Portrait of Dr. Andrea Aspbury

Dr. Andrea Aspbury

  • Professor of Instruction at Biology, College of Science & Engineering

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, Curriculum Committee. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. 2024 - Present.
  • Member, Non-Tenure Line Faculty Evaluation Committee: Biology. 2022 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Department of Biology Learning Assistants Program. 2020 - Present.
  • Co-Chair, Freshman Biology Course Redesign. January 2020 - Present.
  • Member, Undergraduate Research Fellowship Review Committee. August 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. September 1, 2016 - Present.
  • Chair, Brian Wong Endowed Biology Scholarship. 2024 - Present.
  • Volunteer, South Austin Creek Association. 2023 - Present.
  • Volunteer, Austin Parks Foundation. 2021 - Present.
  • Member, Piper Award Committee. 2019 - Present.
  • Member, Bobcat Day representative for Biology Department. 2017 - Present.
  • Chair, Biology Department General Education Core Curriculum and SACS Data Coordinator. 2008 - Present.

2025

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Science Foundation (Multiple Panels). 2005 - 2025.

2024

  • Member, Biology Department Instructional Faculty Initial Appointments Committee. 2023 - 2024.
  • Evaluator, Graduate Student Research Conference. 2024.
  • Chair, Job Search: Biology Organismal Biology Lecturer. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, iScience. 2024.
  • Reviewer / Referee, iScience. 2024.

2023

  • Reviewer / Referee, Philosophical Transactions B. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ecology and Evolution. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, iScience. 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Northeastern Naturalist. 2023.
  • Chair, Job Search: Biology Organismal Biology Lecturer. 2023.
  • University Mentor, Birder's Club. 2022 - 2023.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Pearson (Biology, Freeman 2nd -8th edns). 2005 - 2023.
  • Participant, Professional Development for Students: Plant Biology Society, Biological Anthropology Band, Forensic Anthropology Society, and Wildlife Biology Society. October 4, 2023.

2022

  • Chair, Job Search: Biology Lecturer, Organismal Biology labs. 2022.
  • Editorial Review Board Member, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 2021 - 2022.

2021

  • Chair, Wayside Schools Science and Math Night. August 2016 - 2021.
  • Judge, Wayside Schools Science Fair. 2015 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Behaviour. 2005 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Behavioral Ecology. 2005 - 2021.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Oxford (Writing about Biology). 2005 - 2021.

2020

  • Reviewer / Referee, Ethology Ecology & Evolution. 2020.
  • Judge, WISE research symposium. 2017 - 2020.

2019

  • Editor, MasteringBiology. 2011 - 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Animal Behavior Student in Aid Grants. 2011 - 2019.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Animal Behaviour. 2005 - 2019.
  • Judge, Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders STEM Challenge. October 2019.

2018

  • Reviewer / Referee, PLoS One. 2018.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Ethology. 2018.

2017

  • Judge, Honor's College undergraduate research symposium. 2017.
  • Member, Senior Lecturer Anatomy and Physiology Job Search. November 10, 2016 - April 2017.

2016

  • Organizer, Undergrad Large Class Pedagogy and Learning Strategies. 2016.
  • Member, Strategic Plan committee: IA Salaries. 2016.
  • Member, Strategic Plan Committee: Lab and Field course support. 2016.
  • Chair, Strategic Plan Committee: Space use lectures and labs. 2016.
  • Judge, Graduate Student Research Conference. October 2016.

2015

  • Reviewer / Referee, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 2015.
  • Member, Department of Biology IA Award Committee. 2011 - 2015.
  • Prepare / Grade Certification Exams, TExES exam. 2008 - 2015.

2014

  • Host, seminar speaker for biology department. 2014.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Naturwissenschaften. 2014.

2012

  • Reviewer / Referee, National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, The Royal Society of New Zealand (Te Putea Rangahau a Marsden). 2012.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Current Biology. 2012.
  • Speaker, Central Texas chapter of AWIS. 2012.

2011

  • Reviewer / Referee, BMC Evolutionary Biology. 2011.
  • Speaker, Wimberley Birder’s Club. 2011.

2010

  • Host, seminar speaker for biology department. 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Evolutionary Ecology. 2008 - 2010.

2009

  • Host, seminar speaker for biology department. 2009.
  • Organizer, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior meetings. 2009.

2008

  • Host, seminar speaker for biology department. 2008.
  • Reader, Merit Scholarship. 2008.
  • Chair, Evolution meeting. 2008.
  • judge, Biology Colloquium. 2007 - 2008.
  • Reviewer / Referee, McGraw-Hill (Biology 1st edn). 2005 - 2008.

2007

  • Reviewer / Referee, Aquatic Ecology. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Heredity. 2007.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Ethology. 2006 - 2007.

2006

  • Reviewer / Referee, Acta Ethologica. 2006.
  • Speaker, Senior Biology course – “Women in Science”. 2006.
  • Reviewer / Referee, WW Norton (Animal Behavior). 2005 - 2006.

2005

  • Reviewer / Referee, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Zebrafish. 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Journal of Mammalogy. 2005.
  • Panelist, Women in Science. 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Benjamin Cummings (Biology 8th edn.). 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Prentice Hall (Animal Behavior). 2005.
  • Reviewer / Referee, AW (Introductory Ecology). 2005.

2004

  • Judge, Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science. 2004.