Diara Spain, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Email: dspain@dominican.edu

Office: Science Center # 128

Phone: (415) 257-1343

Fax:  (415) 482-1972

Academic Area

Biology

Educational Backgound

• B.S. Biology Education, 1992, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
• Ph.D. Biology, 2002, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC
  

Teaching and Research Interests

...coming soon

Professional Organizations

• National Council of Undergraduate Research
• American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) – Division of Animal Behavior and Division of Invertebrate Zoology
• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.
  

Selected Publications

• Spain, D. and Kier, W.M. 2003. Peristaltic locomotion in holothuroids. SICB. Toronto, Canada. American Zoologist. 39: 34.3.
• Spain, D. and Kier, W. M. 2001.  Peristaltic locomotion and habitat in holothuroids. Gulf of Mexico Science. Vol. 19(2): 176
• Spain, D. and Kier, W. M. 2000. Links between dermal morphology, locomotor mode and lifestyle in holothuroids. SICB. Atlanta, GA. American Zoologist. 39: 39A.

Presentations

• Spain, D. and *Scott, C. 2005.  A Preliminary Investigation into the Ossicle Density of the Body Wall of Sea Cucumbers. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. San Diego, CA.
• *Peralta, M., *Batres, S., and *Leon, A.(Spain, D.) 2004. The Burrowing Behavior of the Sea Cucumber Thyonella gemmata (Phylum Echinodermata). National Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN.
• *Scott, C. and *Maravilla, J., (Spain, D) 2004. Mutable Collagenous Tissue of Sea Cucumbers and the Effects of Ossification. National Conferences for Undergraduate Research, Indianapolis, IN.
• Spain, D., *Scott, C., *Nguyen Hong, L., and *Swanson, J.  2004. Peristaltic Locomotion in Holothuria hilla (Phylum Echinodermata: Class Holothuroidea) SICB, New Orleans, LA
• Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (1/05, 1/04, 1/03, 1/00)

Other Interests

Reading science fiction, Middle Eastern and Latin dancing, Snorkeling, Traveling

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