Publications
(Updated Jul 2022)
Refereed Journal Articles (n=17)
Halsey SJ, VanAcker MC, Harris NC, Lewis KR, Perez L, Smith G. In press. The public health implications of gentrification: tick-borne
disease risks for communities of color. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Kopsco HL, Smith R, Halsey SJ. ¥ In press. Examining Species Distribution Models that Map and Predict Tick Habitat Suitability.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Schultz M, Jamieson J, Piontek E, Halsey SJ¥, 2022. The Importance of Cultural Values in Ecological Restorations: A Systematic Review.
Society and Natural Resources. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2073625
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. 2020. Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi among vertebrate hosts: A test of Dilution Effect Mechanisms.
Ecosphere.11: e03048
Capozzelli JF, Hecht L, Halsey SJ. 2020. What is the value of wild animal welfare for restoration ecology? Restoration Ecology.
10.1111/rec.13114
Halsey SJ, Strickland LR, Scott-Richardson M, Perrin-Stowe T, Massenburg L. 2020. Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the
experience of ecologists and evolutionary biologists who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Nature Ecology and Evolution
Miriti MN, Bailey K, Halsey SJ, Harris NC. 2020. Hidden figures in ecology and evolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org
/10.1038/s41559-020-1270-y
Sealey BA, Beasley DE, Halsey SJ, Schell CJ, Leggett ZH, Yitbarek S, Harris NC. 2020. Human dimensions: Raising black excellence by
elevating black ecologists through collaboration, celebration and promotion. The Bulletin of Ecological Society of America. 101(4):
e01765
Thomas-Van Gundy MA, Nowacki GJ, Anderson RC, Bowles ML, Brugam RB, Pavlovic NB, Halsey SJ, McBride J. 2020. Visualizing the
Ecological Importance of pre-Euro-American Settlement Fire across Three Midwestern Landscapes. American Midland Naturalist.
Halsey SJ. 2019. Defuse the Dilution Effect Debate. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3: 145-146.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. 2018 A spatial agent-based model of the disease vector Ixodes scapularis used to explore tick-host
associations. Ecological Modelling. 387:96-106.
Halsey SJ, Allan, BF, Miller JR. (2018) The role of Ixodes scapularis, Borrelia burgdorferi and wildlife hosts in Lyme disease prevalence:
A quantitative review. Ticks and Tick-borne disease. 9:1103-1114.
Halsey SJ, Cinel S, Wilson J, Bell TJ, Bowles M. 2017. Predicting Population Viability of a Monocarpic Perennial Dune Thistle
using Individual-Based Models. Ecological Modelling. 359:363-371.pdf supplement
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, Bowles M. 2017. Initial Transplant Size and Microsite Influences Transplant Survivorship and Growth of a
Threaten Dune Thistle Ecological Restoration. 35(1):52-59. pdf supplement
Nelson SB, Coon JJ, Duchardt CJ, Fischer JD, Halsey SJ, Kranz AJ, Parker CM, Schneider SC, Swartz TM, Miller JR. 2017. A Systematic
Review of the Impacts of Invasive Plants on Avian Ecology. Biological Invasions. 19(5):15471563 pdf supplement
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern K, Pavlovic N. (2016) Population-specific Life Histories in Restoration Contribute to
Metapopulation Viability. Ecosphere. 7(11):e01536 pdf
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern K, Pavlovic N. (2015). Comparison of Reintroduction and Enhancement Effects on Metapopulation
Viability. Restoration Ecology. 23(4):375-384. pdf supplement
Unrefereed (n=2)
McBride J, Halsey SJ. 2015. Vegetation of the Prairie Peninsula region of southern Lake Michigan as mapped by the Public Land
Survey 1829-1835. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL. Technical scientific support: Marlin Bowles, The Morton Arboretum; Noel
Pavlovic, US Geological Survey.http://www.plantconservation.us/INILPLSMAP.phtml.
Bowles, M., Halsey SJ, McBride J. & Pavlovic N. 2015. Grassland-forest transition in the Prairie Peninsula region of northwest Indiana as recorded by the U.S. Public Land Survey (1829-1835). Report to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Coastal Program. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. pdf
Halsey SJ (2013) A Metapopulation Approach to Examining the Effect of Restorations on Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes (Masters thesis) Chicago State University. Chicago, IL. pdf
Science Communication (n=1)
Anderson N, Halsey SJ, Johnson T, Josek T, Welsh R. 2018. Environmental Almanac: The world has a place for pesky blood suckers. The
News Gazette. Accessed 2/18/2018. URL: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-18/environmental-almanac-the-
world-has-place-pesky-blood-suckers.html
Non-Authored Contributions (n= 1)
Hellmann, Jessica, Hamlet, Alan F. (2018) Final Progress Report: Assessment of Waterfowl Habitat Restoration as an Adaptive
Mechanism for Water Sustainability in the Grand Kankakee River Watershed. USFWS Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape
Conservation Cooperative. F13AP00347.
