University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
    PhD in Geological Sciences,  2011
    Dissertation: Climate & Ecological Change in Oligo-Miocene Mammals
    Advisor: Samantha Hopkins
University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
    MSc in Palaeobiology, 2007
    Thesis: Tetrapod alpha diversity across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary
    Advisors: Michael Benton, Sarda Sahney, & Graeme Lloyd
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
    BA in Biological Sciences (Ecology & Evolution), 2003
    Thesis: Cursoriality in basal dinosaurs
    Advisor: Paul Sereno


Orcutt, J.D. (2011).  The present is not always the key to the past: mammal body size and climate in Neogene North America.  Romer Prize Session, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, NV.
Orcutt, J.D. & S.S.B. Hopkins (2010c).  Body size, climate, and time: a paleontological test of Bergmann's rule.  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
Orcutt, J.D. & S.S.B. Hopkins (2010b).  Mammal body size and paleoclimatic change: a new perspective on an old debate.  Evolution 2010, Portland, OR.
Orcutt, J.D. & S.S.B. Hopkins (2010a).  Climate change and mammal body size: a paleontological perspective on Bergmann's rule.  EVO-WIBO 2010, Port Townsend, WA.
Orcutt, J.D., E.B. Davis, & S.S.B. Hopkins (2010).  Giant felid postcrania from the Hemphillian of Oregon and Nevada.  Oregon Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Orcutt, J.D., D. Levering, & E.B. Davis (2010).  Evolution of locomotion and predation in saber-toothed cats.  Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
McGuire, J.L., E.B. Davis, & J.D. Orcutt (2010).  Using the fossil record to test phylogeographic and ecological niche model hypotheses about the locations of glacial refugia.  Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Orcutt, J.D. (2009c).  Taxonomic replacement and body size evolution in Oligo-Miocene canids.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Davis, E.B., J.L. McGuire, & J.D. Orcutt (2009).  Testing phylogeographic and niche model reconstructions of glacial refugia using the fossil record of North American small mammals.  Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Levering, D., J.D. Orcutt, & E.B. Davis (2009).  Locomotor ecology of Machairodus coloradensis.  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Orcutt, J.D. & E.B. Davis (2009).  The carnivore fauna of Rancho La Brea: average or aberrant?  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Orcutt, J.D. (2009b).  Climatic and biotic influences on equid body size evolution.  North American Paleontological Convention, Cincinnati, OH.
Orcutt, J.D. (2009a).  Mammal body size trends along the west coast of Oligo-Miocene North America.  Oregon Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Monmouth, OR.
Orcutt, J.D. (2008b).  Oligo-Miocene climate change and mammal body size evolution in the northwestern United States.  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Cleveland, OH.
Orcutt, J.D. (2008a).  Mammal body size trends in the Miocene of Oregon & Nevada.  Oregon Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Portland, OR.
Orcutt, J.D., S. Sahney, & G.T. Lloyd (2007).  Tetrapod extinction across the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary.  Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Annual Meeting, Austin, TX.
Orcutt, J.D. & E. Nichols (2006).  Collecting biases and the completeness of the dinosaur fossil record.  Progressive Palaeontology, Cambridge, UK.


Student Poster Prize, EVO-WIBO 2010
Ewart Baldwin Award, University of Oregon, 2008-2010
Thomas Condon Award, University of Oregon, 2007
Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Bristol, 2005-2006
Dean's List, University of Chicago, 2002-2003


Condon Fossil Collection, Museum of Natural & Cultural History, University of Oregon, Curatorial Assistant, 2008-Present
John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Research Assistant, 2007
Paleobiology Database, National Center for Ecological Analysis & Synthesis, Analytical Paleobiology Course, 2007
Pfister/Wooton Lab, Department of Ecology & Evolution, University of Chicago, Field Assistant (Olympic Peninsula, WA), 2003
Sereno Lab, Department of Organismal Biology & Anatomy, University of Chicago, Fossil Preparator, 2002-2003


University of Oregon, Instructor, 2011-Present
    Geology 305 (Dinosaurs), Fall 2011-Present
University of Oregon, Graduate Teaching Fellow, 2006-2011
    Teaching: Geology 305 (Dinosaurs), Summer 2011
    Lectures: Geology 304 (The Fossil Record), Winter 2008
        Geology 434/534 (Vertebrate Paleontology), Spring 2009 & 2011
    Labs: Geology 203 (Evolution of the Earth), Spring 2007-2008, 2010
        Geology 102 (Environmental Geology & Landform Development), Winter 2009
        Geology 434/534 (Vertebrate Paleontology), Spring 2009 & 2011
        Geology 201 (Earth's Interior Heat & Dynamics), Fall 2010
Pacific Science Center, VSVFL, 2003-2005
Center for Engineering Learning & Teaching, University of Washington, Research Assistant, 2002