1970: B.A. in Biology. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Emphasis on Ecology and Invertebrate Zoology.

1973: M.A. in Biology. Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York. Emphasis on Marine and Estuarine Ecology and Parasitology.

1973-1974: Two Semesters Ph.D Studies. Zoology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts. (Left to accept current position.)

1976-1994: Post Graduate Studies. Zoology; Geology; Microbiology; Botany; and Marine, Estuarine and Environmental Science. University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.

1974-present: Professor of Biology, Charles County Community College/College of Southern Maryland: General Biology; Zoology; Oceanography (telecourse); Marine Biology; Tropical Marine Biology; Estuarine Biology, Ichthyology; Fisheries Management; Ecology and Natural History of the Chesapeake Bay; Human Anatomy and Physiology; Director of the College of Southern Maryland Travel-study courses in Belize.

Experience:

1970-1972: Biology Teaching Intern, Biology Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. Tropical Marine Biology, Field Ecology, General Biology and Zoology. Taught general biology and zoology to undergraduates; directed the general biology laboratory for the biology department. This was one of the pioneering laboratories stressing problem solving and critical thinking skills in undergraduate science laboratories.

1972-1973: Research Assistant, Biology Department, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY. NIH Grant for the Study of Oral Diseases in Free-living Mammals. Comparative Histology of Oral Cavity and Pathology of Mite-Induced Gingivitis in Central American Bats. Laboratory work on campus in N.Y. Field work in the states of Jalisco, Nuevo Leon, Nayarit, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, Michoacan, Guerro, Hidalgo and Durango, Mexico.

1973-1974: Teaching Assistant Zoology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst , MA. Taught general zoology laboratory.

1974: Research Fellow Zoology Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA. NIH Training Grant in Parasitology. Research: Life cycle and morphology of the parasitic copepod Ergasilus megaceros infesting the fresh water fish Catatomus commersoni .

1972-1982 (summers): Instructor and Assistant Director, Hofstra University Marine Laboratories, Virgin Gorda, British Virgin Islands, and Jamaica, West Indies. Helped conceive, construct and develop the Hofstra University Marine Laboratory at Virgin Gorda, B.V.I. One of a two member team teaching field courses in Tropical Marine Biology for upper-division undergraduates, graduate students, other college professors from the U.S. and abroad, interested laypersons, and high-school students.

1976-1977 (winter): Adjunct Instructor, College Center of the Finger Lakes, Bahamian Campus, San Salvador, Bahamas. Taught a four week Marine Zoology field course.

1973-1979: Inst./Ass't./Assoc. Professor. Biology Department, Estuarine Resources Technology Curriculum, Charles Co. Community College. Ichthyology, Fisheries Science and Management, Applied Estuarine Ecology, Estuarine Problem Analysis, Estuarine Botany, Estuarine Zoology, General Biology. Developed and taught courses for marine, and estuarine technologists which stressed field data collection, and analysis in marine biology and aquatic monitoring.

1974-1979 (summers): Ass't./Assoc. Professor Charles Co. Community College. Basic and Advanced Field Ecology courses for high school teachers. Directed, developed, and taught Ecology and Field Biology courses for elementary and high school teachers.

1980-1984 (summers): Instructor & Ass't Director, St. Mary's College of Maryland, Summer Science Institute. Designed and taught Chesapeake Bay ecology field courses for talented and gifted high school students. These workshops were sponsored by grants from the Maryland state Board of Education. I authored these grants, and developed their budgets. We also developed and offered a National Audubon Society Field Camp on Chesapeake Bay ecology for adults.

1987-1991: Instructor (part-time), Charles County Community College, Division of Continuing Education. Developed and taught various short courses on human biology for Emergency Medical Technicians; C.P.R. courses for health-care workers and interested laymen; developed and taught marine biology mini-courses and workshops for elementary-school children.

