Sarah Sheffield
Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Director
Department of Earth Sciences
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. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108881821
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. https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-021-00156-0
Ali, H., Sheffield, S.L., Bauer, J.E. et al., 2021, A twenty-point action plan for anti-racism in 2020: Nature Communications. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-23936-w.pdf
Sheffield, S.L., Sumrall, C.D., 2019, The phylogeny of the Diploporita (Blastozoa: Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology. doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2019.2
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
