Dr. Steven Ropski is a graduate of Gannon College (1978) with a degree in Biology and teaching certification in high school Biology. He then taught high school Biology at Elk County Christian High School in St. Mary's, PA for one year. He spent 1979-84 at Indiana State University getting his doctorate in Ecology while studying hibernation in the Meadow Jumping Mouse. Dr. Ropski has been back at his alma mater since 1984.