Chris Stanton holds a B.A. from Wittenberg University, an M.S. from the University of Tennessee, and a Ph.D. from the Ohio State University. His post-doctoral experience includes assisting in the administration of the Ohio Sea Grant College Program and teaching and conducting research at Stone Laboratory, a field station located on Gibraltar Island in western Lake Erie. Chris joined the Baldwin-Wallace faculty in 2001 and currently teaches Principles of Biology II, General Zoology, and Biology of the Invertebrates. His interests revolve around biodiversity, invertebrate conservation, the Great Lakes ecoregion, nature writing, and working with students in the field.
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Grant Support and Publications:
Publications and Presentations:
Kovar, S. and R.C. Stanton. 2004. Effects of road salt on aquatic invertebrates. Ohio Academy of Science annual meeting.
Stanton, R.C., Purrington, F.F., Peacock, J.W., Metzler, E.H., and D.J. Horn. 2003. Monitoring selected arthropods. In Sutherland, E.K. and Hutchinson, T. F., eds. 2003. Characteristics of mixed-oak forest ecosystems in southern Ohio prior to the reintroduction of fire. USFS Gen. Tech. Rep. NE-299. Newtown Square, PA. USDA Forest Service, Northeastern Research Station.
Stanton, R.C. 2003. Beetle diversity within deciduous forests. Forest Habitat Ecology and Conservation Symposium. The Cleveland Museum of Natural History (invited speaker).
Stanton, R.C. 2001. The impacts of prescribed burning on ground beetles in southern Ohio. John Carroll University (invited speaker).
Faculty-Student Collaborative Scholarship:
(Student authors indicated by blue text)
Osicka, S., Zurkey, A., and R.C. Stanton. 2006. Forest Floor Invertebrate Communities in the Cleveland, Ohio Metroparks and the Potential Impact of Exotic Isopods. Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference, St. Louis University.
Bowman, A. 2002. Effects of a Cattail Marsh on the Conductivity, Salinity, and Dissolved Oxygen Concentration of a Glacial Pothole in Northeastern Ohio. Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.
Broz, K. 2004. Termite colony distribution in the Cleveland Metroparks. Baldwin-Wallace College Annual Science Poster Session.
Grant Support/Funding:
2006 Sidoti, A. and R.C. Stanton. Reptile Diversity at Sunnybrook Preserve. Geauga Park District. - $1000.
2005 Stanton, R.C. and P.E. Wagner. Beetle Diversity on Kelley’s Island (Erie County, Ohio): A survey of the six preserves owned by the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. The Ohio Conservation Alliance - $700.
2005. Gund Student-Faculty Research Grant. Baldwin-Wallace College. - $2650
2004, 2003, 2002. Explorations Field Trip Fund. Baldwin-Wallace College. - Combined total over $1000.
2003. Gigax Faculty Development Grant. Melampy, M., Stanton, R.C., and Thomas, S. Baldwin-Wallace College. - $1075.
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