Jack DeLap is an educator, research ecologist, and natural science illustrator deeply committed to evidence-based inquiry as a means to understanding the natural world. His courses at Cornish College of the Arts include: Writing & Analysis: Scie...More
Jack DeLap is an educator, research ecologist, and natural science illustrator deeply committed to evidence-based inquiry as a means to understanding the natural world. His courses at Cornish College of the Arts include: Writing & Analysis: Science (HS 113/114); Research in the Liberal Arts: Science (HS 213/214); Wildlife in Film: Science, Politics & Creativity (HS 270); Stuffing Animals: The Art & Science of Taxidermy (IA 221 CC 03), and Integrated Studies I: Urban Ecology (HS 121). Jack is the 2017 recipient of the Excellence in Teaching Award for the Department of Humanities & Sciences at Cornish College of the Arts. He holds a M.S. in Wildlife Biology from Colorado State University. Jack is currently a Doctoral Candidate in Wildlife Science at the University of Washington, having co-authored scientific articles on a range of topics including urban ecology, animal behavior, the effects of human recreation in wildlands, and landscape conservation under climate change. Dedicated to the Arts, he earned a B.A. in Fine Art & History from Pitzer College, during which time he studied visual arts at Parsons / New School in New York City, film theory at the Claremont Graduate School, and Eastern European cinema at the Hungarian Academy of Flim & Theatre in Budapest. A member of the Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, Jack contributes original images to professional journals and books, most recently Biology & Conservation of the Whooping Crane (Edited volume; June 2018, Academic Press), The Mezcal Rush: Explorations in Agave Country (Granville Greene; 2017, Counterpoint Press) and Welcome to Subirdia: Sharing Our Neighborhoods with Wrens, Robins, Woodpeckers and Other Wildlife (John Marzluff; 2014, Yale University Press).
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