CORI R. BLACK
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​ CORINTHIA R. BLACK ​

NSF Postdoctoral Researcher 
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 
corinthiablack (at) gmail (dot) com • BlackCR (at) si (doc) edu
EDUCATION 
2022



2014


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2011

2008
Ph.D. in Biology, Auburn University
Advisor: Dr. Jonathan Armbruster
Evolutionary Ecology of Loricariid Catfishes 

M.S. in Biology, University of Northern Iowa
Advisor: Dr. Peter Berendzen
​Geometric morphometric analysis of skeletal shape variation across the Pleuronectiformes 

B.A. in Biology, University of Northern Iowa 

A.A. and A.S. in Liberal Arts, Clinton Community College, Iowa 
​ PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS 
2022 - 

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2017 - 2022

2021 - 2022

2015 - 2017

2014 - 2015

2013 - 2014

2011 - 2013
NSF Postdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Department of Entomology Principal Investigator: Dr. Hannah Wood 

Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant at Auburn University, AL 

Data Service Consultant at I&RC in Ralph Brown Draughon Library, AL 

Biology Laboratory Manager at Clarke University, Dubuque, IA 

Biology Instructor at Highland Community College, Highland, KS
 
In-House Clinical Research Assistant at PRA, Lenexa, KS 
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Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 
PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS   
  • ​Black CR., Armbruster JW. 2022, Nov. Integration and modularity in the diversity of the suckermouth armored catfishes. Royal Society Open Science. 
  • Black CR., Armbruster JW. 2022, Nov. Chew on this: Oral jaw shape is not correlated with diet type in Loricariid catfishes. PLOS ONE. 
  • Berendzen P., Holmes S., Abels J. Black CR. 2021, November. Morphological diversity within the Ozark minnow (Notropis nubilus: Cyprinidae). Journal of Fish Biology. 
  • Black CR., Armbruster JW. 2021, May. New method of isotopic analysis: Baseline Standardized Isotope Vector Analysis show trophic partitioning in loricariids. Ecosphere. 
  • Black CR., Berendzen P. 2020, April. Shared ecological traits influence shape of the skeleton in flatfishes (Pleuronectiformes). PeerJ. 
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Instructor of Record
2012 - 2022
2014 - 2015
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
  • Comparative Anatomy (BIOL 3010-D01) – Summer 2022
  • Evolution and Systematics (BIOL 3033) – Summer 2020
  • Organismal Biology (BIOL 1030) – Fall 2019

Highland Community College, Highland, Kansas
  • Human Anatomy (BS 104) – Fall 2014, Spring & Summer 2015
  • Human Physiology (BS 105) – Fall 2014, Spring & Summer 2015
  • Exercise Physiology (PE 250) –Spring 2015
  • Nutrition (BS 110) – Fall 2014, Spring 2015
Teaching Assistant
2017 – 2022
2011 – 2013
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
  • Comparative Anatomy Lab (BIOL 3011) – Fall 2017-2018,2020 & Spring 2017-2019,2022
  • Anatomy and Physiology II Lab (BIOL 2511) – Fall 2021

University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
  • Life: Continuity and Change Lab (BIOL 1015) – Fall 2012 & Spring 2013
  • Evolutionary Biology (BIOL 3100) – Spring 2012
  • Cell Structure and Function (BIOL 2052) – Fall 2011
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