Faculty Publications
Submissions from 2025
The role of the prodomain in folding of metallocarboxypeptidase enzymes, Eun Hwan Ahn, James Park, and Peter Lyons
The effect of corn gluten meal on culturable populations of bacteria in silt loam soil, EunSeo Cho and Robert Zdor
Editorial, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske and Miriam Marmontel
A prodomain may not be necessary for protein folding in the metallocarboxypeptidase family, Anders J. Jeronimo, Erica Shin, Masy Domecillo, Donn LaTour, and Peter Lyons
Rethinking protein folding mechanisms, Anders J. Jeronimo, Erica Shin, Masy Domecillo, Donn LaTour, and Peter Lyons
Selective induction and modulation of apoptosis in human pancreatic duct epithelial HPDE6c7 cells, ductal epithelioid carcinoma PANC-1 cells, and adenocarcinoma BxPc-3 cells by Chinese medicinal herbs Scutellaria barbata and Oldenlandia diffusa, Jessica Lee, Abby Shim, Ryan T. Hayes, and Brian Y. Y. Wong
Dr. Eric Angel Ramos - a shooting star that inspired marine mammalogists and beyond (1987 – 2024), Laura J. May-Collado, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Beth Brady, G. Rieucau, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Renata Sousa-Lima, Diana Reiss, Macelo Magnasco, Roderic Mast, Wayne Sentman, and Joy S. Reidenberg
Predation of a sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) by killer whales (Orcinus orca) in Guanaja, Honduras, Gaby M. Ochoa, Eric Angel Ramos, and Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
The role of cGMP in the phonotactic response of female cricket Acheta domesticus, Hae-Lyn Park, Benjamin Navia, and David Mbungu
Delayed skeletal maturation in a geologically young mammoth, Anna Rybachek and Tom Goodwin
Expression of RASGRP1 in bipolar-derived lymphoblastoid cell lines, Serena K. Sarsah and Marlene Murray
Corrosion of tooth enamel, Jordan Syto, Jacob Kim, and Tom Goodwin
Carboxypeptidase O and glutamate carboxypeptidase II have redundant functions in C-terminal amino acid cleavage, Konstanin Zubkov and Peter Lyons
Submissions from 2024
Density and abundance estimation of West Indian manatee, Trichechus manatus, between the states of Ceará and Piauí, Northeast Brazil, using active acoustics, Katherine Fiedler Choi Lima, Denis Moledo de Sousa Abessa, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Renata Sousa-Lima, Ana Carolina Oliveira de Meirelles, and Cristine Pereira Negrão Silva
Ghosts in the darkness, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Gordon Hastie, and Hilda Chavez-Perez
Research, Tom Goodwin
Did God Create Viruses?, James Hayward
Collaborative Publications, James L. Hayward, Shandelle M. Henson, Vanessa I. Corredera, and L. Monique Pittman
Inactive metallopeptidase homologs: the secret lives of pseudopeptidases, Peter Lyons
A review of the historical accounts, exploitation, and extirpation of the dugong, Dugong dugon, in the Mascarene Islands, western Indian Ocean, Mindy McLarty, Prashant Mohesh, Bernardo Nascimento, and Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
What's in a name?, A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Anmari Alvarez-Alemán, Jamie Aquino, D. Caicedo-Herrera, Delma Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Diane Claridge, M. Fabiola Corona-Figueroa, Adolphe O. Debrot, Benoit de Thoisy, Carlos Espinoza-Marin, J. Galves, Eddy Garcia-Alfonso, Hector M. Guzman, Jalaludin Ahmad Khan, Jeremy J. Kiszka, Fabia de Oliveira Luna, Miriam Marmontel, Leon David Olivera-Gomez, Christine O'Sullivan, James A. Powell, Enrique Pugibet-Bobea, Indranee Roopsind, and Carlos J. Silva
H7 modulation of the L3 auditory neuron and phonotaxis in the cricket Acheta domesticus, Benjamin Navia, Lillyanna Widdicombe, Lauren Kim, Jessica Rim, Ana Olivares, Zoe Oster, and David Mbungu
Systematics and biogeography of Bacopa (Plantaginaceae), Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Frederik Leliaert, Tai A. Thompson, André Vito Scatigna, and Vinicius Castro Souza
Systematics and Biogeography of Bacopa (Plantaginaceae), Nicholas P. Tippery, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Frederik Liliart, Tai A. Thompson, André Vito Scatigna, and Vinicius Castro Souza
Submissions from 2023
How thylacines walked, Matt Cartmill, Christopher Atkinson, Kaye Brown, Erica A. Cartmill, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, and Adam Hartstone-Rose
Accomplishments and challenges of the research on Antillean manatee: A bibliometric analysis, Delma Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Leslie Cabrias, Natalia Garcés-Cuartas, Gloria Katerin Arévalo-González, João Carlos Gomes Borges, and Miriam Marmontel
Modeling Behavior and Population Dynamics: Seabirds, Seals, and Marine Iguanas, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James Hayward
