Steven Keffer

Associate Professor of Biology

B.A. (Theater) - Bennington College
M.A. (Geography) - SUNY-Buffalo
Ph.D. (Zoology) - Southern Illinois University


E-mail - keffersl@jmu.edu
Fax - 540-568-3333
Office - Bioscience 2028E

Office Hours

Courses: Organisms (BIO 114), Human Anatomy (BIO 290), General Entomology (BIO 310), Evolution, Human Nature and Morality (HON 200), Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine and Health Care (HHS 490)

Research Interests:  Applied Human Evolutionary Science; Insect Reproductive Anatomy

Selected Publications:

Henriques, G, Keffer, S, Abrahamson, C and SJ Horst. 2011. Exploring the effectiveness of a computer-based heart rate variability biofeedback program in reducing anxiety in college students. Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, 35:101-112.

Keffer, S.  2004.  Morphology and evolution of waterscorpion male genitalia (Heteroptera: Nepidae). Systematic Entomology 29:142-172.

Keffer, S.  1996.  Systematics of the New World waterscorpion genus Curicta Stål (Heteroptera: Nepidae). Journal of the New York Entomological Society 104(3):117-215.

Keffer, S., King, S. & S. Kraft. 1991. Process metaphysics, minimalism, and public policy. Environmental Ethics 13: 23-47.