About Sarah

Sarah received her B.A. in Marine Biology (1992) and her M.S. in Marine Science (1995) from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She then went on to receive her Ph.D. in Oceanography from the University of Maine, Orono (2000).

Growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area, her interest in marine life started early. When Sarah was 10, she announced that she was going to be a marine biologist when she grew up. Despite the ephemeral nature of decisions made at that age, she did become a marine biologist. She is still amazed every day at the splendid diversity and beauty of marine life.

Sarah's current research interests are centered on Crustaceans, mostly in the order Cumacea, although she has worked with leptostracans and mysids. The majority of her publications are in taxonomy and systematics, although phylogeny, biogeography, functional morphology and ecology are enduring interests.

The courses that Sarah teaches include:

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• LSIS 201: Life on Earth
• LSIS 101: Discoveries in Science
• BIOL/GEOL 178: Fundamentals of Oceangraphy
• BIOL/GEOL 179 Fundamentals of Oceanography laboratory
• BIOL 478: Biological Oceanography
• BIOL 427: Invertebrate Zoology

Sarah is involved in the Liberal Studies program here at the University of Alaska Anchorage because she is committed to teaching students to read and think critically, and to write and speak effectively.