Joseph Spagna
Professor • Department of
Professional Interests
Evolution, phylogenetics, entomology, biomechanics, adaptation, biodiversity.
Other Interests
Music & Performing Arts
Public Policy
Youth Sports
Spanish
Degrees
Specialization
Biology- Evolution of Arthropod locomotion systems
Representative Publications
The life aquatic with spiders (Araneae): repeated evolution of aquatic habitat association in Dictynidae and allied taxa;
, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society;
Volume
https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz139/5660963
Phylogenetics of a small caddisfly genus (Thremmatidae: Oligophlebodes): comparison among multiple hypotheses from DNA barcode data;
, Zoosymposia;
Volume
Bulletin of the New Jersey Academy of Science v.62 issue 1;
Editor: Joseph Spagna; New Jersey Academy of Science;
Volume
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/355484972_Bulletin_of_the_New_Jersey_Academy_of_Science_Vol_62_Issue_1
Fellowships, Grants and Research
ARTS: Taxonomy and Molecular Systematics of Mesh Web Spiders (Araneae: Dictynidae)
Notable Courses Taught
Evolution BIO4440/5440
Field Entomology BIO3330
Honors Literature Seminar BIO3950
Bioseminar BIO4800
Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior BIO2490
General Biology II BIO1640
Field Biology BIO1300
Human Biology BIO1200
