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• Emeritus Professor of Zoology & Environmental Science since retiring from full-time teaching in 2005.
• Occasional part-time teaching at college level and volunteering in outdoor education.

• Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison
• M.S., Oregon State University
• B.S., Oregon State University

Interests:

• Assessment & management of aquatic ecosystems in local watersheds
• Place-based environmental education
• Collaboratively examining the interplay between science and other disciplines
• Exploring inner landscapes through meditation and self-reflection
• Plankton photomicrography
• Creative writing—Autobiographical and reflective essays

Today,
by this stream,
I realized
all my years
of studying and teaching biology
have been preparing me
to place a small black water beetle
in the upturned palm
of a young blind boy.
                                _{Dan Merritt May 2012}

Creative writing-- Autobiographical and reflective essays

• Some examples of Dan Merritt's non-scientific writings
  • The Procedure or How I Came to See the Vas Deferens Between Dr. Blaire and Me
  • Rain and Basketball
  • Night Vigil
  • Kittens