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EOSC Announces the Addition of Biological Science Faculty Member

Dr. Chris T. McAllister

Eastern Oklahoma State College has announced the addition of Dr. Chris T. McAllister (“Dr. Mac”) as a full-time faculty member on the McCurtain County Campus. Dr. Mac is a native Arkansan who holds a doctoral degree in Biology from the University of North Texas. He also holds a B.S. from the University of Arkansas-Little Rock, and an M.S. from Arkansas State University. He comes to EOSC from Ouachita Tech College in Malvern, Arkansas.

Dr. Mac did a postdoctoral fellowship in Internal Medicine at the VA Medical Center-Dallas where he studied Type I diabetes. In that position he perfected the islet isolation technique and trained physicians as well as technicians from all over the U.S. and abroad in that surgical procedure.

He has been teaching numerous courses in the biological sciences for nearly 25 yrs. His primary teaching field is human anatomy and physiology. He also teaches microbiology and general biology at EOSC. Dr. Mac loves to use “critters” in the laboratory to help students appreciate nature in action.

Dr. Mac has published over 400 refereed papers in the scientific literature. His research interests are eclectic and include ecological studies on millipeds, centipedes, crayfish, fishes, amphibians and reptiles, and small mammals, particularly bats. He calls himself a herpetoparasitologist, one who studies parasites of frogs, salamanders, lizards, turtles, and snakes. He has described several species of parasites new to science, and has had two species named in his honor. Dr. Mac would be the first to admit that he could not have been successful in research without having many collaborators, some of whom are leaders in their field. He often mentions such renown collaborators as Drs. Henry Robison (coauthor of Fishes of Oklahoma and Fishes of Arkansas and an expert on crayfish), Rowland Shelley (North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences-Raleigh, expert on millipeds and centipedes), Chuck Bursey (Penn. St. University, a parasitologist), Steve Upton (Kansas St. University, a coccidiologist), and Stanley Trauth (Arkansas State University, herpetologist and coauthor of Amphibians and Reptiles of Arkansas). There are numerous others but these five biologists have been most instrumental in shaping his career. Dr. Mac is glad to be in the foothills of the Ouachitas where he can continue his research activities on the diverse fauna of the region.

Dr. Mac is a member of several professional scientific organizations, including the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas Academies of Science, the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles, the Helminthological Society of Washington, Southwestern Association of Naturalists, and the American Society of Parasitologists. He served as President of the Southwestern Association of Parasitologists (who meet annually in April at Lake Texoma, OK) and Managing Editor of the Arkansas Academy of Science. He is a regular ad-hoc reviewer for several scientific journals.

Dr. Mac was elected to Sigma Xi (The Scientific Research Society) and is listed in Who's Who in America. He is married and has four children, James T. III., Rachel, Nikolas, and Zarah. His wife, Monique, is a certified court reporter.

SEMCC Announces Textbook Reserve Program

Some students have noted that the costs of textbooks have risen steadily over the last couple of years. According to Associate Dean Bruce King, these cost increases have resulted in many students having difficulty in purchasing all the required texts for their courses. In some instances, students have fallen behind in coursework or withdrawn from classes for fear of possibly failing a course, King said.

To help with this situation, officials at SE and EOSC have partnered to begin the Textbook Reserve Program at the McCurtain County Campus. The TRP cannot provide textbooks for every course offered. The program does wish to serve as many students as possible. Find Out More.

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