983 - Virginia Academy of Science. Self-compatibility, self-incompatibility,
and pollination agents of representative Galápagos Islands angiosperms.
SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
American Society of Plant Taxonomists
Association of Southeastern Biologists (Life)
Botanical Society of America
Charles Darwin Foundation (Elected)
Galápagos Conservancy
Linnean Society of London (Elected)
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (Life)
Society of Herbarium Curators
Virginia Academy of Science (Life)
SOCIETY ACTIVITIES
2009-present - Governing Member, Charles Darwin Foundation (Elected)
2009-2010 - Secretary/Editor, Botany Section, Virginia Academy of Science (Elected)
2008-2010 - President, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (Elected)
2007-present - Virginia Flora Committee, Virginia Academy of Science
2007-2008 - Chair, Botany Section, Virginia Academy of Science (Elected)
2007-2008 - Finance Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2007-2008 - Planning Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2007-2008 - President-Elect, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (Elected)
2006-2007 - Secretary/Editor, Botany Section, Virginia Academy of Science (Elected)
2005-present - Executive Board, Society of Herbarium Curators
2005-present - Chair, Editorial Board, Society of Herbarium Curators
2005-present - Newsletter Editor, Society of Herbarium Curators
2005-2009 - Public Interest Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2005-2008 - Chair (2008), Elizabeth Ann Bartholomew Award Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2005-2006 - Vice-Chair, Botany Section, Virginia Academy of Science (Elected)
2004-2006 - Council, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (Elected)
2003-2009 - General Assembly, Charles Darwin Foundation (Elected)
2003-present - Darwin Scientific Advisory Council, Galápagos Conservancy
2002-2006 - Earl Core Student Research Award Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
2001-2004 - Executive Board of Directors, Gardening for Galápagos Foundation, Inc.
2001-2002 - Planning Committee, Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
1995-1998 - Chair (1998), Graduate Student Support Award Committee, Association of Southeastern Biologists
SOCIETY ACTIVITY PUBLICATIONS
McMullen, C.K. 2008. President's Message. Castanea 73: 233-234.
McMullen, C.K. 2006. 2006 Elizabeth
Ann Bartholomew Award Recipient - Joe E. Winstead. Castanea 71: 186-188.
SOCIETY MEETINGS ATTENDED
Association of Southeastern Biologists - 2009 (presided Plant Ecology I), 2008, 2007 (presided Plant Systematics I), 2006, 2005 (presided Plant Ecology III), 2004, 2003, 2002, 1991
Charles Darwin Foundation - 2009, 2007, 2005, 2004
Society of Herbarium Curators - 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society - 2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
Virginia Academy of Science - 2009, 2008 (presided
Botany, afternoon session), 2007 (presided Botany, morning session), 2005, 2003,
2001
REVIEWING ACTIVITIES
American Journal of Botany
Bioresource Technology
Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society
Caribbean Journal of Science
Castanea
Cornell University Press
Galápagos Research
McGraw-Hill
Novon
Oxford University Press
Pan-Pacific Entomologist
Sida
Vulpia
HONORS
2002 - Elected Fellow of The Linnean Society of London
2000 - Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 6th ed.
1998 - Who's Who Among America's Teachers, 5th ed.
