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Name: |
Paula Mitchell |
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Professor of Biology |
| Education:
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Ph.D., Zoology, University of Texas-Austin
B.A., Biology, University of Pennsylvania
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| Office: |
116 Dalton Hall |
| Phone: |
803/323-2111 x6436 |
| E-mail: |
mitchellp@winthrop.edu |
| Web: |
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| Area(s):
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Entomology, Insect-Plant Interactions, Feeding Behavior and Integrated Pest Management of Coreid and Pentatomid Bugs
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Dr. Mitchell holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Texas-Austin. Her doctoral research focused on the ecology and feeding behavior of Coreidae. She was a postdoctoral associate in entomology at Louisiana State University from 1980-1984 in the soybean lab. From 1984-1993, she taught part-time at Tarleton State University and Texas Christian University while raising young children; during this time, she also served as co-editor of the Journal of Economic Entomology. She has been on the faculty at Winthrop since 1993, teaching primarily zoology and related courses. Mitchell also serves as an adjunct faculty member at Clemson University in the Department of Entomology, Soils, and Plant Sciences.
She was a Fulbright Research Scholar in India (2001-2002) and a Visiting Fellow at the University of Delhi (2005). Currently she serves as the secretary of the International Heteropterists’ Society, serves on the Board of Counselors of the Entomological Foundation, and was the first female president of the South Carolina Entomological Society. She has written or co-authored 28 publications and continues to conduct research in the area of heteropteran feeding behavior and ecology.