Peer-Reviewed Publications Link to full CV
*indicates undergraduate co-author
Hubbard, JK, MA Potts*, BA Couch. 2017. How question types reveal student thinking: An experimental comparison of multiple-true-false and free-response. CBE-Life Sciences Education 16: ar26. link
Press: indiabioscience.org/news/2017/how-questions-types-reveal-student-thinking
Vitousek, M, BR Jenkins, JK Hubbard, SA Kaiser, RJ Safran. 2017. An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype. General and Comparative Endocrinology 247: 97-106. link
Grunst, AS, ML Grunst, NA Rathbun, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran, RA Gonser, EM Tuttle. 2017. Disruptive selection on plumage coloration across genetically determined morphs. Animal Behaviour 124: 97-108. link
Hubbard, JK, AK Hund, IL Levin, KJ McGraw, MR Wilkins, RJ Safran. 2017. The importance of cross-validation, accuracy, and precision for measuring plumage color: a comment on Vaquero-Alba et al. (2016). The Auk 134: 34-38. PDF
Wilkins, MR, H Karaadiç, Y Vortman, TL Parchman, T Albrect, A Petrželkova, L Özkan, PL Pap, JK Hubbard, AK Hund, RJ Safran, RJ. 2016. Phenotypic differentiation associated with divergent sexual selection among closely related barn swallow populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 1181: 1-12. link
Hubbard, JK, D Shizuka, BA Couch. 2016. Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring. CourseSource. link to lesson
Safran, RJ, Y Vortman, BR Jenkins, JK Hubbard, MR Wilkins, RJ Bradley, A Lotem. 2016. The maintenance of phenotypic divergence through sexual selection: an experimental study in barn swallow Hirundo rustica Evolution 70: 2074-2084. link
Safran, RJ, E Scordato, MR Wilkins, JK Hubbard, BR Jenkins, T Albrecht, S Flaxman, H Karaardic, Y Vortman, A Lotem, P Nosil, P Pap, S-F Shen, TL Parchment, N Kane, N. 2016. Genome-wide differentiation in closely related populations: the roles of selection and geographic isolation. Molecular Ecology 25: 3865-3883. link
Wilkins MR, D Shizuka, MB Joseph, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran. 2015. Multimodal signaling in the North American barn swallow: A phenotype network approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 20151574. link
Hubbard, JK, BR Jenkins, RJ Safran. 2015. Quantitative genetics of plumage color: lifetime effects of early nest environment on a colorful sexual signal. Ecology & Evolution 5: 3436-3449. link
Rathbun, N, A Grunst, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran, RA Gonser, EM Tuttle. 2014. Quantitative color variation within and across morphs of the polymorphic white-throated sparrow. The Auk 132: 92-104. link
Bradley, RJ, JK Hubbard, BR Jenkins, RJ Safran. 2014. Sex specific patterns and ecological predictors of age-related performance in the North American barn swallow, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1883-1892. link
Jenkins, BR, M Vitousek, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran. 2014. An experimental analysis of gene by environment interactions and heritability of plasma variation in baseline and stress-induced corticosterone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141302. link
Hubbard, JK and AL Tobin*. 2012. Malicious motherhood: Instance of infanticide by a female barn swallow. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124: 608-611. PDF
Cornell, KL, CR Kight, RB Burdge, AR Gunderson, JK Hubbard, AK Jackson, JE LeClerc, ML Pitts, JP Swaddle, and DA Cristol. 2011. Reproductive success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on suburban golf courses. The Auk 128: 577-586. PDF
Hubbard, JK, JAC Uy, ME Hauber, HE Hoekstra, RJ Safran. 2010. Vertebrate pigmentation: From underlying genes to adaptive function. Trends in Genetics 26: 231-239. (Featured on the cover) PDF
Safran, RJ, KJ McGraw, MR Wilkins, JK Hubbard, J Marling*. 2010. Positive carotenoid balance correlates with greater reproductive performance in a wild bird. PLOS One 5: e9420. PDF
Press: indiabioscience.org/news/2017/how-questions-types-reveal-student-thinking
Vitousek, M, BR Jenkins, JK Hubbard, SA Kaiser, RJ Safran. 2017. An experimental test of the effect of brood size on glucocorticoid responses, parental investment, and offspring phenotype. General and Comparative Endocrinology 247: 97-106. link
Grunst, AS, ML Grunst, NA Rathbun, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran, RA Gonser, EM Tuttle. 2017. Disruptive selection on plumage coloration across genetically determined morphs. Animal Behaviour 124: 97-108. link
