Academic Professional Plant Biology Undergraduate Teaching Specialist Email: barrigap@uga.edu Office: 348 Science Learning Center Office Phone: 706-542-1783 Selected Publications Selected Publications: Sanchez, C., D. Becker, C. Teitelbaum, P. A. Barriga, L. Brown, A. Majewska, R. Hall, and S. Altizer. 2018. Body condition measures, rather than host or parasite traits predict condition-infection relationships in wildlife. Ecology Letters 21(12):1869-1884. Barriga, P.A., E. D. Sternberg, T. Lefèvre, M. Maudsley, L. Brower, J. D. de Roode, and S. Altizer, 2016. High host specificity of a protozoan parasite within a genus of butterfly host. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology 140: 75-82. Barriga, P. A., C. Dormann, E. E. Gbur, and C. L. Sagers. 2015. Community structure and ecological specialization in plant-ant interactions. Journal of Tropical Ecology 31(4):325-334. Barriga, P.A., J.V. Sloan, S.D. Porter, and C. L. Sagers. 2013 Stable isotope enrichment in laboratory ant colonies: effects on metamorphosis, diet and fat storage. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 149:265-272. Mackay W. and P.A. Barriga. 2012. A new species of Neotropical carpenter ant in the genus Camponotus (Hymenoptera:Formicidae), apparently without major workers. Psyche 2012:5. K.McNett, J. Longino, P.A. Barriga, O. Vargas, K. Phillips and C.L. Sagers. 2010. Stable isotope investigation of a cryptic ant-plant association: Myrmelachista flavocotea (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) and Ocotea spp. (Lauracea). Insectes Sociaux 57:67-72. B. Whitt, P. A. Barriga, R. Idsardi, J. Lang, J, Wingfield, J. Luft. The influence of physical classroom space on efforts to reform instruction in undergraduate STEM. Submitted December 2020 to School Science and Mathematics. B. Whitt, P. A. Barriga, R. Idsardi, J. Lang, J, Wingfield, J. Luft. Supporting undergraduate STEM educator’s instruction: A longitudinal investigation of faculty instruction post-professional development. Submitted December 2020 to Higher Education. Education Education: Postdoctoral Researcher, Odum School of Ecology at UGA, 2018-2021 PhD, Biology, University of Arkansas, 2012 BS, Biology, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador, 2002