A Model of Cannibalism and Reproductive Synchrony, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
An Across-Season Model, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Coping Behavior as an Adaptation to Stress in Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Egg Cannibalism in Glaucous-Winged Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Egg-Laying Synchrony in Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Modeling Timing of Haulout and Foraging in Marine Iguanas, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Models of Adult-on-Juvenile Cannibalism, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Predator-Prey Dynamics of Bald Eagles and Glaucous-Winged Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Predicting Flightless Cormorant Behavior, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Predicting the Dynamics of Aggregate Loafing Behavior in Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Simultaneous Modeling of Occupancy and Behavior Dynamics, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Synchronized Egg-Laying as an Adaptive Response to Egg Cannibalism in Gulls, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Predicting Haul-Out Behavior by Harbor Seals, Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Capturing chaos: a multidisciplinary approach to nonlinear population dynamics, Robert A. Desharnais, Shandelle M. Henson, R. F. Costantino, and Brian Dennis
Acquisition of new function through gene duplication in the metallocarboxypeptidase family, Daniel Fajardo, Ritchie Saint Jean, and Peter J. Lyons
Editorial: An Unexpected Event Related to the Aquatic Mammals of Latin America, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Editorial: Twenty years of the Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Nataly Castelblanco-Martínez, Carolina Loch, Aldo S. Pacheco, and Miriam Marmontel
Seeing Through Sonar: Detecting the Amazonian Manatee, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske and Isabella Koh
Seeing in the dark: A review of the use of side-scan sonar to detect and study manatees, with an emphasis on Latin America, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske and León David Olivera-Gómez
Mathematical Modeling in Biology: A Research Methods Approach, Shandelle M. Henson and James L. Hayward
Submissions from 2022
Isolation and Functional Analysis of a Pancreatic Enzyme in an Introductory Student Lab, Peter J. Lyons
Egg cannibalism as a foraging tactic by less fit Glaucous-winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens), Ashley A. Polski, Karen J. Osborn, James L. Hayward, Elliot Joo, Athena T. Mitchell, Amanda Sandler, and Shandelle Henson
When CPR is Needed, Robert E. Zdor
Submissions from 2021
First Report of Pygmy Killer Whales (Feresa attenuata) in Cuba, Anmari Alvarez-Aleman, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Boris Garcia-Dulzaides, and Leandro Rodriguez-Viera
Design and Catastrophe: 51 Scientists Explore Evidence in Nature, Gordon J. Atkins
How do gulls synchronize every-other-day egg laying?, Gordon J. Atkins, James L. Hayward, and Shandelle M. Henson
Analysis of Body Condition Indices Reveals Different Ecotypes of the Antillean Manatee, D. N. Castelblanco-Martínez, D. H. Slone, S. S. Landeo-Yauri, E. A. Ramos, A. Alvarez-Alemán, F. L. N. Attademo, C. A. Beck, R. K. Bonde, S. M. Butler, L. J. Cabrias-Contreras, D. Caicedo-Herrera, J. Galves, I. V. Gómez-Camelo, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, J. Jiménez-Domínguez, F. O. Luna, Y. Mona-Sanabria, J. B. Morales-Vela, L. D. Olivera-Gómez, J. A. Padilla-Saldívar, J. Powell, J. P. Reid, G. Rieucau, and A. A. Mignucci-Giannoni
Finding the Eusive Manatee with Sonar, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Editorial: Fresh Faces, a New Look, and a Bright Future for LAJAM, Miriam Marmontel and Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Review of sensory modalities of sirenians and the other extant Paenungulata clade, Amanda Marie Moore, Adam Hartstone-Rose, and Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Phonotaxis: the meaningful songs of crickets, Benjamin A. Navia
Submissions from 2020
Nanoinjection of neurotransmitters into the prothoracic ganglion of female cricket Acheta domesticus changes phonotactic selectivity, Gordon Atkins, James Yoon, Kristin Lee, Rachel Koo, Kristin Chung, John Zdor, Darley Magno, Eun Byeol Cho, Cassie Kim, Daniel Gonzalez, and Benjamin Navia
The Gaits of Marsupials and the Evolution of Diagonal‐Sequence Walking in Primates, Matt Cartmill, Kaye Brown, Christopher Atkinson, Erica A. Cartmill, Erica Findley, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Adam Hartstone-Rose, and Joanne Mueller
