Jon Breitenbucher

In May of this year, I took three College of Wooster undergraduates to the Osa Peninsula of Costa Rica to study frogs, snakes and lizards. April Arquilla (’17) did a field experiment on coral snake mimicry, Ben […]

The very first group of intrepid salamander biologists went out to Wooster Memorial Park on Saturday, September 17th. It rained much of the early morning hours but then let up as we went out into the woods. The […]

What do you find yourself thinking about after doing the assigned readings on farm labor? Be as specific as possible and refer to at least one reading directly in your response (include a quotation). Readings that […]

“Macho” by Victor Villaseñor

Open response. Share your thoughts on the reading.

“The Circuit” by Francisco Jiménez

Open response. Share your thoughts on the reading.

“The Organizer’s Tale” by César Chávez

Open response. Share your thoughts on the reading.

Latino Americans 5

Share your reflections on this episode. What details stand out to you? What specific information do you believe is important to retain? What details will you likely remember one year from now?

Latino Americans 3

Share your reflections on this episode. What details stand out to you? What specific information do you believe is important to retain? What details will you likely remember one year from now?

“The Original Sin” by Nellie Quinn

How do you interpret the title? What do you find intriguing or unique about this particular testimonial?

Reflect on your learning of the assigned material in this course during the past two weeks. How is your perspective on Latinos in the United States evolving (or not evolving) as a result of doing the assigned […]

What is the main point that Steinbeck makes in this article? Does it surprise you? Why?

Latino Americans: Episode 2

Share your reflections on this episode. What themes continue in this episode that we saw in the previous one and in “Diario de un viaje a CA”? What specific information do you believe […]

“Diario de un viaje a California” by Vicente Pérez Rosales

Share your thoughts on this testimonial from the late 1840s. What do witnesses of history have to teach us about a past moment in time or about the […]

Latino Americans: Episode 1

Share your reflections on this episode. What specific information do you believe is important to retain? What details will you likely remember one year from now?

Read Wooster’s Mission Statement, Core Values, and description of FYS. Afterwards, please discuss what you find appealing about Wooster’s liberal arts curriculum and FYS. Also, please list any questions that you […]

I was happy to be able to attend the Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists this year, which met recently in New Orleans. With co-author Erin Hodson (’14) I gave a talk entitled “Decline of an […]

I. Analytical (take-home). (10 points)

Use appropriate film terminology to analyze one of the following film segments:

1) Hable con ella

2) Amores perros

3) El laberinto del fauno

II. Theory. (40 point […]

Late last year, Jacob Beckstead (’16) and I got some squirrel nest boxes set up on the College of Wooster campus. These nest boxes are equipped with web cams that allow us to peak in on the squirrels activities […]

My student Jake Beckstead (’16) recently set up three squirrel nest boxes with web cams that are now up on three trees on the College of Wooster campus (near Kauke, Scovel and Severance Halls). It took about 3 or […]

Recently, my students and I had a paper accepted to be published in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Herpetology. This paper “Re-assessing the conservation status of an island endemic frog”, was based on thr […]