about me  
 

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• CV - currently being updated and reformatted

 

• Current Grants


• Characterization of bearded seal locomotor muscle - Hendrix Odyssey Program - March 2018 - May 2019 ($3,434)


• Fiber-type composition of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) locomotor muscle - Hendrix Odyssey Program - March 2018 - May 2019 ($3,434)


• Characterization of the muscle tissue in Atlantic spotted dolphin diaphragms - Hendrix Odyssey Program - March 2018 - May 2019 ($3,434)


• Effects of prenatal steroids on the rectus thoracics muscle of fetal guinea pigs - Morris and Ann Henry Odyssey Professorship - Hendrix Odyssey Program - May 2018 - May 2019 ($3,434)


• Oxidative potential of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) vocal muscles - Hendrix Odyssey Program - March 2018 - May 2019 ($3,434)


• Improving retention of underrepresented students in STEM fields at Hendrix - Morris and Ann Henry Odyssey Professorship with Dr. Laura MacDonald - Hendrix Odyssey Program - June 2017 - May 2020 ($75,000)


• Effects of prenatal steroids on the fatigue properties of breathing muscles - Arkansas INBRE Program (NIH Grant #P20RR-16460) - May 2010 - April 2013 ($385,975)

• Publications


• Thometz, N.M., J.L. Dearolf, R.C. Dunkin, D.P. Noren, M.M. Holt, O.C. Sims*, B.C. Cathey*, and T.M. Williams (2018) Comparative physiology of vocal musculature in two odontocetes, the bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 188: 177-193.


• Kielhorn, C.E., R.M. Dillaman, S.T. Kinsey, W.A. McLellan, D.M. Gay, J.L. Dearolf, and D.A. Pabst. (2013) Locomotor muscle profile of a deep (Kogia breviceps) versus shallow (Tursiops truncatus) diving cetacean. Journal of Morphology 274: 663-675.


• Cotten, P.B., M.A. Piscitelli, W.A. McLellan, S.A. Rommel, J.L. Dearolf, and D.A. Pabst. (2008) The gross morphology and histochemistry of respiratory muscles in bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops truncatus. Journal of Morphology 269: 1520-1538.


• Etnier, S.A., J.L. Dearolf, W.A. McLellan, and D.A. Pabst. (2004) Postural role of lateral axial muscles in developing bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 271: 909-918.


• Thayer, V.G., A.J. Read, N.I. Bowles, D.R. Colby, J.L. Dearolf, A.A. Hohn, W.A. McLellan, D.A. Pabst, J.R. Russell, and K.A. Rittmaster. (2003) Reproductive seasonality of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in North Carolina. Marine Mammal Science 19: 617-629.


• Dearolf, J.L. (2003) Diaphragm muscle development in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Morphology 256: 79-88.


• Noren, S.R., T.M. Williams, D.A. Pabst, W.A. McLellan, and J.L. Dearolf. (2001) The development of diving in marine endotherms: preparing the skeletal muscles of dolphins, penguins, and seals for activity during submergence. Journal of Comparative Physiology B 171: 127-134.


• Dearolf, J.L., W.A. McLellan, R.M. Dillaman, D. Frierson, and D.A. Pabst. (2000) Precocial development of axial locomotor muscle in bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus). Journal of Morphology 244: 203-215.

• Recent Abstracts


• Elijah J. Ballard*, Lindsey M. Barrett, Jennifer L. Dearolf, Nicole M. Thometz, Anna L. Bryan, and Colleen Reichmuth. Hybrid fibers in the bearded seal longissimus dorsi muscle. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2019, Tampa, FL


• Savannah L. Draud* and Jennifer L. Dearolf. Fiber-type profile of Atlantic spotted dolphin (Stenella frontalis) diaphragm. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2019, Tampa, FL


• Nomastel J. Johnson*, Judith M. Brown, Jennifer L. Dearolf, and Julie P. Avery. Effect of multi-course prenatal steroids on fiber-type profile and enzyme activity in the guinea pig rectus thoracis. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2019, Tampa, FL


• Brendan S. Midkiff*, Jennifer L. Dearolf, and Nicole M. Thometz. Comparison of glycolytic metabolism in bottlenose dolphin and harbor porpoise vocal muscles. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2019, Tampa, FL


• Lindsey M. Barrett*, Jennifer L. Dearolf, Nicole M. Thometz, Anna L. Bryan, and Colleen Reichmuth. Fiber-type composition of bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) locomotor muscle. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2018, San Francisco, CA


• Jennifer L. Dearolf, William A. McLellan, D. Ann Pabst, and John W. Hermanson. Regional variation in the fiber-type profile of the bottlenose dolphin diaphragm. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology Meeting - January 3-7, 2018, San Francisco, CA

• Teaching


• Concepts of Biology: Marine Biology (BIOL 100) - Fall 2010, Spring 2015, Spring 2016


• Concepts of Biology: Marine Biology with Lab (BIOL 101) - Fall 2018


• Concepts of Biology: Marine Mammals (BIOL 100) - Spring 2018


• Concepts of Biology: Organismal Biology with Lab (BIOL 101) - Fall 2017


• Organismal Biology (BIOL 160) - Spring 2003, Fall 2003, Spring 2004, Fall 2004, Spring 2005, Fall 2005


• Anatomy and Physiology I Lab (BIOL 205) - Fall 2017


• Zoology (BIOL 220) - Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Spring 2019


• Seminar: Biological Communication (BIOL 221) - Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016


• Animal Physiology Laboratory (BIOL 320) - Fall 2013, Spring 2016


• Marine Biology (BIOL 335) - Spring 2011, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2018


• Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (BIOL 440) - Fall 2002, Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005, Fall 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2010, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2019


• Biology: Senior Seminar (BIOL 497) - Fall 2002

• “Frankenstein Lab” - a nice article about my research


• Belize Biology Odyssey 2013


• Article about my Marine Biology class' trip to Belize


• Pictures from the Belize trip


• Video about the Belize trip


• Belize Biology Odyssey 2016


• Article about my Marine Biology class' trip to Belize


• Pictures from the Belize trip


• Belize Biology Odyssey 2017


• Article about my and my students' trip to Belize


• Pictures from the Belize trip

 
 

 

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