Jennifer Maupin

 Jennifer Maupin outside EBS building
Contact Information:
  • office phone: 805-730-4196
  • email: jlmaupin@pipeline.sbcc.edu
  • office: EBS 321
Courses:
  • BIOL 100: Concepts of Biology
  • BIOL 101: Plant Biology
  • BIOL 112: Evolution & Adaptation 
  • BIOL 120: Natural History
C.V.

Jen joined the SBCC Bio Department faculty in 2005, and currently teaches General Biology, Plant Biology, Natural History, and Evolution & Adaptation. Her research background is primarily in behavioral ecology of spiders. During completion of her Bachelor’s degree in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB) at the University of Tennessee, she conducted research on fear and aggression in grass spiders, as well as foraging and mating behavior of orb-weavers. She earned a PhD in EEB from Princeton University, studying the fitness consequences of polyandry in the banded garden spider, Argiope trifasciata.

Jen spent the 2016-17 academic year on sabbatical, studying various aspects of local natural history, and getting acquainted with Santa Barbara’s local spider species through work at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. 

Selected Publications
Tests for superfluous killing in five species of web building spiders
Jennifer L. Maupin,  (1997). University of Tennessee Honors Thesis Projects.

Superfluous killing in spiders: a consequence of adaptation to food-limited environments
Jennifer L. Maupin, Susan E. Riechert
Behavioral Ecology, Volume 12, Issue 5, September 2001, Pages 569–576