curriculum vitae

Dean P. Walton

1299 University of Oregon

Eugene, OR 97403

dpwalton@uoregon.edu

(541) 346-2871

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EDUCATION

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M.L.S. Library Science Southern Connecticut State University - 2005

Ph.D. Pharmacology Georgetown University - 1989

B.S. Biology (magna cum laude) American University - 1983

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Science Librarian, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon

October 2005 - present

SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY

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Committees

  • Library Faculty Committee Presiding Officer, 2007-2008
  • Scholarly Communications Committee, 2008-present
  • Fund Group Leader for the Sciences, 2007-present
  • Exhibits Committee, 2005-present
  • Sign Committee, 2005-present
  • Social Sciences Librarian Search Committee, April 2007-August 2007
  • WebPAC Pro interface design committee, April 2007-June 2007
  • Ad Hoc Library Committees
  • How-to page redesign, 2006
  • Research Guide Access redesign, 2007

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY

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Committees, Clubs, Organizations

  • Faculty advisor/liaison for the University of Oregon student’s American Cancer Society Relay for Life, 2008-present

Ad Hoc Committees

  • Augustan Solarium Design, 2006-2007

 

SERVICE TO THE LIBRARY PROFESSION

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Special Libraries Association

Environmental Resource Management Division

  • Membership Chair, 2007-present

Natural History Caucus

  • Co-convener-2008
  • Convener - 2009-2010

Natural Resources Information Council

  • Website redesign, 2006-2007
  • Webmaster, 2006-present
  • Treasurer, 2007-present
  • Co-conference Organizer, 2008
  • President Elect, 2008

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP

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American Library Association (2004 to 2007)

  • Government Documents Roundtable
  • RUSO

American Society for Information and Technology (2006 to 2007)

Natural Resources Information Council (2005 to present)

National Science Teachers Association (1990 to 2006)

Oregon Academy of Science (2006 to present)

Oregon Library Association 2005-2006

Special Libraries Association (2006 to present)

  • Division of Biology
  • Division of Chemistry
  • Division of Environmental Resource Management

Oregon Emergency Management Association (2007-present)

 

AWARDS

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  • Library Professional Development Award 2008
  • Library Professional Development Award 2007
  • Library Professional Development Award 2006

 

PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Field Ecologist. Virginia Natural Heritage Program 1999-2004

  • Map and classify plant communities using multivariate statistical analysis, remote sensing, and geographic information system (GIS) analysis.

State Natural Heritage Ecologist. West Virginia Natural Heritage Program/The Nature Conservancy 1996-1999

  • Map and classify plant communities using multivariate statistical analysis, remote sensing, and geographic information system (GIS) analysis.

Contract Ecologist. U.S. Forest Service, the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, and The Nature Conservancy. (1994-1996)

  • Collect and analyze ecological data on rare plants and plant communities.

Environmental Consultant - Clement International, Fairfax, Virginia 1992-1993

  • Review environmental and toxicological data for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Research Associate, Institute of Neuroscience, University of Oregon. 1989-1990

 

PUBLICATIONS

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Recent Research Abstracts / Poster Presentations / Workshops / Exhibits / Essays

 

Walton, D. P. and V. Mitchell. (2009, February). Scientia venustior: The art of Science [Exhibit]. Knight Library, University of Oregon.

Walton, D. P. (2009). Censorship of Evolutionary Thought [Essay]. University of Oregon Library Staff Association Newsletter.

Walton, D. P. (2008, September). Contemporary Conservation Issues in Africa [Exhibit]. Living Learning Center, University of Oregon.

Walton, D. P. (2008, August). Accessing Ecological Data: From the broad to the specific. Presented at the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, Eugene, OR.

Walton, D. P. (2008, April). Libraries and Natural Disaster Responses [On-line seminar]. National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

Walton, D. P. (Panelist). (2008, April). Disaster Studies: A Critical Analysis of Human Responses to and Inquiry of Natural Catastrophes. University of Oregon Community Conversations Program.

Walton, D. P. (2007, August). FOIA requests within state agencies: Natural resources and the quest for information. Presented at the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, Las Vegas, NV.

Walton, D. P. (2007, August). Disaster informatics and natural resources. Presented at the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, Las Vegas, NV.

Walton, D. P. (2007, June). Hazardous materials, crisis situations, and the role of the information specialist. Presented at the annual meeting of the Special Libraries Association, Denver, CO.

Walton, D. P. (Panelist). (2007, April). Community Conversations - 9/11 Conspiracy Theories: The World Trade Center Towers Collapse. University Panel Discussion, University of Oregon.

Walton, D. P., J. Nicols, and R. Zimmerman. (2006, September). The Sun, the calendar, the monument, the campus [Exhibit]. Knight Library, University of Oregon.

