email: tkelso@ColoradoCollege.edu
fax: 719-389-6940

Date of birth: 1 May 1953
Boston, Mass.

EDUCATION

1987 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. PhD, Botany.

1980 University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. M.A. Geography.

1977 New Hampshire-Vermont Elementary Teaching Certification Upper Valley Teacher Training Program, Hanover, N.H.

1975 Dartmouth College. B.A. Magna Cum Laude, Geography. Minor: Biology

1971-1973 Smith College, Northampton, MA.

POSITIONS

1998-2000 Chair, Dept. of Biology/Colorado College
1997-98 Assistant Chair, Dept. of Biology/Colorado College

1994-present Associate Professor, Dept. of Biology/ Colorado College

1987-1994 Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biology/ Colorado College. Tenured 1994.

1988-present Museum Curator Adjoint, Univ. of Colorado Museum, Boulder, Colorado

1987 Biological Technician, National Park Service, Bering Land Bridge National Monument (Seward Peninsula, Alaska).

1986 Visiting Summer Faculty, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

1983,1985 Research Assistant, Bureau of Land Management

1982-1987 Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Biology, University of Alaska.

1981 Tutor, Rural Student Services, University of Alaska

1981, 1982 Instructor, Northwest Community College, Nome, Alaska

1980-1982 Herbarium Assistant, University of Colorado Museum

1977-1978 Resource Teacher, Norwich (Vt.) Elementary School grades 5-6.

1974-1976 Research Assistant, Dept. of Geology, Dartmouth College. LANDSAT

AWARDS , HONORS and GRANTS

1998 Colorado Natural Areas Program: Flora of the Shale Barrens, Niobrara Formation, Southern Colorado.

1995 Colorado Natural Areas Program and Colorado Native Plant Society: Geobotany and Endemism in the Flora of the Arkansas River Valley, Colorado

1992-1994 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor at Colorado College

1992 Colorado College Burlington Northern Award for Faculty Achievement in Teaching

1991 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service grant: Habitat requirements of Eutrema penlandii, Mosquito Range, Colorado

1990-1999 Colorado College, Howard Hughes Grants for student- faculty research.
-Botany of the Riparian Canyons, El Paso Co.
-Floristics of the Collegiate Peaks Region, Colorado
-Reproductive Biology of Alpine Primroses
-Paleoecology of Lost Park, Colorado
-Flora and Vegetation of Aiken Canyon, Colorado
-Rare Plants of the Arkansas River Valley
-Botanical Survey of the Black Forest, Colorado
-Use of the Inductively Coupled Plasma Spectrometer in Geobotany

1989 Colorado Natural Areas Program grant: Comparative
Floristics of Acidic and Carbonate Bedrock in the Collegiate Peaks, Colorado

1980-81 Van Riper Fund Award, University of Colorado Museum; Lichty Research Fund Award, Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Colorado.

1978-1980 Title IX Graduate Fellowship, Dept. of Geography, Univ. of Colorado

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Society of Plant Taxonomists, Association for Women in Science,
Botanical Society of America, International Organization of Plant Biosystematists,
Society of Conservation Biologists, Sigma Xi

Other: Colorado Native Plant Society, California Botanical Society
Center for Science Education

PUBLICATIONS (*indicates student coauthor)

Kelso, S., *C. Hall, and G. Maentz. The role of landscape anomalies in regional plant
Conservation. Proc. Third Southwestern Rare and Endangered Plant Conference. Flagstaff Arizona. In press.

Holmgren, N. and S. Kelso. Primula cusickiana (Primulaceae) and its varieties. In press,
Brittonia. Conti, E., Suring, E., D. Boyd, J. Jorgensen, and S. Kelso. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships and character evolution in Primula L.: the usefulness of ITS sequence data. Plant Biosystems 134: 385-392.

Murray, D.F. and S. Kelso. 1997. Chromosome numbers and notes on the taxonomy of
selected Alaskan vascular plants. Rhodora 99: 33-55.

Anderberg, A. A. and S. Kelso. 1996. Phylogenetic implications of endosperm cell wall
morphology in Douglasia, Androsace, and Vitaliana (Primulaceae). Nordic J. of Botany 16: 191-196.

Hu, C.M. and S. Kelso. 1996. Primulaceae. Flora of China, vol. 15. Ed. {Wu Zheng-yi
and P. Raven). Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden. Pp. 39-189.

Kelso, S., *K. Heckmann, *J. Lawton, and G. Maentz.1996. Endemic calciphiles of the
Middle Arkansas Valley, Colorado. Proc. 2nd Southwestern Rare Plant Conference, Flagstaff, AZ(1995).
Ed. J. Maschinski et al. U.S.D.A. Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GTR-283. Pp. 270-280.

Murray, D.F., S. Kelso, and B.A. Yurtsev. 1995. Floristic novelties in Beringia: patterns
and questions of their origins. In Bridges of Science between N. American and the Russian Far East. Proc. 45th Arctic Science Conference, Vladivostok, Russia. pp. 186-192.

