Invertebrate Paleontology ● Paleoecology ● Extinction ● Phylogenetics ● Crinoid Systematics
C.V.
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Education
2017
Ph.D. Geology, The Ohio State University
Dissertation: "Phylogeny, systematics, and extinction selectivity of camerate crinoids."
2012
B.S. Geology, Biology minor, James Madison University
Honors Thesis: "Paleoenvironmental Trends in a Silurian Stromatoporoid Biostrome, Highland County, VA.”
2009
A.A. Science, Danville Community College
Appointments
2022-present
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology
Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of National History
2022-present
Assistant Professor
University of Oklahoma
Division of Geosciences
2020-present
Research Associate
American Museum of National History
Division of Paleontology
2020-2022
Research Geologist & Curator of Fossil Crinoids
Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History
Department of Paleobiology
2018 - 2020
Kathryn W. Davis Postdoctoral Fellow
American Museum of Natural History
Division of Paleontology and Department of Education
2017 - 2018
Springer Postdoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Department of Paleobiology
Jan. - June 2017
Predoctoral Fellow
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Department of Paleobiology
2016 - 2017
Presidential Fellow
The Ohio State University
summer 2015, 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant
James Madison University
Dept. of Geology and Environmental Science
2013 - 2016
Graduate Teaching Assistant
The Ohio State University
School of Earth Sciences
2012 - 2013
University Fellow
The Ohio State University
2011 - 2012
Teaching Assistant
James Madison University
Dept. of Geology and Environmental Science
2010
Teaching Assistant
James Madison University
Department of Biology