Publications
Miller, J. S. (in press) Collective decision-making when quantity is more important than quality: lessons from a kidnapping social parasite. Journal of Animal Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13423
Miller, J.S. (2020) Not too big, not too small: raids at moderately sized hosts lead to optimal outcomes for a slave-making ant. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 74 (18). DOI: 10.1007/s00265-019-2797-2
Miller, J. S. & Reeve, H. K. (2019) Feedback loops in the major evolutionary transition to eusociality: the status and potential of theoretical approaches. Current Opinion in Insect Science, 34: 85-90. DOI: 10.1016/j.cois.2019.04.008
Sura S. A., Smith L. L., Ambrose M. R.,…Miller, J. S. et al. (2019) Ten simple rules for giving an effective academic job talk. PLOS Computational Biology, 15(7): e1007163. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007163
Miller, J. S., Zink, A. G. (2012) Parental care tradeoffs and the role of filial cannibalism in the maritime earwig, Anisolabis maritima. Animal Behavior, 83: 1387-1394. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.03.006
Miller, J. S., Rudolph, L.*, Zink, A. G. (2011) Nest defense reduces predation in a cannibalistic earwig Anisolabis maritima. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 65 (1): 1873-1879. DOI: 10.1007/s00265-011-1196-0
In revision:
Miller, J. S. (in revision) The influence of collective behaviors on the evolution of cooperation: emergent properties as a source of nonlinear benefits.
Miller, J. S., Wan, E*., Pinter-Wollman, N. (in revision) Modularity of nest structure scales with colony size.
*Undergraduate author.
Presentations
Miller, J. S., McGee, R., Pinter-Wollman, N. (2020) Using individual-level satiation to understand how foragers estimate colony hunger. Oral presentation at the 58th Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Virtual Meeting.
Miller, J. S., Wan, E*., Pinter-Wollman, N. (2019) How Nest Architecture Changes with Group Size: A Comparative Analysis of Nest Connectivity in Ants. Oral presentation at the 57th Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Chicago, IL.
Miller. J.S. (2018) Raiding decisions in a slave-making ant: making the best of a quick job. Oral presentation at the 18th International Union for the study of Social Insects. Guarujá, Brazil.
Miller, J.S. (2016) Aligning genetic interests and consequences for collective behaviors in ants. Oral presentation at the 6th European Meeting of the International Union for the Study of Social Insects. Helsinki, Finland.
Miller, J.S. (2016) Aligning genetic interests and consequences for collective behaviors in ants. Oral presentation at the 16th Congress of the International Society for Behavioural Ecology. Exeter, UK
Miller, J.S. (2016) Slave-making ants as an alternative model of collective decision-making. Poster at the 4th Workshop on Biological Distributed Algorithms. Chicago, IL.
Miller, J.S. & Asefaha, F.* (2015) The role of individual behavior on information flow during collective decisions in a slave-making ant. Oral presentation at the 52nd Animal Behavior Society Meeting. Anchorage, AK.
Miller, J.S. (2015) Collective behavior as a source of synergistic benefits: characterizing the shape of benefit curves and modeling the consequences for cooperation. Oral presentation at Organismality, special meeting organized by J. Strassmann & D. Queller, St. Louis, Missouri.
Miller, J.S. (2014) Mechanisms of collective decision-making reflect the costs and benefits of raids in a slave-making ant. Oral presentation at the 62nd Entomological Society Meeting. Portland, OR.
Miller, J.S. (2014) Launching slave raids: mechanisms of collective decisions in a slave-making ant. Oral presentation at the 15th International Behavioral Ecology Congress. New York City, NY.
Miller, J. S. (2012) Collective decision-making during raids in a slave-making ant, Protomognathus americanus. Poster at the 2012 International Union for the Study of Social Insects – North American Section Meeting, Greensboro, NC.
Miller, J. S., Zink, A. G. (2010). The relationship between maternal care and egg cannibalism in a colonial earwig, Anisolabis maritima. Oral presentation at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Animal Behavior Society. Williamsburg, VA.