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I am currently teaching " Basic Biology" and " Outdoor Education and Environmental Science" at Littlestown High School.  Because I am in a long-term substitute position, I am still looking for teaching jobs in PA or MD. Click here to look at my resume.
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Education
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Hobbies:  Woodworking, Brewing , Science Fiction, Russia

• I earned my Pennsylvania Teaching Certificate in Biology through the Teacher Intern Program at  Wilson College in Chambersburg, PA.  I also intend to get certified to teach chemistry.


• Teaching
• My links to teaching resources
• My teaching philosophy
• Issues in Life Sciences Education - this site has not been updated since I left the University of Wisconsin, but it still has some pretty useful links.
• How to Get a Teaching Job ...
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - Academe This Week - Job Openings in Academe
• Research with E. Boehm, an undergrad.
• Oak wilt - a lecture in hypertext format - Lots of images, so this will load slowly.  Is intended for use in the lecture hall with a direct connection to the local area network.  I am currently looking for space to house this.  My account at the UW was deleted when I left.

• Plant Pathology - I earned an M.S. degree in the Department of Plant Pathology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.  I worked on the effects of drought stress on Septoria canker of  hybrid poplar ( Maxwell et al. 1997 - to read this you will need Acrobat Reader from Adobe)

Other publications:
• Water stress and isolate effects on disease development by Septoria musiva on Populus hybrids.  D.L. Maxwell and G.R. Stanosz (1994).  Phytopathology 84(10):1095, abstract #243.
• Drought stress has opposite influences on symptom development by Populus hybrid stems and excised leaf disks inoculated with Septoria musiva.  D.L. Maxwell and G.R. Stanosz (1995) Phytopathology 85(10):1197, abstract #665.
• Rapid, accurate, nondestructive estimation of symptom development in a hybrid poplar leaf disk assay of susceptibility to Septoria musiva.  D. L. Maxwell, R. N. Spear, and G. R. Stanosz (1995) Phytopathology 85(10):198, abstract #670.
• Leaf maturity influences development of necrosis on excised hybrid poplar leaf disks used in bioassay for susceptibility to Septoria musiva.  D. L. Maxwell, E. Boehm, and G. R. Stanosz (1996) Phytopathology 86(11):S102, abstract #902A.
• I earned my B.S. in Ecology at  Juniata College in 1992.  Juniata is a small, liberal arts college in Huntingdon, PA, the heart of the ridge and valley region of central Pennsylvania.  Raystown lake is a nearby, man-made lake formed by damming the Juniata River (Interestingly, "Juniata" was the native word for "beautiful river", thus the lake was formed by damming the "Beautiful River River").  I became interested in Plant Pathology through my interest in Ecology.  Ecology is the study of interactions between living things and their environment.  Plant Pathologists study how plants interact with their pathogens, and the effects of the environment on these interactions.

• Woodworking

• Brewing
• Mike's Homebrewery - nice beer labels
• John Harvard's Brew House
• Harvard's Pittsburgh location has the best beer - and I'm not the least bit biased, even though my little brother Andrew is the Head Brewer there.

• Science Fiction
• My favorite author of all times is Isaac Asimov.
• My favorite living author is Orson Scott Card.


Russia, Russian Language, and Russian Science

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