Halsey SJ, VanAcker MC, Harris NC, Lewis KR, Perez L, Smith G. In press. The public health implications of gentrification: tick-borne
disease risks for communities of color. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Kopsco HL, Smith R, Halsey SJ. ¥ In press. Examining Species Distribution Models that Map and Predict Tick Habitat Suitability.
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Schultz M, Jamieson J, Piontek E, Halsey SJ¥, 2022. The Importance of Cultural Values in Ecological Restorations: A Systematic Review.
Society and Natural Resources. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2022.2073625
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. 2020. Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi among vertebrate hosts: A test of Dilution Effect Mechanisms.
Ecosphere.11: e03048
Capozzelli JF, Hecht L, Halsey SJ. 2020. What is the value of wild animal welfare for restoration ecology? Restoration Ecology.
10.1111/rec.13114
Halsey SJ, Strickland LR, Scott-Richardson M, Perrin-Stowe T, Massenburg L. 2020. Elevate, don’t assimilate, to revolutionize the
experience of ecologists and evolutionary biologists who are Black, Indigenous and People of Color. Nature Ecology and Evolution
Miriti MN, Bailey K, Halsey SJ, Harris NC. 2020. Hidden figures in ecology and evolution. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org
/10.1038/s41559-020-1270-y
Sealey BA, Beasley DE, Halsey SJ, Schell CJ, Leggett ZH, Yitbarek S, Harris NC. 2020. Human dimensions: Raising black excellence by
elevating black ecologists through collaboration, celebration and promotion. The Bulletin of Ecological Society of America. 101(4):
e01765
Thomas-Van Gundy MA, Nowacki GJ, Anderson RC, Bowles ML, Brugam RB, Pavlovic NB, Halsey SJ, McBride J. 2020. Visualizing the
Ecological Importance of pre-Euro-American Settlement Fire across Three Midwestern Landscapes. American Midland Naturalist.
Halsey SJ. 2019. Defuse the Dilution Effect Debate. Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3: 145-146.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. 2018 A spatial agent-based model of the disease vector Ixodes scapularis used to explore tick-host
associations. Ecological Modelling. 387:96-106.
Halsey SJ, Allan, BF, Miller JR. (2018) The role of Ixodes scapularis, Borrelia burgdorferi and wildlife hosts in Lyme disease prevalence:
A quantitative review. Ticks and Tick-borne disease. 9:1103-1114.
Halsey SJ, Cinel S, Wilson J, Bell TJ, Bowles M. 2017. Predicting Population Viability of a Monocarpic Perennial Dune Thistle
using Individual-Based Models. Ecological Modelling. 359:363-371.pdf supplement
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, Bowles M. 2017. Initial Transplant Size and Microsite Influences Transplant Survivorship and Growth of a
Threaten Dune Thistle Ecological Restoration. 35(1):52-59. pdf supplement
Nelson SB, Coon JJ, Duchardt CJ, Fischer JD, Halsey SJ, Kranz AJ, Parker CM, Schneider SC, Swartz TM, Miller JR. 2017. A Systematic
Review of the Impacts of Invasive Plants on Avian Ecology. Biological Invasions. 19(5):15471563 pdf supplement
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern K, Pavlovic N. (2016) Population-specific Life Histories in Restoration Contribute to
Metapopulation Viability. Ecosphere. 7(11):e01536 pdf
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern K, Pavlovic N. (2015). Comparison of Reintroduction and Enhancement Effects on Metapopulation
Viability. Restoration Ecology. 23(4):375-384. pdf supplement
Unrefereed (n=2)
McBride J, Halsey SJ. 2015. Vegetation of the Prairie Peninsula region of southern Lake Michigan as mapped by the Public Land
Survey 1829-1835. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, IL. Technical scientific support: Marlin Bowles, The Morton Arboretum; Noel
Pavlovic, US Geological Survey.http://www.plantconservation.us/INILPLSMAP.phtml.
