ROBERT D. SHUSTER
Education: 1976 B.S. (Geology/Chemistry) St. Lawrence University, Canton, New York
1978 M.S. (Geology) University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Masters Thesis:Chemistry and petrography of caldera-related ash flows, St. Francois Mountains, Missouri:
Grassy Mountain Ignimbrite and Taum Sauk Rhyolite.
1985 Ph.D. (Geology) University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Doctoral Dissertation: Geochemical and isotopic evidence for the petrogenesis of the
northeastern Idaho batholith, Bitterroot Range, Montana and Idaho.
Experience: 1993 - present Associate Professor; Department of Geography/Geology,
University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0199
(402) 554-2457 rshuster@mail.unomaha.edu
1987-93 Assistant Professor; Department of Geography/Geology,
University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha, NE 68182-0199
1983-87 Post Doctoral Associate/Instructor; Department of Geology,
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611
1976-83 Teaching and Research Assistant; Department of Geology,
University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045
Honors: University of Nebraska-Omaha: Appointed Graduate Faculty Member
2000 - Alumni Outstanding Teaching Award
Service: University of Nebraska-Omaha: Undergraduate advisor;
Environmental Studies Advisory Member
Geol Soc. America campus representative;
Faculty advisor to Geology Club;
University Honors Committee;
Departmental Undergraduate Program Committee
Acting Chair of the Department: 5/96-1/97
University Strategic Planning Committee
Faculty Senate
Nebraska Geological Society: Member-At-Large - 1989-1990
Vice President - 1990-1991
President - 1991-1992
Council on Undergraduate Research: Geology Council Councilor: 1991-2006
Constitution Committee : 1992-2006
Chair - 1993-1995; 1997; 2003
Geological Society of America: Committee on Research Grants: 2003-2006
Grants: University Committee on Research - Summer Fellowship, 1988 - $5,000
Continental Growth in the Mid-Continent of North America
University Committee on Research - Travel Grant, 1988 - $244
Travel Support to Conduct Isotopic Analyses at the University of Florida
University Committee on Research - Equipment Grant, 1989 - $800
Equipment to start a "Clean" Geochemistry Laboratory
University Committee for Improvement of Instruction - Equipment Grant, 1989 - $210
Purchase of software to help teach about Plate Tectonics to undergraduates
National Science Foundation - Petrogenesis Division - 1990-1993 - $30,000
The Granite-Rhyolite Province: An Example of Middle Proterozoic Crustal
Growth and Evolution
University Committee on Research - Summer Fellowship, 1993 - $5,400
Isotopic Analysis of Ocean Floor Basalts from the Siqueiros Transform Fault
University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching, 1993 - $1,150
Environmental Geology Laboratory Undergraduate Teaching/Research Assistants
University Committee for the Advancement of Teaching, 1997 - $1,175
Purchase of a Digital Camera for the Department of Geography and Geology
National Science Foundation - Improvement of Lab. Instruction, 1997-1999 - $48,870
Geology X-ray Diffraction Laboratory
University Committee on Research - Summer Travel Grant, 2001 - $6,330
Preliminary Investigation of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in Svalbard
The Petroleum Research Fund, 2001-2003 - $29,925
Sedimentologic & Geochemical Signature of the High Arctic Large Igneous
Province in Svalbard, Norway
University Committee on Research - Summer Travel Grant,, 2003 - $5,030
Iron ooid horizons, storm beds, glendonites and sand body architecture in the
Carolinefjellet Fm., Advendalen, Spitsbergen
National Science Foundation - Course Curriculum and Laboratory Improvement, 2004 - $99,916
Improving Student Learning and Attitudes in Chemistry Through Early Undergraduate,
Interdisciplinary Research using ICP-MS
Professional Affiliations: Geological Society of America, member
American Geophysical Union, member
National Association of Geology Teachers, member
Nebraska Geological Society, member and past-President
Council on Undergraduate Research, member and Councilor
Senior Theses advised:
Rosemary Fenton, 1989, Underground storage tank assessment: IDOT maintenance garage, Missouri Valley, Iowa.
Kim S. McIntyre, 1991, The optical properties and associations of particles in building materials.
Jean Marie Saner Chytil, 1991, A hydrogeological evaluation for the containment system proposed for the Lime Settling basins at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Denver, Colorado.
Bruce A. Pletsch, 1993, Petrographic and geochemical analysis of a recovered cumulitic gabbro from the Siqueiros Transform Fault System.
