Bio
Dr. Kennedy, professor of biology and director of the Elm Fork Education Center and Natural Heritage Museum, co-taught a graduate course on sub-Antarctic ecology at the University of Magallanes in Punta Arenas, Chile, where he has been a visiting professor in the graduate program in conservation and management of sub-Antarctic ecosystems for the past two years. He also is helping to develop a master of science dual degree program in sub-Antarctic bio-cultural conservation between UNT and the University of Magallanes. Kennedy’s research is in aquatic ecology with a focus on the biology of aquatic insects, specifically their biodiversity, life cycles, habitat relationships and bioenergetics. Kennedy is a founding member of the UNT-Chile Field Station.
Education
Post-doctoral, Center for Environmental Studies, Virginia Tech
Ph.D., Zoology/Aquatic Ecology, Virginia Tech
Courses
BIOL 2251: Biodiversity and Conservation of Animals
BIOL 2980: Experimental Course
BIOL 4005/5005: Contemporary Topics In Biology
BIOL 4070/5070: Insect Biology
BIOL 4440: Stream Ecology
BIOL 4560/5570: Aquatic Insects of North America
BIOL 5040: Contemporary Topics in Environmental Science and Ecology
Articles
Wolverton, S., Lyman, R. L., Kennedy, J. H., & La Point, T. (2008). The terminal pleistocene extinction in north America and the dynamic equilibrium model. Journal of Ethnobiology.
Wolverton, S., Houston, M., Kennedy, J. H., Cagle, K., & Cornelius, J. D. (2008). Conformation to Bergmann’s rule in white-tailed deer can be explained by food availability. American Midland Naturalist.
Randkley, C. R., Wolverton, S., & Kennedy, J. H. (2008). A biometric technique for assessing prehistoric freshwater mussel population dynamics (family: Unionidae) in north Texas. Journal of Archaeological Science.
More Articles
Cortemeglia, C., Beitinger, T. L., & Kennedy, J. H. (2008). Field confirmation of laboratory-determined lower temperature tolerance of transgenic and wild-type Zebra Danios, danio rerio. American Midland Naturalist. 160, 477-479.
Mahendra, M., & Kennedy, J. H. (2008). Artificial substrate transfer technique to detect impact of urbanization on colonized macroinvertebrates from a minimally impacted stream. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. 23(2), 205-212.
Mahendra, M., & Kennedy, J. H. (2008). A field experimental approach to detect urban impacts on erptogompus designatus (gomphidae) dragonfly larvae. Odonatologia, 37(1), 9.
Wolverton, S., Kennedy, J. H., & Cornelius, J. D. (2007). A paleozoological persepective on white-tailed deer (odocoileus virginianus texana) population density and body size in central Texas. Environmental Management. 39(4), 245-252.
Lenz, J., Grodowitz, M., & Kennedy, J. H. (2007). A physiological age-grading system for female hydrellia pakistanae deonier (diptera: Ephydridae). Biological Control. 4(2), 119-128.
Taylor, J. M., & Kennedy, J. H. (2006). Life history and secondary production of caenis latipennis (ephemeroptera: Caenidae) banks in Honey Creek, OK. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. 99(5), 821-830.
Bolling, B. G., Kennedy, J. H., & Zimmerman, E. C. (2005). Seasonal dynamics of four potential West Nile vector species in north central Texas. Journal of Vector Ecology. 30(2), 186-191.
Books and Books Edited
La Point, T. W., Kennedy, J. H., Stanley, J. K., & Balci, P. (2008). Aquatic ecosystems for ecotoxicological research: considerations in design analysis for fish. In R. Di Giulio & T. Hinton (Eds.), The Toxicology of Fish. 729-75. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
Kennedy, J. H., La Point, T. W., Balci, P., Johson, Z., & Stanley, J. (2002). Model aquatic ecosystems in ecotoxicological research: Considerations of design, implementation, and analysis In R. Hoffman, B. Rattner & G. Burton (Eds.), Handbook of Ecotoxicology. 45-75. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Goven, A. J., & Kennedy, J. H. (1996). Environmental pollution and toxicity in invertebrates:an earthworm model for immunotoxicology. In E. Cooper (Ed.), Advances in Comparative and Environmental Physiology. 169-211. Springer-Verlag, Berlin & Heidelberg.
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Dickson, K. L., Waller, W. T., Kennedy, J. H., Ammann, L. P., Guinn, R., & Norberg-King, T. J. (1996). Relationships between effluent toxicity, ambient toxicity, and receiving system impacts: Trinity River dechlorination case study. In D. Grothe, K. Dickson & D. Reed-Judkins (Eds.), Whole effluent toxicity testing: An evaluation of methods and prediction of receiving system impacts Pensacola. FL: SETAC Press.
