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.