Brad Roehr, 1994, Petrographic and geochemical analysis of an ash bed exposure in Hummel Park, Omaha, Nebraska.
Julie Pickrell, 1994, Temperature effects on tourmaline color and structure.
J. Michael Timmons, 1995, Geology of the Monte Largo Hills area, New Mexico: structural and metamorphic study of the eastern aureole of the Sandia pluton.
Teresa Silence, 1996, A study of sedimentation processes within the Akrotiri-Aetokremnos rockshelter, Cyprus.
Kieth A. Kalbach, 1997, Settlement of floodplain materials associated with the Big Papillion Creek located near Blondo Street, Omaha, NE.
Leah A. MacNeill, 1997, Isotopic analysis of xenoliths within the Sandia granite of New Mexico
David M. Hansen, 1997, A petrographic and geochemical analysis of the Tanker Curve obsidian,
Yellowstone National Park.
Julie Welch, 1998, Analysis of a subsurface volcanic ash deposit, Glenwood Iowa
Arthur W. Engelhardt, 1998, In depth analysis of a portion of the Thetis Regio Highland Region on Venus; a critical comparison of proposed upwelling and downwelling models for highland plateau formation
Jason D. Blair, 2000, A petrographic analysis of potshards from Tell Hisban, Jordan
Stacey L., Godek, 2003, Geochemical spatial analysis of the Middle Proterozoic Granite-Rhyolite
Province
Research Interests: Origin of granites; Evolution of continental crust; Precambrian Geology;
Geology and geochemistry of mafic volcanic rocks; Environmental
Geology; Isotope Geochemistry; Geoarchaeology; Geology of Svalbard.
Publications:
Bickford, M.E., Silka, L.R., Shuster, R.D., Angino, E.E., and Ragsdale, C.R., 1978, Determination of sub-nanogram amounts of Ag in rainwater by stable isotope dilution:
Anal. Chem., v. 50, p. 469-471.
Bickford, M.E., Chase, R.B., Nelson, B.K., Shuster, R.D., and Arruda, E.C., 1981, U-Pb studies of zircon cores and overgrowths, and monazite: implications for age and petrogenesis of the northeastern Idaho batholith: Jour. Geol., v. 89, p. 433-457.
Sides, J.R., Bickford, M.E., Shuster, R.D., and Nusbaum, R.L., 1981, Calderas in the Precambrian terrane of the St. Francois Mountains, southeastern Missouri: Jour. Geophys. Res., v. 86, p. 10349-10364.
Thomas, J.J., Shuster, R.D., and Bickford, M.E., 1984, A terrane of 1350-1400 m.y. old silicic volcanic and plutonic rocks in the buried Proterozoic of the midcontinent and in the Wet Mountains, Colorado: Bull. Geol. Soc. America, v. 95, p. 1150-1157.
Shuster, R.D., and Bickford, M.E., 1985, Chemical and isotopic evidence for the petrogenesis of the northeastern Idaho batholith: Jour. Geol., v. 93, p. 727-742.
Lafrenz, W.B., Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., and Bowes, D., 1986, Archean and Proterozoic granitoids of the Hawley Peak area, Beartooth Mountains, Montana: in Geology of the Beartooth Uplift and Adjacent Basins, Montana Geological Society, p. 79-89.
Opdyke, N.D., Jones, D.S., MacFadden, B.J., Smith, D.L., Mueller, P.A., and Shuster, R.D., 1987, Florida as an exotic terrane: Paleomagnetic and geochronologic investigation of lower Paleozoic rocks from the subsurface of Florida: Geology, v. 15, p. 900-903.
Mueller, P.A., Shuster, R.D., Graves, M.A., Wooden, J.L., and Bowes, D.R., 1988, Age and composition of a Late-Archean magmatic complex, Beartooth Mountains, Montana-Wyoming: Mont. Bureau of Mines and Geol. Special Pub., v. 96, p. 7-22.
Johnson, R.W., Perfit, M.R., Chappell, B.W., Jaques, A.L., Shuster, R.D., and Ridley, W.I.,
1988, Volcanism in the New Ireland Basin and Manus Island region: notes on the geochemistry and petrology of some dredged volcanic rocks from a rifted-arc region: in
Marlow, M.S., Dadisman, S.V., and Exon, N.F., eds., Geology and offshore resources of Pacific island arcs - New Ireland and Manus region, Papua New Guinea, Circum-Pacific Council for Energy and Mineral Resources Earth Science Series, v. 9, p. 111- 128.
