Education 

Bachelor of Science, Environmental and Systematic Biology, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California

Graduate Program, Biological Sciences and Entomology, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi

Graduate Program, Biological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico

Recent Employment

Freelance Artist, Writer, Editor (January 1998 - present) (www.robert-hole.com and www.ecologydesigns.com)

        Design and implement artwork in several media

        Design web sites, including storefront

        Market artwork

Exhibits Supervisor Lindsay Wildlife Museum (June 2002 - 31 December 2005)

        Teach classes and lead field trips for adults, children and families

        Design, conceive, write and construct exhibits

        Management assistance of natural history and art collections, including specimen preparation, accessioning and repair, maintain collections databases

        Supervise over 20 adult and 90 youth volunteers

        Train volunteers and staff on interpretation of collections and exhibits

        Represent the museum at public and school events and professional meetings

Other experience includes

Contributing Editor Ornithology Suite101.com (May 2001 - January 2002)

Programmer, Filemaker and MS Access Adecco (November 1999 - February 2002)

Assistant Curator Bird and Mammal Collections, New Mexico State University

Assistant Curator Bird and Mammal Collections, Mississippi State University

Research Assistant Bird Section, US Biological Survey, US Fish and Wildlife Service, supervisor Dr. Mercedes S. Foster

Assistant Curator Mammal Collection, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Laboratory Assistant Morro Bay Kangaroo Rate Captive Breeding Project, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Additional teaching experience includes

Graduate Student/Instructor, New Mexico State University

        Ornithology and general biology laboratories

Instructor, Mississippi State University Extension Campus, Meridian, Miss.

        Introduction to natural history lecture and laboratory (instructor of record)

        Ornithology laboratory

        Mammalogy lecture and laboratory (instructor of record)

Graduate Student/Instructor, Mississippi State University

        Ornithology laboratory

        Introduction to natural history laboratory

        General zoology laboratory

        Vertebrate zoology laboratory

        Mammalogy laboratory

        occasional lectures in ornithology, natural history and mammalogy

Other skills, hobbies and interests include

Museum study skin preparation, taxidermy, gardening, photography, drawing and painting, writing, public speaking, freshwater and marine fish keeping and breeding, bird keeping and breeding, general animal husbandry (including native species), hiking, camping, birding, field trip leading, cooking.

Computer: General computer use and set up. HTML, Macintosh and Windows platforms, Microsoft Word, MS Excel, MS Access, MS FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop, FileMaker, Netscape Communicator, many other software packages for PC and Macintosh.

Activities Include

Co-Chair, Marketing and Public Relations Committee, Museum Computer Network (August 2005 - August 2006)

Bird Tour Leader, The Ruth Bancroft Garden, Walnut Creek, California (October 2004 - January 2007)

Raptor Enrichment Volunteer, Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, California (June 2004 - December 2005)

Natural History Collections Volunteer: Lindsay Wildlife Museum, Walnut Creek, California (January 2001 - September 2002)

Research Librarian: San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (March 2001 - October 2001)

Web Development Committee Member: San Francisco Bay Bird Observatory (February 2001 - October 2001)

Editor: Concord Art Association Newsletter (June 1999 - October 2000)

Internet/Web Development: The Ornithological Council, 1725 K St. NW #212, Washington, D. C. 20006-1401. Supervisor: Dr. David Blockstein 202-530-5810 (December 1995 - December 1997) http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/

Editor: Livebearers, Bulletin of the American Livebearer Association. (Guest Editor September - December 1994, Interim Coordinating Editor Jan. 1995 - Jan. 1996)

Member, Board of Directors, American Livebearer Association (January 1995 - January 1996)

Web sites developed include

Biologybase.com http://www.biologybase.com/, an educational web site focusing on biology

Concord Art Association http://www.interaktv.com/concordart/

R Hole Artist http://www.interaktv.com/

Radio-SF http://www.radio-sf.com 

Additional websites designed and no longer maintained by me: BIRDNET the website of the Ornithological Council, Department of Biological Sciences, Mississippi State University; National Finch and Softbill Society; Contra Costa Avian Society; American Livebearer Association; Parus International (Chickadee Study Group).

Panel Discussion Participation  includes

Loscon 34, Los Angeles Science Fiction Convention, Los Angeles, California, November 23-25, 2007. Topics include Archeology and Paleontology

Further Confusion, Animal Related Science Fiction Convention, San Jose, California, January, 2007. Topics include Marine Mammals, Birds, Camouflage,

LAConIV the World Science Fiction Convention, August 2006. Topics include Dinosaurs, Marketing, Museum Practices

Further Confusion, Animal Related Science Fiction Convention, San Jose, California, January, 2008. Topics include Birds, Marine Mammals, Being a Scientist, Reptiles, Dinosaurs

Interaction The World Science Fiction Convention, Glasgow, Scotland August 2005. Topics include Evolution Education, Art Marketing

Silicon, SF Bay Area Autumn Science Fiction Convention, San Jose, California, October 2007.

Publications and presented papers

Hole, Jr., R. B. 2006. Dinosaurs and Other Ancient Animals. 84pp. ISBN 978-1-8472-8127-2

Hole, Jr., R. B. 2003. Scientific names made easier. Museum Scene. Lindsay Wildlife Museum. [revised edition of 1994 paper]

Buxton, M. and R. B. Hole, Jr. 2003. Natural History To Go: Bringing Science Education to Life. Poster presentation, Natural Sciences Collection Alliance meeting, June 2003.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1998. Standard and obsolete American English names for Estrellid finches. R Hole Designs. 44 pp.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1995. Keeping and breeding domestic swordtails. Livebearers Bulletin. no. 139:4-9.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1995. The importance of dead birds. National Finch and Softbill Society Bulletin.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1995. Livebearer basics. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine 18(6):20-30.

Hole, Jr., R. 1995. Feather trivia greens and blues. National Finch and Softbill Society Bulletin 12(1):11.

Hole, Jr., R. 1994. Review of "Finches and Sparrows An Identification Guide." National Finch and Softbill Society Bulletin 11(6):41-42.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1994. Scientific names made easier. Agapornis World 20(5): 11-13.

Hole, Jr., R. B. and G. A. Smith. 1994. Observer variation as a factor in standardized wing measurements (abstract). Joint meeting Inland Bird Banding Association/Mississippi Ornithological Society.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1994. The pitohui and the frog. Newsletter of the North Bay Herpetological Society. March issue pp. 5-6.

Banks, R. C. and R. Hole, Jr. 1993. W. T. March's birds collected in Jamaica. Bulletin of the Gosse Bird Club, Kingston, Jamaica, no. 60: 7-8.

Banks, R. C. and R. Hole, Jr. 1993. W. T. March's birds collected in Jamaica (abstract). Caribbean Society of Ornithology, San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Banks, R. C. and R. Hole, Jr. 1991. Taxonomic review of the Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor (Gmelin). Caribbean J. of Science 27:54-62.

Banks, R. C. and R. Hole, Jr. 1990. Cacophony in C. minor: variation in the Mangrove Cuckoo (abstract). American Ornithologists Union - Cooper Ornithological Society joint meeting, Los Angeles, California.

Hole, Jr., R. B. 1990. An annotated checklist of the amphibians and reptiles of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., unpubl. senior project, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, Calif.

Banks, R. C. and R. Hole, Jr. 1989. Subspecific taxonomy of the Mangroce (sic) Cuckoo (presented by R. C. Banks). Caribbean Ornithologists Society meeting, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Hole, Jr., B. 1985. Possible observations of cancer in black wag swordtails. Livebearers no. 82:10-11.