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David C Sepkoski

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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of History

David C Sepkoski is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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historical biology paleontology history evolutionary biology paleobiology anthropology history of science vertebrate paleontology palaeontologia electronica living fossil philosophy history and philosophy of science paleoenvironmental reconstruction evolutionary applications paleoanthropology evolutionary anthropology historiography biodiversity biological conservation historical review biodiversity loss archaeological science sociobiology interdisciplinary history historical geography global history systematic palaeontology latent extinction risk historical reconstruction primate fossil stephen jay gould evolutionary psychology biostratigraphy taphonomic bias philosophy of biology evolutionary dynamics fossil record paleoecology narrative textual practice biochronology prehistory life writing speculative philosophy archaeological theory anthropocene natural diversity new technologies scientific data data infrastructures data ecosystem data practices data curation archaeological dating paleolithic archaeology american archaeology past geography narrative and identity first-person narratives history of mathematics history of logic foundation of mathematics historical reassessment david sepkoski paleobiological revolution modern paleobiology new rubric historicizing big data longue durée data ” evolving practices natural history catastrophic thinking american paleobiology jack sepkoski historical visualization cultural context culture cultural analytics global studies regional studies transnational history ethnomusicology music cultural policy

Notable Scholarly Works

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Sociobiology and the Politics of Objectivity. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2025)

David SepkoskiMark Borrello

theories of political behaviorsociobiologysocial sciencesphilosophy of social scienceanthropological theorysocial theorysocial philosophyphilosophybiopolitics

The Problem With (Bio)Diversity. The American Historical Review (2024)

David Sepkoski

biological conservationamerican historical reviewbiodiversitynatural diversityconservation sciencenature conservationanthropologyagrobiodiversity conservationbiodiversity lossbiodiversity conservationconservation biologyapplied ecologyecologyindustrial agricultureevolutionary biologyjournal article

Dipesh Chakrabarty. the Climate of History in a Planetary Age. 296 Pp., Notes, Index. Chicago/London: University of Chicago Press, 2021. $25 (Paper); Isbn 9780226732862. Cloth and E-Book Available. Carolyn Merchant. the Anthropocene and the Humanities: From Climate Change to a New Age of Sustainability. 232 Pp., Illus., Notes, Bibl., Index. New Haven, Conn./London: Yale University Press, 2020. $26 (Cloth); Isbn 9780300244236.. Isis (2022)

David Sepkoski

historyglobal changehistorical geographyclimatic changeclimate governanceclimate policyhuman impacts on the environmentanthropologyanthropocenedipesh chakrabartynew havenenvironmental anthropologyclimate changeenvironmental history

Lydia Barnett. After the Flood: Imagining the Global Environment in Early Modern Europe. XI + 250 Pp., Notes, Index. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019. $49.95 (Cloth); Isbn 9781421429519. E-Book Available.. Isis (2021)

David Sepkoski

historyhistorical analysislydia barnetthistorical geographyglobal historyhistorical reconstructionglobal environmentliteraturehistorical methodologyenvironmental historycultural history

Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity From Darwin to the Anthropocene. (2020)

David C Sepkoski

evolutionary applicationsbiological conservationlatent extinction riskbiodiversityevolutionary psychologyadaptationsociobiologyhuman impacts on the environmentanthropologyevolutionary anthropologybiodiversity lossanthropoceneconservation biologycatastrophic thinkingevolutionary biology

15. “Radical” or “Conservative”? the Origin and Early Reception of Punctuated Equilibrium. (2019)

David Sepkoski

historypolitical sciencespeculative philosophyinterdisciplinary historypolitical historyglobal historyhistorical sociologypunctuated equilibriumhistorical transitionearly receptionconservative ”early modern philosophyheterodox economicshistorical reviewphilosophy

1. the Emergence of Paleobiology. (2019)

David Sepkoski

paleobiologypaleontologyhistorical biologypaleoecologypaleoenvironmental reconstructionpaleopathologyvertebrate paleontologypalaeontologia electronicapaleoanthropologyevolutionary biology

Catastrophic Thinking. (2019)

David Sepkoski

Conclusion. Paleontology at the High Table. (2019)

David Sepkoski

high tablepaleobiologypaleontologyhistorical biologysystematic palaeontologypaleoenvironmental reconstructionpaleopathologyvertebrate paleontologypalaeontologia electronicaanthropologytaphonomic bias

“an Image of Science”. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2018)

David SepkoskiMarco Tamborini

historyhistorical visualizationheidelberg cameralismpaleontologyhistorical biologyart historyhistory and philosophy of sciencehistoriographyhistory of scienceprehistorypast geographyeuropean archaeologyhistorical reconstructionstatistical paleontology

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David C Sepkoski

Professor

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Affiliations

College of Liberal Arts & Sciences

Department of History

David C Sepkoski is currently serving as a College Of Liberal Arts & Sciences Professor at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Honors

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David C Sepkoski

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Sociobiology and the Politics of Objectivity. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2025)

David SepkoskiMark Borrello

theories of political behaviorsociobiologysocial sciencesphilosophy of social scienceanthropological theorysocial theorysocial philosophyphilosophybiopolitics

The Problem With (Bio)Diversity. The American Historical Review (2024)

David Sepkoski

historyhistorical analysislydia barnetthistorical geographyglobal historyhistorical reconstructionglobal environmentliteraturehistorical methodologyenvironmental historycultural history

Catastrophic Thinking: Extinction and the Value of Diversity From Darwin to the Anthropocene. (2020)

David C Sepkoski

15. “Radical” or “Conservative”? the Origin and Early Reception of Punctuated Equilibrium. (2019)

David Sepkoski

1. the Emergence of Paleobiology. (2019)

David Sepkoski

paleobiologypaleontologyhistorical biologypaleoecologypaleoenvironmental reconstructionpaleopathologyvertebrate paleontologypalaeontologia electronicapaleoanthropologyevolutionary biology

Catastrophic Thinking. (2019)

David Sepkoski

Conclusion. Paleontology at the High Table. (2019)

David Sepkoski

high tablepaleobiologypaleontologyhistorical biologysystematic palaeontologypaleoenvironmental reconstructionpaleopathologyvertebrate paleontologypalaeontologia electronicaanthropologytaphonomic bias

“an Image of Science”. Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences (2018)

David SepkoskiMarco Tamborini

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