Boyer's research interests encompass evolution, historical biogeography, and systematics of invertebrates. Her research at Harvard focused on the suborder Cyphophthalmi, a group of tiny Opiliones (daddy long-legs or harvestmen) with a global distribution. As a lecturer, she designed and taught an ecology class for non-majors, as well as a molecular ecology course for masters students. She has taught in field settings, including a semester-long field biology course at the University of California South Pacific Research Station in Moorea, French Polynesia. EDUCATION: B.A., Swarthmore College M.A., University of California, Berkeley Ph.D., Harvard University Boyer has been teaching at Macalester since 2007.
Articles
Genetic diversity of two common freshwater mussels, Lampsilis cardium and Quadrula pustulosa (Bivalvia, Unionidae), in a large federally protected waterway (St. Croix River, Minnesota/Wisconsin, USA (with Suzannah C. Szumowski, Daniel J. Hornbach, and Mark C. Hove), American Malacological Bulletin (2012)
New species of Austropurcellia mite harvestmen (Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi, Pettalidae) from Australia’s Wet Tropics, with commentary on biogeography of the genus. In press, Journal of Arachnology (with Catherine N. Reuter), Journal of Arachnology (2012)
A DNA-barcoding approach to identifying juvenile freshwater mussels (Bivalvia:Unionidae) recovered from naturally infested fishes (with Alexander A. Howe, Nathan W. Juergens, and Mark C. Hove), Journal of the North American Benthological Society (2011)
‘Moa’s Ark’ or ‘Goodbye Gondwana’: is the origin of New Zealand’s terrestrial invertebrate fauna ancient, recent, or both? (with Gonzalo Giribet), Invertebrate Systematics (2010)
Welcome back New Zealand: regional biogeography and Gondwanan origin of three endemic genera of mite harvestmen (Arachnida, Opiliones, Cyphophthalmi) (with Gonzalo Giribet), Journal of Biogeography (2009)
Contributions to Books
Methods for Molecular Studies in Systematics (with G. Giribet), Harvestmen: Biology of the Opiliones (2007)
Presentations