Susan B. Farmer

Classes I Teach

Contact Information:

Office Location: Conger 216C
Office Phone: (229) 391-5126
E-Mail: sfarmer@abac.edu

Spring 2013 Schedule and Office Hours 

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
9:00	BIOL 1107	Office Hours	BIOL 1107	Office Hours	BIOL 1107
10:00	BIOL 1107		BIOL 1107		BIOL 1107
11:00	Office Hours	BIOL 2070	Office Hours	BIOL 2070
12:00
1:00
2:00	BIOL 1107L		BIOL 2070
3:00
4:00	BIOL 1107L
5:00

Education

Vita

BA in Computer Science; University of Tennessee, Knoxville

MS in Botany; University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dr. Ed Schilling, Advisor

Thesis title: Toward an understanding of the global phylogeny of the Trilliaceae (published in Systematic Botany)

Ph.D. in Botany; University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Dr. Ed Schilling, Advisor

Dissertation title: A Systematic Study of Trillium subgenus Delostylis (publication in preparation)

Research Interests

• Systematics of Trilliaceae and its placement within Monocots
• Classical and molecular botany, taxonomy and floristics
• The use of molecular methods and computers in taxonomy, systematics and phylogenetics
• Evolution of the chloroplast genome particularly within Monocots

Hobbies and Interests

• Floristics of the Southern Appalachians (especially the Spring Flora)
• Trillium
• Who are you strange people? No, it's not a play or a renaissance faire. It's the Society for Creative Anachronism, an international, educational organization dedicated to recreating (mostly) pre-17th century western European Civilization. The southeastern US is part of The Kingdom of Meridies. I serve as the Steward (or president) of the Embroiderer's Guild, and am a member of the Costumer's Guild. Useful links for newcomers can be found at the corporate site. I also take lots of pictures. (Photos can also be found on Facebook. (the Online SCA demo is also a good source of images.)
• Photography
• Genealogy
• Reading
• teh intarwebz; I lives there.

Links and Other Important Things

• The Great Smoky Mountain Wildflower Pilgrimage
  
• The All Taxa Biodiversity Inventory of the Great Smoky Mountains
  
• The Dogwood Arts Festival
  
• The University of Tennessee Lady Vols!
  
• The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
  
• The Flora of North America project
  
• The NCBI Taxonomy Portal