| Stephen Miller studied biology at Manchester College, a small liberal arts college in northern Indiana;
Western Michigan University; and the University of Wisconsin/Madison. In 1978 Miller accepted a position at College of the Ozarks,
a small, liberal arts college of about 1,500 students. Dr. Miller teaches courses in general zoology, field invertebrate zoology,
human anatomy, animal physiology, and genetics. College of the Ozarks is a work-study college where students work on campus to pay all tuition costs.
The work-study program has given Dr. Miller a chance to work daily with students in the Biology Department as students, laboratory teaching assistants,
and research assistants. Some of the greatest rewards from his teaching career have come from knowing his students personally,
seeing them mature academically and personally, and watching them move into graduate and professional schools and careers in biology.
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Dr. Miller's area of specialization is freshwater (especially stream) ecology. The Ozarks contains some of this country's finest streams. Dr. Miller loves collecting and studying invertebrates of Ozarks streams. Each fall his general zoology class participates in an ongoing research project involving microdistribution of water penny beetle larvae (Psephenus herricki). Other research interests center around surveying stream invertebrates of the Ozarks and investigating population genetics of a local crustacean, the amphipod (Gammarus pseudolimnaeus). He uses the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) in the latter studies. Students participate in all of these studies as they fulfill their senior research requirements.
Dr. Miller's personal life centers around his family. Carol, his wife, is an organist. Four sons--Trey, Jeremy, Eric, and Bryan--range in age from 22 to 18. His favorite hobby is sailing.
 <![CDATA[<a onClick="window.open('/olcweb/cgi/pluginpop.cgi?it=jpg::John B. Harley::/sites/dl/free/0072528362/18923/jharley.jpg','popWin', 'width=NaN,height=NaN,resizable,scrollbars');" href="#"><img valign="absmiddle" height="16" width="16" border="0" src="/olcweb/styles/shared/linkicons/image.gif">John B. Harley (44.0K)</a>]]>John B. Harley | Dr. Harley received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Biology and Chemistry from Youngstown State University in 1964, a Masters of Arts degree in Parasitology and Microbiology from Kent State University in 1966, and his Ph.D in Cardiovascular Physiology from Kent State University in 1969. After
receiving his Ph.D, Dr. Harley did postdoctoral work at Baylor College of Medicine (1969), Argonne National Labs (1970), and Vanderbilt University (1971). In 1972 he accepted a faculty position at Eastern Kentucky University, where he rose through the ranks to full professor, and in 1990
was named a Foundation Professor by the EKU Alumni Association and Board of Regents. He also holds full graduate status at the University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, where he teaches a pathophysiology course in the graduate program. |
Dr. Harley's writing interests lie in the areas of Microbiology and General Zoology. He and Stephen Miller have finished the 5th edition of Zoology, and along with Lansing Prescott and Donald Kline, the 5th edition of Microbiology and Laboratory Exercises in Microbiology-all published by McGraw-Hill.
In addition to his academic pursuits, Dr. Harley raises and breeds King Charles Cavalier Spaniels, enjoys working on automobiles, traveling, gardening, reading science journals and fiction, and is a connoisseur in the delicacies of the table.
Dr. Harley can be reached at bioharle@acs.eku.edu.
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