I am an Academic Services Librarian with the USF Tampa Library. I am liaison to the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics (SNSM). I received a BS in biology from Clemson University in 2006. I liked it so much I stayed and got a MS in biology in 2008 (specializing in biomechanics). While I was at Clemson, I worked at their library's reference desk, and I realized that I could do a lot of good work as a science reference librarian. I got my MLS from the University of Maryland in 2009 and started working here at USF in 2010. Although all my publications until now (and 2 more on the way!) have been in the biological sciences literature, I am hard at work on some new publications in the field of library science.
Articles
Dictionary of Developmental Biology and Embryology, 2nd ed., Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (2012)
Loading mechanics of the femur in tiger salamanders (Ambystoma tigrinum) during terrestrial locomotion (with Richard W. Blob), The Journal of Experimental Biology (2011)
Salamanders are often used as representatives of the basal tetrapod body plan in functional studies,...
Locomotor loading mechanics in the hindlimbs of tegu lizards (Tupinambis merianae): Comparative and evolutionary implications (with Michael T. Butcher, S. Katharine Shugart, Jennifer C. Gander, and Richard W. Blob), The Journal of Experimental Biology (2011)
Skeletal elements are usually able to withstand several times their usual load before they yield,...
Ontogenetic change in novel functions: waterfall climbing in adult Hawaiian gobiid fishes (with R Blob, M Becker, T Maie, T J. Iverson, M L. Julius, and H L. Schoenfuss), Journal of Zoology (2007)
Juveniles from three species of Hawaiian gobiid fishes climb waterfalls as part of an amphidromous...
Presentations
Is There a Future for the Collection Development Policy? (with Matt Torrence and Audrey Powers), Charleston Conference (2011)
Many libraries and library types utilize collection development policies as the standard for guiding the...
Limb bone loading in salamanders during terrestrial locomotion (with Richard Blob), Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (2008)
Salamanders are often used as representatives of the basal tetrapod body plan in functional studies....
Correlations of Limb Kinematics and Bone Strain in Frogs and Toads (with Nora R. Espinoza, Megan E. Pruette, Michael T. Butcher, J Stephen Gosnell, and Richard W. Blob), International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 8 (2007)
Experimental data have shown that the hind limb bones of frog experience variable magnitudes of...
Limb Bone Loading in Salamanders During Terrestrial Locomotion (with Michael T. Butcher and Richard W. Blob), International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology 8 (2007)
Salamanders are often used as representatives of the basal tetrapod body plan in functional studies....
Limb Bone Strain Rates Across Diverse Locomotor Modes: Hopping, Jumping and Walking (with Stephanie R. Cirilo, Nora R. Espinoza, Megan E. Pruette, Stephen J. Gosnell, Michael T. Butcher, and Richard W. Blob), Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Annual Meeting 2007 (2006)
Previous studies have found that when bones are exposed to higher rates of strain during...
Other
A Report by the RR2 Taskforce (with Zoraya Betancourt, Carol Ann Borchert, Barbara Lewis, Susan Silver, Dennis J. Smith, and Drew Smith), Dennis J Smith (2012)
This is the collaborative work of the Re-envisioning Reference 2 committee that focused on the...