Faculty & Instructional Staff

Dr. Andy Madison

Associate Professor of Biology
322A White Hall, Box 3148
Union University
Jackson, Tennessee 38305
(731) 661-5127
amadison@uu.edu
Personal web page

Education

• B.S.; University of Tennessee
• M.S.; University of Kentucky
• Ph.D.; Kansas State University

Majors Advised

• Conservation Biology

Courses Commonly Taught

• BIO 235: Natural Resource Policy
• BIO 335: Conservation Biology
• BIO 337: Taxonamy of Vascular Plants
• BIO 425: Introduction to Research
• BIO 426: Research Experience
• BIO 427: Research Presentation

Research/Scholarship Interests

• Wildlife management
• Conservation ecology

Recent undergraduate research projects supervised

• Williams, Allen. Evaluation of four plant growth regulators in cotton on effectiveness and yield.
• Cathey, Daniel. The determination of the response of West Tennessee wildlife populations to the scent of cougar urine by the use of scent stations.
• Jacks, Robert. Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopovo) assessment at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant in Spring, 2008.
• Hayden, Will. An investigation into the effects of creatine monohydrate supplementation on body weight and liver function in rats.
• Scott, Dustin. Small mammal and herptofauna inventory on Chickasaw State Park and Forest.
• Neese, Morgan. An examination of quality and quantity of eggs produced of zebra finches (Taenipygia guttata) on Petamine breeding formula.

Scholarship

• On-going research: Eastern wild turkey assessment at the Milan Army Ammunition Plant.
• Created supplemental material for Berg & Hager, Visualizing Environmental Science, Wiley. Determined a series of National Geographic videos and edited web-based activities corresponding to information in the textbook.