Bickford, M.E., Shuster, R.D., and Boardman, S.J., 1989, U-Pb geochronology of the Proterozoic volcano-plutonic terrane in the Gunnison and Salida areas, Colorado: in Grambling, J.A., and Tewksbury, B.J., Proterozoic geology of the southern Rocky Mountains: Boulder, Colorado, Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 235, p. 33-48.
Bickford, M.E., Cullers, R.L., Shuster, R.D., Premo, W.R., and Van Schmus, W.R., 1989, U-Pb zircon geochronology of Proterozoic and Cambrian plutons in the Wet Mountains and southern Front Range, Colorado: in Grambling, J.A., and Tewksbury, B.J., Proterozoic geology of the southern Rocky Mountains: Boulder, Colorado, Geol. Soc. America Special Paper 235, p. 49-64.
Romick, J.D., Perfit, M.R., Swanson, S.E., and Shuster, R.D., 1990, Magmatism in the eastern Aleutian Arc: temporal characteristics of igneous activity on Akutan Island: Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 104, p. 700-721.
Shuster, Robert D., 1993, Funding undergraduate research at non-private institutions, or "What the Keck is a Pew cluster?": Council on Undergraduate Research Newsletter, v. 13, n. 3, p. 9-11.
Mueller, P.A., Shuster, R.D., Wooden, J.L., Erslev, E.A., and Bowes, D.R., 1993, Age and composition of Archean crystalline rocks from the southern Madison Range, Montana: implications for crustal evolution in the Wyoming Craton: Bull. Geol. Soc. America, v. 105,
no. 4, p. 437 - 446.
Mueller, P.A., Heatherington, A.L., Wooden, J.L., Shuster, R.D., Nutman, A.P., and Williams, I.S., 1994, Precambrian zircons from the Florida Basement: implications for continental reconstructions: Geology, v. 22, no. 2, p. 119-122.
Maher, Harmon D., Shuster, Robert, Swearingen, Jann, and Honke, Jeff, 1994, Undergraduate involvement in the development of an Environmental Geology Lab: Council on Undergraduate Quarterly, v. 14, no. 3, p. 131-133.
Mueller, P.A., Shuster, R.D., D'Arcy, K.A., Heatherington, A.L., Nutman, A.P., and Williams, I.S., 1995, Source of the northeastern Idaho batholith: isotopic evidence for a Paleoproterozoic terrane in the northwestern U.S.: Journal of Geology, v. 103, p. 63-72.
Jones, D.S., Mueller, P.A., Acosta, T., and Shuster, R.D., 1995, Strontium isotopic stratigraphy and age estimates for the Leisey Shell Pit faunas, Hillsborough County, Florida: Bull. Florida Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, PT. I, No. 2, p. 93-105.
Perfit, M.R., Fornari, D.J., Ridley, W.I., Kirk, P.D., Casey, J., Kastens, K.A., Reynolds, J.R., Edwards, M., Desonie, D., Shuster, R., and Paradis, S., 1996, Recent volcanism in the Siqueiros transform fault: picritic basalts and implications for MORB magma genesis: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 141, p. 91-108.
London, Gloria, and Shuster, Robert, 1999, Bethsaida Iron Age ceramics, in Rami Arav and Richard A. Freund, eds., Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee,
Volume 2, p. 175-224.
Maher, Harmon D., Jr., Engelmann, George F., and Shuster, Robert D., 2003, Roadside Geology of Nebraska: Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, MT, 264 pages.
Maher, Harmon D., Jr., Hays, Troy, Shuster, Robert, and Mutrux, Jeremy, 2004, Petrography of
Lower Cretaceous sandstones on Svalbard: Polar Research 23 (2), p. 147 - 165.
Shroder, John F., Jr., Reeder, Philip, Shuster, Robert, Arav, Rami, Bauman, Paul, Jol, Harry M., Morton, Christopher, Freund, Richard, Lipschitz, Savage, Carl, and Webster, James, in review, New Geoarchaeological Discoveries in Cave of Letters, Israel: submitted to Geoarchaeology.
Mutrux, Jeremy, Maher, Harmon, Shuster, Robert, and Hays, Troy, in prep., Iron ooid horizons of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway: submitted to Polar Research.
Abstracts:
Shuster, R.D., and Bickford, M.E., 1982, Sr and Pb isotopic evidence for the petrogenesis of the northeastern portion of the Idaho batholith: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 14, no. 7, p. 616.