1997 - Honorary Research Associate. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn,
New York
1994 - Faculty Development Professional Achievement Award, West Liberty
State College
RELATED ACTIVITIES AND WORK EXPERIENCE
2008 - Attended SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections Workshop, Spartanburg, SC
2007 - Attended SouthEast Regional Network of Expertise and Collections Workshop, Columbia, SC
2007 - Attended Virginia Herbarium Curators Workshop, Charlottesville, VA
2005-present - Herbarium Director and Curator, James Madison University
2005-present - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Advisory Council Member, James Madison University
2005-present - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Botanical Committee Member, James Madison University
2002-present - Flora Advisory Board Member, The Flora of Virginia Project
2002 - Annotated angiosperm specimens from the Galápagos Islands for the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences Herbarium
2000-2002 - Faculty Advisor, Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity, James Madison University
1998-1999 - Herbarium Director and Curator, James Madison University
1998 - Attended Basic Molecular Biology Training workshop. Hoechst Marion Roussel, NJ
1997-1998 - Group Leader, West Virginia Nature Wonder Weekend, North Bend State Park
1996-1997 - Regional Counselor (Indiana, Ohio, West Virginia), Chi Beta Phi National Honorary Scientific Fraternity
1995-present - Group Leader, West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage, Blackwater Falls State Park
1994-1995 - Faculty Advisor, Biology Club, West Liberty State College
1994 - Judge, Botany Student Papers, West Virginia Academy of Science Annual Meeting
1994 - Judge, Student Research Program Projects, West Liberty State College
1994 - Compiled biology student handbook, Department of Biology and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1992-1994 - Compiled departmental brochure, Department of Biology and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1991-1997 - Herbarium Curator, West Liberty State College
1991-1997 - Faculty Advisor, Chi Beta Phi National Honorary Scientific Fraternity, West Liberty State College
1991-1996 - Judge, West Virginia State Science and Engineering Fair
1991-1996 - Judge, West Liberty State College Regional Science and Engineering Fair
1989-1991 - Herbarium Curator, Greenhouse Supervisor, Cumberland College
1988 - Collected and identified plants in Bolivia and Peru for the United States Department of Agriculture
1987 (summer) - Research Associate in Botany, Department of Botany, University of Maryland. Compiled online database of Erythroxylaceae. Supervisor, Norton-Brown Herbarium
1986-1987 - Assistant Instructor
of Botany, Department of Botany, University of Maryland. Taught general botany
and vascular plant taxonomy laboratories.
1986 - Identified plants for the
National Geographic Society, Special Publications and School Services Division
1985-1986 - Graduate Teaching
Assistant, Department of Botany, University of Maryland. Taught general botany
and vascular plant taxonomy laboratories.
1984-1986 - Identified plants for the University of Maryland Cooperative
Extension Service, Plant Diagnostic Clinic
1984 (fall semester) - Assistant Instructor of Botany, Department of Botany, University of Maryland. Taught general botany and vascular plant taxonomy laboratories.
1981 (summer) - Topographic Map Digitizer, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
1980-1984 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. Taught dendrology, general biology, and plant taxonomy laboratories.
1978-1980 - Graduate Teaching
Assistant, Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA.
Taught general biology laboratories.
1978 (summer) - Environmental Specialist, Virginia Department of Highways
and Transportation, Richmond, VA. Identified plants; collected and identified
freshwater benthic organisms.
1977 (summer) - Environmental
Technician, Virginia Department of Highways and Transportation, Richmond, VA.
Collected and identified freshwater benthic organisms.
PRESENTATIONS
McMullen, C.K. 2009. (Invited) Botanical latin: I came, I saw, I named. Virginia Master Gardener College, Blacksburg, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2009. (Invited) Darwin's Galápagos plant collections. Virginia Academy of Science, Richmond, VA
Gorzelnik, K.V., and C.K. McMullen. 2009. A floristic survey of the Smith Creek restoration area in Rockingham County, Virginia. Virginia Academy of Science, Richmond, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2009. (Invited) Changes in the islands that changed the world: Galápagos phytogeography and the invasive species problem. Darwin Bicentennial Symposium: Natural Selection Past, Present, and Future, Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, AL
McMullen, C.K. 2009. Pollination biology of the rare Galápagos endemic, Clerodendrum molle var. glabrescens (Verbenaceae). Association of Southeastern Biologists, Birmingham, AL
McMullen, C.K. 2009. (Invited) Virtual journey to the Galápagos Islands. E.J. Carrier Arboretum and Botanical Gardens St. Patrick's Day Dinner Presentation, James Madison University
Gahagen, B., K. Gorzelnik, D. McPherson, and C.K. McMullen. 2009. A floristic survey of the E.J. Carrier Arboretum and Botanical Gardens. Faculty Research and Teaching Symposium, College of Science and Mathematics, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K., and A. Tye. 2008. Botanical research in the Galápagos Islands - prioritizing future studies. Virginia Academy of Science, Hampton, VA.
McMullen, C.K., B. Gahagen, and D. McPherson. 2008. Ongoing floristic projects at James Madison University - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum and Smith Creek Restoration Area. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Spartanburg, SC
McMullen, C.K. 2008. Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae), and example of heterostyly in the Galápagos Islands. Faculty Research and Teaching Symposium, College of Science and Mathematics, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K., A. Tye, and O. Hamann. 2007. (Invited) Botanical research in the Galápagos Islands - initial recommendations for the next fifty years. Charles Darwin Foundation Symposium, Galápagos and the CDF: Past, Present and Future, Charles Darwin Research Station, Galápagos, Ecuador.
