Corey K. Kapolka, M.S.

6426 Scarborough
Ada, MI 49301

Classroom website: ckapolka.weebly.com

Portfolio: ckapolkateaching.weebly.com

kapolka1@msu.edu
(616) 914-6021

Education
Expected 2016-17

Michigan State University

Master of Arts in Teaching and Curriculum
W.K. Kellogg Foundation Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellow

May 2014

Ohio University
Master of Science, Environmental and Plant Biology
Advisor: Brian C. McCarthy

August 2010

Grand Valley State University

Bachelor of Science, General Biology
Advisor: Gary K. Greer

Teaching Experience
Intern Biology Teacher, City High Middle School, Grand Rapids Public Schools
Year-long internship at IB school; responsible for planning and instruction of
curriculum for 8th grade MYP Honors Biology and 11th grade DP Biology.
Teaching Assistant, Ohio University Department of Environmental and Plant Biology
Instructor for laboratory classes of PBIO 1150 Plant Structure and Development,
and BIOL 101 Principles of Biology.
Adjunct Instructor, Grand Valley State University Department of Biology
Instructor for laboratory classes of BIO 121 General Biology II.

Recent Employment
2/2014 5/2014

Quidel Corp., A ssociate Research Technician

Assisted with development of rapid medical diagnostic test kits.

6/2010 5/2011

Alticor, Inc., Quality A ssurance Laboratory Technician

Performed wet chemistry tests of raw materials and production samples,
maintained electronic records of samples and comparison standards.

8/2007 5/2010

GVSU Departments of Biology and Biomedical Sciences, Lab Technician

Prepared laboratory materials for instructional lab sections, assisted with
greenhouse caretaking, and served as a research assistant for faculty.

Recent Research Publications and Presentations

Kapolka, C.K. 2014. A ssessment of prairie restoration and vegetation change at the Buffalo
Beats Research Natural A rea, A thens County, OH. (M.S. thesis). Available at OhioLINK
ETD: http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num= ohiou1398279083
MacDonald, N.W., Martin, L.M., Kapolka, C.K., Botting, T.F., and T.E. Brown. 2013.
Hand pulling following mowing and herbicide treatments increases control of spotted
knapweed (Centaurea stoebe). Invasive Plant Science and Management 6:470-479.
Kapolka, C.K., Coon, C.R., and B.C. McCarthy. April 2013. Effects of woody encroachment
and restoration efforts on plant community composition of the remnant prairie ' Buffalo Beats,'
in southeastern Ohio. Presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the Association of Southeastern
Biologists (talk), Charleston, WV.
Kapolka, C.K., Coon, C.R., and B.C. McCarthy. February 2013. The regionally rare flora of
the remnant prairie ' Buffalo Beats' of Athens County, OH. Presented at the 2013 Ohio Natural
History Conference (poster), Columbus, OH.
Kapolka, C.K. and N.W. MacDonald. April 2010. First-year site preparation and hand-pulling
effects on spotted knapweed control on a knapweed-infested site in western Michigan.
Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest-Great Lakes Chapter of the Society for
Ecological Restoration International (poster), Madison, WI.

Awards and Honors

Woodrow Wilson STEM Teaching Fellow, 2014
GVSU Biology Department Outstanding Graduating Senior Award, 2010
John Shontz Native Plants Biology Scholarship, 2009-2010
Barbara Waddell Native Plants Research Scholarship, 2009-2010
John Salski Memorial Award, 2007-2008
GVSU Biology Department Honors List, 2007-2010
GVSU Deans List, 2007-2010

Leadership Experience
City High Middle School Work Zone Program, Supervisor
City Middle School Robotics Team, Supervisor
JAFAX Convention, Director of Exhibitions 2014-Present, GV SU liaison 2006-2010
Ohio University Kendo Club, President 2012-13, Treasurer 2011-12
Most Improved OU Sports Club, 2013
Shodan (black belt), All-United States Kendo Federation
GVSU Otaku no Anime Club, President 2007-09, V .P. 2007