Skip to content

Sarah Jean McPeek

Community and behavioral ecologist. I speak for the beetles.

  • About
  • Research
  • Writing
  • Publications
  • Past Projects

Category: Science

Words, words, words

On 15 Nov 202016 Nov 2020 By Sarah Jean McPeekIn Science2 Comments

I'm a writer and a scientist. For both these jobs, I think a lot about words. Nothing brings me more joy than finding just the right word to describe what I find in nature. Further, nothing gives me more anxiety than seeing how sloppily we throw around terms and phrases in science. I worry that …

Continue reading Words, words, words

Phidippus audax

On 2 Feb 20202 Feb 2020 By Sarah Jean McPeekIn ScienceLeave a comment

The little black jumping spider tickles its way up my forearm. I turn my head to get a better look as it climbs over the knob of my elbow. It stops, sticks its two front legs up in the air, and stares at me. At least I think it does. With all those glittery eyes …

Continue reading Phidippus audax

Tide Pooling

On 11 Jan 202014 Sep 2020 By Sarah Jean McPeekIn Science1 Comment

We gather for the American Society of Naturalists meetings at Asilomar State Beach to argue about life. We share our most specialized natural history discoveries and our broadest theories about the nature of evolution. We debate the scale and strength of adaptation, sketch out complex feedback loops connecting ecological and evolutionary processes, and weigh the …

Continue reading Tide Pooling

Contact me:

071 Gilmer Hall
sjm8dj@virginia.edu

Follow me on Twitter:

My Tweets
Create a website or blog at WordPress.com
  • Follow Following
    • Sarah Jean McPeek
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Sarah Jean McPeek
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...