Affiliated Research Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Biology, Yale University
M.Phil., Biology, Yale University
M.S., Biology, Yale University
B.S., Geological Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle
Dr. Richardson was a postdoctoral
fellow at the Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, Florida, before
joining the Honors College, where she has taught since the Fall of 2002. She
is currently a Research Associate in the Department of Paleobiology,
National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Her research
interests include the phylogeny of Foraminifera, the evolutionary
significance of photosymbiosis in Soritacean foraminiferans, and the ecology
of foraminiferans in seagrass and mangrove habitats. She has ongoing field
projects in the Indian River Lagoon and Florida Keys, as well as in Belize,
Central America.
