Michael L. Draney

Department of Natural and Applied Science
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay WI 54311
Phone: (920) 465-2270 Fax: (920) 465-2376
email: draneym@uwgb.edu

Education

1997- Ph.D., Entomology, University of Georgia.

Dissertation- Diversity and life history variation among ground-dwelling Linyphiidae (Araneae).
Dr. D. A. Crossley, Jr., Advisor
3.9 GPA

1995- Certificate in Environmental Ethics, University of Georgia.

Thesis- Do we have obligations toward insect pests?
Dr. Peter Hartel, Advisor

1992- M.S., Entomology, University of Georgia.

Thesis- Biodiversity of ground-layer macroarachnid (Araneae and Opiliones) assemblages from four piedmont floodplain habitats.
Dr. D. A. Crossley, Jr., Advisor
3.9 GPA

1989- B.S., Biology, Distinguished University Honors, New Mexico State University.

Senior Honors Thesis- Interactions affecting the composition of a desert community of cryptozoan predators.
Dr. Marsha R. Conley, Advisor
3.94 GPA

• 1999-cont’d, Assistant Professor-Biology. Department of Natural and Applied Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
• 1998-1999, Postdoctoral fellowship, New Mexico State University. Advisor: Dr. Daniel J. Howard. Title: The genetic control and evolutionary significance of a barrier to interspecific hybridization.
• 1994-1997, U.S. Department of Energy Laboratory Graduate Fellowship, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Conducting dissertation research on life-history strategies of ground-dwelling spiders. Supervisor: Dr. B. E. Taylor.
• 1995-1997, Part-Time Faculty, University of South Carolina-Aiken. Teach Biology labs and Environmental Science lecture course. Dept. Head: Dr. Harold Ornes.
• 1994, Conducted field and lab research on ground-dwelling spiders at Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Funded under short-term graduate assistantship with Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, under the supervision of Dr. B. E. Taylor. Improved methods for sampling ground dwelling spiders and rearing them in the laboratory.
• 1993, Conducted field research on the reproductive life history strategies of the basilica spider in different habitats at Savannah River Site, South Carolina. Funded under short-term graduate assistantship with Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, under the supervision of Dr. B. E. Taylor. Designed, constructed, and conducted an autecological field experiment.
• 1992-1993, Research Assistant to Dr. D. A. Crossley, Jr., Coweeta Long Term Ecological Research Project: Developing a user-friendly computer key to the mites (Acari) of Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, North Carolina, using MacIntosh Hypercard software.
• 1992, Conducted survey of spiders of Savannah River Site, South Carolina, under short-term graduate assistantship with Savannah River Ecology Laboratory. Selected field sites, designed experimental regime and sampling protocol, extensive field work, spider identification, database management.
• 1990, Research Assistant to Dr. D. A. Crossley, Jr., Horseshoe Bend Agroecosystem Project (NSF funded: Biotic Regulation of Soil Organic Matter Accumulation and Loss in Subtropical Agroecosystems): Extraction and counting of soil nematodes and microarthropods, rearing and monitoring cultures of collembola, miscellaneous lab and field work.
• 1988-1989, Research Assistant to Dr. Walter Whitford, Jornada Long-Term Ecological Research Station, New Mexico State University: Survey and construction of experimental plots; sampling, sorting, and identification of pitfall arthropods and arthropods occurring on mesquite.
• 1987-1989, Student Assistant to Dr. Marsha Conley, New Mexico State University: Supervised field data collection team, lab and field work, data entry, miscellaneous duties.

• 362-102 Introduction to Environmental Science
• 204-483 Invertebrate Biology (with laboratory)

