Contact Information

• lward@unca.edu
• 350-4558
• 137 Rhoades/Robinson Hall

Office Hours

• Monday 10:00 am - 10:45 am
• Wednesday 10:00 am - 10:45 am
• Tuesday 9:15 am - 10:30 am
• Thursday 9:15 am - 10:30 am
• Note: And by appointment.

Mr. Ward teaches environmental studies courses for majors and non-majors, including field herpetology, and has previously taught courses for the Department of Biology.

Education

• B.S.  Texas A&M University
• M.S.  Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary

Courses Taught

• ENVR 130  Intro to Environmental Science
• ENVR 241 Ecology and Field Biology (Lecture and Lab)
• FYS 178  Reptiles and Amphibians in Facts and Fiction
• ENVR 372  Field Herpetology
• ENVR 351  Herpetology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 323  Tropical Ecosystems Field Experience [Costa Rica]
• BIOL 320    Marine Biology Field Experience
• ENVR 391  Conservation Biology
• ENVR 341  Wetlands Ecology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 374 ST: Winter Ecology (Lecture and Lab)
• ENVR 322  Tropical Ecosystems
• ENVR 330  Seminar
• ENVR 490  Internship
• ENVR 499  Undergraduate Research

Recent Publications

• Ward, L.A., P.A. Montagna, R.D. Kalke, & E.J. Buskey.  [2000].  "Sublethal Effects of Texas Brown Tide on Streblospio benedicti [Polychaeta] Larvae."   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY  248:121-129.
• Shields, J.D., & L.A. Ward.  [1998].  "Tiarinion texopallium, New Species, An Entoniscid Isopod Infesting Majid Crabs [Tiarinia spp.] from the Great Barrier Reef Australia.  JOURNAL OF CRUSTACEAN BIOLOGY  18[3]:590-596.
• Ward, L.A.  [1995].  National Estuarine Research Federation Meeting Poster [published abstract].  The Effects of Freshwater Inflow on Benthic Invertebrates of Nueces Bay.