User:Michaplot
I have been accused of being a logical positivist, but in fact I am an anti-reductionist, acedia-wielding, science-loving but lexically-leaning, concinnity-seeking, progressive nihilist-cum-optimist (though we all--me especially--appear to be totally fucked), insomniac, botanist, atheist.
I am currently Associate Professor and Chair of Biological Sciences at Mt. San Jacinto College in San Jacinto, CA. I also serve as the co-Editor of the MERLOT Biology board.
My graduate research (M.S. and Ph.D.) was conducted at the University of California, Davis, focusing on plant phylogenetics. I also hold an M.S. in environmental studies from Lesley University through the [https://expeditioneducation.org Audubon Expedition Institute]. My high school was Friends Select School in Philadelphia.
My areas of fascination include plants, systematics, ethnobotany, evolution, the history of science, and science education.
My name is michael plotkin.
I can be reached at mplotkin@msjc.edu.
