Dr. Henry (Rique) Campa III, Senior Associate Dean and University Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, MSU's Institutional Leander for the Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), FAST (Future Academic Scholars in Teaching) Fellowship Program Director, Co-coordinator career and professional development, including the Certification in College Teaching Program. Phone: 517-432-7340 campa@msu.edu
In his roles in the Graduate School, he develops, implements, and evaluates career and professional development programs. In addition, he also directs activities and grants at MSU associated with the CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) Network including the FAST (Future Academic Scholars in Teaching) Fellowship Program and the NIH-funded Postdoc Academy.
Dr. Campa’s disciplinary research interests are in the areas of wildlife-habitat relationships, ecosystem management, effects of disturbances on wildlife, and the career and professional development associated with graduate education and postdoc professional development. Since 1990, he has generated approximately over $20M in research funding. Dr. Campa has conducted ecological research throughout the U.S. and in Kenya and Nepal. Before coming to MSU, Dr. Campa worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a Wildlife Biologist and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as a Wildlife Research Biologist.
Dr. Campa has served in leadership positions for The Wildlife Society (TWS) at the national, regional, and state levels and is a Certified Wildlife Biologist® with TWS. He has taught a diversity of undergraduate and graduate courses and study abroad courses in Kenya and the Bahamas. At MSU, he has been awarded a Lilly Teaching Fellowship, the MSU Teacher-Scholar Award, the Excellence in Teaching-Established Teacher Award from the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR), and the CANR Distinguished Faculty Award.
In 2004, Dr. Campa was selected as an “exemplary teaching professor” to participate in the National Case Study of Learner-Centered Approaches in Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources. In 2011, he received TWS’s Excellence in Wildlife Education Award and was selected as a Wildlife Society Fellow in “recognition of exceptional service”. In 2015, Dr. Campa was awarded the Teaching Award of Merit from the North American Colleges and Teachers of Agriculture.
