Judith A. Dilts, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Interim Head and Professor of Biology

109 Sheldon Hall/MSC 7502
College of Science and Mathematics
Harrisonburg, VA 22807

E-mail: diltsja@jmu.edu
Phone: 540-568-3508
Fax: 540-568-3581

Education:
A.B., M.A, Ph.D.  (Genetics, Microbiology)  Indiana University, Bloomington. 

Professional Affiliation:
Project Kaleidoscope, Senior Fellow for Faculty Development Initiatives, 2007--present
American Society for Microbiology, Microbe Library Visual Collection Editorial Review Board, 2005 – present.

Research Interests:
Bacterial endosymbionts of paramecia; aging.

Publications:
Brakke, D.F., J. Dilts, S. Nadler and J. Narum. 2003. Building consensus and implementing a vision. The Department Chair 13: 26-27.
Smith, G. R., J. A. Dilts, P. W. Gabrielson, D. P. Heruth, J. E. Rettig, and A. F. Strautman. 1999. Using laptops in the biology classroom and laboratory. Bioscene 25:11-12.
Dilts, J. 1994. Mary Frances Lyon (1925- ) In: Louise S. Grinstein, Carol A. Biermann, and Rose K. Rose, editors: Women in the Biological Sciences. A Biobibliographic Sourcebook. Greenwood Press. Westport, Connecticut. 1997. 640 pages.
Heruth, D. P., F. R. Pond, J. A. Dilts, and R. L. Quackenbush. 1994. Characterization of the genetic determinants for R body synthesis and assembly Caedibacter taeniospiralis, strains 47 and 116. J. Bacteriol. 176:3559-3567.
Redshaw, P., and J. A. Dilts. 1991. Project Kaleidoscope: a report from biologists. CUR Newsletter XI(4):68-71.
Dilts, J. A. 1986. The importance of the refractile body in expression of the killer trait in Paramecium. In : R. B. Wickner et al. (eds.), Extrachromosomal Elements in Lower Eukaryotes. Plenum Press, New York, pp. 279-289.
Dilts, J. A., and R. L. Quackenbush. 1986. A mutation in the R body-coding sequence destroys expression of the killer trait in P. tetraurelia . Science 32:641-643.