• 1997, Taught BIO110, General Biology (Non-Majors), University of South Carolina-Aiken. Developed and taught lecture and lab.
• 1996, Team-taught BIO270, Environmental Science, University of South Carolina-Aiken. A lecture course.
• 1995, Teaching assistant, BIO100L, Introductory Biology for Non-Majors, Univsity of South Carolina-Aiken. Taught by Drs. H. Shealy and J. Spooner. Co-taught 4 Laboratory sections.
• 1994, Teaching assistant, ENT-314, Insect Natural History. Taught by Dr. Kenneth Ross, Department of Entomology, University of Georgia.
• 1994, Teaching assistant, BIO-104, Organismal Biology (Non-Majors). Taught by Dr. A. Jaworski. Department of Biology, University of Georgia.
• 1994, Co-organizer and instructor of University of Georgia Spider Identification Workshop, along with graduate student Todd Jackson. Covered family- level identification of Araneae as well as discussion of life histories, ecology, systematics behavior, etc. Taught two separate weekend sessions, attended by 35 participants: Ecology, Entomology, and Forestry students, faculty, and technicians, and government and industry employees.
• 1993, Teaching assistant, ENT-650, Insect Ecology, taught by Drs. D. A. Crossley, D. C. Coleman, and M. I. Dyer. School of Ecology, University of Georgia.
• 1991, Teaching assistant, ENT-201, Insects and our Society, taught by Dr. H. Hermann. Department of Entomology, University of Georgia.

Research Support/Grants Funded

• 1996, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Set-Aside Program grant, $1,000. Also offered $250 in matching funds from UGA Dept. of Entomology (Declined).
• 1994-1997, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Long-term Graduate Research Assistantship Program, under Dr. Barbara Taylor.
• 1994, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Short-term Graduate Research Assistantship Program, under Dr. Barbara Taylor.
• 1993-1994, Department of Entomology Teaching Assistantship.
• 1993, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Short-term Graduate Research Assistantship Program, under Dr. Barbara Taylor. Project title: Reproductive Life-History Tactics of the Basilica Spider (Araneidae: Mecynogea lemniscata) in different habitats.
• 1993, University of Georgia Museum of Natural History. Travel grant, $150 to conduct research at Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville, FL. Also recieved $150 in matching funds from Department of Entomology, UGA.
• 1992-1993, Research Assistantship under Dr. D. A. Crossley, Jr.
• 1992, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory Short-term Graduate Research Assistantship Program, under Dr. Barbara Taylor. Project title: Survey of Arachnids on the Savannah River Site.
• 1989-1992, University-wide Assistantship, Univ. of Georgia (renewed twice).
• 1988, NMSU Honors Program. $100, to conduct senior thesis research.
• 1985-1989, University Tuition Scholarship, NMSU.

• Draney, M. L. and D.A. Crossley, Jr. 1999. Relationship between habitat age to phenology among ground-dwelling Linyphiidae (Araneae) in the southeastern United States. Proceedings of the XIV International Congress of Arachnology. J. of Arachnology 27: 211-216.
• Draney, M. L. 1998. Sougambus georgiensis Chamberlin & Ivie, a junior synonym of Goneatara platyrhinus (Crosby & Bishop). J. of Arachnology 30(3): 247-248.
• Draney, M. L. 1997. Ground-layer spiders (Araneae) of a Georgia Piedmont floodplain agroecosystem: Species list, phenology and habitat selection. J. of Arachnology 29(4): 333-344.
• Draney, M. L. 1997. Ethical obligations toward insect pests. Ethics and Environment 2(1): 5-23.
• Draney, M. L. 1993. The subelytral cavity of desert tenebrionids. Florida Entomologist 76(4): 539-549.

• Sanzone, D. M. and M. L. Draney. The influence of coarse woody debris on abundance and diversity of ground-dwelling spider assemblages. Submitted to Oecologia.
• Draney, M. L. and J. D. Spooner. Arachnida (excluding Acari and Pseudoscorpiones) from Heggie’s Rock, a granite outcrop in east-central Georgia. To be submitted to American Midland Naturalist.
• Draney, M. L. Phenology of ground-dwelling Linyphiidae (Araneae) from the inner coastal plain of South Carolina. To be submitted to J. Arachnology.

