Calvin A. Porter

Associate Professor, Xavier University of Louisiana
Ph.D., Texas Tech University, 1992

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Areas of Interest:  Evolution, Systematics, Mammalogy, Herpetology, 
Molecular Biology, Field Biology, Natural History.

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Curriculum Vitae

Publications

Religious Responses to Evolution                        Southeastern Louisiana Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Group         

Richard D. Porter Research and Photography                    National Center for Science Education                    Xavier Biology Club

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Spotted Bat (Euderma maculatum)	Texas Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma cornutum)	Chisos Mountans Big Bend National Park, Texas	Merriam's Kangaroo Rat (Dipodomys merriami)
Milk Snake (Lampropeltis triangulum)	Striped Skunk (Mephitis mephitis)	Little Striped Whiptail (Aspidoscelis inornata)	Copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix)

      

My Academic Mentors
Dr. Jack W. Sites, Jr. M.S. Advisor 1983-1986 Brigham Young University	Dr. Robert J. Baker Ph.D. Advisor 1986-1992 Texas Tech University	Dr. Morris Goodman Postdoctoral Advisor 1992-1997 Wayne State University School of Medicine	Dr. Richard E. Tashian Postdoctoral Advisor 1997-1998 University of Michigan Medical School
Jack Sites' Creepy Friends	If You Don't Clean up Your Act, You'll End up at Texas Tech	Interview The Evolution of a Scientist	Faculty Profile

My Academic Lineage
Calvin A. Porter Ph.D., 1992  Texas Tech University Advisor: Dr. Robert J. Baker	Robert J. Baker Ph.D., 1967 University of Arizona Advisor:  Dr. E. Lendell Cockrum	E. Lendell Cockrum Ph.D., 1950 University of Kansas Advisor:  Dr. E. Raymond Hall	E. Raymond Hall Ph.D., 1928 University of California, Berkeley Advisor:  Dr. Joseph Grinnell	Joseph Grinnell Ph.D., 1913 Stanford University Advisor:  Dr. Charles H. Gilbert	Charles H. Gilbert Ph.D., 1883 Indiana University