EDUCATION

The University of Chicago    Ph.D.    1982
     Committee on the Conceptual Foundations of Science
     Doctoral Dissertation:  Altruism & Sociobiology: A Critical Look At the Critical Issue

Duke University 1974
 History of Science
 Master's Thesis:  Structuralism & Functionalism: The Origins Of American Psychology

Chatham College  B.A. 1969

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

 The University of Alabama in Huntsville  1982 - present
 Department of Biological Sciences
 Adjunct Associate Professor 1994-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor 1989-1994
 College of Science Graduate Faculty 1989-present
    Visiting Scholar           1982-1989

 The Union Institute l993-present
 Adjunct Professor
 Cincinnati, Ohio
 
 Monteverde Institute 1987 - Present
 Monteverde, Costa Rica
 1987-1990 Committee on Curriculum Development
 
ACADEMIC SERVICE, AWARDS, & HONORS

Evolution:  International Journal of Organic Evolution
The Society for the Study of Evolution
 Special Editor

Journal of Psychological Type
 Journal of the Association for Psychological Type.
 Member, first Review Board.
The Condor
 Quarterly publication of the Cooper Ornithological
 Society.
 Founder and Editor, Book Review Section
 Associate Editor

Southern Humanities Conference l993
 Planning Committee, Program
 Committee, Session Moderator

H.E. Francis Award  l992-present
 Co-Founder and Competition Co-Chair
 International Literary Competition, Jointly Sponsored by UAH and the
 Ruth Hindman Foundation

Union College Intern Program 1991
Advisor for undergraduate field research project on behavior and demography of a cooperative breeding bird in Costa Rica.

Associated Colleges of the Midwest  l988
 Advisor for undergraduate field research project
 on behavior and demography of a cooperative
 breeding bird in Monteverde, Costa Rica.

GRANTS, AWARDS, AND FELLOWSHIPS

Distinguished Lecturer
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Founded in 1886 as an honor society for scientists and engineers
62nd College of Distinguished Lecturers
1 July 1999 to 30 June 2001
.
Consulting Psychologists Press 1997
 Research Grant
 Investigating Teacher Learning Style in Costa Rica

American Philosophical Society 1987
      Research Grant: Social Behavior & Population Biology of a Cooperative Breeding Bird

American Museum of Natural History 1987
  Competition & Cooperation in An Expanding Population

American Philosophical Society 1982
 Social Organization of a Cooperative Breeding Bird

Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation 1980
 Fellowship awarded through The University of Chicago in support of dissertation research
 
Searle Fund of the Chicago Community Trust 1980
      Fellow in The Conceptual Foundations of Science

American Museum of Natural History 1978
 Breeding Ecology & Social Organization of A Cooperative Breeding Bird

Henry M. Hinds Fund  For Evolutionary Research 1977-1978
 Breeding Ecology & Social Organization of a Cooperative Breeding Bird

SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS

Lawton, M.F. in prep. On the Edge of the World: The Evolution of Sociality in Two Invading Species. Smithsonian Institution Press.

Lawton, M.F., J.C. Hanks & W. Garstka, 1997. The mask of  theory and the face of nature. in P. Gowaty, ed., Feminism & Evolutionary Biology: Boundaries, Intersections, and Frontiers Chapman-Hall, pp.63-85..

Williams, D. & M.F. Lawton, in press.  Brown Jays: complex sociality in a colonizing species. in, Nadkarni, N. and N. Wheelwright, eds., Monteverde: Natural  History of a Cloud Forest. Oxford University Press, N.Y.

Williams,D., M.F. Lawton & R.O. Lawton 1994. Population growth, range expansion, and competition in the cooperatively breeding brown jay, Cyanocorax morio. Animal Behavior, 48:309-322.

Lawton, M.F.  1989.  Communal Breeding and Science as a Social Process. The Condor, 91:748-750.

Lawton, M.F.  1988.  One Man's Owl. The Condor, 90: 524-525.

Lawton, M.F.  1986.  Nest-Building and Bird Behavior. The Condor, 88:545-546.

Lawton, M.F.  1986.  Avian Monogamy. The Condor, 88: 26l-263.

Lawton, M.F.  1986.  The Florida Scrub Jay. The Condor, 88: 124-125.

Lawton, M.F. & R. O. Lawton 1986. Heterochrony, Deferred Breeding and The Evolution of Avian  Sociality. in, R. Johnston, ed.,Current Ornithology. Vol.3,
Plenum Press, New York, p. 187-224.

Lawton, M.F. & R.O. Lawton  1985.  The Breeding Biology of  The Brown Jay in Monteverde. The Condor, 87: 192- 204.

