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I am a community ecologist specializing in plant-insect herbivore-predator interactions. Specifically, why are some plants are so well defended against insects, whereas others aren’t?
Currently I focus on development of First-year Research Immersion (FRI), a three-course sequence of course-based undergraduate research experience (aka CURE) for science and engineering majors.
I am also a free-lance writer specializing in articles with a science-and-culture orientation. For example:
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Charley Rick’s hunt for wild tomatoes. Heirloom Gardener, Summer 2018, 35-38[search for genetic variation]
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Some recent articles:
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Light C, Fegley M, Stamp N (2019) Emphasizing iterative practices for a sequential course-based undergraduate research experience in microbial biofilms. FEMS Microbiology Letters, fnaa001
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Stamp N (2019) At these colleges, students begin serious research their first year. The Conversation, 16 Sept ; Republished in: Educating in a pandemic and beyond, FEMS Microbiology Letters 368 (16), August 2021
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Light C, Fegley M, Stamp N (2019) Role of Research Educator in sequential course-based undergraduate research experience program. FEMS Microbiology Letters, fnz140; Republished in: Educating in a pandemic and beyond, FEMS Microbiology Letters 368 (16), August 2021
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Light C, Fegley M, Stamp N (2019) Training program for Research Educators of sequential course-based undergraduate research experiences. FEMS Microbiology Letters, fnz165
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The Sweet Spot on the Teaching-research Continuum. The Scientist, 3 Sept 2017
​Most cited:
​Stamp N (2003) Out of the quagmire of plant defense hypotheses. Quarterly Review of Biology 78:23-55
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Research on native and invasive Polistes wasps, such as effects of prey quality and quantity on colony development
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