Courses:
Organisms (BIO 114), Human Anatomy (BIO 290),
General Entomology (BIO 310), Evolution, Human Nature and Morality (HON
200).
Research
Interests: Insect Systematics, Human Behavior, and Stress
Reduction.
My research is divided in three areas:
insect systematics, specifically the comparative reproductive
morphology and life history of aquatic and semi-aquatic Heteroptera;
the evolution of human social behavior applied to perennial problems
such as conflict and intolerance; and stress reduction in collaboration
with professors from the psychology department. Our current project is
testing a heart rate variability biofeedback method for reducing
anxiety in JMU students.
Selected
Publications:
Henriques G, Keffer S, Abrahamson C, Horst J.
Exploring the Effectiveness of a Computer-Based Heart Rate Variability
Biofeedback Program in Reducing Anxiety in College Students. Submitted to Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 52 pp.
Keffer, S. L. 2004. Morphology and
evolution of waterscorpion male genitalia (Heteroptera: Nepidae).
Systematic Entomology 29:142-172.
Keffer, S. L. 1996. Systematics of the
New World waterscorpion genus Curicta
Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae). J. New York Entomol. Soc.
104(3):117-215.
Keffer, S. L., S. B. King, and S. Kraft. 1991.
Process metaphysics, minimalism, and public policy. Environmental
Ethics 13: 23-47.
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