[updated 06/2023]
THE ORNITHOLOGY OF AGNES BLOCK (1629-1704): DUTCH NATURALIST, ARTIST, COLLECTOR, AND PATRON
Archives of Natural History in press, expected publication Autumn 2023 – details TBA
THE PARROT IN THE PICTURE: BIOGEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE AS A DECOLONIZATION TOOL IN VISUAL CULTURE STUDIES
Online presentation
accepted for History of Science Society Conference Virtual Festival, December 2023 – details TBA
THE ECOLOGY OF FROG ICONOGRAPHY IN NATIVE NORTH AMERICAN ART: A COMPARISON OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST VS. AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
Oral presentation
Accepted for SECAC Conference, Richmond, VA, USA, October 11-14 2023 – details TBA
A CLOSER LOOK AT AGNES BLOCK’S BIRD ILLUSTRATION: A CASE STUDY IN RECOVERING THE HISTORIES OF WOMEN IN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN SCIENCE
Poster presentation
History of Science Society 2022 Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, USA, 17-20 November 2022
HSS Poster Session Friday 18 November 2022
https://convention2.allacademic.com/one/hss/hss22/index.php?cmd=Online+Program+View+Paper&selected_paper_id=1992196&PHPSESSID=rqum6gptvtb11i5pnjm9hebbp6
Exploratory project oral presentation
Lindenwood University 2022 Student Academic Showcase, 2 April 2022
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/src/Oral_Presentations/Session2/9/
CROSS-CULTURAL CURRENTS AND SYNCRETISM IN EARLY MODERN OPOSSUM ICONOGRAPHY
Master’s Thesis, MA Art History and Visual Culture, Lindenwood University, May 2022
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theses/91/
USING COLOR TO IDENTIFY NEOTROPICAL PARROTS IN EARLY MODERN EUROPEAN ART: RECOGNIZING LIMITATIONS AND AVOIDING PITFALLS THROUGH INTEGRATION OF SCIENTIFIC AND ARTISTIC KNOWLEDGE
The Confluence Vol. 2, no. 1 2022
https://digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu/theconfluence/vol1/iss2/1/
AHEAD OF THE SCIENCE: THE EXOTIC BIRDS OF JOHANNES BRONKHORST, HERMAN
HENSTENBURGH, AND ANTON HENSTENBURGH
Research-in-progress poster presentation
Lindenwood University 2021 Student Research Conference, 6 April 2021
CORNELL LAB OF ORNITHOLOGY SPECIES ACCOUNTS
I also used to write and edit species accounts for the Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Neotropical Birds Online, which were integrated into their new Birds of the World database in 2020. Here are links to the five entries I am credited for as lead author:
Violaceous Euphonia (Euphonia violacea) (quite possibly the most lovely bird name ever)
Banded Cotinga (Cotinga maculata)
Spangled Cotinga (Cotinga cayana)
Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotina maynana)
Purple-breasted Cotinga (Cotinga cotinga)
EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORVID INNATE IMMUNE GENE DIVERSITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO WEST NILE VIRUS
Master’s Captsone, MS Environmental Policy and Management – Fish & Wildlife, American Public University, October 2018 (unpublished, just posting here so that it is available to anyone interested)