1990 (summer): Adjunct Professor, St. Joseph's College of New York, Brooklyn, NY. Taught field course in Tropical Marine Ecology for undergraduate biology-majors at the Hofstra University Marine Laboratory, St. Ann's, Jamaica.

1991 (winter): Adjunct Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, Millersville University, Millersville, PA. Co-designed and co-taught Marine Coastal Processes, a field course for oceanography students, Trinidad and Tobago. The course included laboratory lecture, and field work and centered on extensive surveys and documentation of oil and solid waste pollution on the beaches of Trinidad and Tobago. We also designed and administered a survey/questionnaire to evaluate citizen perceptions of causes, extent, responsibilities, and solutions for local coastal pollution, erosion and shore zone degradation.

1991(summer): Adjunct Instructor, Prince Georges Community College, Largo, MD. and The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Solomons, MD. Taught several components of a National Science Foundation sponsored workshop for college professors on estuarine biology, the Chesapeake Bay, and field teaching.

1991 (summer): Adjunct Instructor, Oceanography Depatment, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD. Onboard instruction in marine and estuarine biology to the oceanography midshipmen during their summer cruise on the Chesapeake Bay and Atlantic Shelf.

1992 (summer): Adjunct Professor, Loyola College of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Taught Marine Biology and Oceanography, a field course for teachers, at the Hofstra University Marine Laboratory, Jamaica.

1993 (fall): Adjunct Professor, Loyola College of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD. Designed and taught General Biology, a core science content course in the Graduate Elementary Science Education Program.

1995-2001: Adjunct Professor, Montgomery College, Takoma Park, MD. Taught Oceanography telecourse to students at the three Montgomery College campuses.

1984-2003: Chairman, Faculty Distance Learning Committee, Charles County Community College. Chair committee which investigated and initiated distance learning and telecourses at Charles County Community College. Evaluate courses, institute policy and administrative guidelines and design evaluation tool for asynchronous distance learning courses. Led initiative to join the nationwide "Going the Distance" program, a program designed to provide an entire associates degree curriculum via distance learning. I was instrumental in bringing this opportunity to the three campuses of my college. Promoted the institution of synchronous two-way interactive distance learning via the Bell-Atlantic Maryland Distance Learning Network. Co-authored successful grant proposal to Maryland Higher Education Comission to train Maryland college and high school faculty, administration, and staff to use the MDLN classrooms and technology. Co-designed, and co-taught the MDLN workshops from the grant. Brought the first campus-wide on-line course to the college via a beta-test of "Internet Literacy," C.P.B./P.B.S. Project involved all college segments including students, staff, faculty and administration.

1986-present: Representative or Alternate Representative, "Maryland College of the Air." Multi-State Distance Education Consortium. Represent my college to the consortium.

1996-2002: Member, Executive Board of "Maryland College of the Air." Multi-State Distance Education Consortium. Integrate distance education efforts of 22 colleges of Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Negotiate with Maryland Public Television, organize two consortium-wide meetings per year, provide policy and administrative guidance to college presidents and deans, integrate collaborations with various national distance learning groups such as the Instructional Telecommunications Council, the Public Broadcasting System, etc.

1991-present: Secretary, Environmental Science Research Associates, Millersville, PA. A non- profit organization devoted to environmental education and research particularly in the Caribbean. Maintain organization records, membership recruitment, organize and conduct Caribbean environmental education programs and coastal zone management research projects. Foster coastal zone preservation projects and world wide web connectivity among Caribbean government and non- government organizations.

1995-1997: Advisor, Ecology Club, Charles County Community College. Organized and act as advisor to the student Ecology Club, a group of environmentally-concerned students who take part in local volunteer work associated with recycling, Potomac River Clean-Up Day, Patuxent River Appreciation Day, Chesapeake Appreciation Day, and various environmental activism activities.

1996-present: Member, Steering Committee for Environmental Technology Curriculum. Charles County Community College. Faculty representative to committee designing an environmental technician program/curriculum (submitted to State Board for Community Colleges.)

