Frances Sze-Ling Chew
Professor
Ecology

Curriculum Vitae

Education and Professional Positions

• Educated in public schools of Florida, Mississippi, and California, USA
• A.B., 1970, Stanford University (biological sciences)
• Ph.D., 1974, Yale University (biology)
• Assistant, Associate, & Professor of Biology (1992- ), Tufts University, 1975-present
• Director, American Studies Program, Tufts University 2000-present

Professional Activities Teaching Areas (current)

• Introductory biology (BIO 14), population & community ecology (BIO 142), evolutionary ecology (BIO. 143, viewing African American dance (AMER 11
• Courses previously taught at Tufts include: molecular evolution, chemical ecology, evolutionary ecology, adv. seminar in evolutionary ecology (all in Biology Dept.)
• Chinese diasporas, ecology of the Americas, Haiti: interdisciplinary views (all in American Studies); ecological systems (Environmental Studies); collaborative learning (Education); multicultural awareness & leadership (Experimental College)

Grants & Awards (selected)

• USDA, 1978-81, insect herbivory on mustards
• National Geographic Society, 1981-83, Moroccan butterfly community ecology
• Fellow, Bunting Institute [Radcliffe Inst. Advanced Study], Harvard University, 1990-91
• NSF/Ecology Program, 1991-94; 1995-98, cabbage butterfly chemical ecology
• Multicultural Award (Tufts University), 1995

University & Professional Service (selected)

• Tufts University College of Arts & Sciences: member and chair of many appointed and elected committees including Tenure & Promotion, Experimental College Board, Institutional Policies, Budget & Priorities, Oversight Panel for the Task Force on Race, Task Force on Undergraduate Experience, Faculty & Executive Search Committees, Curriculum Committee and Health Professions Recommendation Committee.
• Member, Entomology & Nematology Panel, USDA, 1981-82
• Member & Chair, Life Science Panel, US Fulbright Mid-Career Fellowships, 1991-94
• Member, Ecology Program Panel, Dissertation & Special Emphasis Panels, National Science Foundation, 1990-92, 1993-1994, 1996
• Consultant: US, Canadian & Massachusetts Fish & Wildlife Depts., print media & TV on butterfly ecology, naturalized weeds, conservation and biodiversity; reviewer of many grant proposals, manuscripts
• Workshop leader in science and multicultural education: teacher workshops in collaborative learning in sciences & math (K-12), and multicultural issues (K-12), 1988-present; non-profit and corporate sector, 2000-present
• Workshop leader, Re-evaluation Counseling: classes, national & international workshops, Asian & Asian heritage people, Chinese Heritage, Allies to Asians, 1990-present

Field and International Experience

• Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Colorado, USA 1970-75
• Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama, 1978
• Atlas Mountains, Morocco, 1981; 82-83
• Martinique, French West Indies1989
• England,1995
• Australia, 1997
• Japan, 1997, 2001
• China & Manchuria, 1993, 2001, 2003
• New England USA 1975-present.

Graduate Students

R.K. Robbins, Ph.D. Biology (1978), M.G. Glenn, Ph.D. Biology (1983); R.C. Arienti, M.S. Urban & Environmental Policy-Biology (UEP-B) (1991); B. Windmiller, M.S. UEP (1991); W.L. Mechaber, Ph.D. Biology (1992); S.L. Murin, M.S. UEP (1992); D. VanLuven, M.S. UEP-B (1993); P. Gerard, M.S. UEP-B (1994); B. Windmiller, Ph.D. Biology (1996); A.V. Courant, M.S. Biology (1996), Leah Gibbons, M.S. Biology (2001), Peter J. Clark, M.S. Biology (2005), Margaret Keeler, M.S. Biology (2005).

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