Areas of expertise:
anatomy & physiology, neurobiology, entomology, electron microscopy, heavy metal pathology
Education:
Ph.D., Washington State University
Recent courses taught:
BIOL 101 Biology in Practice
BIOL 243 & 244 Madagascar: Culture, Conservation, and Natural History
BIOL 311 Invertebrate Zoology
BIOL 319 & 320 Human Anatomy & Physiology
BIOL 321 Electron Microscopy
Selected publications: Articles and Reviews- Entomology
Crooker, Allen. 2000. A Rickettsia in the ovary of the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acarina: Tetranychidae). Microscopy and Microanalysis 6(S2): 646-647.
Crooker, Allen. 2004. Ultrastructure of the alimentary canal of the twospotted spider mite, Tetranychus urticae Koch (Acariina: Tetranychidae). Microscopy and Microanalysis 10(S2): 325 – 326.
Crooker, A. R. 2008. The Pycnogonida – Sea Spiders. Pages 97 – 111 in J. Capinera, Ed. Encyclopedia of Entomology, 2nd Ed., Springer, New York.
Articles and Reviews- Metal Pathology
Crooker, A. R., E. W. Sod, M. C. Myers, K. P. Baran, and G. H. Morrison. 1987. Ion probe microanalysis of Li- and Be-treated hepatocyte cultures. Microbeam Analysis: 261-263.
Crooker, A. R., M. C. Myers, T. L. Beard, and E. S. Graham. 1987. Alterations of ultrastructure and elemental composition in cultured human epidermal keratinocytes after treatment with nitrofurazone and silver sulfadiazine. Proc. 45th Ann. Mtg. EMSA: 676-677.
Articles and Reviews- Microscopy
Crooker, A. R., M. C. Myers, T. L. Beard, and R. Freedman. 1988. Effects of a freeze substitution method and chemical fixation techniques on the ultrastructure of Campylobacter pylori. Proc. 46th Ann. Mtg. EMSA: 408-409.
Sod, E. W., A. R. Crooker, and G. H. Morrison. 1990. Biological cryosection preparation and practical ion yield evaluation for ion microscopic analysis. J. Microsc. 160 (1): 55-65.
Presentations with former Hartwick students
Henderson, Jacy and A. R. Crooker. 1999. Leg structure in Rhagidiid mites (Acarina: Rhagidiidae). Proc. 59th Ann. Mtg. Acadian Entomol. Soc., August 4 – 6, Corner Brook, Newfoundland.
Crooker, Allen and Rebecca Moffett. 2003. Functional morphology of the spider mite gnathosoma. Joint Meeting of the Maine Entomological Society and the Acadian Entomological Society, June 22 – 26, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Crooker, Allen and Kirsten Underwood. 2008. Biology of the intertidal mite Neomolgus littoralis (L.) (Acarina:Bdellidae) in the lower Bay of Fundy. Proc. 68th Ann. Mtg. Acadian Entomol. Soc., June 15 – 17, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Crooker, Allen and Heather Taylor. 2015. The intertidal mite Foveacheles arenaria (Acari: Rhagidiidae) in New Brunswick, Canada. Proc. 74th Ann. Mtg. Acadian Entomol. Soc., August 10 – 12, Fredericton, New Brunswick.
College service and professional affiliations:
Advisor, Hartwick College Rifle Club
Reviewer for Entomological Society of America
Chair, Hartwick College Radiation Safety Committee
Hartwick College Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