• Draney, M.L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Relationship of habitat and phenology among southeastern ground-dwelling Linyphiidae (Araneae). XIV International Congress of Arachnology, Chicago, IL, June 1998.
• Sanzone, D. M., H. Oskarsson, and M. L. Draney. Community shifts in spider assemblages found in intact and drained wetlands of western Iceland. Poster. Annual meeting of Ecological Society of America, Providence, RI, August 1996.
• Sanzone, D. M., M. L. Draney and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Factors influencing abundance and diversity patterns of spiders at coarse woody debris. 15 min. talk given by D. M. Sanzone at meeting of Society of Conservation Biologists, Fort Collins, CO, July 1995.
• Draney, M. L. Life history responses of dense and sparse populations of the basilica spider. 20 min. Annual Meeting of American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, FL, July 1994.
• Draney, M. L. 5 min. invited talk for student affairs formal conference. "Forum: Are we prepared for pesticidal engineered crops?: The interface of science and society." Annual Meeting of Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN. December, 1993.
• Draney, M. L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Coweeta-Comtesa: A computer-based system for the identification of Coweeta soil animals. Poster. Annual Meeting of Coweeta LTER, Athens, GA. June, 1993.
• Draney, M. L. Ethics of eradication. 20 min. Student Symposium: Ethics in Entomology. Annual Meeting of Southeastern Branch of Entomological Society of America, Little Rock, AR. March, 1993.
• Draney, M. L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Cursorial movement of spiders between agroecosystem habitats. Poster. Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Baltimore, MD, December, 1992. Revised version presented at Annual Meeting of Georgia Entomological Society, Athens, GA. March, 1993.
• Draney, M. L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Biodiversity of ground-layer spider assemblages from four Georgia floodplain habitats. 20 min. Annual Meeting of American Arachnological Society, Manchester, NH. June, 1992.
• Draney, M. L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Biodiversity of floodplain spider assemblages under four management regimes. Poster. 1992 University System Of Georgia Symposium on Research, Athens, GA. May, 1992.
• Draney, M. L. and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Biodiversity and phenology of ground-layer spider assemblages from four Georgia piedmont floodplain habitats. Poster. Annual meeting of Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch, Savannah, GA. March, 1992.
• Draney, M. L., R. Noordhuis, M. Beare, D. C. Coleman, and D. A. Crossley, Jr. Interaction of litter placement and collembola populations on the decomposition of rye straw litter. Poster. Annual meeting of Ecological Society of America, San Antonio, TX. August, 1991.
• Draney, M. L. The subelytral cavity of desert Tenebrionids. 20 min. Student Symposium: Insect Adaptations to Extreme Environments. Annual meeting of Southeastern Branch of Entomological Society of America, Orange Beach, AL. March, 1991.
• Draney, M. L. Interactions affecting the composition of a desert community of cryptozoan predators. 12 min. Annual meeting of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division AAAS, Las Cruces, NM. April, 1989.

• November, 1999. Presentation of past, present, future research for UW-Green Bay’s Ecolunch.
• September, 1999. Diversity and life history variation among ground-dwelling sheet-web spiders (Araneae: Linyphiidae). Invited lecture, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND.
• December, 1998. Guest lecture on order Araneae (spiders) for D. Fagerlund’s Insect Taxonomy class, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.
• September, 1998. Diversity and life history variation among ground-dwelling linyphiid spiders. Invited speaker, New Mexico State University Biology Department Seminar Series.
• March and October, 1998. Diversity and life history variation among ground-dwelling sheet-web spiders. Guest lecture for Vince Lombrana’s Introduction to Scientific Research class, NMSU-Alamogordo.
• March, 1995. Guest lecture for two sections of Dr. Harold Ornes' class "Humans and the Environment," University of South Carolina, Aiken. "Environmental Ethics and Insect Eradication."
• January, 1993. "Terrestrial arthropods of the barrier islands." Invited speaker at meeting of Fripp Island Audubon Society, Fripp Island, SC. 45 min. $190 honorarium.

Honors and Awards

• 1997, SREL recycling program "Lifetime Achievment Award," $50.
• 1994, H. O. Lund Outstanding Ph.D. Student, 1994. Entomology Dept, University of Georgia. $200.
• 1993, Plaque for "Outstanding Service as President", H. O. Lund Entomology Club.
• 1992, H. O. Lund Outstanding M.S. Student, 1992. Entomology Dept, University of Georgia. $100.
• 1991, $25 prize from Entomology Dept., Univ. of Georgia, for placing 2nd in ESA's National Linnaean Games Competition.
• 1989, Distinguished University Honors, NMSU.
• 1985-1989, Crimson Scholar, New Mexico State University.

