Diane Beres

  Diane Beres

 

Education

  • A.B., Ripon College
  • A.M., Syracuse University
  • Ph.D., University of Minnesota

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Society for Conservation Biology
  • Natural Areas Association
  • Mathematical Association of America
  • Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

Current Courses Taught

  • MTH 130  Mathematical Thinking and Writing
  • MTH 146  Computer Modeling
  • MTH 175  Africa: Maps, Models, Patterns & Puzzles
  • COM 101 Introduction to Programming
  • ENV 120  Environmental Studies
  • ENV 175  Our Changing Planet
  • ENV 300  Exploring Sustainability and Development in Costa Rica
  • ENV 300  Case Studies in Conservation

Campus Liaison to the ACM Program in Tanzania and Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

 

Awards and Honors

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Beta Beta Beta
  • Ripon College Laurel Society

 

 

Recent Publications and Presentations

  • “Truth in Modeling,” (with C.W. Clarke, G.L. Swartzman and A.M. Starfield)
  • “Demography of the California Condor and Managment Decisions Based on Modeling: a Reply to Meretsky, et al.” (with A.M. Starfield), “Conservation Biology” 14:1445-1448, 2001
  • “Plackett-Burman Technique for Sensitivity Analysis of Many-Parametered Models,” (with D.M. Hawkins), “Ecological Modeling” 141:171-183, 2001

 

 

 

Areas of Interest

  • Mathematical modeling
  • Population modeling
  • Conservation biology
  • Ecological economics
  • Sustainable development
  • Behavioral ecology