Here is a complete archive of my essay series "Problematica," written for the Extinct blog. If you're interested in getting a feel for what I do, this is the place to start. I've marked some of my favorite essays with an asterisk, but you can jump in wherever you want. A fair number are multi-part essays, but each of these is clearly identified at the top of the post.
Please note— While these are blog posts, I've tried to infuse them with as much rigor and originality as you'll find in my published work. In fact, I don't recognize any distinction in quality between the work I've done here and the work I've published in journals. I hope you find something here you enjoy.
Comparisons with Teeth: Two Hundred Years of Actualism in Paleontology*
"Truth also has its Paleontology," or When Pragmatism met Uniformitarianism
Hugh Miller, Misplaced Boulders, and a Challenge for "Historical Cognitivism"*
Stray Thoughts on Contingency Following the MBL-ASU History of Biology Seminar
"What we are Witnessing is the Collapse of the Terrestrial Globe"*
Toulmania '53: Remembering the Practice-Turn that Didn't Happen
Why the Yanks Whiffed on Drift... Was Uniformitarianism to Blame?
Ode to Opabinia, or Why you Don't Hear as Much about Problematic Fossils as you Used to*
American Primordial: Remembering the Great Taconic Controversy*
What the Actual Hell is Going on (Or, the Great Reg Sprigg Nature "Rejection" Mystery...)
When "Geobiology" was "Biogeology"— Or, the Importance of Preston Cloud
A History of Geology Reading List, Part 1
A History of Geology Reading List, Part 2
Problematica: The Charles Lyell Collection
Amazing Old Science Documentaries on YouTube
Grasping the AI Nettle (But, Like, Maybe Don't)
Just Big Me (Or, Questioning the Big Five)
Exploding the Big Bang, or the Revenge of the First Antimony