Walton, D. P. (2006, August). Information transfer during crisis situations: The role of the library in supporting and documenting emergency responses with a focus on natural disasters and natural resources related events. Presented at the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, Las Vegas, NV.

Walton, D. P. (2006, August). GIS: Data types and standards: A workshop for natural resources librarians. Presented at the annual meeting of the Natural Resources Information Council, Las Vegas.

Walton, D. P. (2005, November). Novel use of GIS for information management and retrieval in the academic library. Poster session presented at GIS Day, University of Oregon.

Diecchio, R. J. and D. P. Walton. (2003, November). The Falling Spring of Virginia. Poster Presentation #151.5 presented at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America.

Walton, D. P. (2003, April). Lichens and bryophytes of Virginia: A 2-day workshop on identification. Wintergreen Natural History Foundation, Wintergreen VA.

Walton, D. (2003). Use of geographical information systems (GIS) in plant conservation, Virginia Native Plant Society - Pocahontas Chapter.

Young, J., D. Walton, W. Cass and D. Hurlbert. (2002). Assessing vegetation communities in relation to environmental gradients within Shenandoah National Park. http://www.lsc.usgs.gov/aeb/2077/shenveg02_files/frame.htm

Walton, D. (2002). Lichens and fungi of Virginia, Virginia Native Plant Society - Pocahontas Chapter.

Walton, D. (2000, December). The impact of Phragmites on rare species and natural communities. Paper presented at Phragmites in Virginia: A Management Symposium. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage and the Chesapeake Bay Commission.

 

Publications - Peer Reviewed

Abrahams T. P., P. J. Hornby, D. P. Walton, A. M. Taveira DaSilva, and R. A. Gillis. 1991. An excitatory amino acid(s) in the ventrolateral medulla is (are) required for breathing to occur in the anesthetized cat. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 259(3):138-95.

Gillis R. A., D. P. Walton, J. A. Quest, I. J. Namath, P. Hamosh, and K. L. Dretchen. 1988. Cardiorespiratory effects produced by activation of cholinergic muscarinic receptors on the ventral surface of the medulla. J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 247(2):765-73.

 

Notes - Peer Reviewed

Walton, D. and M. Hall. 2002. Opheodrys aestivus (Rough Greensnake). VA: Southampton Co., Rt. 730, ca. 2.75 km E Little Texas. Catesbeiana 22 (2).

Walton, D. P. 1999. Field Notes: Faranacia erytrogramma erytrogramma (Rainbow Snake). Catesbeiana 19(2): 68.

Walton, D. P. and P. P. Coulling. 1999. Field Notes: Amphiuma means (Two-toed Amphiuma). Catesbeiana 19(2): 65-66.

 

Other Publications

Belden, A. Jr., D. P. Walton, and A. C. Chazal. 2001. A Natural Heritage Inventory of Philpott Lake. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-6. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. xx pp. plus appendices.

Walton, D. P., N. E. Van Alstine, and A. C. Chazal. 2001. A natural heritage Inventory of the Back Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-8. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. 101 pp. plus appendices.

Walton, D. P., P. P. Coulling, J. Weber, A. Belden, Jr., and A. C. Chazal. 2001. A plant community classification and natural heritage inventory of the Pamunkey River floodplain. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-19. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, Virginia. Unpublished report submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 200 pp. plus appendices.

Fleming, G. P., P. P. Coulling, D. P. Walton, K. M. McCoy, and M. R. Parrish. 2001. The Natural Communities of Virginia: Classification of ecological community groups. First Approximation. Natural Heritage Technical Report 01-1. Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, Division of Natural Heritage, Richmond, VA. Unpublished report. January 2001. 76pp.

Walton, D. P. 1996. Element stewardship abstract: Liatris turgida. Unpublished document. WV Natural Heritage Program. Elkins, WV

Walton, D. P. 1996. Element stewardship abstract: Taenidia montana. Unpublished document. WV Natural Heritage Program. Elkins, WV 4pp.

Walton, D. P. 1995. West Virginia shale barren data book. Unpublished report to the Nature Conservancy of West Virginia, Charleston, WV 123pp.

Walton, D. P. and P. J. Harmon. 1995. Shale barrens. Natural Heritage Notes No. 7. WV Div. of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage Program, Elkins, WV. 2pp.

 

Organized Conferences

Natural Resources Information Council (NRIC) Annual Meeting, University of Oregon, August 2008.

Virginia Native Plant Society Annual Meeting, Richmond, Virginia, 2004.

East Coast Lichen Network - Tuckerman Workshop, Blackwater Falls State Park, West Virginia, April 2001.