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Background

Selected publications

Sheffield, S.L., Limbeck, M.R.^, Bauer, J.E., Hill, S.A., Nohejlovà, M., 2022, A review of blastozoan echinoderm respiratory structures: Elements of Paleontology: Cambridge University Press.

Sheffield, S.L., Cook, M.L., Ricchezza, V.J., Rocabado, G.A., Akiwumi, F.A., 2021, Perceptions of scientists held by US students can be broadened through inclusive classroom interventions: Communications: Earth and Environment.

Ali, H., Sheffield, S.L., Bauer, J.E. et al., 2021, A twenty-point action plan for anti-racism in 2020: Nature Communications.

Sheffield, S.L., Sumrall, C.D., 2019, The phylogeny of the Diploporita (Blastozoa: Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology.

Education

• The University of Tennessee, Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Sciences
  
• Auburn University, M.S. Geological Sciences
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.S. Geological Sciences

Research Interests

• Paleobiology
• Evolution of invertebrate life
• Echinoderm paleobiology
• Equity and inclusion in Earth Sciences
• Science communication and geoscience education

Teaching Interests

• Paleobiology
• Introductory geology
• Sedimentary petrology
• Science communication
• Advanced methods in paleobiology

Awards

• Geological Society of America’s Donald and Carolyn Biggs Earth Science Teaching Award
• Fellow of the Geological Society of America

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