Publications

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• Shiffman, D.S., L.B. Whitenack, and L.A. Ferry. 2023. Connecting scientists with students using social media in an undergraduate science course. Journal of Educational Technology Systems. 51: https://doi.org/10.1177/00472395231172772

• Eckstein L., A. Finaret, and L.B. Whitenack. 2023. Teaching the inevitable: Embracing failure in pedagogy. Teaching & Learning Inquiry. 11: https://doi.org/10.20343/teachlearninqu.11.16

• Whitenack L.B., B. Mickley*, J. Saltzman+, S.M. Kajiura, C. Macdonald, D. Shiffman. 2002. Content analysis of 32 years of Shark Week documentaries. PLOS One. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256842 (open access)

• Shiffman, D., T. Arguedas Alavarez+, C.W. Bangley, R. Boyt, I. Cote, T.S. Daly-Engel, A.C.D. Davis, L. Chan Gaskins, J. Graham, S. Johri, C.C. Macdonald, E.M. Paig-Tran, A. Roca, G.D. Schwieterman, L.B. Whitenack, T.R. Wiley, & L.A. Ferry. 2022. What can professional scientific societies do to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion: A case study of the American Elasmobranch Society. Frontiers in Education, special issue: Professional and Scientific Societies Impacting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in STEM. 7: <open access link>

• Danos, N., K. Staab, and L.B. Whitenack. 2022. The core concepts of vertebrate morphology. Integrative and Organismal Biology obac019: https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac019. Note: all authors contributed equally to this work.

• Whitenack, L.B., S. Kim, and E.C. Sibert. 2022. Bridging the gap between chondrichthyan paleobiology and biology. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Vol. 1, Third Edition. (Ed. Carrier, J. et al.). CRC Press.

• Paig-Tran, E.W.M., M.E. Porter, L.A. Ferry, and L.B. Whitenack. 2022. How to build a shark: biomechanics and biosinspiration. In: Biology of Sharks and Their Relatives, Vol. 1, Third Edition. (Ed. Carrier, J. et al.). CRC Press.

• Thu, Y.M., L.B. French, B.M. Hersh, M.K. Nelson, and L.B. Whitenack. 2021. Students’ perceptions of FSBio 201, a CURE-based course that scaffolds research and scientific communication, align with learning outcomes. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 944-956. <Open Access Link>

• Hansen, A.K., Connors, P., Donnelly-Hermosillo, D., Full, R., Hove, A., Lanier, H., Lent, D., Nation, J., Pause Tucker, K., Ward, J., Whitenack, L.B., and Zaveleta. 2021. Biology beyond the classroom: Experiential learning through authentic research, design, and community engagement. Integrative and Comparative Biology 61: 926-933.

• D. S. Shiffman, M. J. Ajemian, J. C. Carrier, T. S. Daly-Engel, M. M. Davis, N. K. Dulvy, R. D. Grubbs, N. A. Hinojosa, J. Imhoff, M. A. Kolmann, C. S. Nash, E. W. M. Paig-Tran, E. E. Peele, R. A. Skubel, B. M. Wetherbee, L. B. Whitenack, J. T. Wyffels. 2020. Trends in Chondrichthyan Research: An Analysis of Three Decades of Conference Abstracts. Copeia 108(1):122-131. <Open Access Link>

• Huber, D., Wilga, C., Dean, M., Ferry, L., Gardiner, J., Habegger, L., Papastamatiou, Y., Ramsay, J., and Whitenack, L.B. 2019. Feeding in cartilaginous fishes: An interdisciplinary synthesis. In: Feeding in Vertebrates – Anatomy, Biomechanics, and Evolution (Ed. Bels, V.). Springer Publishing. New York, NY. p. 231-295.

• Whitenack, L.B. and J. Drew. 2019. Untangling the contribution of characters to evolutionary relationships: a case study using fossils, morphology, and genes. Journal of Biological Education 53: 217-224.

• Hessel, A.L.*, W. Ryerson, and L.B. Whitenack. 2017. Doing without: alterations in Plethoidontidae jump performance after caudal autotomy. Hereptologica 73: 100-104.

