Rate My Professor Joshua Schmerge

Key publications include the 2016 paper “Distribution of the dentary groove of theropod dinosaurs: Implications for theropod phylogeny and the validity of the genus Nanotyrannus Bakker et al., 1988” in Cretaceous Research and the 2016 reply paper “When a groove is not a groove: clarification of the appearance of the dentary groove in tyrannosaurid theropods and the distinction between Nanotyrannus and Tyrannosaurus” also in Cretaceous Research. Additional works encompass his 2015 Ph.D. dissertation on euhapsine burrowing behaviors and a 2013 paper on vinegaroon trackway production and morphology in PALAIOS. Schmerge teaches courses including BISC 102 Inquiry Into Life: Human Biology, BISC 206 Human Anatomy and Physiology I, and others focused on human biology and the environment. Prior to his current role, he held positions involving biology instruction at other institutions. His areas of expertise include vertebrate paleontology, and he has received earlier recognitions such as the 2015 Erasmus A. Haworth Outstanding Student Award and first place for an oral presentation at the Kansas Academy of Science Annual Meeting.