Professional Memberships

• American Arachnological Society
• British Arachnological Society
• International Society of Arachnology
• Michigan Entomological Society
• Peckhamia Salticidae Research Society
• Sigma Xi

Committee Participation, UW-Green Bay

• NAS Scholarship Committee
• Thesis Committee of Nathan Hawley
• UW-Green Bay Representative, Pigeon Lake Field Station (Substitute)

• 1992-1994, H. O. Lund Entomology Club, UGA: President.
• 1993-1994, Member, H.O. Lund Outreach Grant Acquisition Committee.
• 1993, Student representative to Department of Entomology annual faculty meeting.
• 1992-1993, Graduate Student Advisory Committee, Department of Entomology.
• 1991-1992, H. O. Lund Entomology Club, UGA: Vice President.
• 1991-1992, H.O. Lund Entomology Club, UGA: Chair, outreach program.
• 1991-1992, Chair and Georgia Representative, Student Affairs Committee, Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch.
• 1990-1991, Georgia Representative, Student Affairs Committee, Entomological Society of America, Southeastern Branch.
• 1991-1995, Entomology Department, UGA: Member of committee in charge of insect zoo.

Professional Activities

Taxonomic Identification/Extension:

• Ongoing, Provide determinations and information about spiders and other terrestrial arthropods to interested public, other researchers, hospitals, etc.
• 1993-1999, Provide determinations of spiders for University of Georgia Museum of Natural History; provide determinations and information about terrestrial arthropods to researchers and public through Savannah River Ecology Laboratory; identification of spiders for medical professionals in human bite incidents. Identified collections of granite outcrop spiders, cave spiders, spiders from Iceland, and spiders from various GA, NC, and SC habitats for UGA, USC-A, and USFS researchers.
• 1996, Examined collection of Araneae at American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. N. I. Platnick, curator.
• 1995, Examined collection of Linyphiidae at National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. J.Coddington, curator.
• 1994-cont., Participant in Entomological Society of America's ENTNET, an entomological information service for the public and the media. 1996: Supervised a Pennsylvania middle school student’s Science Fair Project through ENTNET.
• 1994-cont., In process of compiling atlases of all spider species found in southeastern United States. Used at American Museum of Natural History, National Museum of Natural History, California Academy of Sciences, and by independent researchers. 1994: Linyphiidae of the Southeast. 1996: Gnaphosidae of the Southeast. 1998: Dictynidae of the Southeast (in prep).
• 1993, Examined spider collection of Florida State Collection of Arthropods, Gainesville FL. G. B. Edwards, curator.
• 1991-1997, Determined or confirmed most material in collection of Arachnida at Natural History Museum, University of Georgia, under the guidance of Dr. Cecil Smith. My donations to the collection have enlarged it by 47% to date.

Outreach:

• 1991, Organizer, Outreach program of H. O. Lund Entomology Club.
• 1991-1994, I have given talks and presentations about insects, spiders, entomology and entomologists to K-12 students, college students, and the general public on over 25 separate occasions.
• 1995-1997, SREL Outreach Program, seven outreach presentations.
• 1998, Insect Fair and School Night programs at Las Cruces Natural History Museum, Las Cruces, NM.
• Insect Zoo: 1991-1994. Organizer, participant in Dept. of Entomology's Insect Zoo, UGA.
• Science Fair: 1989-1990; 1993-1996, 1998. Judge in New Mexico, Georgia, South Carolina.
• Science Olympiad: 1996. Devised and ran Cell Biology event; South Carolina.
• Linnaean Games, Entomological Society of America: 1991-1993. 2nd in nation, 1991.

Volunteer at Professional Meetings:

• 1993, Entomological Society of America, Indianapolis, IN.
• 1992, Conference on Ethics and Environmental Policies, Athens, GA.
• 1988, American Arachnological Society, Las Cruces, NM.

Review of Journal Article Submissions:

• 1992, Journal of the New York Entomological Society.
• 1997-cont., Journal of Arachnology (3 articles to date).
• 1999, Review article for D. A. Crossley Soil Ecology Proceedings.