Michael Little - Curriculum Vitae

Professional Preparation

Marshall University                     A.B. (Zoology)                                    1967
Marshall University                     M.S. (Biology)                                    1973
University of Louisville                 Ph.D. (Biology)                                   1983

Appointments

Wayne Junior High School, Wayne, WV, General Sciences Teacher, 1967-1968
Ceredo-Kenova High School, Kenova, WV, Biology Teacher, 1969-1972
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Instructor, Biology, 1973-1976
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, Assistantship, Museum of Entomology, 1977-1978
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Assistant Professor, Biology, 1979-1983
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Associate Professor, Biology, 1984-1988
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Professor, Biology, 1989-1993
Department of Interior, US Geological Survey, Aquatic Biologist, Research Associate, 1993-1994
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Coordinator, Environmental Assessment and Policy Program, 1995-2004
Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Chairperson, Department of Integrated Science and Technology 2004 to present

GRANTS AND STIPENDS

1979.  Comparative physiology of treefrogs from northern and southern latitudes.  Marshall University Faculty Research Stipend.  $1,800.

1985.  An analysis of the impact of acid rain on amphibians in the Cranberry Wilderness Area.  Marshall University Faculty Research Stipend.  $1,800.

1986.  The Use of chromosome morphology to determine whether the tetraploid species, Hyla versicolor, originated from diploid populations of H. chrysosceles in the Appalachian Highlands.  Marshall University Faculty Research Stipend. $1,800.

1986.  Development of biotechnology and applied environmental studies at Marshall:  Part I.  (with Alan White and Marcus C. Waldron) University's Greatest Needs.  Marshall University Foundation.  $10,000.

1986.  Survey of threatened species in Pennsylvania: the distribution of Eumeces anthracinus and E. laticeps in Pennsylvania.  The Carnegie Museum of Natural History.  Pittsburgh, PA.  $2,500.

1987.  Investigation into a possible non-lethal mobile genetic element.  (With M. Dale Adkins) Huntington Clinical Foundation.  Huntington, WV.  $3,200.

1987.  Development of biotechnology and applied environmental studies at Marshall: Part II.  (with Alan White and Marcus C. Waldron) University's Greatest Needs.  Marshall University Foundation.  $10,000.

1987- 1993 A comparative study of surface abundance, growth, and energy utilization of forest and stream salamanders in control and acid treated watersheds.  Fernow Experimental Forest.  (With Thomas K. Pauley) United State Forest Service, $48,000.

1988- 1993 Potential effects of diflubenzuron on stream salamanders.  (With Thomas K. Pauley) Department Agriculture.  Appalachian Gypsy Moth Integrated Pest Management Project. Morgantown, WV,  $60,000.

1988-1993 A comparative study of growth rates, survivorship, and population dynamics of terrestrial salamanders in diflubenzuron treated plots.  (with Thomas K. Pauley, Appalachian Gypsy Moth Integrated Pest Management Project.  U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Morgantown, WV, $50,000.

1991   Distribution and environmental analysis of a rare fish species, Rhinicthys bowersi, the Cheat Minnow.       West Virginia Nongame Commission.  West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.  $2,000.

1993  The locations of ribosomal genes in R. bowersi.  West Virginia Nongame Commission.  West Virginia       Department of Natural Resources. $2,000.

1994 Telomeric DNA and gene regulation of lactate dehydrogenase in long term cell cultures.  NASA, West Virginia Space Science Consortium, $10,000.

1995  Using cultured fibroblasts to determine telomeric activity, regulation of three LDH genes, and genetic diversity of fish populations.  NASA, West Virginia Space Science Consortium, $10,000.

1997.  Development of a biogeophysical model for the Blackwater, Canaan Area of West Virginia.  With Dewey Sanderson, Ralph Oberly, Jim Brumfield, and Graham Rankin.  $14,000.

1997.  Software developed for integrated science students.  West Virginia Tech Advantage Grant.  State of West Virginia.  $160,000.

1998.  Highland Park:  A virtual community for high school science students.  Appalachian Regional Commission.  $145,000.

1998-99.  Use of mtDNA sequences to determine the taxonomic status of Rhinichthys bowersi, a rare Appalachian fish.  West Virginia Department of Natural Resources.   $6000.

2000.  Development of educational materials integrated into the West Virginia software initiative.  West Virginia Department of Education.  $12,500.

2000.  A study of the possible effects of transportation systems on the environment of Rhinichthys bowersi, a rare Appalachian fish.  Rahall Transportation Institute.  $195,000.

