James A. Huggins, PhD

University Professor of Biology
Director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center

Education:

• University of Memphis: PhD
• Arkansas State University: MS
• Arkansas State University: BSA

  I am also the Pastor at Unity Baptist Church in rural Chester County, TN...go to http://www.myunitybaptist.org if you are interested in this aspect of my ministry.

Additional Studies:

• University of Tennessee, Memphis --Human Gross Anatomy
• Mid-America Seminary
• University of Memphis-- Higher Education Leadership (ABD for the EdD)

Research Interests:

• Vertebrate systematics, natural history, and ecology
• Comparative vertebrate anatomy & physiology
• Creation/Evolution issues

Current Research Projects:

• Home range dynamics in small mammals using capture/recapture, radiotelemetry, and powder-tracking techniques.
• Predation on bluebird nest boxes
• Body size and its selective significance over the range of various soricid species
• Bat research on Shiloh National Park
• Mississippi kite reintroduction - News Release
• Cougar Sightings - please report your findings

Courses Taught:

• Human Gross Anatomy (Bio 322 & Bio 509)
• Applied Anatomy & Physiology I & II (Bio 505 & 507)
• Ecology & Conservation of Vertebrates
• Wildlife Biology
• Comparative Anatomy

If you have any questions feel free to contact me at:

jhuggins@buster.uu.edu