Lawton, M.F.  1984. The Good, The Bad, and The Utterly Ridiculous: Anthropomorphism and zoomorphism in sociobiology. in, The Mating Game:Third Public Symposium, The National Zoo. Friends of the National Zoo.  Washington, D.C. p.24-28.

Lawton, M.F.  1983.  Cyanocorax morio.  in, D. H.Janzen, ed., Costa Rican Natural History. The
University of  Chicago Press. Chicago,   Il., p.573-574.

Lawton, M.F. & C.F. Guindon.  1981.  Flock Composition, Breeding Success and Learning in the Brown Jay. The Condor: 83: 27-33.

Lawton, M.F. & R.O. Lawton.  1980.  Nest-site Selection in the Brown Jay. The Auk: 97: 631-633.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
 Race, Gender, and IQ: The Uses and Abuses of Science in Social Policy
 Interdisciplinary course for Honors Program, Winter, 1996
 Examined the nature of human diversity, beginning with an investigation of MBTI type and learning styles.

A Kinder, Gentler Nature
 Interdisciplinary course for Honors Program, winter, l994
 Examined the evolution of sociality, incorporating Jung’s theory of psychological type with Darwin’s theory of Natural Selction
 
Tell Me Where it Hurts: Representations of Sickness in Literature and Science
 Interdisciplinary Course for Honors Program, Winter, l993
 Examined representations of sickness and wellness from a Freudian and Jungian perspective
 
To Know A Rat: Scientific Representations
 Interdisciplinary Course for UAH Honors Program 1991
Examined ways of knowing, beginning with MBTI learning style of class members.
 
Sex, Evolution and Behavior 1990
 Department of Biological Sciences
 
 Physiological Psychology 1983 & 1984
 Psychology Department

 MONTEVERDE INSTITUTE/COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE
 Tropical Ecology 1990-l995
Resource Faculty and Guest Lecturer
 Introduction to MBTI and learning style among scientists

 ORGANIZATION FOR TROPICAL STUDIES
 Graduate Course in Tropical Ecology
 Summers 1976-1979, 1981-1983, 1985-1990

 MONTEVERDE CONSERVATION LEAGUE
 MBTI team building for administration and staff
 Summer, 1995

TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR AIDS RESEARCH
 AmFAR, New York
 An MBTI Training & Technical Assistance Program
  Establishment and Implementation of a Quarterly Training Program in Team Building, Conflict Resolution
 
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
 Ecological Resources Survey & Monitoring  Design, development, and coordination of one of a series of five, week-long courses in Resource Management for Corps planning,regulatory, monitoring, cultural and natural resource management personnel. Duties included needs-assessment visits and interviews at Corps of Engineers District, Regional, and Divisional Offices; curriculum planning, development of 600 page Course Manual,selecting and coordinating support instructors and providing 30 of the 40 instruction hours.

FAIRFAX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS  Fairfax, Virginia
 A Partnership
      Technical assistance in developing  a Final Report for a two-year, non-traditional apprenticeship program, funded by the U.S. Dept. of Education.
      Tasks included writing Inservice Training  Program Reports, developing a self-paced,  Individual Learning Activities Package at the  6th to 8th grade reading
       level, and developing an Instructor's Guide for Apprenticeship Related  Instruction.
 
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE  Los Angeles, California, October 1995
 Using the MBTI for Faculty Team Building
 Department of Biological Sciences
 
BANK STREET COLLEGE  New York, N.Y. May, 1992 and September, 1992
 An Introduction to Type for Faculty  Train-the-trainer Seminar for professors who train K-12 teachers  in progressive educational techniques.

LAW ENFORCEMENT CHILD ABUSE PROJECT OF PHILADELPHIA
MBTI Needs Assessment, Analysis of Organizational Culture, and Development of Training Program in Team-Building, Decision Making and Conflict Resolution for a multidisciplinary team,composed of professionals in law enforcement, medicine, psychology, social work, and the District Attorney's office An Introduction to Type: Multidisciplinary Team Building Workshop  Temperament, Decision Making and Conflict Resolution Follow-up training

AMERICAN PUBLIC WELFARE ASSOCIATION & TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
 MBTI and Teamwork: Building Bridges to Interdisciplinary Communication
 Train-the-trainer, One-Day Pre-conference Workshop for professionals from Continental U.S.,Hawaii, and Puerto Rico in the use of  psychological  type theory for team-building,conflict resolution, and decision making.
 Using the MBTI in Building Multidisciplinary Teams: The Challenge & The Reward International Conference Workshop for professionals developing a multidisciplinary   approach to Adult Protective Services.
 
