Commentaries
- What Will SEJ Bring to Penn in April 2024? (by Heather Kostick for PCSSM on May 12, 2023)
- TikTok for Climate Change (by Heather Kostick for PCSSM on November 7, 2022)
Conferences
- Kostick, H. L., and Ward, D. C. 2025. Evaluating and Understanding Biodiversity of Urban Cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Oral presentation, Ecological Society of America Mid-Atlantic Chapter annual meeting, April 2025.
- Lutzke, L., Campbell, E., Kostick, H. L., and Mann, M. E. 2024. Communicating Policy: Raising Awareness of Inflation Reduction Act Benefits in Philadelphia. Poster presentation, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, December 2024.
- Staley, K. C., Kostick, H. L., and Mann, M. E. 2024. Between Dread and Hope: Investigating Climate Change Distress within a Diverse Sample of Gen Z Young Adults. Oral presentation, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, December 2024.
- Kostick, H. L. and Ward, D. C. 2024. Perceptions of Biodiversity and Human Use of in Cemeteries as Urban Green Space in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Poster presentation, American Geophysical Union annual meeting, December 2024.
- Kostick, H. L. 2023. Evaluating and Understanding Biodiversity of Cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Speed talk, Student Conference on Conservation Science – New York.
- Kostick, H. L., and Ward, Dane C. 2022. Quantifying Biodiversity of Urban Cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Poster presentation, Rutgers Climate and Biodiversity Symposium.
- Kostick, H. L., and Ward, Dane C. 2022. Quantifying Biodiversity of Urban Cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Poster presentation, Annual BEES Dept. Research Day, Drexel University. Philadelphia, PA.
- Kostick, H. L., and Ward, Dane C. 2021. Evaluating and Understanding Biodiversity of Urban Cemeteries in Philadelphia, PA, USA. Oral presentation, 2021 Molluscan Forum. London, United Kingdom.
- Kostick, H. L., and Rosenberg, G. 2020. Vagility and Active Dispersal of Jamaican Terrestrial Mollusks. Poster presentation, Annual Ecological Society of America Meeting.
- Kostick, H. L. 2020 Biogeographic Regions within Jamaica defined by Land Snails. Oral presentation, Annual American Malacological Society Meeting.
- Attended BCEENET April 2020 Meeting.
- Kostick, H. L., and Rosenberg, G. 2019. Dispersal and Vagility of Jamaican Land Snails. Oral presentation, 2019 Molluscan Forum. London, United Kingdom.
- Kostick, H. L. 2018. Missing Natural History of Terrestrial Mollusks of Jamaica. Poster presentation, Philadelphia Shell Show.
- Kostick, H. L. 2018. Biogeography of Terrestrial Mollusks of Jamaica. Poster presentation, Drexel Emerging Graduate Scholars conference (April 2018).
- Kostick, H. L. 2017. Bioblitzes Allow for Longitudinal Study of the Flora and Fauna of Rushton Woods Preserve in Willistown Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Poster presentation, Ecological Society of America Annual Conference.
- Kostick, H. L. 2017. Marine Mollusks of Northwestern and Northeastern Puerto Rico. Oral presentation, American Malacological Society Annual Meeting.
- Kostick, H. L. 2016. Poster presentation at the North American Congress for Conservation Biology (NACCB).
- Kostick, H. L. 2016. Poster presentation at the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Ecological Society of America.
Publications
- Ward, D. C. and Kostick, H. L. In press (August 2025). Chapter 3: Urban Ecology & Biodiversity. In E.V. Ellis and G. Iannaccone (Eds.). Towards a Nature-Positive Built Environment. New York City: Springer.
- Campbell, E., Lutzke, L., Kostick, H. L., and Mann, M. E. 2024. Communicating Policy: Raising IRA Awareness in Philadelphia. Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. https://kleinmanenergy.upenn.edu/news-insights/communicating-policy-raising-ira-awareness-in-philadelphia/
- Kostick, H. L. and Koenig, S. 2021. Immediate conservation concerns for terrestrial jamaican mollusks – why SML-173 will be a problem for Cockpit Country. Tentacle March 2021 (29): 5-7. Link: https://www.hawaii.edu/cowielab/Tentacle/Tentacle_29.pdf
- Kostick, H. L. and Rosenberg, G. 2020. Dispersal and vagility of Jamaican terrestrial molluscs. The Malacologist (74): 15.
- Kostick, H. L. 2019. Interesting finds in Jamaica – report from the field 2018. Tentacle Feb. 2019 (27): 26-27. Link: https://www.hawaii.edu/cowielab/Tentacle/Tentacle_27.pdf