Patsy Beckstead Smith

• Ecology of benthonic species
• Foraminifera of the Monterey Shale and Puente Formation, Santa Ana Mountains and San Juan Capistrano area, California
• Foraminifera of the North Pacific Ocean
• Middle Miocene Foraminifera and stratigraphic relations in the Adelaida quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California
• Middle Miocene Forminifera and stratigraphic relations in the Adelaida quadrangle, San Luis Obispo County, California
• Quantitative and qualitative analysis of the family Bolivinidae