2000.  Using Education Software to develop a virtual transportation system for middle and high school students.  Part I:  Assessing environmental impacts.  Rahall Transportation Institute.  $45,700.

2002.  Assessment of impact of stream structure on fish distribution and periphyton composition in Stony River, Grant County, WV..  Dominion Power Company.  $96,000.  With Dr. Pamela Edwards, US FS and Dr. Peter Vila, Shepherd University.

PUBLICATIONS

Watkins, W. D., D. C. Tarter, M. L. Little, and S. D. Hopkin.  1975.  New records of fishflies for West Virginia (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).  Proc. W. Va. Acad. Sci. 47(1):1-5.

Tarter, D. C., W. D. Watkins, and M. L. Little.  1975.  Life history of the fishfly Nigronia fasciatus (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).  Psyche 82(1):81-88.

Nelson, C., D. C. Tarter, and M. L. Little.  1977.  Description of the adult male of Allonarcys comstocki (Smith) (Plecoptera: Pteronarcidae).  Ent. News 88 (1&2):104.

Tarter, D. C., W. D. Watkins, M. L. Little, and D. L. Ashley.  1977.  Seasonal emergence patterns of fishflies east of the Rocky Mountains (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).  Ent. News    88 (3&4):69-76.

Tarter, D. C., R. F. Kirchner, T. Mayberry, Jr., M. L. Little, and W. D. Watkins.  1976.  A New stonefly, Peltoperla arcuata Needham, for West Virginia (Plecoptera: Peltoperlidae).  Proc. W. Va. Acad. Sci. 48(1):3.

Tarter, D. C., W. D. Watkins, M. L. Little, and J. T. Goodwin.  1976.  New state records of fishflies (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).  Ent. News 87(7&8):223-228. Tarter, D.C., W. D. Watkins, and M. L. Little. 1976.  Distribution, including new state records, of fishflies in Kentucky (Megaloptera: Corydalidae).  Proc. Ky Acad. Sci. 37(1-2):26-28.

Pauley, Thomas K. and M. L. Little.  1986.  A new record of the diploid species of gray treefrog, Hyla chrysoscelis.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences. 

Wiley, J. E., M. L. Little, M. A. Romano, D. A. Blount, and G. R. Cline.  1988.  Polymorphism in the location of the 18s and 28s RDNA genes on the chromosomes of the diploid-tetraploid treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis and H. versicolor.  Chromosoma.  97:481-487.

Little, M. L. and J. E. Wiley.  1989.  The Distribution of the Hyla versicolor Complex in the Northern Appalachian Highlands. Journal of Herpetology.  22(3)299-303.

Foote, D. L. and J. E. Wiley, M. L. Little.  1991.  Ribosomal RNA gene site polymorphism in Bufo terrestris.  Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics.  57:196-199. 

Wiley, J. E., J. Meyne, and M. L. Little.  1992.  Interstitial hybridization sites of the (TTAGGG)n telomeric sequence on the chromosomes of some North American hylid frogs.  Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics.  61:55-57. 

Foote, D. L. and J. E. Wiley, M. L. Little.  1991.  Ribosomal RNA gene site polymorphism in Bufo terrestris.   Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics.  57:196-199. 

Wiley, J. E., J. Meyne, and M. L. Little.  1992.  Interstitial hybridization sites of the (TTAGGG)n telomeric    sequence on the chromosomes of some North American hylid frogs.  Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics.                61:55-57. 

Pauley, T.K. and M.L. Little.  1998.  A new technique to monitor laraval and junvenile salamanders in stream habitats.  Banisteria, Number 12:32-36.

Little, M.L. and M.C. Waldron.  1998.   National Water Summary—Wetland Resources:  Ohio.  In:  National Water Summary on Wetland Resources.   United States Geological Survey Water-Suppy Paper 2425.  pp. 309-313.

Little, M.L. and M.C. Waldron.  1998.   National Water Summary—Wetland Resources:  West Virginia.    In:  National Water Summary on Wetland Resources.   United States Geological Survey Water-Suppy Paper 2425.  pp. 399-403.

Wiley, J.E. and M.L. Little. 2000.  Replication banding patterns of the diploid-tetraploid treefrogs, Hyla chrysoscelis and H. versicolor.   Cytogen Cell Gen.  88:11-14 (2000).

PRESENTATIONS

Little, M. L. 1975.  The Ecology of the Blacknose Dace, Rhinichthys atratulus, in the Streams of Appalachia.  Tri-State Fisheries Society.  Huntington, WV.

