Dr. Brad Hoge

Department of Natural Science (713) 221-8289

University of Houston – Downtown

One Main St., Suite N-725

Houston, TX 77002-1014

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

Rice University, Houston, Texas 1994

M.A Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Department

Rice University, Houston, Texas 1993

M.Ed. Education Department/Curriculum and Development

Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 1989

PBTC Education Department/Curriculum and Instruction

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1987

B.S. Biology Department

Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana 1985

EXPERIENCE

University of Houston – Downtown

Director of HUNSTEM (Houston Urban Network for Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and

Lecturer in the Departments of Natural Science and

Urban Education 2004 to present

Rice University 1996-2002

Evaluator for the School Science Project

Rice University 1996-1998

Post-Doc: Wetland Center for Biogeochemical Research

Children's Museum of Houston 1993-1995

Science Education Curator

Rice University 1990-1993

Research Assistant

Instructor – Ecology Lab. 1991(Spring)

Dueitt Middle School 1989-1990

Teacher

Spring Independent School District

Ocean Drilling Program 1988-1989

Research Assistant

Baton Rouge Preparatory School

Teacher 1985-1988

Chair – Science Dept. 1986-1988

Louisiana State University 1986 (Spring)

Research Assistant


ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Scholars Academy Faculty Mentor, 2004 to present

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus Season III Advisory Board – Scholastic Productions, New York, NY; 1995

ASTC Focus Group for review of National Science Education Standards, National Committee of Science Education, National Research Council; 1995

NSF Informal Science Education Review Panel; 1994

My Health My World Advisory Board – Baylor College of Medicine, Division of School-Based Programs; 1993

Magic School Bus Inside the Earth Traveling Exhibit Advisory Board – Children's Museum of Houston, 1993 Science-By-Mail, Volunteer Scientist; 1993

Texas Math and Science Hotline, Volunteer Scientist; 1993

AIBS (American Institute of Biological Sciences) – Consultant Roster; 1994

Children's Museum of Houston: Magic School Bus Trunk Shows, Science Outreach Programs, Serve Houston Workshops, Time for Tots Programs; 1993 to 1996

University of St. Thomas: Historical Geology, Physical Geology; 1995

Montgomery College (North Harris-Montgomery College District), Biology I, Biology II; 1995-1996, Anatomy and Physiology; 2002-2003

University of Houston – Downtown, Life Science Laboratory; 1994-1996, Botany Laboratory; 1994

Lee College, Environmental Geology, Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Physical Geography; 1993-1997

Houston Community College (Central Campus), Biology I, Biology II; 1994


VITA

I was a full-time at-home-dad prior to joining the Department of Natural Science at UHD. During the nine years spent as a full-time parent, I served as “Dr. Brad the Science Dad” in Christ the Good Shepherd’s Early Childhood Program. I also taught as an adjunct at various universities and community colleges. Courses I taught included Biology I, Biology II, Anatomy and Physiology I and II, Physical Geology, Historical Geology and Environmental Geology. I also worked with Wallace Dominey at Rice University to develop The School Science Project, and served as the evaluator for an Eisenhower grant supporting the project.

Prior to this, and following my work on my dissertation at Rice University, I worked at the Children’s Museum of Houston as their Science Curator. My primary responsibility at CMH was as curator of the Magic School Bus Inside the Earth traveling museum exhibit. I also worked as an advisor on the television show and the CD ROM computer game, as well as developing curriculum for the exhibit.

My research at Rice University focused on two areas, the role of biogeochemistry/taphonomy in wetland paleoecology as part of the Wetland Center for Biogeochemical Research and in close association with John Anderson's clastic sedimentology group, and the relationship between paleoclimate and biodiversity using interactive computer modeling. My primary work in paleoecology has been the generation of models for the response of wetlands to sea-level fluctuations within a sequence stratigraphic framework by analyzing the relationship between biogeochemistry and a combined microfossil assemblage (foraminifera, ostracoda, and diatoms).

Prior to my work at Rice I studied Oceanography at Texas A&M University and Marine Science at Louisiana State University. While at TAMU I worked for the Ocean Drilling Program in the micropaleontology laboratory, producing strewn slides from sediment cores and analyzing diatom assemblages with light and electron microscopy. I also transcribed core descriptions into the mainframe computer and troubleshot equipment intended for ship board use.

While at LSU I taught at Baton Rouge Preparatory School and obtained my post baccalaureate teaching certification. At Baton Rouge Preparatory School I taught all middle school and high school science courses and all high school math courses. I was also responsible for all high school curriculum development for both math and science courses, and I was the chairman of the science department which included both middle school and high school faculty. In addition to these duties I coached boy's basketball, girl's softball, and upper elementary level soccer. I have also taught one year in Houston for the Spring I.S.D., at the eighth grade level.


PUBLICATIONS

Slough, S.; Aoki, J.; Hoge, B. and Spears, L., 2004, Development of an E-Learning Framework for Web-based Project-Based Learning in Science, World Conference on E-

Learning in Corp., Govt., Health., & Higher

Ed.,Vol.2004,Issue.1,2004,pp.957-962.”

Spears, L.; Slough, S.; Hoge, B.; and Aoki, J., 2004, Integrating Visual Technologies,

Constructivistic Pedagogy, Informal Science Education, and Web-based PBL:

Toward a Theoretical Framework, Southwest Association of Educators of

Teachers of Science (SWAETS), Abstracts with programs Annual Meeting,

Georgetown, TX.

Hoge, B.; Slough, S., Aoki, J. and Spears, L., The Development of Sustainable

Educational Networks Through Web-Based Project-Based Science Curricula:

How HUNSTEM Will Accomplish the Possible, American Geophysical Union

(AGU), Abstracts with programs Annual Meeting, San Fransisco, CA.

Hoge, B.E., 1994, Wetland Ecology and Paleoecology: Relationships Between

Biogeochemistry and Preservable Taxa, Current Topics in Wetland

Biogeochemistry, Vol. 1, pp 48-67, Wetland Biogeochemistry Institute, LSU.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, Marsh thanatocoenoses: using microfossils to define wetland

paleoenvironments, American Association of Petroleum Geologists with SEPM

(Society for Sedimentary Geology), Abstracts with programs Annual Meeting,

New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, Comparisons of the Phanerozoic biodiversity curve against

paleoclimate: suggestions of forcing agents and causal relationships, American

Association of Petroleum Geologists with SEPM (Society for Sedimentary

Geology), Abstracts with programs Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, Marsh thanatocoenoses: using microfossils to define wetland

paleoenvironments, American Association of Petroleum Geologists with SEPM

(Society for Sedimentary Geology), Abstracts with programs Annual Meeting,

New Orleans, Louisiana.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, Wetland microfossil taphonomy as an indicator of sea-level change,

SEPM–Society for Sedimentary Geology, Abstracts with programs Theme

Meeting, Pennsylvania State University.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, Comparisons of the Phanerozoic biodiversity curve against

paleoclimate: an interactive model, SEPM, Society for Sedimentary Geology,

Abstracts with programs Theme Meeting, Pennsylvania State University.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, The role of biogeochemistry in wetland microfossil taphonomy, 1st

Biennial Conference on the Biogeochemistry of Wetlands, Louisiana State

University.

Hoge, B.E., 1993, The response of wetlands to sea-level rise: ecologic, paleoecologic

and taphonomic models, Dissertation, Rice University, Houston, Texas.

Hoge, B.E., 1989, Using global climate as the structure for an earth science Curriculum at

the secondary level, Texas A&M University College of Geoscience Student

Symposium, Abstracts with programs, Ocean Drilling Program, College Station,

Texas.