Dr. Avis James
College Professor, Faculty Liaison to Advising
Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Head
Department of Biology
New Mexico State University
Contact Information:
Office: 204B Foster Hall
5756465471
Department of Biology | NMSU
PO Box 30001, MSC 3AF
Las Cruces, NM 88003
Education:
B.S., Biology, Florida State University, 1984.
M.S., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Rochester,1989
Ph.D., Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Rochester,1992
Thesis Title: X-Linked Meiotic Drive in Drosophila neotestacea.
Postdoc. Fellow, University of Edinburgh and University College London, UK 1992-97
Project: Life History Trait Variation in Drosophila species.
Research Associate, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL. 1997-98
Project: Interactions between Cytoplasmic Incompatibility and Thermal Tolerances in Drosophila simulans.
Research Scholar, The Field Museum (Chicago) and University of Iowa, 1998-2004
Project: Wolbachia infections and mitochondrial variation in Drosophila simulans.
Academic Positions:
2004 - 2006: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
2006 - 2013: Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
2013 - 2018: Assistant College Professor , Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
2018 - 2023: Associate College Professor , Department of Biology, New Mexico State University
2023 - present: College Professor , Department of Biology, New Mexico State University