Hubbard, JK, AK Hund, IL Levin, KJ McGraw, MR Wilkins, RJ Safran. 2017. The importance of cross-validation, accuracy, and precision for measuring plumage color: a comment on Vaquero-Alba et al. (2016). The Auk 134: 34-38. PDF
Wilkins, MR, H Karaadiç, Y Vortman, TL Parchman, T Albrect, A Petrželkova, L Özkan, PL Pap, JK Hubbard, AK Hund, RJ Safran, RJ. 2016. Phenotypic differentiation associated with divergent sexual selection among closely related barn swallow populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 1181: 1-12. link
Hubbard, JK, D Shizuka, BA Couch. 2016. Knowing your own: A classroom case study using the scientific method to investigate how birds learn to recognize their offspring. CourseSource. link to lesson
Safran, RJ, Y Vortman, BR Jenkins, JK Hubbard, MR Wilkins, RJ Bradley, A Lotem. 2016. The maintenance of phenotypic divergence through sexual selection: an experimental study in barn swallow Hirundo rustica Evolution 70: 2074-2084. link
Safran, RJ, E Scordato, MR Wilkins, JK Hubbard, BR Jenkins, T Albrecht, S Flaxman, H Karaardic, Y Vortman, A Lotem, P Nosil, P Pap, S-F Shen, TL Parchment, N Kane, N. 2016. Genome-wide differentiation in closely related populations: the roles of selection and geographic isolation. Molecular Ecology 25: 3865-3883. link
Wilkins MR, D Shizuka, MB Joseph, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran. 2015. Multimodal signaling in the North American barn swallow: A phenotype network approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 282: 20151574. link
Hubbard, JK, BR Jenkins, RJ Safran. 2015. Quantitative genetics of plumage color: lifetime effects of early nest environment on a colorful sexual signal. Ecology & Evolution 5: 3436-3449. link
Rathbun, N, A Grunst, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran, RA Gonser, EM Tuttle. 2014. Quantitative color variation within and across morphs of the polymorphic white-throated sparrow. The Auk 132: 92-104. link
Bradley, RJ, JK Hubbard, BR Jenkins, RJ Safran. 2014. Sex specific patterns and ecological predictors of age-related performance in the North American barn swallow, Hirundo rustica erythrogaster. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 68: 1883-1892. link
Jenkins, BR, M Vitousek, JK Hubbard, RJ Safran. 2014. An experimental analysis of gene by environment interactions and heritability of plasma variation in baseline and stress-induced corticosterone. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141302. link
Hubbard, JK and AL Tobin*. 2012. Malicious motherhood: Instance of infanticide by a female barn swallow. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124: 608-611. PDF
Cornell, KL, CR Kight, RB Burdge, AR Gunderson, JK Hubbard, AK Jackson, JE LeClerc, ML Pitts, JP Swaddle, and DA Cristol. 2011. Reproductive success of eastern bluebirds (Sialia sialis) on suburban golf courses. The Auk 128: 577-586. PDF
Hubbard, JK, JAC Uy, ME Hauber, HE Hoekstra, RJ Safran. 2010. Vertebrate pigmentation: From underlying genes to adaptive function. Trends in Genetics 26: 231-239. (Featured on the cover) PDF
Safran, RJ, KJ McGraw, MR Wilkins, JK Hubbard, J Marling*. 2010. Positive carotenoid balance correlates with greater reproductive performance in a wild bird. PLOS One 5: e9420. PDF
In the Pipeline
Hubbard, JK and BA Couch. In review. Improvements on in-class clicker questions are maintained by some - but not all - students on later exams. Computers & Education.
Couch, BA, JK Hubbard, CE Brassil. In review. Multiple-true/false questions reveal limitations of the multiple-choice format for detecting students with mixed and partial conceptions. BioScience.
Hund, AK, JK Hubbard, CK Glidden*, P Munclinger, RJ Safran. In revision. Parasite-mediated signaling in a community context: sexual traits advertise the extended phenotype. The American Naturalist.
Hubbard, JK, AK Hund, RJ Safran. In prep. Heritability of melanin-based coloration and its implications for mechanisms of sexual selection. Evolution.
Couch, BA, JK Hubbard, CE Brassil. In review. Multiple-true/false questions reveal limitations of the multiple-choice format for detecting students with mixed and partial conceptions. BioScience.
Hund, AK, JK Hubbard, CK Glidden*, P Munclinger, RJ Safran. In revision. Parasite-mediated signaling in a community context: sexual traits advertise the extended phenotype. The American Naturalist.
Hubbard, JK, AK Hund, RJ Safran. In prep. Heritability of melanin-based coloration and its implications for mechanisms of sexual selection. Evolution.