Dr. Molly Selba

About

Dr. Molly (Martell) Selba
 Email: mcselba@umes.edu

Education:

  • B.A., Archaeology and Anthropology (Concentration in Bioarcheology), Johns Hopkins University
  • M.A., Biological Anthropology, University of Florida
  • Ph.D., Biological Anthropology, University of Florida

Areas of Interest:

  • Geometric Morphometric Analysis
  • Cranial Morphology
  • Anatomical Sciences Education
  • Science Education/Outreach

Scholarly Activity:

Recent Publications
  • Selba, M. C., Ziegler , M. J., Townley, A. L., & Antonenko , P. D. (2024). Exploring Teacher Self-Efficacy in Human Evolution Instruction Following a Dynamic Hands-on Professional Development Workshop. Evolution: Education and Outreach.
  • Vitek, N., Hoeflich, J. C., Magallanes, I., Moran, S. W., Narducci, R. E., Perez, V. J., Pirlo, J., Riegler, M. S., Selba, M. C., Vallejo-Pareja, M. C., Ziegler, M. J., Granatosky, M. C., Hulbert, R. C., & Bloch, J. I. (2024). An Extinct North American Porcupine with a South American Tail. Current Biology.
  • Selba M. C. 2022. Facial Reduction across Three Representative Taxa: A Geometric Morphometric Approach. [Doctoral Dissertation, University of Florida], New Florida Journal of Anthropology 3(2), DOI: 10.32473/nfja.3.2.131120
  • Selba M. C., Bryson E. R., Rosenberg C. L., Heng H. G., DeLeon V. B. 2020. The Impact of Facial Reduction on Endocranial Shape in Dogs. Anatomical Record, 304(1),
    101-115.
  • Selba M. C., Oechtering G., Heng H. G., DeLeon V. B. 2020. The Impact of Selection for Facial Reduction in Dogs: Geometric Morphometric Analysis of Canine Cranial Shape. Anatomical Record, 303(2), 330-346*
    * Recognized by the press as one of the top 10% downloaded articles in 2018-2019.
  • Ziegler M. J., Perez V. J., Pirlo J., Narducci R. E., Moran S. M., Selba M. C., Hastings A. K., Vargas-Vergara C., Antonenko P. D., and MacFadden B. J. 2020. Applications of 3D Paleontological Data at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Front. Earth Sci. 8:600696. doi: 10.3389/feart.2020.600696
  • Selba M. C. 2019. The Human Evolution Teaching Materials Project: A Case for the Incorporation of 3D Prints into K-12 Science Curricula. EvoS Journal: The Journal of the Evolutionary Studies Consortium, 43-38.
  • Smith T. D., Martell M. C., Rossie J. B., Bonar C. J., DeLeon V. B. 2016. Ontogeny and Microanatomy of the Nasal Turbinals in Lemuriforms. Anatomical Record, 299(11), 1492-1510.

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