Little, M. L., and D. C. Tarter.  1976.  The Distribution of Pteronarcid Stoneflies in West Virginia.  West Virginia Academy of Science.  Marshall University.  Huntington, WV.

Little, M. L.  1985.  The Acidification of Vernal Pools in the Cranberry Wilderness Area: the Possible Impact of Reproductive Success of Amphibians.  Forest Flows III: West Virginia University.  West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV.

Little, M. L. and B. Passmore.  1986.  The Zoogeography of Amphibians in the New River Valley.  The New River Symposium.  Wytheville, VA.

Wiley, J. E. and M. L. Little.  1986.  Polymorphism, Polyploidy, and Jumping Genes: Ribosomal RNA Genes in Gray Treefrogs.  Somatic Cell Genetics Conference.  Key West, Florida.

Little, M. L.  1988.  Teaching Methods which Help Students Understand the Presuppositions and Inferences of Creationists and Evolutionists.  Conference 88 on Critical Thinking.  Christopher Newport College, Newport News, VA.

Little, M. L. and J. E. Wiley.  1988.  Heterogeneous RDNA in the Hyla versicolor Complex.  The Annual Meeting of the North Carolina Herpetological Society.  North Carolina State University.  Raleigh, North Carolina.

Little, M. L. and T. K. Pauley.  1989.  The extent of acidification in vernal pools of the Cranberry Wilderness Area.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences.

Pauley, T. K. and M. L. Little.  1989.  The Assessment of Salamander Populations in an Appalachian Forest.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences.

Little, M. L., T. K. Pauley, J. Kochenderfer, and P. Edwards. 1990.  The association of forest maturity with salamander abundance.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences.

Pauley, T. K., M. L. Little, J. Kochenderfer, and P. Edwards.  1990.  The effects of the 1988 drought on the surface abundance of terrestrial salamanders.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences.

Little, M. L., J. E. Wiley, and M. D. Adkins.  1990.  The zoogeography of the Hyla versicolor complex in the Appalachian Highlands.  Association of Southeastern Biologists.  Baltimore, MD.

Yeager, M. M., D. C. Tarter, and M. L. Little.  1991. An analysis of variation in a disjunct population of the central mudminnow, Umbra  limi, in the Greenbottom Wildlife Management Area, West Virginia.  1991.  West Virginia Academy of Sciences.

Little, M. L., D. C. Tarter, and M. D. Adkins.  1991.  The distribution of blacknose dace in the Appalachian Highlands.  Association of Southeastern Biologists. Boone, NC.

Little, M. L. and T. K. Pauley.  1991.  The effects of artificial acidification on an amphibian community.  Hepetologists' League and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles.  Pennsylvania State University. 

Pauley, T. K. and M. L. Little.  1991.  Techniques to study the effects of acid deposition and diflubenzuron on terrestrial and stream plethodontid salamanders.  Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Conference. Gatlinburg, TN.

Little, M. L. 1992.  What Scientists rarely tell you about science.  The Second National Conference on Instructional Applications of Critical Thinking.  Miami, Florida.  

Little, M. L. 1992.  Determining genetic diversity in populations of Appalachian vertebrates.  Southern Appalachian Man and the Biosphere Conference. Gatlinburg, TN.

Little, M. L.  1992.  The use of r-DNA and Telomere Sequences to identify genetically distinct populations.  Southern Man and Biosphere Conference.  Gatlinburg TN. 

Little, M.L., D. Chambers, and A. Tennant. 1995.  Fish species diversity in the tributaries of the Cheat River.  Association of Southeastern Biologists.  Annual Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Tennant, Alan and Michael Little.  1995.  Isozyme analysis of nine populations of Rhinichthys atratulus in north-central West Virginia.  Association of Southeastern Biologists.  Annual Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Stoll, Syam, Michael Little, Alan Tennant, Jonathan Burton, and Mary Susan Noll.  1995. The effect of antibiotics and collagenase on cultured fibroblasts of the genera Cottus, Nocomis, and Rhinicthys.    Association of Southeastern Biologists.  Annual Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.

Burton, Jonathan and Michael Little. 1995.  Electrophoretic analysis of isozymes of Cottus bairdi and C. carolinae.   Association of Southeastern Biologists.  Annual Symposium, Knoxville, Tennessee.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1998 Poster and oral presentation “Software developed for Integrated Science Students”, Syllabus98 International Meeting, Sonoma California.

AWARDS

1997.  Recipient of National Award for Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning and Technology.  Presented at the Ninth International Conference on College Teaching and Learning, Jacksonville, Florida.

2003.  Marshall University Drinko Fellow.