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Dominique G. Homberger

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In 2010, Dr. Homberger was removed from teaching her biology courses at LSU, where she was a tenured biology professor at the time, presumably for having a strict grading policy. At the same time, a nontenured researcher was fired for criticizing the New Orleans levee system. As a result of these two
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With co-author Warren F. Walker, Homberger has written a standard textbook titled "Vertebrate Dissection". This was first published in 2003 and is now in the ninth edition. Goodreads has a rating of 4.4 out of 5.
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dismissals, the American Association of University Professors released a report, accusing LSU of violating academic freedom and due process.
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In 2016, the Louisiana State University Honors College awarded Homberger the Departmental Alumni Professorship.
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Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Homberger, Dominique G.; de Silva, Kumudini N. (1 August 2000).
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American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Index

Louisiana State University
vertebrate
dissection
American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Ornithological Union
International Ornithological Congress 2022
International Ornithologists' Union
Cary Nelson
American Association of University Professors
grade inflation
"Functional microanatomy of the feather-bearing integument: implications for the evolution of birds and avian flight"
doi
10.1093/icb/40.4.553
JSTOR
3884279
"Ornithological research in Switzerland in the course of the 20th century – a fruitful collaboration of professionals and amateurs"
"Meetings"
the original
"IOU Council | International Ornithologists' Union"
"Departmental Alumni Professors"
the original
"AAUP Faults Louisiana State for Its Treatment of 2 Scholars"
"School Information System"
the original
"Vertebrate Dissection"
Categories
Living people
American ornithologists
Women ornithologists
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

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