Shuster, R.D., 1984, Age, origin, and significance of the San Isabel batholith, Wet Mountains, Colorado: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 4, p. 255.
Wertz, William K., Perfit, Michael R., and Shuster, Robert D., 1985, Strontium isotopic evidence for an enriched source for post-subduction volcanic rocks, Dominican Republic: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 7, p. 747.
Wooden, J.L., Mueller, P.A., Graves, M.A., Shuster R.D., Henry, D.J., and Bowes, D.R., 1985, Age, compositional, and isotopic evidence for crustal recycling in a Late Archean arc, Beartooth Mountains: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 7, p. 754.
Ridley, W.I., Perfit, M.R., Shuster, R.D., and Crock, J.G., 1986, Origin of Mount Taylor volcanic complex, New Mexico: New isotopic and REE constraints: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union (EOS), 67, p. 413.
Ridley, W.I., Perfit, M.R., Shuster, R.D., and Crock, J.G., 1986, Magmatic processes at Mt. Taylor volcanic complex, New Mexico: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 7, p. 730.
Shuster, R.D., Perfit, M.R., and Wertz, W.K. 1986, Geochemical evidence for enriched sources for shoshinitic rocks from Hispaniola, Greater Antilles: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union (EOS), 67, p. 1281.
Perfit, M.R., Shuster, R.D., Allen, J., Batiza, R., and Fornari, D., 1986, Trace element and isotopic characteristics of seamounts near the East Pacific Rise: probes to MORB sources: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union (EOS), 67, p. 1184.
Carpenter, Paul K., Henry, Darrel J., Mueller, Paul A., and Shuster, Robert D., 1987, Mineral chemistry, imaging, and U-Pb systematics in zircon: an integrated approach: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 611-612.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., Erslev, E.A., and Bowes, D.R., 1987, Age and composition of the Pre-Cherry Creek metamorphic complex of the southern Madison Range, southwestern Montana: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 843-844.
Tyner, G. Nell, Shuster, Robert D., Mueller, Paul A., and Smith D., 1987, Geochemical models of the potassic, xenolith-bearing Sullivan Buttes Latite, Arizona: combined assimilation and fractional crystallization: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 873.
Shuster, R.D., Anderson, R.R., and Mukasa, S.B., 1988, Rb/Sr and Sm/Nd isotopic analysis of a Keweenawan gabbro from the subsurface of northeast Iowa: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 2, p. 128.
Perfit, M.R., Mukasa, S.B., Shuster, R.D., and Fornari, D.J., 1988, Trace element and isotopic compositions of basalts from the Lamont seamounts: implications for MORB sources and petrogenesis: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union (EOS), 69,p. 1475.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., D'Arcy, K., and Heatherington, A., 1989, Nd evidence of the age and nature of source regions of the northeastern Idaho batholith and Tobacco Root batholith, Montana: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, no. 6, p. A325.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., and Heatherington, A., 1991, Isotopic systematics and geochemistry of the Granite-Rhyolite Province: evidence for anorogenic crustal evolution in the Middle Proterozoic: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A454.
Fornari, D., Perfit, M., Casey, J., Kastens, K., Edwards, M., Kirk, P., Ridley, I., Reynolds, J., Shuster, R., Paradis, S., Desonie, D., Ernst, P., Xia, C., McCoy, F., Miller, J., Halter, E., and Ivy, T., 1991, ALVIN diving and Seabeam surveying in the Siqueiros transform: the detailed volcanic and tectonic setting of intra-transform spreading centers: Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union (EOS), v. 72, no. 44, p. 525.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., and Heatherington, A., 1992, Geochemical constraints on the origin and evolution of the Granite-Rhyolite Province: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 4, p. 64.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., and Heatherington, A., 1992, Geochemical evidence concerning the nature of the source region to the Middle Proterozoic Granite-Rhyolite Province: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 24, no. 7, p. A93.
Shuster, R.D., Mueller, P.A., and Heatherington, A., 1993, Geochemical nature of the Southern Granite-Rhyolite Province: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 25. no. 1, p. 42.
Mueller, P., Heatherington, A.L., Wooden, J., Shuster, R., Mogk, D., and Nutman, A., 1994, Paleoproterozoic evolution of the NW margin of the Wyoming craton: evidence for 1.7 and 2.4 Ga terranes: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 340.
