Address

Dr. Susan C. Barber

Associate Provost and

Professor of Biology

Oklahoma City University

2501 N. Blackwelder

Oklahoma City, OK 73106-1493

Office, Phone, and Fax

• Office: Clara Jones Administration Building 245
• Herbarium: LO 205
• Phone: (405) 208-5287
• Fax: (405) 208-5451

Research Interests

• Flora of Oklahoma project, Editorial Board and Assistant Coordinating Editor
• Pollination Ecology, especially of Pyrrhopappus
• Reproductive biology of Cirsium
• Systematics of Verbena
• Floristics and community ecology, especially of gypsum areas in Oklahoma
• Diversity of Acer saccharum (sugar maples) in Oklahoma

   

Courses Taught

• Fundamentals of Biology
• Science and Technology, Honors Section
• General Botany
• Principles of Ecology
• Environmental Science
• Plant Systematics

   

Selected Publications and Paper Presentations

• Barber, S.C. and J.R. Estes. 1978. Comparative pollination ecology of Pyrrhopappus geiseri and Pyrrhopappus carolinianus. Amer. J. Bot. 65: 562-566.
• Barber, S.C. 1979. Floristic components of the gypsum hills and redbed plains area of southwestern Oklahoma. Southw. Nat. 24: 431-437.
• Barber, S.C. 1982. Taxonomic studies in the Verbena stricta complex. Systematic Botany 7: 433-456.
• Wilson, H.D., S.C. Barber, and T. Walters. 1983. Loss of duplicate gene expression in tetraploid Chenopodium . Biochemical Systematics and Ecology 11: 7-13.
• Collins, S.L. and S.C. Barber. 1985. Effects of disturbance on diversity in mixed grass prairie. Vegetatio 64: 87-94.
• Tyrl, R.J., S.C. Barber, P. Buck, J.R. Estes, L. Magrath, C. Taylor and R. Thompson. 1994. Key to the vascular plant families of Oklahoma. Noble, Oklahoma. Flora Oklahoma, Inc.
• ____________. 1997. Keys and descriptions for the Vascular Plant Families of Oklahoma. Noble, Oklahoma. Flora Oklahoma, Inc.
• ____________. 2001. Keys and descriptions of the Vascular Plants of Oklahoma. Noble, Oklahoma. Flora Oklahoma, Inc.
• Berger, B.A., S.C. Barber and T. Conley. 2002. Genetic, Morphological, and Allozyme Analyses of Maples in Oklahoma and Arkansas, Beta Beta Beta Biennial National Convention and National Collegiate Honors Conference.
• ____________. 2003. Keys and descriptions for the Vascular Plants of Oklahoma. Noble, Oklahoma. Flora Oklahoma, Inc.
• Barber, S.C. 2006. Keys to Verbenaceae for San Juan Flora project, Farmington, NM. in press.

   

Personal

• Married to Dr. David P. Nagle, Jr.
• Interests include outdoor nature activities, reading, cooking, architecture

   

   

E-Mail Address: sbarber@okcu.edu

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