Education:

• Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, December 2002
• Master of Science Entomology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, June 1995
• Bachelor of Environmental Health Science, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, March 1992
  

• Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1995

• Winter 2003-Present, Instructor, The University of Georgia, taught introductory ecology course to over 130 undergraduates, supervised 4 graduate laboratory assistants with laboratory instruction
  
• Fall 2002 - Present, Instructor, Athens Technical College, Designed, developed and taught introductory organismal biology course to undergraduates
  
• Fall 1998-Present, Discover Life in America, Board of Directors
  
• Summer 1998 Instructor, University of Georgia, Coordinated a Biodiversity and Web Technology training course as part of a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service to pilot methods for training teachers and minority students how to do real science and present information on the World Wide Web
• Summer 1997-December 2002, University of Georgia, Institute of Ecology, Ph.D. program; thesis research compares parasitoid (Ichneumonidae: Hymenoptera), host and plant communities between 1) xeric ridge and mesic coves, 2) old-growth and mature second-growth mixed deciduous cove forests, 3) and pine stands before and after fire in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park (GSMNP).
• Summer 1996-Spring 1997 Laboratory Technician III, University of Georgia, wrote paper summarizing present knowledge of pheromones and other semiochemicals used in forest pest management under United States Forest Service grant, prepared study site to examine the effects of burn intensity on black turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus terebrans, colonization and conducted 100 percent plot surveys
  
• Fall 1995 Teaching Assistant, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, assisted with core curriculum course in environmental health
  
• Spring 1995-Spring 1996 CTA Environmental, conducted wetland delineation, Phase I and Phase II environmental assessment
  
• Spring 1995-Summer 1996 HLM, Consultants Environmental Health Specialist, lecture on biological hazards, evaluate epidemiologic exposure data, develop corporate advertising and public relations program
  
• Spring 1992-Spring 1995 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Graduate Laboratory Assistant, taught ecology, general biology and entomology
  
• Fall 1991-Spring 1994 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, Manager, Remote Automated Intelligence Network (RAIN), installed, and maintained RAIN weather stations in Canada and the Southeast, monitored station output and distributed weather summaries, supervised daily monitoring of the network
  
• Summer, 1991 Commissioned Officer, U. S. Public Health Service, Fairbanks, Alaska, Environmental Health Specialist--Intern, conducted environmental health surveys of water treatment plants, sanitation facilities, and health care facilities, Lay Vaccinator for the State of Alaska
  

• Extensive taxonomic training identifying Ichneumoninae and Campopleginae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) to species under Dr. David B. Wahl of the American Entomological Institute

• Computer Experience in Web page design, WordPerfect, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, S-PLUS, SAS, DELTA, Windows, Macintosh and UNIX operating systems

• Skillen, E.L., J. Pickering and M.J. Sharkey. 2000. Species Richness of the Campopleginae and Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae) Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North American Old Growth Forests. Environmental Entomology 29: 460-466.

• Skillen, E.L., C.W. Berisford, M. Camann, and R.C. Reardon. 1997. Semiochemicals of Forest and Shade Tree Insects in North America and Mangement Applications. U.S.D.A. Forest Service Publication. 184 p.

• Lockard, E.I. 1995. Biodiversity and Geographic Distributions of Parasitic Hymenoptera (Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae and Ichneumoninae) Along a Latitudinal Gradient in Eastern North America. M.S. Thesis. University of Georgia. p. 152.