Professor, Biological Sciences

Jeff Yule

Jeff Yule

BIOGRAPHY
Jeff Yule brings more than three decades of experience in higher education, including 23 years as a tenure-track faculty member. His teaching spans biology, English, environmental science, and interdisciplinary studies.

Yule’s research interests include extinction, environmental studies, and evolutionary ecology.

EXPERIENCE
23 years tenure-track, plus 12 years as an instructor

 
 
RESEARCH & INTERESTS
• Extinction
• Environmental Studies
• Evolutionary Ecology

PUBLICATIONS & PROJECTS
• Yule JV, et al. (2014). Late Pleistocene extinction modeling: Progress delayed by mismatches between ecological realism and methodology. Quarterly Review of Biology 89(2): 91–106.
• Yule JV, et al. (2013). Using scientific abstracts to measure learning outcomes. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education 14(2): 275–276.
• Yule JV, et al. (2010). Emphasizing literacy in scientific literacy. Bioscene 36: 15–21.

Education

Ph.D., Ecology and Evolution

  • Stony Brook University, 2007

Ph.D., English

  • Ohio State University, 1998

M.A., English

  • Ohio State University, 1991

B.A., English

  • Colgate University, 1987

Courses

  • BIOL 1010 - General Biology
  • BIOL 3100 - Bioethics
  • BIOL 3120 - Science Communication
  • BIOL 4920 - Biology Senior Seminar
  • BIOL 4990 - Seminar in Biology (various topics, including Extinction)
  • ART 4990 - Seminar in Art
  • HON 3010 - Honors Special Topics
  • HUM 3500 - Topics in Humanities

Contact

Jeff Yule

Professor of Biology

Email: Jeff.Yule@utahtech.edu

Phone: 435-879-4287

Office: SET 517