1997: Member, Steeering Committe for the Preservation of Zakiah Swamp, Charles County, MD. Advised consultant group on aspects of the biology of Zakiah Swamp, the major freshwater wetlands of southern Maryland.

1998: Instructor/Facilitator, Internet Literacy. Organized and taught a WWW-delivered Faculty Development TeleWEBcourse (PBS) on the Internet and its use in college instruction at Howard University College of Medicine.

Continuing Education (selected):

1969/1975: Basic SCUBA Certification, NAUI, Bay Shore, NY. / Advanced Environmental SCUBA Certification, YMCA, LaPlata, MD.

1976-present: Graduate courses at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD. Approximately 35 credits in zoology, marine botany, geology, microbiology, and marine, estuarine and environmental sciences departments. (including, diseases of fish, marine vertebrate zoology, marine botany, oceanography, ecology, aquatic ecology, symbiology, etc.)

1989 (summer): The Galapagos: An Experiment in Evolution, Galapagos Archipelago, Ecuador. Eight day field course on the biology, ecology, geology, and evoluton of the Galapagos Islands. Sponsored by College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL.

1989 (summer): Chautauqua Course (N.S.F.) Exploring a Barrier Island Ecosystem, University of Texas at Austin, Port Aransas Field Station, Port Aransas, TX. N.S.F.-sponsored short-course for college professors on barrier island biology, hypersaline estuaries, Gulf/Caribbean oceanography, beach degradation, coastal solid waste disposal and coastal oil pollution, and related topics.

1990 (summer): NSF-sponsored Short Course in Oceanography, University of San Diego and Scripp's Institute of Oceanography, San Diego, CA. Three-week course for college professors on coastal and deep ocean environments, including geology, biology, resources, pollution, mariculture, remote sensing, deep sea drilling project, marine mammals, and related topics.

1991 (summer): NSF-sponsored Short Course, The Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay, co-ponsored by Prince George's Community College, The Chesapeake Research Foundation and The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory. Helped design and teach this workshop and also participated in it. Coastal and estuarine ecology, resources, fisheries management, ecosystem modelling, remote sensing, and related topics.

1993 (summer): NSF-sponsored Short Course on Coral Reef Ecology, University of Hawaii (Manoa)/Hawaii Marine Biology Station, Oahu, HI. Three-week short course for college professors on coral reef biology, ecology, management, degradation, field and laboratory methods, biochemistry, toxicology, submarine light measurements, nutrient uptake, and related topics.

1994: (summer): Project Reef Spawn, Key Largo, FL. Sponsored by the National Aquarium in Baltimore, I was an instructor and team-member (SCUBA) investigating coral spawning and lunar periodicity of several Caribbean hermatypic coral species.

1995: (summer): Applied Business Telecommunications Short Course in Distance Education and Technology. Peabody, MA. Short-course on technology and pedagogy of distance learning systems.

1996: (summer): Syllabus Workshops: The World Wide Web in College Teaching, HTML Programming and Distance Education Systems, Sonoma State University, CA. Several one-day workshops and a national conference on distance education in colleges.

1998: Authoring in SERF. A workshop for college faculty developing on-line courses. University of Delaware, Newark, DE

1998: The Dinosaur Family Tree. An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Course on cladistics and dinosaur phylogeny. American Museum of Natural History, New York.

1998: Hawaiian Volcanoes from Mauna Kea to Loihi. An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Field Course on volcanism and related geological and oceanographic topics. University of Hawaii.

1999: Marine Mammals of Monterey Bay. An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Field Course on marine mammals and related marine biology and marine environmental topics. Moss Landing Marine Laboratory, Moss Landing, CA.

2000: "The Decline of the World's Marine Biodiversity." An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Field Course on the causes, effects, and consequences of declining biodiversity in the marine environment. The New England Aquarium, Boston, MA.

