Dr. Karen C. Hall

Coordinator, S.C. Master Naturalist Program

Education:
Ph.D. Clemson University, Plant Physiology - 2006
M.S. Clemson University, Botany - 1999
B.S. Western Carolina University, Biology - 1996

Research interest:
Research Areas Include: 1. Ethnobotany of the Cherokee, particularly medical ethnobotany 2. Traditional/Indigenous knowledge surrounding the use of Non-timber forest products, ethnoecology 3. Service learning for the creation of digital stories as a means of disseminating Traditional/Indigenous knowledge, particularly in the culturally collaborative Cherokee Garden 4. Knowledge Management systems for storage, transmittance, growth and organization of Traditional Knowledge

Publications:
In vitro protocol for Hydrastis canadensis, a native American medicinal plant. Hall, K.C. and Camper, N.C. 2002. In Vitro Cellular and Developmental Biology of Plants. 38:293-295.

Courses:
Master Naturalist for Teachers (online, Biosc 730), Fall 2007
Plant Medicine and Magic (Biosc 340), Spring 2007
Plant Safari (online, Biosc 730), Spring 2006
Ethnobotany of South Carolina (Biosc 730), Summer 2005/2006/2007
Senior Seminar (Biosc 493), Fall 2005/Fall 2006
Biology of Plants (Biosc 304), Fall 2003 to Spring 2005

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