• Herbert, G.H., L.B. Whitenack, & J.Y. McNight, 2016. Behavioral versatility of the Giant Murex Muricanthus fulvescens (Mollusca: Neogastropoda: Muricidae) in interactions with difficult prey. Journal of Molluscan Biology 82: 357-365. Featured article for the August 2016 issue. <pdf>

• Ryerson, W.G., A.L. Hessel, & L.B. Whitenack, 2016. Comparative jumping mechanics in plethodontid salmanders. Journal of Zoology 299: 51-57.  <pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B., and G.S. Herbert. 2015. Did shell-crushing crabs trigger an esaclatory arms race in the aftermath of a Late Neogene regional mass extinction event? An experimental test. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 417: 57-65. <pdf>

• Elliott, D., and L.B. Whitenack. 2012. A Cretaceous shark tooth in glacial debris of mid-Missouri. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Sciences 115: 102-106. <pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B., D.C. Simkins, and P.J. Motta. 2011. Biology meets engineering: the structural mechanics of fossil and extant shark teeth. Journal of Morphology 272: 169-179. <pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B. and P.J. Motta. 2010. Performance of shark teeth during puncture and draw: implications for the mechanics of cutting. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 100:271-286.<pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B., D.C. Simkins, P.J. Motta, M. Hirai, and A. Kumar. 2010. Young's modulus and hardness of shark tooth biomaterials. Archives of Oral Biology 55: 203-209.<pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B. and Gottfried, M.D. 2010. A morphometric approach for addressing species delimitation in fossil Isurus (Chondrichthyes: Lamniformes). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1): 17-25. <pdf>

• Lowry, D., Castro, A., Ford, T., Mara, K., Whitenack, L., Burgess, G. and P. Motta. 2009. Determining shark size from forensic analysis of the bite damage. Marine Biology 156: 2483-2492.<pdf>

• Simkins, D.C., Collier, N., Juha, M. and L.B. Whitenack. 2008. A framework for studying the RKEM representation of discrete point sets. In: M. Griebel and M.A. Schweitzer (eds.), Lecture notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Meshfree Methods for Partial Differential Equations IV. Springer Publishing, New York. Pp. 301-315. <pdf>

• Motta, P.J., Hueter, R.E., Tricas, T.C., Summers, A.P., Huber, D.R., Lowry, D., Mara, K.R., Matott, M.P. Whitenack, L.B., and A.P. Wintzer, 2008. Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus, feeding constraint and suction performance in the nurse shark,Ginglymostoma cirratum. Journal of Morphology 269: 1041-1055.<pdf>

• Simkins, D.C., A. Kumar, N. Collier, and L.B. Whitenack, 2007. Geometry representation, modification, and interative design using RKEM. Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering. 196: 4304-4320. <pdf>

• Lowry, D., A. Wintzer, M. Matott, L. B. Whitenack, D. Huber, M. Dean, and P.J. Motta. 2005. Aerial and aquatic feeding in the silver arowana Osteoglossum bicirrhosum. Environmental Biology of Fishes 73: 453-462. <pdf>

• Whitenack, L.B., D. Elliott, and J.P. Brandenburg, J.P, 2002. "A case study in paleoecology from the Mississippian of Missouri, with a focus on chondrichthyan teeth." Transactions of the Missouri Academy of Sciences 36: 11-14.

Other publications (not peer-reviewed):

• Whitenack, L.B., 2020. Final Report on the Allegheny College-Crawford Central School District Partnership: Summary, Assessment, and Lessons for Future Partnerships. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ey4ULOb5Kj4KCobu3NG2pGstbfa4x21r/view This report was written for the Rees Charitable Foundation, the other stakeholders that participated in the Partnership, and those that would like to establish a similar partnership with their local school districts or colleges/universities.

• ● Whitenack, L.B., 2018. “Observations from my first year as an associate editor.” Functional Ecologists. https://functionalecologists.com/2018/09/13/observations-from-my-first-year-as-an-associate-editor/ This blog post was an invited piece for Peer Review Week 2018, covering the theme of diversity and equity in peer review.

• ● Whitenack, L.B., 2017. “Speaking out about sexual harassment in shark science”. Southern Fried Science. http://www.southernfriedscience.com/speaking-out-about-sexual-harassment-in-shark-science/. This blog post was one of the ten most-read blog posts on the Southern Fried Science network for 2017, despite being published on November 21, 2017. As of May 22, 2018, it has been read 11,178 times, which places it in the top 200 blog posts on a network that was established in 2008.