AMY M. WORTHINGTON
PERSONAL
Department of Entomology
P.O. Box 646382
Washington State University
Pullman, WA USA 99164-6383
Phone: 1 605 212 2454
Fax: 1 509 335 1009
Email: amy.marie.worthington@gmail.com
Web: amymworthington@wordpress.com
EDUCATION
2015
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU), Ames, IA USA
Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Advisors: Clint D. Kelly & Lyric C. Bartholomay
2009
University of South Dakota (USD), Vermillion, SD USA
M.S. in Biology
Advisor: John G. Swallow
2006
University of South Dakota (USD), Vermillion, SD USA
B.S. in Biology
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (2015-present)
Instructor of Entomology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (summer of 2015)
Instructor of Upward Bound, Washington State University, Pullman, WA (summer of 2015)
Teaching Assistant, Iowa State University Ames, IA (2011-2014)
Research Associate, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (2009-2010)
Teaching Assistant, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD (2006-2009)
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS, AND GRANTS
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Selected for the NSF-funded SICB symposium on Evolutionary Endocrinology ($670)
Peer Teaching Award, Iowa State University Graduate and Professional Student Senate
NSF-funded Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning ($1250)
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology Grants-in-Aid-of-Research ($1000)
Graduate Teaching and Learning Community Scholarship, HHMI ($1000)
Professional Advancement Grant, Iowa State University ($1200)
Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology Graduate Research Grant ($1000)
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid-of-Research ($412)
Animal Behavior Society Student Research Grant ($1250)
The Orthopterist’s Society Theodore J. Cohn Research Fund ($900)
Miller Fellowship, Iowa State University ($7,500)
EEB Program Graduate Research Fellowship, Iowa State University ($22,000)
Graduate Travel Fellowship, USD Foundation, ($2250)
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PUBLICATIONS
PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (PUBLISHED OR ACCEPTED)
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Worthington AM, Jurenka RA, and Kelly CD. 2015. Mating for male-derived
prostaglandin: a functional explanation for the increased fecundity of mated female
crickets? The Journal of Experimental Biology 218:2720-2727.
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Kelly CD, Tawes BR, and Worthington AM. 2014. Evaluating indices of body
condition in two cricket species. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.1257.
(5)
Worthington AM, Gress BE, Neyer AA, and Kelly CD. 2013. Do male crickets
strategically adjust the number and viability of their sperm under sperm competition?
Animal Behaviour 86:55-60.
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Worthington AM, Berns CM, and Swallow JG. 2012. Size matters, but so does shape:
quantifying complex shape changes in a sexually selected trait in stalk-eyed flies
(Diptera:Diopsidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106:104-113.
(3)
Worthington AM and Swallow JG. 2011. Sequential analysis reveals behavioral
differences underlying female-biased predation risk in stalk-eyed flies. Ethology 17:
829-837.
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Soluk DA, Zercher DS and Worthington AM. 2011. Influence of roadways on patterns
of mortality and flight behavior of adult dragonflies in wetland areas. Biological
Conservation 144: 1638-1643.
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Worthington AM and Swallow JG. 2010. Gender differences in survival and antipredatory behavior in stalk-eyed flies. Behavioral Ecology 21: 759-766.
PEER-REVIEWED MANUSCRIPTS (SUBMITTED OR IN PREPARATION)
Worthington AM, and Kelly CD. Females gain direct benefits from immune-boosting
ejaculates. Submitted to American Naturalist.
Worthington AM and Kelly CD. Direct costs and benefits of multiple mating: Are
high female mating rates due to ejaculate replenishment? Submitted to Animal Behav.
Worthington AM, Proctor HC, and Kelly CD. Parasites prevalence and intensity in
wild populations field crickets, Gryllus texensis. In preparation
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (REPORTS OR BOOK REVIEWS)
2011
Soluk DA, Britten H, Worthington AM, Monroe EM, and DeMots R. Evaluation of
the potential impacts of the I-355 extension on the ecology, behavior, population
genetics and distribution of the endangered Hine’s emerald dragonfly (Somatochlora
hineana) in the Des Plaines River Valley. Submitted to: Bureau of Design and
Environment, Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
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2010
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Worthington AM and Soluk DA. Evaluation of the presence of Somatochlora hineana
along the proposed corridor for the Caton Farm Road Bridge in the Des Plaines River
valley, Will County, Illinois. Submitted to: Bureau of Design and Environment, IDOT.
