Areas of Interest
- Spatial Ecology
- Herpetology
- Fisheries Ecology and Management
- Thermal Ecology
- Population and Community Ecology
Degrees
- B.S. (2013) – University of Nebraska–Lincoln
- M.S. (2018) – Fort Hays State University
- Ph.D. (2025) – The University of Texas at El Paso
Professional Affiliations
- American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
- Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
- American Fisheries Society
Dissertation and Thesis
- Mead, J.J. 2025. Spatial And Thermal Aspects Of The Ecology Of Three Sympatric Rattlesnakes In The Montane Northern Chihuahuan Desert. Ph.D. Dissertation, The University of Texas at El Paso.
- Mead, J.J. 2018. Spatial Ecology Of The Western Massasauga (Sistrurus tergeminus) In A Large Interior Wetland. MS Thesis, Fort Hays State University.
Publications
- Da Cunha, O., Mead, J.J., and Horne, L.M. 2026. The rattle is a deterring signal that works best with sympatric species. PLOS One 21(3): e0343121.
- Da Cunha, O., Dominguez, R.P., Horne, L.M., Mead, J.J., Fournier, C., Johnson, J.D., and Seymoure, B.M. 2026. From fear to feast: rattlesnakes navigate the landscape of fear to optimize foraging. The American Naturalist 207(2).
- Seymoure, B.M., Deitsch, J.F., Hyder, P., Sanchez, B., Pollard, K.J., Rios, I., Robinson-Griffiths, E., Saenz-Arreola, S., Horne, L.M., Da Cunha, O., Neria, O., Mead, J.J., Daszak, I., and Owens, A.C.S. 2026. Glare more than uplight attracts flying insects to artificial lights. Biological Conservation 315,111722.
- Da Cunha, O., Mead, J.J., Sanchez, B.A., Pollard, K.J., Johnson, J.D., and Seymoure, B.M. 2025. Insights into the pace-of-life syndrome hypothesis: exploring the influence of personality on movement ecology in the western diamond-backed rattlesnake (Crotalus atrox). Animal Behaviour 223,123181.
- Mead, J.J. and Stark, W.J. 2024. Western massasauga diet. Herpetological Review 55(3):452-453.
- Chavarria, C.A., Moreno, A., Benson-Pedraza, A., Horne, L.M., Da Cunha, O., Mead, J.J., Johnson, J.D., and Mata-Silva, V. 2021. Western diamond-backed rattlesnake diet. Herpetological Review 52(4):866-867.
- Moreno, A., Chavarria, C.A., Benson-Pedraza, A., Horne, L.M., Da Cunha, O., Mead, J.J., Johnson, J.D., and Mata-Silva, V. 2021. Chihuahuan nightsnake predation. Natural History Note. Herpetological Review 52(1):159-160.
- Hullinger, A., Sowards, B., Mead, J.J., and Stark, W.J. 2018. Western massasauga predation. Herpetological Review 49(4):763.