Bowles, M., Halsey SJ, McBride J. & Pavlovic N. 2015. Grassland-forest transition in the Prairie Peninsula region of northwest Indiana as recorded by the U.S. Public Land Survey (1829-1835). Report to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Lake Michigan Coastal Program. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois. pdf
Halsey SJ (2013) A Metapopulation Approach to Examining the Effect of Restorations on Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes (Masters thesis) Chicago State University. Chicago, IL. pdf
Science Communication (n=1)
Anderson N, Halsey SJ, Johnson T, Josek T, Welsh R. 2018. Environmental Almanac: The world has a place for pesky blood suckers. The
News Gazette. Accessed 2/18/2018. URL: http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-02-18/environmental-almanac-the-
world-has-place-pesky-blood-suckers.html
Non-Authored Contributions (n= 1)
Hellmann, Jessica, Hamlet, Alan F. (2018) Final Progress Report: Assessment of Waterfowl Habitat Restoration as an Adaptive
Mechanism for Water Sustainability in the Grand Kankakee River Watershed. USFWS Upper Midwest and Great Lakes Landscape
Conservation Cooperative. F13AP00347.
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INVITED TALKS/PANELS
Scientific Research Focused
Halsey SJ. Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. University
of Toronto, October 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. University
of Wisconsin, Madison, September 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. University
of California, Davis, September 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. LUOVA
Keynote University of Helsinki, March 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. CSU FRSES.
Keynote. March 2021 Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Bridge to Science: Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational
approaches. University of Massachusetts, February 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches.
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar, March 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. How can we predict and prevent the spread of disease epidemics with models. Missouri-Louis Stokes Alliances for
Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program: Washington University. July 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. Summer
Seminar Series: Tyson Research Center. July 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Using Models as a Tool to Predict and Prevent the Spread of Disease Epidemics. CAFNR Research Council Webinar
Series: University of Missouri. May 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Using computational modelling to understand biodiversity-disease relationships affecting Lyme disease risk.
Northeastern Illinois University. January 2019, Chicago, IL
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Justice Focused
Halsey SJ. Bridge to Impact: The importance of Mentoring. University of Massachusetts. February 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Flipping the script: Taking a look at parasite-host interactions. INSPIRE Session: Ecological Society of America, August
2018, New Orleans, LA.
Halsey SJ, Solorzano Lowell, K, Perrin-Stowe T. Fostering a more diverse environment in Ecology and Evolution. Midwest Ecology
and Evolution Conference, March 2017, Urbana, IL.
Scientific Research Focused
Halsey SJ. Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. University
of Toronto, October 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. University
of Wisconsin, Madison, September 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. University
of California, Davis, September 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. LUOVA
Keynote University of Helsinki, March 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding ecological patterns using long-term data sets, remote sensing and computational approaches. CSU FRSES.
Keynote. March 2021 Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Bridge to Science: Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational
approaches. University of Massachusetts, February 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches.
Department of Biological Sciences Seminar, March 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. How can we predict and prevent the spread of disease epidemics with models. Missouri-Louis Stokes Alliances for
Minority Participation (LSAMP) Program: Washington University. July 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Understanding disease emergence patterns by combining long-term data sets and computational approaches. Summer
Seminar Series: Tyson Research Center. July 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Using Models as a Tool to Predict and Prevent the Spread of Disease Epidemics. CAFNR Research Council Webinar
Series: University of Missouri. May 2020, Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Using computational modelling to understand biodiversity-disease relationships affecting Lyme disease risk.
Northeastern Illinois University. January 2019, Chicago, IL
Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Justice Focused
Halsey SJ. Bridge to Impact: The importance of Mentoring. University of Massachusetts. February 2021. Remote Presentation
Halsey SJ. Flipping the script: Taking a look at parasite-host interactions. INSPIRE Session: Ecological Society of America, August
2018, New Orleans, LA.
Halsey SJ, Solorzano Lowell, K, Perrin-Stowe T. Fostering a more diverse environment in Ecology and Evolution. Midwest Ecology
and Evolution Conference, March 2017, Urbana, IL.
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
Oral Presentations (n= 15)
Aljundi E. Halsey SJ. Identifying Patterns of CWD prevalence in Missouri’s Odocoileus virginianus Population. February 2022.
Missouri Natural Resources Conference
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi among vertebrate hosts: A test of dilution effect mechanisms. Ecological
Society of America, August 2018, New Orleans, LA.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Transmission of Lyme disease pathogen decreases with increased functional species diversity. North American
Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2018, Toronto, CA.