Soluk DA, Britten H, Worthington AM, Monroe EM, DeMots R, and Hinkle AT.
Evaluation of the potential impacts of the I-355 extension on the ecology, behavior,
population genetics and distribution of the endangered Hine’s emerald dragonfly
(Somatochlora hineana) in the Des Plaines River Valley. Submitted to: Bureau of
Design and Environment, IDOT.
Worthington AM and Soluk DA. Evaluation of Somatochlora hineana larval habitat
and patterns of adult flight over railway lines near Lockport and Lemont Illinois.
Submitted to: Bureau of Design and Environment, IDOT.
Worthington AM and Egge AR. Book review of Quantifying Behavior the JWatcher
Way. The Condor 11: 202-203.
INVITED SEMINARS
2015
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Direct benefits of mating: Ejaculates increase female fecundity and immunity after
mating, School of Biological Sciences BioLunch, Washington State University
“Being promiscuous has its benefits: Ejaculates increase fecundity and immunity in
female crickets”, Entomology Colloquium, Washington State University
“Too Legit to quit”, Lewis-Clark State College
Evolutionary Biology and Ecology Program, Iowa State University (annually for 4 yrs)
Department of Entomology Colloquium, Iowa State University
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
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Worthington AM* and Kelly CD. Mating to acquire ejaculate-derived compounds that
confer fitness benefits. Presented in “Evolutionary Endocrinology: Hormones as
mediators of evolutionary phenomena” symposium at Society for Integrative and
Comparative Biology, Portland, OR (Oral presentation).
Worthington AM* and Kelly CD. Do females gain direct benefits from immuneboosting ejaculates in the Texas field cricket? Society for Integrative and Comparative
Biology, Austin, TX. Also at Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium,
Ames, IA. (Oral presentation).
Elliott ER*, Coffman CR, Reason RD, Sakaguchi D, Howell SH, and Worthington
AM. Integrating active learning into a large introductory course: Preparing students for
success in science. Experimental Biology, Boston, MA. (Poster presentation)
Elliot ER*, Coffman C, Reason R, and Worthington AM. Faculty learning
communities as a mechanism for course transformation. Center for Excellence in
Teaching and Learning Symposium, Ames, IA. (Poster presentation)
Worthington AM*, Neyer AA, and Kelly CD. Do female crickets acquire fecundity
benefits from remating? Evolution, Ottawa, ON, Canada. Also at Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium, Ames, IA. (Poster presentation)
Worthington AM*, Berns CM, and Swallow JG*. Size matters, but so does shape:
Quantifying complex shape changes in a sexually selected trait in stalk-eyed flies.
Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, Charleston, SC. Also at Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology Spring Symposium, Ames, IA. (Poster presentation)
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2011
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Worthington AM*, Gress BG, Neyer AA and Kelly CD. Do male house crickets
strategically ejaculate in the face of sperm competition? Animal Behavior Society,
Bloomington IN. (Oral presentation)
Husak JF*, Worthington AM and Swallow JG. Do the exaggerated eye stalks of stalkeyed flies have a predation cost? Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology,
Seattle, WA. (Poster presentation)
Worthington AM*, Soluk DA and Britten HB. Saving the Jewel of the Wetlands:
Protecting the Endangered Hine’s Emerald Dragonfly. National Tollway Convention,
Chicago, IL. (Poster presentation)
Worthington AM* and Swallow JG. Effects of Exaggerated Eye Span on AntiPredator Behaviors. Animal Behavior Society, Snowbird, UT. (Poster presentation)
Roundtable on Environmental Sustainability: Visions and Positions, Local and Global,
University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. (Roundtable discussion)
Worthington AM* and Swallow JG. Exaggerated Eye Span Influences on AntiPredator Behaviors in Stalk-Eyed Flies. Animal Behavior Society, Burlington, VT.
Also at Graduate Research Forum, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. (Poster
presentation)
Worthington AM*, Grey E*, and Mabee PM. A New Landscape for Cypriniformes.
Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, New Orleans, LA. (Poster
presentation)
Worthington AM* and Mabee PM. Fish Anatomy Points to New Phylogeny. IDEA
Fest, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD. (Poster presentation)
* denotes presenter
TEACHING EXPERIENCE & MENTORSHIP
INSTRUCTOR OF RECORD
2015
Insects and People: A Perspective (ENTOM 101), Washington State University
– Developed and implemented active learning techniques to teach students about
the positive/negative interactions that insects and humans share with each other
2015
Discover Insects: Non-Majors Laboratory (ENTOM 103), Washington State University
– Designed and taught lab activities on the scientific method, basic entomological
topics, and general scientific literacy
2013
Animal Behavior Lab (BIOL 354L), Iowa State University
– Developed curriculum for a semester-long course providing independent research
experience to undergraduate students.
– Guided and mentored students as they designed, conducted, and presented their
16-week research experiments in a public poster symposium
2008
Animal Behavior Seminar (BIOL 402/502), University of South Dakota
– Facilitated student-led presentation and discussion of primary literature related to
important topics and techniques in animal behavior
2005
English, Chiba Language School, Ping Tung, Taiwan
– Instructed sixteen Taiwanese children (8-10 years old) to effectively read, speak,
and write the English language
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CONTENT DEVELOPMENT
2015
Co-developed a Data Nugget (http://datanuggets.org/) titled “When avoiding predators,
does size or behavior matter?” to teach research principles in high school classrooms
2015
Contributed to the development of three POGIL activities (pogil .org) to be used to
teach basic concepts of sexual selection in middle and high school classrooms
2012
Introductory Biology Lecture (BIOL 212), Iowa State University
– Created a broad range of active learning activities, from 2-minute discussion
questions to 1-hr modules, for use in large, team-taught introductory biology
lectures (200-300 students per class)
– Implemented, reviewed, and improved activities to maximize their effectiveness
in addressing specific learning objectives
TEACHING ASSISTANT
2014
Human Physiology Lab (BIOL 256L), Iowa State University
2011
Animal Behavior Lab (BIOL 354L), Iowa State University
2009
Vertebrate Anatomy and Embryology Lab (BIOL 581L), University of South Dakota
2009
Animal Behavior Lecture (BIOL 402), University of South Dakota
2008
Introduction to Genetics and Evolution Lab (BIOL 161L), University of South Dakota
2008
Majors Introductory Biology Lab (BIOL 101), University of South Dakota
2007
Non-majors Introductory Biology Lab (BIOL 101), University of South Dakota
2006
Education Majors Introductory Biology Lab (BIOL 101L), University of South Dakota
GUEST LECTURER
2015
Invertebrate Zoology –invertebrate expert for a weekend collecting trip to McCall, ID
2014
Human Anatomy & Physiology – Urinary System
2013
Animal Behavior – Mating systems
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Animal Behavior – Personal research
2013
Evolution – Optimal clutch size and the Lack hypothesis
2013
Evolution – Aging and senescence
2013
Evolution – Sex ratio evolution
2009
Animal Behavior – Sexual conflict
2008
Animal Behavior – Sexual selection
2008
Comparative Physiology – Invertebrate physiology and behavior
2007
Comparative Physiology – Vertebrate embryology
2007
Ichthyology – Ecological consequences illegal fishing
2006
Entomology – Hymenoptera
STUDENT MENTORSHIP
High school researcher (1) – Research Experience for High School Students program
Undergraduate researchers (14) – Advised 1-3 undergraduate research assistants each semester
Graduate students (3) – Peer-mentored graduate student in research and teaching activities
K-12 educator researchers (2) – Research Experience for Teachers Program (funded by NSF)
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND WORKSHOPS
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Tidal Leadership Symposium (8-hour workshop), Center for Transformational
Learning and Leadership, Washington State University
“Learning versus performance: A critical distinction in theory and practice”,
Washington State University
“When, Why, and How Multiple-choice Tests Can Serve as Tools for Learning:
Evidence from the Laboratory and the Classroom”, Washington State University
“The increasing importance of knowing how to learn – and some evidence that we tend
not to know already”, Washington State University
NW Regional POGIL Meeting (3-day professional development workshop on teaching
and learning methodology of Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning; pogil .org)
Learning Enhancement Action/Resource Network (2-day workshop about current
teaching/learning theories and research), Iowa State University
Safe Zone Training Program, Iowa State University LGBT Student Services
Preparing Future Faculty Program (1-year program), Council of Graduate Studies and