Kennedy, J. H., Johnson, P. C., & Johnson, Z. B. (1995). Section iv. Multispecies test systems. The use of constructed or artificial ponds in simulated field studies. In J. Cairns & B. Niederlehner (Eds.), Ecological Toxicity Testing, Scale, Complexity, and Relevance. 149-167. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Waller, W. T., Acevedo, M. F., Morgan, E. L., Dickson, K. L., Kennedy, J. H., Ammann, L. P., Allen, H. J., & Keating, P. R. (1995). Biological and chemical testing in storm water. In Proceedings of Stormwater NPDES Related Monitoring Needs. New York: American Society of Civil Engineers.
Kennedy, J. H., Johnson, P. C., & Johnson, Z. (1995). The use of surrogate aquatic ecosystems in ecotoxicological research. In R. Hoffman (Ed.), Handbook of Ecotoxicology. 117-162. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Kennedy, J. H., Johnson, P. C., & Johnson, Z. (1994). Sampling and analysis strategies for measuring biological effects in microcosms and mesocosms. In I. Hill, P. Heimbach, P. Leeuwangh & P. Matthiessen (Eds.), 159-181. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Shaw, J. L., Moore, M., Hill, J. R., & Kennedy, J. H. (1994). Design and statistical analysis of field aquatic mesocosm studies. In R. Graney, J. Kennedy & R. Rodgers (Eds.), Ecological Risk Assessment. 85-103. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Hill, I. R., Sadler, J. K., Kennedy, J. H., & Ekoniak, P. E. (1994). Lambda-cyhalothrin: A mesocosm study of its effects on aquatic organisms. In R. Graney, J. Kennedy & R. Rodgers (Eds.), Ecological Risk Assessment. 403-467. Michigan: Lewis Publishers.
Posters/Presentations
Kennedy, J. H., Gibbons, L. R., Wheeler, B., Lundeen, M., & Williams, S. (2009, April). The Elm Fork natural heritage museum and introductory drawing students: A cross-disciplinary learning experience. Presented at Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Biennial Conference. Portland, OR.
Kennedy, J. H., & et al, (2009, April). An assessment of the East Fork of the Trinity River benthic macroinvertebrate community. Submitted to the North Texas Municipal Water District.
Kennedy, J. H. (2008, June). Integrating sciences and outreach education. Presented at the UNT Elm Fork Education Center. Confronting Global Change with a Network of Socio-Ecological Research Sites in the South of the Americas International Workshop. Chile.
More Presentations
Contador, T. A., Kennedy, J. H., Rozzi, R., & Anderson, C. A. (2008). Benthic macroinvertebrate diversity of the Róbalo River watershed, Navarino Island (55°s; Chile) at the southern end of the Americas. Presented at Ecological Society of America’s 93rd Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
Poole, A., Kennedy, J. H., & et al, (2008). Overcoming geographic and disciplinary biases in conservation: Long term socio-ecological research and education in the sub-antarctic Magellanic ecoregion. Presented at Ecological Society of America’s 93rd Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
Lundeen, B. J., Kennedy, J. H., Randkley, C. R., & Contador, T. A. (2008). Benthic macroinvertebrate population dynamics in an intermittent north Texas prairie stream: What happens during drought? Presented at Ecological Society of America’s 93rd Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
Lundeen, B. J., Thompson, R., Contador, T. A., Rozzi, R., Kennedy, J. H., Wheeler, B. T., & Presley, A. K. (2008). Assessing conservation education using freshwater ecosystems: Compare and contrast the Texan Elm Fork Education Center (efec) with the Sub-Antarctic Omora Ethnobotanical Park Program Chile. Presented at Ecological Society of America’s 93rd Annual Meeting. Milwaukee, WI.
Randkley, C. R., Kennedy, J. H., & Wolverton, S. (2008, May). Spatial turnover and extirpations: Paleozoological implications of archaeological unionid remains from the western upper Trinity River, north Texas. Presented at The North American Benthological. 56th Annual Meeting. Salt Lake City, UT.
Randkley, C. R., Kennedy, J. H., & Wolverton, S. (2007). Conservation implications of prehistoric unionids found in the upper Trinity River drainage. Presented at Southwestern Association of Naturalists. 54th Annual Meeting. Stephenville, TX.
Lundeen, B. J., & Kennedy, J. H. (2007). Leaf processing continuum in respect to an intermittent prairie stream in north central Texas. Presented at Southwestern Association of Naturalists. 54th Annual Meeting. Stephenville, TX.
