Assistant Professor
University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Molly Selba earned her Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology from the University of Florida. Her dissertation was entitled: Facial Reduction Across Three Representative Taxa: A Geometric Morphometric Approach and focused mainly on comparative anatomy and cranial morphology.
Her research program utilizing geometric morphometric analysis resulted in multiple published papers, presentations at national meetings, and an invited international submission at the 2019 International Society of Vertebrate Morphology meeting in Prague. In addition, she served in a consulting role for National Geographic News when she was asked to comment on a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) that focused on the evolution of facial anatomy in modern dogs.
In addition to a rigorous research background, she has also taught a variety of classes in the anatomical sciences at both the undergraduate and graduate level. She taught a number of lab-based classes at the University of Florida including Osteology, Functional Human Neuroanatomy, and Introduction to Biological Anthropology, among others. Additionally, she has taught/facilitated multiple classes spanning from introductory to advanced and honors college courses, including gross anatomy, for a diverse body of students in science majors and non-science majors.
Molly also has a strong commitment to service: during her time in graduate school, she conducted extensive anatomy-based education/outreach, where she visited over two dozen classrooms and interacted with over 1200 students over the course of 6 years.
