2007 Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY Dissertation: Costs of Sexual Selection in a Fiddler Crab Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey S. Levinton 1999 M.S, in Biology (Ecology Program Area), San Diego State University, San Diego, CA Thesis: Native Seagrass Controls Invasive Mussel by Food Limitation Advisor: Dr. Susan L. Williams 1991 B. A. in Biology, Pomona College, Claremont, CA 2007-present Assistant Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA 2007 Lecturer, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

Fitzgerald-DeHoog, L., **J. Browning & B. J. Allen (2012) Food and heat stress in the California mussel: evidence for an energetic trade-off between survival and growth. Biological Bulletin 223:205-216 Allen B.J., **B. Rodgers, *Y. Tuan & J. S. Levinton (2012) Size-dependent temperature and desiccation constraints on performance capacity: implications for sexual selection in a fiddler crab? Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 438:93-99 Martin C., B. J. Allen & C. Lowe (2012) Environmental impact assessment: detecting changes in fish community structure in response to disturbance with an asymmetric multivariate BACI sampling design. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 111:119–131 Allen, B. J. & J. S. Levinton (2007) Costs of Bearing a Sexually Selected Ornamental Weapon in a Fiddler Crab. Functional Ecology 21:154-161. Vencl, F. V. & B. J. Allen (2005) Failure Time Analyses of the Effectiveness of Larval Shield Defenses in Tortoise Beetles (Chrysomelidae: Hispinae). Bonner zoologische Beitrage 54:287-294 Vencl, F. V., F. Nogueira-de-Sá, B. J. Allen, D. M. Windsor & D. J. Futuyma (2005) Dietary Specialization Influences the Efficacy of Larval Tortoise Beetle Shield Defenses. Oecologia 145:404-414 Williams, S. L., T. A. Ebert & B. J. Allen (2005) Does the Recruitment of a Non-Native Mussel in Native Eelgrass Habitat Explain Their Disjunct Adult Distributions? Diversity and Distributions 11:409-416 Levinton, J. S. & B. J. Allen (2005) The Paradox of the Weakening Combatant: Trade-Off Between Closing Force and Gripping Speed in a Sexually Selected Combat Structure. Functional Ecology 19:159-165 Levinton, J. S., L. Suatoni, W. Wallace, R. Junkins, B. Kelaher & B. J. Allen (2003) Rapid Reverse Evolution of Genetically-Based Resistance to Metals, Following the Cleanup of a Superfund Site. PNAS 100:9889-9891 Kelaher, B. P., J. S. Levinton, J. Oomen, B. J. Allen & W. H. Wong (2003) Changes in Benthos Following the Clean Up of a Severely Metal-Polluted Cove in the Hudson River Estuary: Environmental Restoration or Ecological Disturbance? Estuaries 26:1505-1516 Allen, B. J. & S. L. Williams (2003) Native Eelgrass Zostera marina Controls Growth and Reproduction of an Invasive Mussel Through Food Limitation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 254:57-67 Padilla, D. K. & B. J. Allen (2000) Paradigm Lost: Reconsidering Functional Form and Group Models in Marine Ecology. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 250:207-221