International Journal of Modern Botany

International Journal of Modern Botany is an international journal of plant systematics covering related aspects of biodiversity, conservation science and phytogeography for plants and fungi. All papers are peer reviewed and an international editorial board provides a body of expertise to reflect the wide range of work published and the geographical spread of the journal’s authors and readers.

Kirk Stowe

Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Modern Botany

Assistant Professor, Beacon College, USA

Research Areas

Quantitative Genetics, the Evolution of Plant-Insect Interactions and Plant Ecology

Education

1992-1997Ph.D.Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1989-1992M.S.Biology, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1984-1989B.S.Biology with a concentration in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of California at Irvine

Experience

2010-PresentAssistant Professor, Beacon College
2009Lecturer, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2007-2010Lecturer, Laboratory Coordinator, University of South Carolina, Columbia
2006Substitute Teacher, San Bernardino County Superintendant of Schools
2005-2006Substitute Teacher, Redlands Unified School District
2003-2004Naturalist, Arrowhead Ranch Outdoor Science School
2001-2003Visiting Assistant Professor, Vassar College
2000Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California, Irvine
1995Lecturer, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1995Laboratory Instructor, University of Missouri-St. Louis
1995-1997Co-Instructor, MECCA Massage College

Academic Achievement

Co-PI, STEM NSF Grant # 0653160, 2008-2010
Kenan Fellowship 2007
Ford Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1998
Dropkin Post-Doctoral Fellowship, The University of Chicago 1997
TWA Environmental Fellowship 1994
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant 1993
Summer Graduate Fellowship, UM-St. Louis 1993
Grant-in-Aid of Research, Sigma Xi 1993
National Council of State Garden Clubs Research Grant 1993
TWA Environmental Research Grant 1993
Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. Scholarship 1992
Arnold Grobman Award for Outstanding Research in Field Biology, UM-St. Louis 1992
Organization for Tropical Studies Post-Course Award, Pew Charitable Foundation 1991
NSF Predoctoral Fellowship, 1989
Chancellor's Minority Fellowship, UM-St. Louis, 1989
Honors in Biological Research, UC Irvine, 1989
UC Regent's Scholarship, 1984
National Merits Scholar, 1984

Membership

Member of the Education Committee of the Association of Southeastern Biologist, 2009-Present
Participant on the Advisory Panel for Calibrated Peer Review NSF Program, 2009

Publications: Conferences/Workshops/Symposiums/Journals/Books

[1]  Stowe, K.A. 1989. Arthropod diversity on landscaped and natural sites. J. of Undergraduate Research in the Biological Sciences University of California. 19:109-125.
[2]  Sork, V.L., K.A. Stowe, and C. Hochwender. 1993. Evidence for local adaptation in northern red oak (Quercus rubra L.) Expressed as resistance to herbivores. Am. Nat. 142:928-936.
[3]  Stowe, K.A., V.L. Sork, and A.W. Farrell. 1994. Effect of water treatment on the phenotypic expression of herbivore resistance in northern red oak seedlings (Quercus rubra L.). Oecologia 100:309-315.
[4]  Stowe, K.A. 1995. Intra-crown distribution of herbivore damage on Laguncularia racemosa in a tidally influenced riparian habitat. Biotropica 27:509-512.
[5]  Stowe, K.A. 1998. Experimental evolution of resistance in Brassica rapa: Correlated responses of tolerance in treatments selected for glucosinolate content. Evolution 52:703-712.
[6]  Stowe, K.A. 1998. Realized defense of treatments of Brassica rapa artificially selected for foliar glucosinolate content. Env. Entomol. 27:1166-1174.
[7]  Hochwender, C.G., R.J. Marquis, and K.A. Stowe. 2000. The potential for and constraints on the evolution of compensatory ability in Asclepias syriaca, Oecologia 122: 361-370.
[8]  Stowe, K.A., R. J. Marquis, C.G. Hochwender, and E.L. Simms. 2000. The evolutionary ecology of tolerance to consumer damage. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 31: 565-595.
[9]  Cipollini, D.F., J.W. Busch, K.A. Stowe, E.L. Simms, and J. Bergelson. 2003. Genetic variation and relationships of constitutive and wound-induced glucosinolates, trypsin inhibitors, and herbivore resistance in Brassica rapa. Journal of Chemical Ecology 29: 285-302.
[10]  Hausman, N.J., T.E. Juenger, S. Sen, K.A. Stowe, T.E. Dawson, and E.L. Simms.2005. Quantitative trait loci affecting delta C-13 and the, response to differential water availability in Arabidopsis thaliana. Evolution. 59: 81-96.
[11]  Juenger, T.E., S. Sen, K.A. Stowe, and E.L. Simms. 2005. Epistatic and genotype-environment interaction for quantitative loci affecting flowering time in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetica 123: 87-105.
[12]  Stowe, K.A. and C.G. Hochwender. 2008. Environmentally dependent expression of the cost of glucosinolate production in Brassica rapa. Southeastern Biology 55: 334.
[13]  Stowe, K.A. and D.F. Cipollini. 2009. External costs of defense: Correlated response on trypsin inhibitor to selection for foliar glucosinolate content. Southeastern Biology 56: 351.
[14]  Feldon, D.F., Timmerman, B.E., Stowe, K.A., and Showman, R. (2010). Translating expertise into effective instruction: The impacts of cognitive task analysis (CTA) on laboratory report quality and student retention in the Biological Sciences. Journal of Research in Science Teaching (online).
[15]  Stowe, K.A. and R.J. Marquis (2011) Costs of defense: Correlated responses of life history traits to divergent artificial selection for foliar glucosinolate production. Evol. Ecol. 25: 763-775.
[16]  Feldon, D.F., K.A. Stowe, and R. Showman. (in review) Cognitive task analysis as a basis for instruction in experimental design and analysis: Impacts on skill development and student retention in the biological sciences. NARST.
[17]  Feldon, D.F., K.A. Stowe, R. Showman, C. Flynn, W. Morris. (in review) Effects of cognitive task analysis-based directed instruction on skill development and student retention in the biological sciences. AERA.
[18]  Stowe, K.A., C.G. Hochwender, K. Fleck, N. Duvall, D. Lewkiewicz, S. Trimble, and S. Peters (in prep) Cost and benefits of glucosinolate production in Brassica rapa: Are they context dependent?