Pavlovic NB, Bowles MS, Halsey SJ, McBride J. Processes controlling the pattern of pre-settlement vegetation in the landscape of the
southern tip of Lake Michigan. U. S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, April 2018,
Chicago, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using Individual-based modelling to depict tick-environment-host associations. Midwest Ecology and Evolution
Conference, April 2018, Hickory Corners, MI.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Testing mechanisms of the Dilution Effect Hypothesis as it relates to reducing Lyme disease risk. 20th Annual
GEEB Symposium, February 2018, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Exploring tick-host associations using a spatially and temporally explicit agent-based model. Ecological Society
of America, August 2017, Portland, OR.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, Cinel S, Wilson J, Bowles M. Predicting Population Viability of a Monocarpic Perennial Dune Thistle Using Individual-
Based Models. North American Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2016, Madison, WI.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using Individual-based modelling to depict tick-environment-host associations. Midwest Ecology and Evolution
Conference, March 2016, Oxford, OH.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using modelling to understand Lyme disease ecology. Community of Scholars Research Symposium, March
2016, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. A Community modelling approach in understanding the ecology of Lyme disease. 18th Annual GEEB
Symposium, February 2016, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Modeling the relationships between ticks, hosts and the environment. Recruitment Weekend Lighting talks for
the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, February 2016, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign,
Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern AK. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes. Ecological
Society of America, 8/13, Minneapolis, MN.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern AK. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes. Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore Science Conference, October 2011, Gary, IN.
Halsey SJ. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes (Progress Report). Chicago State
University Dept. of Biological Sciences Research Seminar Series, Chicago State University, 2012, Chicago IL.
Poster Presentation (n= 3)
Smith J, Halsey SJ. The Effects of Remnant and Restored Prairies on Small Mammal and Tick Diversity. February 2022. Missouri
Natural Resources Conference
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Host diversity and population dynamics of Ixodes scapularis populations: a meta-analysis. Ecological Society of
America, August 2016, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Jacobs KA, Kirt S, Jackson L, Halsey SJ. Prairie Education, Research and Management at Chicago State University. Schulenburg Prairie
symposium at the Morton Arboretum, September 2012, Lisle IL.
Oral Presentations (n= 15)
Aljundi E. Halsey SJ. Identifying Patterns of CWD prevalence in Missouri’s Odocoileus virginianus Population. February 2022.
Missouri Natural Resources Conference
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Maintenance of Borrelia burgdorferi among vertebrate hosts: A test of dilution effect mechanisms. Ecological
Society of America, August 2018, New Orleans, LA.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Transmission of Lyme disease pathogen decreases with increased functional species diversity. North American
Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2018, Toronto, CA.
Pavlovic NB, Bowles MS, Halsey SJ, McBride J. Processes controlling the pattern of pre-settlement vegetation in the landscape of the
southern tip of Lake Michigan. U. S. Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology, April 2018,
Chicago, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using Individual-based modelling to depict tick-environment-host associations. Midwest Ecology and Evolution
Conference, April 2018, Hickory Corners, MI.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Testing mechanisms of the Dilution Effect Hypothesis as it relates to reducing Lyme disease risk. 20th Annual
GEEB Symposium, February 2018, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Exploring tick-host associations using a spatially and temporally explicit agent-based model. Ecological Society
of America, August 2017, Portland, OR.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, Cinel S, Wilson J, Bowles M. Predicting Population Viability of a Monocarpic Perennial Dune Thistle Using Individual-
Based Models. North American Congress for Conservation Biology, July 2016, Madison, WI.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using Individual-based modelling to depict tick-environment-host associations. Midwest Ecology and Evolution
Conference, March 2016, Oxford, OH.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Using modelling to understand Lyme disease ecology. Community of Scholars Research Symposium, March
2016, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. A Community modelling approach in understanding the ecology of Lyme disease. 18th Annual GEEB
Symposium, February 2016, Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Modeling the relationships between ticks, hosts and the environment. Recruitment Weekend Lighting talks for
the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Science, February 2016, University of Illinois-Urbana/Champaign,
Urbana, IL.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern AK. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes. Ecological
Society of America, 8/13, Minneapolis, MN.
Halsey SJ, Bell TJ, McEachern AK. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes. Indiana Dunes
National Lakeshore Science Conference, October 2011, Gary, IN.
Halsey SJ. A Metapopulation Approach to Examining Population Viability in the Indiana Dunes (Progress Report). Chicago State
University Dept. of Biological Sciences Research Seminar Series, Chicago State University, 2012, Chicago IL.
Poster Presentation (n= 3)
Smith J, Halsey SJ. The Effects of Remnant and Restored Prairies on Small Mammal and Tick Diversity. February 2022. Missouri
Natural Resources Conference
Halsey SJ, Miller JR. Host diversity and population dynamics of Ixodes scapularis populations: a meta-analysis. Ecological Society of
America, August 2016, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Jacobs KA, Kirt S, Jackson L, Halsey SJ. Prairie Education, Research and Management at Chicago State University. Schulenburg Prairie
symposium at the Morton Arboretum, September 2012, Lisle IL.