Theodore E. Burk Professor Animal Behavior, Entomology, Behavioral Ecology Department Chair D. Phil. - University of Oxford, 1979 B.A. - University of Kansas, 1974 Department of Biology Creighton University 2500 California Plaza Omaha, NE 68178-0103   Office: Hixson-Lied 442 Lab: Rigge Science 305 (402) 280-2156 tedburk@creighton.edu Curriculum Vitae (Word document)

Courses Currently Offered

• BIO 141 - Charles Darwin: Life and Impact
• BIO 212 - General Biology: Organismal and Population
• BIO 493 - Undergraduate Directed Independant Readings
• BIO 495 - Undergraduate Directed Independant Study
• BIO 497 - Undergraduate Directed Independant Research
• BIO 561 - Entomology
• BIO 571 - Animal Behavior
• BIO 572 - Animal Behavior Laboratory
• FRS 111 - Freshman Seminar
• HRS 410 - Honors Program Seminar in the Natural Sciences
• MLS 630 - The Moral Animal
• PBP 400 - Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Review
• SRP 481 - Race in America: Idea and Reality

Research Interests

Conservation biology of prairie butterflies; social behavior of insects, especially communication and sexual selection; history of behavioral biology.

Recent Publications:

2004	Burk, T. A second opinion from "Dr. Darwin." Creighton University Magazine, Spring 2004: 18-23. [PDF]
2000	Burk, T. What good is a bug? Creighton University Magazine, Summer 2000: 26-31. [PDF]
1997	Burk, T. Plagues are as certain as death and taxes: emerging and reemerging diseases. Window 13(4):3-11. [PDF]
1996	Burk, T. The only certain race is the human race. Window 13(1):4-9. [PDF]
1994	Burk, T. Diversity status of terrestrial insects. Pp. 326-343 In Biological Diversity: Problems and Challenges (Ed. by S. K. Majumdar et al.), Pennsylvania Academy of Science: Philadelphia. [PDF]
1992	Grier, J.W., and T. Burk. Biology of Animal Behavior (2nd ed.). Times Mirror/Mosby: St. Louis.

- See Curriculum Vitae at the top of the page for full publications list. -

Last modified: August 18, 2008