Ellen Joan Censky

Background

Censky, Ellen Joan was born on September 20, 1955 in Milwaukee. Daughter of Schubert Charles and Rosemary Alma Censky.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Zoology, University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, University Pittsburgh, 1994.

Career

Research assistant University Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1977-1979. Technician Milwaukee Public Museum, 1978-1979. Preparator Carnegie Museum Natural History, Pittsburgh, 1979-1980, curatorial assistant, 1980-1985, collection manager, 1985-1993, acting head amphibians and reptiles, 1993, curator amphibians and reptiles, 1994.

Director Connecticut St. Museum of National History (U Connecticut), Storrs, Connecticut, 1998—2003. Adjunct associate professor, ecology and evolutionary biology University Connecticut, since 1998. Professor department zoology University Oklahoma, since 2003.

Director Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum Natural History, since 2003. Consultant Government Anguilla, Ministry Education and Environmental, 1992-1993, environmental education program Government Anguilla United Nations Development Program, 1992-1994.

Achievements

• Ellen Joan Censky has been listed as a noteworthy curator, biologist, museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Herpetologists' League (publications secretary since 1994, member long range planning and finance committee 1987-1993, chairman 1990-1993), Society for Study Amphibians and Reptiles (section editor 1983-1987), American Society Icthyologists and Herpetologists, Society Preservation Natural History Collections (finance committee 1988-1992), Association Systematics Collections, Biological Society Washington, Florida Academy of Sciences, Pennsylvania Biological Survey (amphibian and reptile technical committee since 1994), Sigma Xi (associate).

Connections

Father:

Schubert Charles Censky

Mother:

Rosemary Alma Censky