Cultivating a Land Ethic, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Environmentalism & the Church, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Nature Matters--Life in the Anthropocene, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske and Jeff Boyd
New Record of Bacopa egensis (Plantaginaceae) for the Flora of Mexico, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Nicholas P. Tippery, Nelly del Carmen Jiménez Pérez, and Donald H. Les
A new Late Neogene ground squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole biota, Indiana, H. Thomas Goodwin and James O. Farlow
Nocturnal Copulation in Glaucous-winged Gulls Larus glaucescens, Floyd E. Hayes and James L. Hayward
Dinosaurs, Volcanoes, and Holy Writ: A Boy-Turned-Scientist Journeys from Fundamentalism to Faith, James L. Hayward
Booth, Ernest Sheldon (1915–1984), James L. Hayward
Brown, Robert Henry (1915−2013), James L. Hayward
Burdick, Clifford Leslie (1894–1992), James L. Hayward
Clark, Harold Willard (1891–1986), James L. Hayward
Coffin, Harold Glen (1929–2015), James L. Hayward
Couperus, Molleurus (1906–1998), James L. Hayward
Hare, Peter Edgar (1933–2006), James L. Hayward
Kellogg, John Harvey (1852–1943), James L. Hayward
Learning Firsthand, James L. Hayward
Marsh, Frank Lewis (1899–1992), James L. Hayward
Price, George McCready (1870–1963), James L. Hayward
Ritland, Richard Martin (1925‒2019), James L. Hayward
Research on a Budget, Peter J. Lyons
Biochemical and genetic analysis of Ecm14, a conserved fungal pseudopeptidase, R. Christian McDonald, Matthew James Schott, Temitope A. Idowu, and Peter J. Lyons
Taphonomic assessment of material generated by an Arboreal Nesting Colony of Great Blue Herons (Ardea herodias), Ashley C. McGrath, David J. Varricchio, and James Hayward
Manatee Habitat Characterization Using Side-scan Sonar, Mindy J. McLarty, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske, Anmari Alvarez-Alemán, and Jorge Angulo-Valdés
La serenata de los grillos: Una interpretación científica, Benjamin Navia
Every-Other-Day Clutch-Initiation Synchrony as an Adaptive Response to Egg Cannibalism in Glaucous-Winged Gulls (Larus glaucescens), Sumiko Weir, Shandelle M. Henson, James L. Hayward, Gordon J. Atkins, Ashley A. Polski, WayAnne Watson, and Amanda Sandler
Submissions from 2019
Why Nature Matters: Seventh-day Adventist Education in the Anthropocene, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske
Food Choice by a Free-ranging Antillean Manatee (Trichechus manatus manatus) in Tabasco, Mexico, Daniel Gonzalez-Socoloske and David Olivera-Gomez
Predator-prey Dynamics of Bald Eagles and Glaucous-winged Gulls at Protection Island, Washington, USA, Shandelle M. Henson, Robert A. Desharnais, Eric T. Funasaki, Joseph G. Galusha, James W. Watson, and James L. Hayward
Student Perception on the Study of Evolution in a General Biology Course in a Christian College, Benjamin Navia, David Mbungu, and Anneris Coria-Navia
Visualizing Nutrient Effects on Root Pattern Formation, Robert E. Zdor
Submissions from 2018
Carboxypeptidase O is a Lipid Droplet-associated Enzyme Able to Cleave both Acidic and Polar C-terminal Amino Acids, Linnea C. Burke, Hazel O. Ezeribe, Anna Y. Kwon, Donnell Dockery, and Peter J. Lyons
Editing Life: Modern Biology and Biblical Principles, Peter J. Lyons
Crystal Structure and Mechanism of Human Carboxypeptidase O: Insights into Its Specific Activity for Acidic Residues, Peter J. Lyons, Gifty B. Barfi, Maria C. Garcia-Guerrero, Javier Garcia-Pardo, Roberto Fernandez-Alvarez, Francesc X. Aviles, Robert Huber, Julia Lorenzo, and David Reverter
Trait-Specific Processes of Convergence and Conservatism Shape Ecomorphological Evolution in Ground-Dwelling Squirrels: Trait-Specific Evolutionary Processes, Bryan S. McLean, Kristofer M. Helgen, H. Thomas Goodwin, and Joseph A. Cook
Analysis of Endocrine Response to Perceived Difference in Cross-cultural Interactions, Carole Woolford-Hunt, Marlene Murray, Tevni Grajales Guerra, and Kristina Beenken-Johnson
Submissions from 2017
Predation by Common Ravens (Corvus corax) on eggs of Rhinoceros Auklets (Cerorhinca monocerata) and kleptoparasitism by Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), Gordon Atkins and James L. Hayward
Copulation Call Coordinates Timing of Head-Tossing and Mounting Behaviors In Neighboring Glaucous-Winged Gulls (Larus Glaucescens), Gordon Atkins, Ashley A. Reichert, Shandelle M. Henson, and James L. Hayward
Creation: How Did it All Begin? (Part I), Felix H. Cortez, Aaron Corbit, Martin F. Hanna, and Andrea Jakobsons
Creation: How Did it All Begin? (Part 2), Felix H. Cortez, Andrea Jakobsons, Martin F. Hanna, and Aaron Corbit
Ground Squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae) of the Late Cenozoic Meade Basin Sequence: Diversity and Paleoecological Implications, H. Thomas Goodwin and Robert A. Martin