This is my full dissertation, available to anyone who wants it. Of note, there's really only two chapters that are unpublished: the introduction, which was my research proposal heavily modified; and one article that we just couldn't get published on greenhouse experiments. Everything else is in its more final form in the journals where we […]

This was a simple article we did just categorizing our observations of Pieris rapae, the cabbage white butterfly, using a native host, Alliaria petiolata, while both in invaded territory (the US). This open-access article details our observations of oviposition and larval survival in Ohio ecosystems. Abstract Pieris rapae L., an invasive crop pest, may have […]

This was my first published paper, and it explored the biogeographical factors relating to survival of this rare butterfly, the West Virginia White. We tracked the same field site for several years, finding little to no evidence of survival of this rare butterfly. Evidence was tenuous, mostly because the similarities between P. virginiensis and P. […]

This was one of two internationally coauthored pieces we did on the chemical ecology of the invasive species Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata). Even though it's almost a decade later, I am deeply appreciative of the collaboration with Tina Frisch and the many other co-authors we had on this piece. In this piece, we worked on […]

This was one of my favorite peer-reviewed articles that came out of my dissertation work. Plus, Don, my advisor and coauthor, absolutely loved the first part of the title (full credit to him!). In this research, we investigated egg-laying in Pieris virginiensis, the West Virginia White butterfly through a combination of field observation and lab […]