
Professor Bethia King
Educational Background
Ph.D., 1987, Purdue University
B.A., 1982, West Virginia University
Academic Honors: Magna cum laude;
Phi Betta Kappa; NSF Graduate Student Fellowship
Research Interests: behavioral ecology, entomology
Contact: Dr.
Bethia H. King
bking@niu.edu
phone: (815) 753-8460
Montgomery Hall 446
Department
of Biological Sciences
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115 USA
Course / Lab Information
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BIOS109
Human Biology
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BIOS205 Organismal
Diversity
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BIOS 209 Fundamentals of
Organismal Biology
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BIOS433 Behavioral
Ecology
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BIOS453
Entomology
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BIOS661B
Graduate Seminar
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BIOS370 and BIOS495H - Undergraduate Research,
Biology Honors
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"How
to get into Graduate School in Organismal Biology"
Research Interests
My research is with parasitoid wasps that lay their eggs in the pupal stage
of pest flies. The wasps are 2-3 mm long and do not sting.
- mating systems and behavior
- maternal manipulation of offspring sex
- thanatosis = "playing dead"
- activity levels
- learning
- biological control
To see our lab’s research
topics, view abstracts
Post graduate pursuits of students who did research in my laboratory:
Former PhD students:
- Director of Office of Undergraduate Research at
University of North Carolina at Greensboro; after being Director of the Center for
Undergraduate Research at Xavier University in Lousiana; after being a professor
at Coastal Carolina University
- College instructor , Aurora University, College
of DuPage
Former Master’s degree students:
- Biology faculty at Community College in Michigan
- Biological technician, US Fish and Wildlife
Service
- Research
associate at a bioscience corporation in Illinois
- Veterinarian for Abbott Animal Health; after being
a Veterinarian at a small animal practice in Illinois; after Veterinary
School, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Managing attorney in private practice; after obtaining a law degree from University of Baltimore; after being an Outreach
Specialist at Maryland Science Center
- Associate Director of
Program at Freshwater Future, Catto Fellow for Environmental Leadership at
The Aspen Institute; after being Network Coordinator and Advisor at Conservation
Alliance for Seafood Solutions; after being Senior Director, Great Lakes
Conservation at John G. Shedd Aquarium; after being volunteer coordinator at
Shedd Aquarium; after being Exhibit Programs Coordinator
at Chicago Academy of Sciences
- High school teachers in Illinois
- Population biologist at Lincoln Park
zoo in Illinois; formerly at the Avian Propagation Center at
San Diego Zoo
- Primate Center at University of Wisconsin
Former undergraduates:
- zoo internship In Illinois
- internship at Chimps Inc, a wildlife sanctuary
- researcher with Monsanto
- PhD student at University of Kansas
- PhD student at NY City College; MS, Purdue
University
- Doctor of
Osteopathic Medicine in Illinois; after obtaining D.O. at the Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine of
Midwestern University in Downer’s Grove, IL
- community college instructor; after MS from NIU
- MS
student Michigan
State University; after internship at a Michigan zoo, Brookfield zoo
- Master’s degree from
State University of New York at Stonybrook; after Environmental Science
and Conservation research at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- High School Teacher , Elementary Teacher in
Illinois
- Brookfield zoo internship; formerly
horticulturist at the Peggy Notebaret Nature Museum
- mouse colony manager at Northwestern
University
- MS
at Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, GA
- Science laboratory test company in Illinois
- Biology Instructor at Highland Community
College; after obtaining MS at WIU
- Americorps
- Veterinary Technician in Illinois
- Veterinary Program at University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign
- owner of an optometry practice, Fellow
of the American Academy of Optometry, after obtaining a doctorate in optometry
- Doctor
in Division of Infectious Disease at Washington University/ Barnes Jewish
Hospital, after obtaining an MS and a MD-PhD at the University of
Illinois
Many have also used their biology training in their role as parents of
budding scientists.