Shuster, R.D., Maher, H.D., Jr., Shroder, J.F., Jr., and Engelmann, G.F., 1995, Involving undergraduates in geologic research at an urban university: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 3, p. 85.
Silence, Teresa, Mandel, Rolfe D., and Shuster, Robert D., 1995, Study of sedimentation processes within the Akrotiri Aetokremnos rockshelter, Cyprus: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 3, p. 85.
Timmons, J. Michael, Shuster, Robert D., and Karlstrom, Karl E., 1995, Geology of the Monte Largo Hills area, New Mexico: structural and metamorphic study of the eastern aureole of the Sandia pluton: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 3, p. 90.
Shuster, R.D., 1995, Undergraduate Research as a capstone experience for end-of-program assessment at the University of Nebraska-Omaha: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 27, no. 6, p. 360.
Shuster, R.D., and Mueller, P.A., 1996, Nature of the Mesoproterozoic "Granite-Rhyolite" Province: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. A-375.
Shuster, R.D., Maher, H.D. Jr., Engelmann, G.F., and Shroder, J.F. Jr., 1999, Undergraduate Research and the Non-Traditional Student: Special Challenges and Special Opportunities: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. A-318.
Shuster, Robert D., and London, Gloria A., 1999, Petrographic analysis of Iron Age ceramics from Bethsaida, Israel: American Assoc. Advancement of Science, Midwest Regional Meeting, vol. 39, no. 2, p. 33.
Blair, Jason D., London, Gloria, and Shuster, Robert, 2000, A petrographic analsis of potsherds from Tell Hisban, Jordan: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 4, p. A-5.
Shuster, Robert D., 2001, Models for the origin of the Mesoproterozoic "Granite-Rhyolite" Province: Geol. Soc. America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no.4, p. A-10.
Shuster, Robert D., and London, Gloria A., 2001, Study of Iron Age Ceramics from Bethsaida, Israel Using Petrographic Techniques: American Assoc. of Geographers, RM/GP meeting,
Omaha, NE.
Blair, Jason D., London, Gloria, and Shuster, Robert, 2001, A petrographic approach to potsherd analysis: potsherds from Tell Hisban Jordan: American Assoc. of Geographers, RM/GP meeting, Omaha, NE.
Hays, Troy D., Maher, Harmon, and Shuster, Robert, 2002, Sedimentologic record of the High Arctic Large Igneous Province in Cretaceous strata of Midterhuken, Svalbard, Norway: The Nebraska Academy of Sciences, Program and Proceedings, p. 57.
Shuster, Robert D., Maher, Harmon D., Jr., Engelmann, George F., and Shroder, John F., 2002, Urbanizing geoscience in Omaha, Nebraska, Geol. Society America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 93.
Maher, Harmon D., Jr., Hays, Troy, Shuster, Robert, and Mutrux, Jeremy, 2003, Signature of a mafic volcanic source in Barremian to Albian sandstones on Spitsbergen Norway, Geol. Society America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 208.
Mutrux, Jeremy G., Maher, Harmon D., Jr., Shuster, Robert D., and Hays, Troy D., 2003, Chamosite ooid horizons of the Carolinefjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway: Geol. Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 2, p. 18.
Godek, Stacey L., and Shuster Robert D., 2003, Geochemical spatial analysis of the Middle Proterozoic Granite-Rhyolite Province: Geol. Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 2, p. 19.
Shuster, Robert D., Mutrux, Jeremy G., and Maher, Harmon D. Jr., 2004, Neodymium isotopic analysis
of Cretaceous rocks from Svalbard, Norway: Geol. Society of America, Abstracts with Programs,
v. 36, no. 3, p. 46.
Hagen, James P., Laquer, Fredric C., Richter-Egger, Dana L., and Shuster, Robert D., 2004,
Interdisciplinary Research Inquiries in Introductory Chemistry: 36th Annual Great Lakes
Regional Meeting, Oct. 17-20, 2004, Peoria Il, page 167.
Hagen, James P., Laquer, Fredric C., Richter-Egger, Dana L., and Shuster, Robert D., 2004,
Interdisciplinary Research Inquiries in Introductory Science: 18th Biennial Conference on
Chemical Education, July 18-22, 2004, Ames, IA, page 203.
Shuster, Robert D., Hagen, James P., Laquer, Fredric C., and Richter-Egger, Dana L., 2004, Learning
science by doing science: Research inquiries in introductory science: 10th National Conference,
Council on Undergraduate Research, Workshop and Poster Abstracts, p. 38.
