I am a historian of biology with a particular interest in evolutionary theory, genetics, behavior and the environment. My work explores the varied interpretations and applications of evolutionary theory from the late-19th century to the present. I completed my Ph.D. in the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at Indiana University (2002). During a post-doctoral teaching fellowship at Michigan's Lyman Briggs School of Science, I taught courses in the history of genetics and evolution, and was co-leader of a study abroad course in Panama on Tropical Biodiversity and Conservation. My book Evolutionary Restraints explores the group selection controversy.

Education

Specialties
History of Biology, evolutionary theory, genetics and ecology, biology of behavior; biology and society

Selected Publications

Evolutionary Restraints: The Contentious History of Group Selection (University of Chicago Press, 2010). Order through University of Chicago.

"Synthesis and Selection: Wynne Edwards Challenge to David Lack." Journal of the History of Biology 36 (2003): 531-566.

"Mutual Aid and Animal Dispersion: An Historical Analysis of Alternatives to Darwin." Perspectives in Biology and Medicine 47 (2004): 15-31

"Radicals and Revolution: A Critical Examination of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory." Studies in the History and Philosophy of the Biological and Biomedical Sciences 35 (2004): 209-216.

"The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of Group Selection." Endeavour 29 no. 1 (2005): 43-47.