Kelso, S., B.A. Yurtsev, and D.F. Murray. 1995. Douglasia beringensis (Primulaceae): a
new species from northwestern Alaska. Novon 4: 381-385.

*Miller, J., *M. Litvak, S. Kelso, and A. Vargo. 1994. Comparative reproductive biology
of two species of alpine primrose. Arctic and Alpine Research 26: 297-303.

*Roy, G., S. Kelso, and *A. Tonnesen. 1993. Habitat characteristics of Eutrema penlandii
(Brassicaceae) in the Colorado Rockies: a study of alpine endemism. Madroño 40: 236-245.

Kelso, S., *G. Roy, and *A. Tonnesen. 1993. Habitat requirements of Eutrema penlandii
(Brassicaceae): a rare endemic of the Mosquito Range, central Colorado. Proc. Southwest Rare Plant Conference, Santa Fe, NM.

Kelso, S. 1992. The genus Primula as a model for evolution in the Alaskan flora. Arctic
and Alpine Research 24(1): 82-87.

Kelso, S. 1992. Conspectus of the genus Douglasia (Primulaceae) with comments on
Douglasia alaskana , an Alaska-Yukon alpine endemic. Can. J. Bot. 70: 593-596.

Kelso, S. 1991. Taxonomy of Primula sects. Aleuritia and Armerina in North America.
Rhodora 93:67-99.

Kelso, S. 1991. Taxonomy and phytogeography of Primula sect.Cuneifolia in North
America. Madroño 38: 37-44.

Kelso, S. 1989. Vascular Flora and Phytogeography of Cape Prince of Wales, Seward
Peninsula, Alaska. Can. J. Bot. 67: 3248-3259.

Kelso, S. 1987. Primula anvilensis (Primulaceae): a new species from northwestern
Alaska. Systematic Botany 12: 9-13.

Kelso, S. 1987. Primula tschuktschorum and Primula eximia (Primulaceae: section
Crystallophlomis ): adistylous species and its homostylous derivative from the Bering Strait region, Alaska. Brittonia 39: 63-72.

Kelso, S. and M.C. Fritts. 1985. Carex jacobi-peteri : a synonym of Carex pyrenaica ssp.
micropoda in Alaska. Canad. J. Bot. 63: 2097-2099.

Kelso, S. 1983. Range extensions of vascular plants, Seward Peninsula, northwest
Alaska. Rhodora 85: 371-379.

POPULAR ARTICLES

Kelso, T. 1996. A Biologist's View of Weeds: A Threat to Our Native Flora. Newsletter
of The Palmer Foundation.

Kelso, T. and* J. Lawton. 1995. Botanical notes from the Arkansas Valley I: The
Resurrection of Penstemon versicolor. Aquilegia 19 (4). Colorado Native Plant Society.

Kelso, T., *K. Heckmann,* J. Lawton, and G. Maentz. 1996. Botanical notes from the
Arkansas Valley II: Ecology of Oxybaphus rotundifolius. Aquilegia 20(1). Colorado Native Plant Society.

Kelso, T. 1993. The Flora of Alaska's Seward Peninsula: Asiatic Heritage Across the
Bering Strait. The Rock Garden (Journal of the Scottish Rock Garden Club). 23 (3.92): 289-298.

Kelso, S. 1992. Learning from Primroses. Newsletter, The Berry Botanic Garden. 5(1):1-
4.

Kelso, S. 1988. The Primroses of Alaska. Primroses (Quarterly of the American Primrose
Society): 46: 54-60.

PROFESSIONAL REPORTS (* indicates student coauthor)

Kelso, S., G. Maentz, and *C. Hall. 1998. A comparative study of the shale barrens flora
on the Niobrara Formation in SE Colorado. Report to the Colorado Natural Areas Program.

Kelso, S. 1995. Status Report on Primula tschuktschorum:. Report to the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.

Kelso, S., *K. Heckmann, *J. Lawton, and G. Maentz. 1995. The ecology and
distribution of Oxybaphus rotundifolius and Penstemon versicolor: geobotany
and endemism in the Arkansas Valley, Colorado. Report to Colorado Natural Areas Program.

Kelso, S., M. Litvak, and D. Wilson. 1989. The alpine flora of the Cottonwood Pass
region, Collegiate Peaks, Sawatch Range, Colorado. Report to the U.S. Forest Service, Pike/San Isabel National Forest.

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS (* indicates student coauthor)

Kelso, S. G. Maentz, & *C.Hall. The role of landscape anomalies in conservation. Soc. for Conservation Biology, Missoula, MT. 2000.

Kelso, S., G. Maentz, &* C. Hall. Geobotany of the shale barrens of SE Colorado. XVI
International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO. 1999.

Conti, E., *E. Suring, & S. Kelso. Phylogeny and evolution of breeding systems in
Primula. XVI International Botanical Congress, St. Louis, MO 1999.

