User:BCarmichael

About me
I am the Science Coordinator with Communication across the Curriculum (CxC) at Louisiana State Univeristy, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where I assist undergraduates in improving their communication skills. I completed my doctoral degree in biological sciences with an emphasis in disturbance and invasion ecology. My research focused on how fire influences Japanese climbing fern (Lygodium japonicum) in a restored longleaf pine Longleaf pine savanna. I also investigated the role of animal and windstorm disturbances on plant communities within the pine savanna. Currently the instructor of HNRS 2000, Under a White Sky.

I also enjoy listening to Wikipedia edits.

Courses at Louisiana State University
Fall 2016
 * CHEM 4150: Environmental Chemistry
 * GEOL 4044: Petroleum Geology
 * HNRS 1035: Natural Disturbance and Society

Spring 2016
 * BIOL 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity
 * ENGL 2000: English Composition
 * CxC Faculty Summer Institute May 17-19
 * HNRS 1035: Natural Disturbance and Society
 * WGS 2500: Intro to Women and Gender Studies Section 1
 * WGS 2500: Intro to Women and Gender Studies Section 2

Fall 2015
 * BIOL 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity
 * |CHEM 4150 Environmental Chemistry
 * ENGL 1001: English Composition
 * ENVS 1127 Honors Introduction to Environmental Chemistry
 * HNRS 1035 Natural Disturbance and Society
 * WGS 2500 Introduction to Women's Studies section 1
 * WGS 2500 Introduction to Women's Studies section 2

Spring 2015
 * BIOL 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity (Spring 2015)
 * CHEM 4558: Mass Spectrometry (Spring 2015)
 * GEOL 4002: Evolution of Terrestrial Planets (Spring 2015)
 * GEOL 4131: Basin Studies (Spring 2015)
 * RNR 7016: Conservation Biology (Spring 2015)
 * ENGL 2000: English Composition (Spring 2015)

Fall 2014
 * BIOL 4125 Prokaryotic Diversity (Gary King)
 * GEOL 4066 Plate Tectonics (Alex Webb)
 * CHEM 4150 Environmental Chemistry
 * ENVS 1127 Honors Introduction to Environmental Sciences (Vincent Wilson)
 * LSU Wikipedia Palooza Fall 2104

Spring 2014
 * HNRS 1035 Natural Disturbances & Society (Becky Carmichael)
 * Prokaryotic Diversity (Cameron Thrash)
 * Development of Terrestrial Planets (Alex Webb)
 * Faculty Summer Institute 2014

Fall 2013
 * Plate Tectonics (Alex Webb)
 * Natural Disturbances and Society (Becky Carmichael)
 * Prokaryotic Diversity (Gary King)
 * ENVS 1127: Honors Introduction to Environmental Studies (Vincent Wilson)

Fall 2012
 * Conservation Biology (Kyle Harms)
 * Plate Tectonics (Alex Webb)
 * Landscape Design V (Bruce Sharky)
 * Prokaryotic Diversity (Gary King)

Spring 2012
 * THTR 2128: Intro to Dramatic Lit (Article Template)

Fall 2011
 * Conservation Biology (Kyle Harms)
 * Architectural Design V
 * LA 4001: Finding Lost Space - Community Planning and Design
 * BIOL 4015: Conservation Biology
 * GEOL 4066: Plate Tectonics
 * ISDS 4120: Business Data Communications
 * THTR 3130: Theatre Script Analysis
 * BIOL 4125: Prokaryotic Diversity
 * Independent Study/BIO 4106: Anne M.

Spring 2011
 * Conservation Biology (Bill Platt)
 * MC 4520: Advanced Seminar in Political Communications
 * KIN 4605: Habituating and Addictive Drugs in Our Culture
 * ISDS 4120: Business Data Communications
 * LA 7004: Regional Planning & Design
 * KIN 2506:Orthopedic Injury Evaluation Techniques II

Tulane University

 * Tulane Wikithon Meetup

Articles about Wikipedia

 * The Internet's Favorite Website - The Atlantic
 * The slow, necessary death of the research paper - Wiki Ed
 * The Internet as a Resource for News and Information About Sciences - Pew Research Center
 * Five reasons a Wikipedia assignment is better than a term paper - Wiki Ed
 * Wikipedia and Medicine: Quantifying readership, editors, and the significance of natural language - Heilman and West, 2015

Quick resources for students

 * Creating an account - Explains how and why to make a Wikipedia account
 * Starting an article - Explains how to create an article
 * How to edit a page - Explains the basics on article editing
 * Verifiability - Everything in Wikipedia that must be verifiable or else it will be removed.
 * References - Explains how to cite references
 * Reliable Sources - Explains what is and how to use reliable sources in order to verify your claims
 * Editing tutorial - Takes all the things above and gives you tutorials on how to do them
 * Cheat Sheet- Wiki markup quick reference
 * Help Me Template - Ask your question or notify admin of technical issues
 * Avoiding plagiarism - Learn how to appropriately cite content

Resources for instructors

 * Education program


 * Wikipedia:Education program Educators Information
 * Suggestions for various assignment types
 * WikiWomen
 * Wikipedia:United States Education Program Teaching Fellowship

LSU Educational Banner
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Information and resource links
The Educators Tutorial Toolbox

WP Education Program, U.S.

Citing Sources

Templates for dealing with unsourced material

Helpful WP Handouts

 Wiki Help
 * [| Wikipedia Campus Ambassador Chat Room]

 Campus Ambassador Trainers


 * User:Rdunican (Public Policy)


 * User:Alin (Public Policy)

Louisiana State University Campus Ambassadors


 * Campus_Ambassadors/Louisiana_State_University/Trained_ambassadors
 * Ambassadors/Resources

My sandboxes

 * Sandbox 1
 * /Conservation Biology sandbox
 * /Tulane Wikithon Sandbox
 * /GEOL 4002 Sandbox
 * /RNR Sandbox
 * /basin geology Clift
 * /HNRS 1035 example sandbox
 * /demosandbox
 * /Snow in Louisiana