Dr. Hays Cummins
- Ph.D., Oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas, U.S.A., 1984
- M.S., Biology, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 1977
- B.A., Biology, Louisiana State University in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A., 1975
Biography from Miami University profile:
"Dr. Hays Cummins is Professor of Geography, an Affiliate of the Department of Geology, an Affiliate and Fellow of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainability and the former Harrison Scholars Professor in the Honors and Scholars Program. He taught in the natural science core in the Western College Program, and was Director of Environmental Programs and Director for Discovery-Oriented Science Instruction. Professor Cummins is founding Co-Director of Project Dragonfly and science editor for Dragonfly magazine. He earned his PhD in oceanography from Texas A&M University and has led numerous international courses to the Bahamas, Florida Keys, Netherland Antilles and Costa Rica. His research focuses on the reconstruction of past ecological communities in marine systems and understanding ecological change, particularly the impacts of global change on coral reefs. He has authored research papers and popular articles focusing on science and science education. He also has a passion for weather and astronomy."
Relevant to the biota of the Gulf of Mexico, Dr. Cummins has published the following:
Powell, E. N., R. J. Stanton, H. Cummins, and G. Staff. 1982. Temporal fluctuations in Bay environments--the death assemblages as a key to the past. Pp. 203–232 in Jack R. Davis, ed. Proceedings of the Symposium on Recent Benthological Investigations in Texas and adjacent waters. Texas Academy of Science, Austin.