Shuster, Robert D., 2005, Earth Science for educators: a standards focused course for in-service teachers
in Omaha, Nebraska; Geol Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 37, no. 5, p 10.
Hagen, J., Laquer, Fritz, Richter-Egger, Dana and Shuster, Robert, 2005, Interdisciplinary Research Inquiries in Introductory Chemistry: 40th Annual Midwest Regional ACS Meeting, Joplin, MO.
Hagen, J., Laquer, Fritz, Richter-Egger, Dana and Shuster, Robert, 2005, Interdisciplinary Research Inquiries in Introductory Chemistry: 230th Annual National ACS Meeting, Washington, DC.
Invited Talks, Workshops, Significant Field Experiences, Service, etc.- since 1990
1990 - Evolution of the Midcontinent Region of North America - Department of Geology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Scientist on oceanographic research cruise to the Siqueiros Fracture Zone - East Pacific Rise, participated in an ALVIN dive
1992 - Source of the northeast Idaho and Tobacco Root batholiths: isotopic evidence for an Early Proterozoic terrane in the northwestern U.S. - Department of Geology, Southern Methodist
University
1993 - Precambrian Evolution of North America - Department of Earth Sciences,
Iowa State University
Source of the northeast Idaho and Tobacco Root batholiths - Department of Geology,
University of Kansas
1995 - How to Implement Research as a Capstone Experience for Undergraduates - Workshop Leader, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research at the 1995 Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America
1996 - How to Implement Research in Geology Programs and its Role in End-Of-Program Student Assessment - Workshop leader, Sixth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research
Job-Hunting: A Workshop for Graduate Students (and others) Seeking Teaching/Research Positions at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions - Workshop participant, Sixth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research
Panel Review - National Science Foundation - Department of Undergraduate Education -
Improvement of Laboratory Instruction Program - Geosciences Division
1998 - Panel Review - National Science Foundation - Department of Undergraduate Education -
Improvement of Laboratory Instruction Program - Interdisciplinary Studies Division
Lead Reviewer - Departmental Review Team - Department of Geology & Geography,
Eastern Illinois University
Panel Review - State of Louisiana Board of Regents - Earth and Environmental Sciences Panel
Undergraduate Research and the Non-Traditional Student: Special Challenges and Special Opportunities - Workshop Leader, Seventh National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research
1999 - Outside Reviewer - Departmental Review Team - Department of Geography & Earth Science, Bloomsburg University, PA
Session Organizer and Session Co-Chair - Undergraduate Research: Strategies for Success, Geological Society of America Meeting, Denver, CO - October 27, 1999
Petrography of Bethsaida Pottery - Invited Speaker - Biblical Archaeology for the 21st Century: A Symposium and Reunion - University of Nebraska-Omaha - November 11-14
2000 Panel Review - National Science Foundation - Department of Undergraduate Education -
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program - Interdisciplinary Division
Chair of Panel
How to Implement Research in Geology Programs and its Role in End-Of-Program Student Assessment - Workshop leader, Eighth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research
2001 Panel Review - State of Louisiana Board of Regents - Earth and Environmental Sciences Panel
Panel Review - National Science Foundation - Department of Undergraduate Education -
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program - Interdisciplinary Division
2 weeks field work, Svalbard, Norway
2002 Applied Undergraduate Research in Geoarchaeology - Workshop co-leader, Ninth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research 6/20/2002
Practical Tips for Proposal Writing in the Geosciences - Workshop co-leader, Ninth National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research 6/20/2002
Proposal Writing Tips - Workshop co-leader, Geological Society of America meeting,
Denver, CO - 10/27/2002
2 weeks field work, Svalbard, Norway
2003 2 weeks field work, Svalbard, Norway
Impressions on the Plains - Paul A. Olson Seminar in Great Plains Studies, Lincoln, NE 11/19/03
2004 Panel Review - State of Louisiana Board of Regents - Earth and Environmental Sciences Panel
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant review panel - Boulder, CO
Panel Review - National Science Foundation - Department of Undergraduate Education -
Course, Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Program - Educational Materials Division
2006 Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant review panel - Boulder, CO
Geoarchaeology - An interdisciplinary approach, invited talk, St. Olaf College, Physics Department, March 15
Departmental Review - Adelphi University, Environmental Studies Program, New York
Bringing Research into the Classroom - Workshop participant and leader, 11th National Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research 6/25/06