the Association of American Colleges and Universities, Iowa State University
“Writing Winning NSF Grant Proposals” (8-hour workshop), Grant Writer’s Seminars
and Workshops, Iowa State University
“Helping Students Retain Material”, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
(CELT), Iowa State University
“Engaging Students Through Writing and Active Learning” (4-week workshop), CELT
Improving your professional speaking style (16-week program), Iowa State University
Graduate Teaching and Learning Community (16-week program), Howard Hughes
Medical Institute, Iowa State University
Getting published in the Biosciences (16-week program), Iowa State University
Research Experience for Undergraduates Mentor Training, Office of the Vice President
for Research, Iowa State University
“Targeting the Right Granting Agency”, Iowa State University Parks Library
“Reviewers: How to Give and Take Article Critique”, Academic Communication
Program, Iowa State University
“Beyond Bullets: Being Creative in the Classroom with PowerPoint”, CELT
Graduate Student Teaching and Learning Circle: “McKeachies’s Teaching Tips” (4week workshop), CELT, Iowa State University
PROFESSIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
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Hosted two departmental seminars for speakers Dr. Mark Fisher & Dr. Anthony Zera
Reviewer for Ethology, PLoS ONE, Axios, and Organisms, Diversity, and Evolution
Co-organized ISU’s Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Annual Spring Symposium
Hosted a departmental seminar with invited speaker Dr. Duncan Irschick
Judge for the Conrad Foundation “Spirit of Innovation Challenge”
Mentored the Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Learning Community
Vice-President of Graduate Research in Evolutionary Biology and Ecology
Social and Outreach Representative for the Graduate Student Organization
Panel member for the Biological Sciences Club Graduate School Advising Panel
Hosted a departmental seminar with invited speaker Dr. Eileen Hebets
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
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Washington State University Association of Faculty Women
Washington State University Postdoctoral Association
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biologists
Animal Behavior Society
Society for the Study of Evolution
The Orthopterist’s Society
Sigma Xi full member
SELECTED OUTREACH EVENTS
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Science After Hours: Invited by the Palouse Clearwater Environmental Institute to
engage the Moscow, ID community in a discussion about the importance of using
insects as models for basic research.
Upward Bound: Taught introductory entomology to low-income students in a
challenging 4-week pre-college program to prepare rural Idaho high school students
for college and prepare them to be the first members of their families to graduate with
a secondary degree.
Café Scientifique: Invited by the Science Center of Iowa to engage the local adult
community in a discussion about sexual conflict
Research Exploration: The Diversity of Basic Research at ISU: Introduced excelling
high school students at Des Moines’ Central Campus High School to the types of
research being done at ISU and the technology used to do it
CSI Interactive Case Studies for High School Students: Implemented active learning
case studies for the Biotechnology course Des Moines’ Central Campus High School
Skunk River Navy: Provided undergraduate students a chance to learn about the
biology of Iowa by performing IOWATER river assessments and monitoring
populations of invertebrates. Also improved the aesthetic quality of the Skunk River
and its tributaries by removing trash
Door County BioBlitz: A 24-hour inventory of species residing within Europe Bay
Woods in Door County, WI. Provided tours of hiking paths and taught members of the
public how to search for, find, and identify insects in the wild
Festival of Nature: Gave tours to the public on Nature Conservancy land and helped
them identify and learn about the species residing on it
Ambassador’s Camp: Provided an optimal learning experience for South Dakota’s
gifted high school students by allowing them to participate in college-level lab and
field work on the stalk-eyed fly
Catch a Reading Bug at the Public Library: Spoke to members of the public of all
ages about insect diversity and the bizarre structures that have evolved in insects
Science Olympiad: Judge for the Science Olympiad, which improves the quality of
education, increases interest in science, and recognizes outstanding achievements.
Governor’s Camp: Provided an optimal learning experience for South Dakota’s gifted
middle school students by allowing them to participate in lab and field work
Math and Science Initiative Program: Participated in a challenging pre-college
program to encourage selected rural SD students to pursue a secondary degree
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