Woolf, M.S., C.K. McMullen, and A. Weeks. 2007. An herbarium study of the morphological characters and systematics of endemic members of Cordia L. (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA
McMullen, C.K., K.E. Baird, M.S. Woolf, and A. Weeks. 2007. Update on a taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Columbia, SC
Baird, K.E., C.K. McMullen, and A. Weeks. 2006. Progress in phylogeographic study of Galapagos endemic Cordia (Boraginaceae). Botanical Society of America, Chico, CA
McMullen, C.K., and A. Weeks. 2006. A taxonomic revision of the endemic members of Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands - preliminary results. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Gatlinburg, TN
McMullen, C.K. 2005. A preliminary study of the genus Cordia (Boraginaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA
McMullen, C.K., and E.E. Culpepper. 2005. Cordia lutea (Boraginaceae), an example of heterostyly in the Galápagos Islands. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Florence, AL
McMullen, C.K. 2005. (Invited) Natural history of the Galápagos Islands. Edith J. Carrier Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2004. (Invited) Introduction to the Galápagos Islands. Mountain View Elementary School, Harrisonburg, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2004. (Invited) Flowering plants of the Galápagos Islands: wretched weeds or awesome adaptations? Plenary Presentation, Virginia Master Gardener College, Blacksburg, VA
McMullen, C.K., and A. Stella. 2004. Pollen-ovule ratio and pollen size of selected Galápagos Islands endemics. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Memphis, TN
McMullen, C.K. 2003. (Invited) Flora of Rockingham County, Virginia. Shenandoah Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society, Verona, VA
McMullen, C.K., M.D. Peters, and L.M. Hill. 2003. Floristic studies of Rockingham County, Virginia. Virginia Academy of Science, Charlottesville, VA
Peters, M.D., and C.K. McMullen. 2003. Vascular plant survey of Rockingham County, Virginia. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Arlington, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2003. Pollination studies in the Galápagos Islands. Association of Southeastern Biologists, Arlington, VA
McMullen, C.K., and M.H. Renfroe. 2002. (Invited) Documenting the flora of Virginia. Honors Program Brown Bag Lecture Series, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2002. (Invited) Natural history studies in the Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Trelawny Learning Community Seminar, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2002. (Invited) Plant and wildlife treasures of the Galápagos. Smithsonian Resident Associates Program, Washington, DC
McMullen, C.K. 2002. (Invited) Flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands - current threats and future prospects. The University of Virginia’s Blandy Experimental Farm Summer Seminar Series, Boyce, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2002. (Invited) Galápagos - enchanted islands on the equator. Mountain View Elementary School, Harrisonburg, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2001. Researching the coca plant (Erythroxylum) in Peru and Bolivia. Botany Interest Group. Department of Biology, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2001. Pollination biology of the Galápagos endemic Tournefortia rufo-sericea Hook. f. (Boraginaceae). Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA
Clevinger, J.A., C.K. McMullen, C.C. Clevinger, and S.M. Bernacki. 2001. A preliminary phylogenetic study of Alternanthera Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Virginia Academy of Science, Harrisonburg, VA
McMullen, C.K. 2001. (Invited) Natural history of the Galápagos Islands. Center for Geographic Information Science, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2001. (Invited) The Galápagos Islands. Wilber S. Pence Middle School, Dayton, VA
McMullen, C.K., and C.L. Turner. 2000. (Invited) A natural history tour of mainland Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. Honors Program Brown Bag Lecture Series, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2000. Flora of the Galápagos Islands. Botany Interest Group. Department of Biology, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 2000. A phylogenetic study of Alternanthera Forssk. (Amaranthaceae) in the Galápagos Islands. Charles Darwin Research Station, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador
McMullen, C.K. 2000. (Invited) Natural history of the Galápagos Islands and coca hunting in Peru and Bolivia. Center for Geographic Information Science, James Madison University
McMullen, C.K. 1999. (Invited) Flowering plants of the Galápagos Islands. West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage, Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
McMullen, C.K. 1999. (Invited) Pollination biology of Galápagos Islands angiosperms. Department of Biology, Eastern Mennonite University
McMullen, C.K. 1998. (Invited) Plants of the Galápagos Islands - current threats and future prospects. Shenandoah Chapter, Virginia Native Plant Society, Staunton, VA
McMullen, C.K. 1996. (Invited) Natural history of the Galápagos Islands. Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY
McMullen, C.K. 1995. (Invited) Botanical life in the Galápagos Islands. Wheeling Park High School Multicultural Awareness Day, Wheeling, WV
McMullen, C.K. 1995. (Invited) Researching for one's own enjoyment. West Liberty State College Faculty Development EDUCATE Workshop
McMullen, C.K. 1994. (Invited) Galápagos - the enchanted isles. Gravel Hill School, Bellaire, OH
McMullen, C.K. 1993. Botanizing in Haiti and coca hunting in Peru and Bolivia. Department of Biology and Chemistry Senior Seminar, West Liberty State College
McMullen, C.K. 1993. (Invited) Natural history of the Galápagos Islands. Department of Biology, Albion College, Albion, MI
McMullen, C.K. 1993. (Invited) Nocturnal pollination in the Galápagos Islands. Department of Biology, Albion College, Albion, MI
McMullen, C.K. 1990. (Invited) Flora and fauna of the Galápagos Islands. Beta Beta Beta, Cumberland College
McMullen, C.K. 1990. (Invited) Flowering colonizers of the Galápagos Islands. Department of Biology, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
McMullen, C.K. 1990. (Invited) Summer studies in the Galápagos Islands. Faculty Colloquium, Cumberland College
McMullen, C.K. 1987. (Invited)
Reproductive biology of Galápagos Islands angiosperms. Botanical Research
and Management in Galápagos Workshop, Charles Darwin Research Station,
Galápagos Islands
PHOTOGRAPHS PUBLISHED
2007 - Image of Galápagos brown pelican and marine iguana appeared on the cover of 2007 Galápagos Conservancy holiday card
2007 - Image of Galápagos brown pelican and marine iguana and image of blue-footed booby appeared in 2007 Galápagos Conservancy calendar
2005 - Image of Lecocarpus darwinii (Asteraceae) appeared in a promotional flier of the Galápagos Conservancy
2004 - Image of Erythrina velutina (Fabaceae) appeared in the 2004 Annual Report of the Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc.
2004 - Images of various Scalesia (Asteraceae) species appeared in Introduction to Botany by M.W. Nabors, Benjamin Cummings
1988 - Images of Opuntia (Cactaceae)
appeared in Points about the prickly pear by B. Ciesla, Américas
magazine, July-August
OVERSEAS TRAVEL
2009 - Galápagos Islands. 38th Ordinary Meeting of the General Assembly of the Charles Darwin Foundation.
2007 - Galápagos Islands. 36th Ordinary Meeting of the General Assembly of the Charles Darwin Foundation.
2007 - Galápagos Islands. Herbarium studies on the systematics of Cordia (Boraginaceae).
2007 - Galápagos Islands. Field studies on the systematics of Cordia (Boraginaceae).
2006 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Natural history course.
2005 - Galápagos Islands. 34th Ordinary Meeting of the General Assembly of the Charles Darwin Foundation.
2005 - Galápagos Islands. Research on the systematics of Cordia (Boraginaceae).
2004 - Ecuador. 33rd Ordinary Meeting of the General Assembly of the Charles Darwin Foundation.
2002 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Natural history course.
2000 - Galápagos Islands. Research on phylogenetics of Alternanthera (Amaranthaceae).
2000 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Natural history course.
1998 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Natural history course.
1996 - Galápagos Islands. Photography and plant collecting.
1995 - Galápagos Islands. Photography and plant collecting.
1994 - Galápagos Islands. Research on nocturnal pollination.
1993 - Galápagos Islands. Research on nocturnal pollination.
1990 - Galápagos Islands. Research on angiosperm breeding systems and plant collecting.
1989 - Haiti. Research and plant collecting.
1988 - Bolivia, Peru, Galápagos Islands. Research and plant collecting.
1987 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Research and photography.
1985-1986 - Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Plant collecting and photography.
1983-1984 - Galápagos Islands. Angiosperm
breeding systems research.
COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES
2009-present - Personnel Advisory Committee, Department of Biology,
James Madison University
2007-present - W. Dean Cocking Award for Service in Biology, James Madison University
2007 - Bio 114 (Organisms) Curriculum Revision Committee, James Madison University
2007 - Chair, Term Positions Search Committee, James Madison University
2005-present - Chair, Norlyn L. Bodkin Scholarship for Arboretum and Botanical Field Studies Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2005-present - Edith J. Carrier Arboretum Botanical Committee, James Madison University
2005-2006 - Chair, Plant Biologist Search Committee, James Madison University
2004-present - Biology Awards and Scholarships Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2004-present - Assessment Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2004-present - Chair, Peter T. Nielsen Annual Award for Botanical Studies Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2003-2005 - Department of Biology Web Page Committee, James Madison University
2003 - Bio114 (Organisms) Scheduling Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2003 - REU Selection Committee, Department of Biology, James Madison University
2000-2002 - Core Curriculum Committee (Upper
Division Requirements Subcommittee), Department of Biology, James Madison University
2000-2002 - Core Curriculum Committee (Ecology and Evolution Subcommittee),
Department of Biology, James Madison University
2000-2002 - Core Curriculum Committee (Skills Subcommittee), Department
of Biology, James Madison University
1999-present - Greenhouse Committee, James Madison University
1996-1997 - Faculty Hearing Panel Committee, West Liberty State College
1996-1997 - Research Grants Committee, Department of Biology and Chemistry,
West Liberty State College
1996 - Chair, North Central Accreditation Steering Committee (Educational
Programs Subcommittee), West Liberty State College
1996 - Student Judiciary Committee, West Liberty State College
1995-1997 - Schedule Conflicts Committee, Department of Biology and Chemistry,
West Liberty State College
1994-1997 - Protestant Campus Ministry Committee, West Liberty State
College
1994-1996 - Scientific Review Committee, West Virginia State Science
and Engineering Fair
1994 - Standards/Procedures for Admission to the Biology Program Committee,
West Liberty State College
1993-1994 - Hughes Lecture Series Committee, West Liberty State College
1993 - Chair, Long Range Curriculum Planning Committee (Quality/Quantity
of Programs Subcommittee), West Liberty State College
1992-1997 - Faculty Senate Alternate, West Liberty State College
1992-1995 - Chair, Departmental Brochure Committee, Department of Biology
and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1992-1995 - Lab Activities for Recruiting Students Committee, Department
of Biology and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1991-1997 - Chair, Graduate School/Job Opportunities Committee, Department
of Biology and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1991-1995 - Interdisciplinary Studies Program Committee, West Liberty
State College
1991-1995 - Chair, Quality and Accountability Committee, Department of
Biology and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1991-1997 - Chair, Senior Seminar Committee, Department of Biology and
Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1991-1992 - Student Research Projects Committee, Department of Biology
and Chemistry, West Liberty State College
1990-1991 - Medical and Paramedical Services Committee, Cumberland College
1987-1989 - Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center of Goshen College
Operating Committee, Goshen College
MEDIA COVERAGE
2002 - Featured on "Consider This," WVPT, PBS for the Shenandoah Valley
and Charlottesville. Discussed The Flora of Virginia Project along with
Dr. Michael H. Renfroe. 1 November
2002 - Flower by flower, Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, VA,
15 June
2001 - Away from it all, Daily News-Record, Harrisonburg, VA,
30 June
2000 - Where have all the flowers gone?, "With Good Reason," Virginia
Public Radio, 7-13 October
1999 - Galápagos plants are focus of biologist's guide, The Sunday
News Leader, Staunton, VA, 19 December
1999 - Nowhere else on earth, JMUniverse, Harrisonburg, VA, December
1995 - Achievement award given to professor, News-Register, Wheeling,
WV, 29 January
1994-1996 - Featured on "Professor Spotlight" (3 times), West Liberty
State College Weekly Television News Program
1993 - Professor and student visit biology mecca, Sunday News-Register,
Wheeling, WV, 10 October
1990 - Cumberland College biology professor conducts research for
National Geographic on remote island, The Southern Baptist Educator, November
1984 - Area scientist studies Galápagos' flora, Daily News-Record,
Harrisonburg, VA, 3 August
1984 - Battle to preserve Galápagos uniqueness hangs in balance,
The New York Times, 22 May