Christina Fox Call, Ph.D.

Christina Fox Call, Ph.D.

  • Assistant Professor
115 Buckhout Laboratory
University Park, PA 16802

Areas of Expertise

  • Horticultural Crop, Turf, & Seed Pathology
  • Plant & Fungal Reproductive Genetics
  • Population Ecology with GIS
  • Pedagogy and Online Curriculum Development

Affiliations

Senior Editorial Board, Plant Health (2019 -present)
Member, American Phytopathological Society (2019 - present)

Recent Publications & Presentation

Dutzman, Nicole Li, Sebastianelli, Alexa, Call, Christina Fox. (2021). A Checklist of Fungi in the Alan Seeger Natural Area, Rothrock State Forest, Jackson Township, PA USA. Gamma Sigma Delta Expo (Poster).

Wallace, Emma, Call, Christina Fox, Geiser, David. (2019). The Fungal Selfie; Integrating a Social Media Collection in Higher Education Mycology Courses. American Phytopathological Society (Presentation).

Shrestha, Gajendra, Leavitt, Steven D., Proulx, Monica W., Glacy, Lawrence A., ​Call, Christina​, Henrickson, John and Larry L. St. Clair. (2012). A checklist of the lichens of the Beaver Dam Slope, Washington County, Utah, USA. ​North American Fungi,​ 7:5 (1-7). https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235953250_A_Checklist_of_the_Lichens_of_the_Beaver_Dam_Slope_Washington_County_Utah_USA

P0716 – ePoster – Microsatellites as tools for species delimitation and diagnosis of hybrid origins in the hyper-diverse genus ​Boechera (Brassicaceae). (2012). Loreen Allphin, James Beck, Christina Call​, C Donovan Bailey, Patrick Alexander, Ihsan Al-Shehbaz, Michael Windham.

Allphin, L., J. Beck, ​C. Call​, C. D. Bailey, P. Alexander, I Al-Shehbaz, and M. D. Windham. (2011). Microsatellites as tools for species delimitation and diagnosis of hybrid origins in the hyper-diverse genus ​Boechera (​ Brassicaceae​). Presentation given for International Botanical Congress.​ Melbourne Australia.

Windham, M., J. Beck, P. Alexander, L. Allphin, C.D. Bailey, ​C. Call,​ F. Li, C. Rushworth, and I. Al-Shehbaz. (2011). Is the glass half-empty or half-full?: the current state of ​Boechera (Brassicaceae) systematics. ​Botany Society​. St. Louis, MO.

Rogers, S., Hanegan, N. L., ​Call, C.,​ Davies, C., Kent, D., Mitchell, A., Morrison, S., Price, L., & Eggett, D. (2010). Didactic teaching and guided inquiry: Transference of knowledge. Electronic Journal of Science Education.

Call, C. Hanegan, N. L., & Wursten, S. M. (2009). Elementary administrators and their perspectives concerning science education. Published proceedings. ​National Association of Research in Science Teaching​.​ Garden Grove, CA.

Rogers, S., ​Call, C.​, Davies, C. K., Kent, D., Mitchell, A., Morrison, S., Price, L., Eggett, D., & Hanegan, N. L. (2009). A comparison of didactic and guided inquiry instruction in facilitation of transference of knowledge. Published proceedings. ​National Association of Research in Science Teaching​.​ Garden Grove, CA.

Courses

METEO/AGECO 122 Growing in the Wind
PLANT 200
Introduction to Agricultural Crop Growth, Form, and Function
PPEM 300 Horticultural Crop Diseases
PPEM 412 Introduction to Turfgrass Management
PPEM/BIOL 425 Biology of Fungi
PPEM 454 Virus Ecology
PPEM 496 Independent Study
PPATH 9020A Introduction to Turfgrass Pathology
PPEM 602 Supervised Experience in College Teaching
TURF 853 Interpreting Turfgrass Science Literature
INTAG 100 Introduction to International Agriculture (Guest Instructor)
 
 

Publications

Online General Chemistry I with Laboratory- CHM 210, Call, Christina, 2015

Online Introduction to Chemistry- CHM 110, Call, Christina, 2014