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE  Washington, D.C.
  The MBTI in Multidisciplinary Team Building
  Plenary Session and Conference symposium For 1991 Annual Conference
  Los Angeles, California
 
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR VICTIM ASSISTANCE
  Victim Services: The MBTI in Developing Effective Communication within a Multidisciplinary Team 1990 Conference Workshop, Lexington, Ky.

STATE OF ALABAMA:DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
An Introduction to Type for County Directors
  Statewide Retreat, designed to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for Staff Development for all Alabama DHR Chairpersons and County Directors, Lake
  Guntersville, Al.

JEFFERSON COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
  Enhancing Supervisory Relationships
 Seminar for DHR Supervisors First Annual Adult Services Training Seminar Birmingham, Al.  An Introduction to type for Supervisors
  Using personality type in management

MOBILE COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES
  An Introduction to Type for Line Staff Workers April, 1995
  Conflict Resolution for Managers
  Advanced MBTI Training for Management Team
An Introduction to Type for Line Staff Workers  August, 1995
  Advanced Training for Management Team
  Conflict Resolution for Supervisors
Advanced MBTI Training for DHR Management August, 1994
Introduction to type for Line Staff Workers
An Introduction to Type for Line Staff Workers  March, l994
  Problem Solving Skills for Supervisors
  Applications of MBTI for Management Team
  An Introduction to Type for Managers and Supervisors  March, 1993
  Advanced Type Training for Supervisors and Administrators  December, 1993
  Advanced MBTI Training for DHR Management

CHILD PROTECT  Montgomery, Al.
Using the MBTI for Conflict Resolution

NATIONAL CHILDREN'S ADVOCACY CENTER  Huntsville, Al.
 East Meets West: A Multicultural Approach  to Multidisciplinary Team Building
 10th Annual Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect
 Teamwork: Using the MBTI in Building  Multidisciplinary Teams
 7th Annual Symposium on Child  Sexual Abuse and Neglect
Teamwork: Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Build Interdisciplinary
Communication 6th Annual Symposium on Child Sexual Abuse and Neglect

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE
 Division of Continuing Education
 An Introduction to Type, Temperament, and Conflict Resolution
      School of Nursing
 Working Together: A Training & Technical Assistance Program

McDONNELL DOUGLAS
 MBTI in Multicultural Team Building  For Managers

MIND SCIENCE FOUNDATION, San Antonio, Texas
 Personal Preferences: The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

HUNTSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS
 An Introduction to Type for Teachers
 Understanding Differences in the Classroom
Centro Creativo de Educación, Monteverde, Costa Rica
 An Introduction to Type in Multi-cultural settings 1990-1996
 Monteverde Friends School, Costa Rica 1990-1996
 An Introduction to Learning Style in Bilingual Classrooms

NATIONAL VICTIM CENTER   Fort Worth, Texas
 An Introduction to Type for Management
 Temperament, Time Management and Conflict Resolution
FOCUS (FRIENDS OF CHILDREN, UNITED SERVICES)
 An Introduction to Type for Multidisciplinary Teams

NATIONAL RESOURCE CENTER ON CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
 Technical Editor, RoundTable
 
TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS

Lawton, Marcy F. 1991. MBTI in Multidisciplinary Teams: A Creative Approach to Collaboration, Networks, 6(2):7. The National Victim Center.

Lawton, Marcy F.  1990.  Apprenticeship: A Partnership. A Learning Activities Package Introducing Apprenticeship.  A Joint Project of Office of Adult and Community Education, Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia Merit Shop Education Foundation.

Lawton, Marcy F.  1990.  Apprenticeship: A Partnership A Guide for Managers of Inservice Programs For Apprenticeship Related Instruction. A Joint Project of Office of Adult and Community Education, Fairfax County Public  Schools, Virginia Merit Shop Education Foundation.

Lawton, Marcy F.  1990.  Apprenticeship: A Partnership. Final Report. A Joint Project of Office of Adult and Community Education, Fairfax County  Public Schools, Virginia Merit Shop Education Foundation.

Lawton, Marcy F.  1990.  Teamworks: Using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator in Joint Training of Interdisciplinary Teams. RoundTable Magazine.  National
Resource Center on Child Sexual   Abuse.  Winter Issue. Vol.2 (l):22-24.

Lawton, Marcy F. 1986. Ecological Resources: Inventory, Evaluation, and Analysis. Proponent Sponsored  Engineer Corps Training Manual. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 625 pp.