2002: "Ocean and Estuarine Science." An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Field Course on Coastal and Ocean Ecology. Friday Harbor Laboratory, Friday Harbor, WA.

2003-Present: Director, Belize Travel Study Program, College of Southern Maryland.

2006: "Marine Ecosystems of Belize." An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Field Course on Ecology of the Belize Barrier Reef and Adjacent Environments. Possum Point Biological Station and Wee Wee Caye Biological Station, Belize, C.A.

2006: "Increasing the Retention of Under-Represented Groups--And the Learning of All Groups--In Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Courses." An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Course on pedagogy and Retention of Minority Students in the Sciences. Craig Nelson, Facilitator. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

2006: "Teaching Evolution." An NSF sponsored Chautauqua Course on Successful ways to teach this topic in science classes at all levels. Craig Nelson, Facilitator. University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.
 

Publications:

Phillips, C.J. and P.A. Billeter 1973. Comparative Anatomy and General Histology of The Major Salivary Glands of Selected Microchiropteran Bats with Reference to Systematics and Evolution. Misc. Publ. Museum of Nat. Hist. Texas Tech. Univ.

Billeter, P.A. 1973. New Host and Locality Record for the Genus Swingleus , Rogers, 1969, (Monogenea, Trematoda). J. Parasitology 60(6): 1041.

Billeter, P.A. 1982. Intimate Relationships on the Reef. Ch. 13 in "The Petersen Field Guide to Coral Reefs of the Caribbean and Florida" by E.H. Kaplan. Houghton-Mifflin Co. Boston.

Billeter, P.A. 1986. A Self-Guided Field Trip to the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History Hall of the Sea and The Naturalist's Center for Oceanography Distance Learning Students. 14 pp.

Billeter, P.A. 1987. A Self-Guided Field Trip to the Baltimore Aquarium for Oceanography Distance Learning Students. 42 pp.

Billeter, P.A. 1987. A Self-Guided Field Trip to the Calvert Marine Museum and Calvert Nuclear Generating Station Visitor's Center for Oceanography Distance Learning Students. 22 pp.

Billeter, P.A. 1991. Chesapeake Bay Field Trip Opportunities for College Classes. Prepared for NSF Workshop on the Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay. Prince George's Community College and The Chesapeake Biological Laboratory.

Billeter, P.A. 1993. Ch.8 "Environmental Toxicology: The Effects of Toxic Pollutants on the Embryological Development of Zooplankton. An Independent Research Project." In: "An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed." (field activities, laboratory studies, and resources for college courses) NSF Grant. Prince George's Community College, MD.

Billeter, P.A. 1995. "Zo-Notz" Interactive Lecture Notes for Zoology. 152 pp.

Oostdam, B.L. and P.A. Billeter. 1997. "Integrated Coastal Area Management on the Caribbean Islands." Third Conference of the Geological Society of Trinadad and Tobago. Fourteenth Caribbean Geological Conference. Port of Spain, Trinidad. July, 1995

Billeter, P.A., M. Klink, and T. Maugel. 2000. A New Species of Swingleus (Monogenea: Gyrodactylidae) from the Mummichog, Fundulus heteroclitus in the Delaware Bay. J. Parasitology, December, 2000)

Billeter, P.A. and William Richards. 2001. The Effect of Host Population Density on Infection of Fundulus heteroclitus by Gyrodactylid Monogenea in the Delaware Bay Estuary.(in final prep. for J. Parasitology.).

Billeter, P.A. 1998. "Ocean Planet--A Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition." A Virtual Field Trip for Oceanography Distance Learning Students. 12pp

Billeter, P.A. and Robert R. Given. 2003. The Endless Voyage Study Guide. Brooks/Cole--Thompson Learning. Student Study Guide to accompany the Oceanography Telecourse, The Endless Voyage, INTELECOM, Intellegent Communications. 243pp. Presently in third edition.