Kelso, S., N.Bower, *D. Greve, *P. Beardsley, and G. Maentz. Use of the ICP-OES and
sequential soil extractions for assessment of edaphic endemism in plants. Soc. for Conservation Biology, Victoria, BC. 1997.

*Greve, D., N. Bower, *P. Beardsley, and S. Kelso. Sequential soil extraction elemental
speciation: a new approach for the cluster analysis of soils and plants. Pittsburgh Conference on Anal. Chemistry, New Orleans, LA. 1997.

Kelso, S., *K. Heckmann, *J. Lawton, and G. Maentz. Endemic calciphiles of the Middle
Arkansas Valley, Colorado. 2nd Southwest Rare Plant Conference, Flagstaff, AZ. 1995.

Murray, D.F., S. Kelso, and B.A. Yurtsev. Endemism in Beringia's vascular flora:
patterns and questions. 45th Arctic Science Conference, Vladivostok, Russia. 1994.

Kelso, S. Flora and Phytogeography of the Seward Peninsula, Bering Strait Region,
Alaska.International Botanical Congress, Yokohama, Japan. 1993.

Kelso, S.,* G.Roy, and *A. Tonnesen. Habitat requirements of Eutrema penlandi
(Brassicaceae): a rare endemic of the Mosquito Range, central Colorado. Southwestern Rare Plants Conference, Santa Fe, N.M. 1992.

Kelso, S. Systematic implications of reproductive biology in the genus
Primula..International Organization of Plant Biosystematists, St. Louis, MO. 1992.

*Miller, J. and S. Kelso. Distyly in an alpine environment: reproductive differences
between two species of alpine primrose. Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists, Boulder, CO. 1991.

*Litvak, M. and S.Kelso. The reproductive biology of two distylous species of alpine
primrose. Guild of Rocky Mountain Population Biologists, Boulder, CO. 1990.

Kelso, S. Anatomical Characters in the Genus Primula L. at the Sectional Level.
Botanical Society of America, AIBS, Toronto, Canada, 1989.

Kelso, S. The influence of polyploidy and environment on reproductive shifts from
distyly to homostyly in Primula. Botanical Society of America, AIBS, Davis, CA, 1988.

Kelso, S. Evolution in the genus Primula sect. Aleuritia : isolation, secondary contact,
polyploidy, and homostyly. Botanical Society of America, Davis, CA, 1988.

Kelso, S. Heterostyly and homostyly in two arctic species of Primula. Third International
Congress of Systematic and Evolutionary Biology, Sussex, England, 1985.

MANUSCRIPT and PROPOSAL REVIEWS

American Journal of Botany, Arctic and Alpine Research, Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, Brittonia, Canadian Journal of Botany, Grinnell College, Colorado Natural Areas Program, Journal of the Torrey Botanical Club, Madroño, National Science Foundation, Phytologia, International Journal of Plant Science, New Phytologist, Timber Press, Quarterly Review of Biology, Rhodora

PROGRAM REVIEWER

Dept of Biology, Willamette University
Dept of Biology, Gustavus Adolphus College

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Institute for Systematic Botany, Univ. of Zurich. 2001
Colorado Mountain Club, Colorado Spgs , CO. 1997
American Rock Garden Society Annual Meeting, Pittsfield, MA. 1994.
American Rock Garden Society, Stockbridge, MA. 1993.
Scottish Rock Garden Society, Edinburgh. 1992
International Primrose Conference, Portland OR 1992
Berry Botanical Garden, Portland, OR 1992
Dept. of Biology, College of Idaho, 1991.
El Paso Co. Parks Dept. (Bear Creek Nature Center, Fountain Creek Nature Center).
1987-1993
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Florissant, CO. 1988, 1989
Botanical Soc. of Prague, Czechoslovakia 1990
American Rock Garden Society, Denver, CO 1988
Dept. of Biology, Univ. of Wyoming, 1988
Mountain Research Station, Univ. of Colorado, 1990

COLLEGE and COMMUNITY SERVICE

Colorado College: Biology Dept Chair 98-2000; Assistant Chair 1996-98; Faculty Executive Committee (1991-92, re-elected 1992-1995; Chair, Subcommittee on Governance 1991-92);Reaccreditation Self Study Steering Committee; Faculty Concerns Commitee; Strategic Planning Executive Committee; Women's Concerns Representative, Computer Services Position; Science Librarian Search Committee; Southwest Studies Committee; AIDS Task Force; Faculty Research and Development Committee; Curator of the Carter Herbarium (1987-present); Biology Dept. Seminar Co-ordinator (1989-1993); Rhodes Scholarship Comittee (1991, 1996); Colorado College Literature Award Committee (1991-92, 92-93) Freshman Seminar Leader 1988-present
Other: The Palmer Foundation, Board of Trustees, (1994-2000)
The Nature Conservancy, SE Colorado Science Advisory Committee
The Nature Conservancy, Colorado, Science Advisory Committee

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