Summary
Andy Rost is a Teaching Associate Professor and Director of the Outdoor Adventure and Leadership program in the Department of Kinesiology in the School of Public Health. His diverse background combines his experience as an outdoor educator teaching and guiding on rivers and mountains in the Western United States with a doctorate in Hydrologic Sciences focusing on stream ecology.
His teaching utilizes immersive experiences as a pedagogical tool to create highly impactful, student-centered, educational experiences. He also serves as a faculty in the Graduate Program in Hydrologic Sciences and is a Co-PI on an NSF-funded project in undergraduate biology education, RIVERS, that connects rivers, people and science through immersive field education.
Selected Publications
- Vonesh, J., Rost, A., Perry, D., McLaughlin, J., Storck, S., Brown, M., Laninga, T., Rugenski,
A., Viers, J. 2019, RMS and Universities Collaborate to create a RIVER Field Studies Network, RMS Journal, vol. 32(3) - Rost, A.L., C.H. Fritsen, 2014. Influence of a tributary stream on benthic communities in a Didymosphenia geminata impacted stream in the Sierra ÁùºÏ±¦µä, USA, Diatom Research 29(3) 249-257
- Rost, A.L., C.H. Fritsen, & C.J. Davis, 2011. Distribution of Didymosphenia geminata in Sierra ÁùºÏ±¦µä streams in relation to water chemistry and bedrock geology, Hydrobiologia 665:157-167
- Rost, A. L., C. H. Fritsen, J. Memmott, C. Davis & E. Wirthlin, 2008. Environmental controls and potential food web impacts of Didymosphenia geminata, a comparative ecosystem study. In Bothwell, M. L. & S. A. Spaulding (eds), Proceedings of the 2007 International Workshop on Didymosphenia geminata. Canadian Technical Report on Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2795: 25
Education
- Ph.D. Hydrologic Sciences, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno
- M.S. Hydrologic Sciences, University of ÁùºÏ±¦µä, Reno
- B.A. Political Science University of Vermont