Kaplan, E.H. and Paul A. Billeter. 2005. Problem Solving in Biology. 4ed. A General Biology Laboratory Manual, Pearson custom Publishing, Boston MA. 155pp
 

Professional Presentations (selected):

1987: "Measuring Physical and Chemical Parameters of the Chesapeake Bay," an in-service workshop for Charles County science teachers presented at the Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center.

1988: "The Marine and Estuarine Plankton Community" an in-service workshop for Charles County science teachers presented at the Nanjemoy Creek Environmental Education Center.

1989: "Videomicroscopy, a Powerful Teaching Tool in the Lab and Field," presented to the Maryland Association of Outdoor and Environmental Educators.

1991: "Field Trip Opportunities on the Chesapeake Bay and other Coastal Ecosystems" presented on "The Ecology of the Chesapeake Bay National Videoconference," sponsored by Prince George's Community College and Maryland Public Television, Owings Mill, MD, Oct. 1991.

1991: "Oceanography and Marine Biology of the Chesapeake Bay" Series of Presentations to Oceanography Students, Summer Cruise, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD.

1992: "Community Resources: Utilizing Local Educational Resources to Embellish and Improve Distance Learning. Accepted for presentation at Tele-Learning '92, a national conference sponsored by the Instructional Telecommunications Council and the Public Broadcasting System Adult Learning Service.

1994: "Critical Thinking and Environmental Laboratory and Field Investigations on the Chesapeake Bay." Presented at Science and Technology Resource Center Annual Conference for Maryland Science Educators. Prince George's Community College and NSF, co-sponsors.

1996: "Going the Distance" Moving to offer an entire A.A. Degree via Distance Learning. Presented to the Faculty and Administration of Charles County Community College.

1998: "Sex, Barnacles and Videotape--Designing, Delivering and Cultivating Institutional Support for Telecourses." Presented at the Association for the Advancement of Community College Teaching, Winter Conference. Essex Community College, Baltimore, MD.

1998: "SERFing the WEB" A demonstration of PBS TeleWEBcourses and other template-type web course software for composing college courses. Presented at Spring Meeting of the Association of Maryland Community College Instructional Technology Managers.

1998: "Distance Education in Coastal Zone Management" Workshop Participant. Coastal Society Pre-Conference Workshop, July 13, 1998.

1999:  Organized and led team of educators presenting a workshop on Educational Technology and Distance Education at the Civil Service College of Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 2-10, 1999.

2000: "Using Educational Technology to Enhance Teaching and Learning" Oceanography Department, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Sulawesi, Indonesia.

2001-2002: "New teaching Strategies in Science" Led team of professors presenting a series of workshops on biology education at the National University Of Rwanda, Butare, Rwanda. Sponsored by The Center for International Development and Conflict Management, USAID, via The University of Maryland.
 
 

Affiliations:
 

Geographic Experience:

North America, Jamaica, British Virgin Islands, Mexico, Belize, Bonaire, Bahamas including: San Salvador, Bimini, Grand Bahama, Nassau, and Andros, Trinadad and Tobago, Ecuador, Hawaii, Holland, Great Britain, France, Germany, Indonesia, Rwanda, Kenya, Seychelle Islands, Rwanda and Ethiopia.
 

References:

Eugene H. Kaplan, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biology, Biology Department, Hofstra University and Director, Hofstra University Marine Laboratory in Jamaica, c/o Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY.

Patricia A. Cunniff, Ph.D. Director, Science and Technology Resource Center. Prince Georges Community College, Largo, MD.

Bernard L. Oostdam, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Oceanography, Department of Earth Science, Millersville University, Millersville, PA.

William Klink, Ph.D. Professor Department of Languages and Literature, Charles County Community College, LaPlata, MD.

Richard M. Millis, Ph.D.  Department of Physiology, Medical School, Howard University, Washington, DC.

William Higgins, Ph.D. Department of Zoology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Mary Wells. Executive Director, Maryland On-Line.