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EDUCATION
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS 2005-present: Honors Fellow - University of Connecticut Honors Program. 2005-present: Coordinator - Stone Wall Initiative, University of Connecticut, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. 2004-present: Professor of Geology - University of Connecticut, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and Department of Anthropology. 1999-2000. Professor Visitante - Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Depto. de Obras Civiles, Valparaiso, Chile. 1996-2004: Professor of Geology and Geophysics (joint appointment with Department of Anthropology) - University of Connecticut. 1991-92: Visiting Scholar in Geography - Dartmouth College 1990-96: Associate Professor of Geology and Geophysics (joint appointment with Department of Anthropology) - University of Connecticut 1990: Visiting Faculty Fellow - Yale University / Mellon Foundation, Department of History 1987-95: Associate Professor, Geology and Geophysics, University of Connecticut 1984-86: Research Affiliate in Surficial Geology - University of Alaska Museum, Fairbanks, Alaska 1982-84: Founding Director - Alaska Quaternary Center, University of Alaska-Fairbanks 1982-84: Head, Surficial Geology - Earth Sciences Division, University of Alaska Museum 1982-84 Director, Alaska Tephrochronology Center, University of Alaska 1980-84 Assistant Professor - Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska 1979: Assistant Professor - University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh 1973-75 Teaching Assistant - Department of Geology, University of Alaska-Fairbanks
NON-ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS 2004-present: Op-Ed Columnist - Hartford Courant, Science, Environment, Academia, Education (Thursday). 2002-present: Essayist - Hartford Courant, Place Board of Contributors (Sunday). 2000-2006: Staff Geologist - Public Archaeology Survey Team (a cultural resource management nonprofit), Storrs, CT. 1979-81 Geologist - U.S. Geological Survey, Branch of Western Environmental Geology, Menlo Park, CA (WAE status). 1978 Research Associate: – U.S. National Park Service and National Geographic Society, North Alaska Range Early Man Research Project, Washington, DC. 1977-79 Geologist – U.S. Geological Survey, Puget Sound Earth Sciences Applications Project, Seattle, WA. 1975-77 Geologist – U. S. Geological Survey, Arctic Environmental Project, Branch of Alaskan Geology , Menlo Park, CA 1975 Field Assistant – U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Project, Branch of Alaskan Geology, Menlo Park, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS 2005 Honors Fellow - University of Connecticut (inaugural faculty appointments to the honors program awarded by course competition) 2004 Book Awards - (shared as chapter author) for Voices of the New Republic, Edited by Howard Lamar and Christopher Bickford. (1) Connecticut Book Award (nonfiction); (2) Bookbuilder's Guild of New York, 2004, and (3) the Homer Babbidge Award for the Association of Connecticut History. 2004 Science Teaching – David Blick Award For Science Education, Neag School of Education, University of Connecticut. 2003 Connecticut Book Award (nonfiction) for Stone by Stone (New York, Walker & Company). 2003 Journalism Award - (shared as member of original board of contributors) Thomas Wellman Award for Community Service, American Association of Opinion Page Editors for Hartford Courant's "Place." 2000 Elected Fellow - Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2000 "Worn-out dissertation award" - Washington State Department of Natural Resources (My own self-bestowed, hopefully comical, award for having to replace a thesis worn out from over-use.) 1998 Fulbright Scholar – Bilateral Fulbright Commission. Commitments to Servicio Nacional de Geologia y Mineria, Santiago, La Universidad de Chile, and Universidad Tecnica de Federico Santa Maria. 1998 Smithsonian Institution - Notable Books for Children (shared with Kristine Thorson) for Stone Wall Secrets, Tilbury House, Publishers. 1997 Outstanding Alumni Award, Bemidji State University, Minnesota 1990 Special Achievement Award, University of Connecticut 1986 Special Achievement Award, University of Connecticut 1983 Choice “Best Reference” – (shared with chapter authors) Late Quaternary Environments of the United States, Stephen C. Porter, Ed., Minnespolis, Univ. Minn. Press. (I was one of two authors for two of four chapters on glaciation). 1974 Penrose Bequest Grant, Geological Society of America. 1973 Summa cum laude, Bemidji State College (Minnesota).
PANELS AND COMMITTEES EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY 2006-present - Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, Publications Committee 2006-present - Connecticut Science Center, Exhibit Design, Technical Consultant. 2005-2008 - Connecticut Center for the Book (a Library of Congress affiliate), State Advisory Council and Chair, Nonfiction Jury. 2002-2005 - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Selection Committee: Star Dissertation Fellowships, Washington D.C. 1998-2003 - U.S. Geological Survey, Connecticut Institute of Water Resources, Technical Advisory Board (Connecticut). 1997- Nominee, Wetlands Policy Panel, National Research Council, National Academy of Sciences (declined). 1987 - Chairman - Archaeological Geology Division, Geological Society of America, Denver 1986 - Vice Chairman for Siting Process - Radioactive Waste (Low Level) Advisory Board, Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service.
PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ART EXHIBITS 2003 William Thomas Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut: Two Views of Middle Earth: Landscape Art and Geology. (with Thomas Bruhn, Art Curator. Includes catalog for 14 works, 13 from the collection) March 24 - April 27.
PUBLICATIONS Books Authored 2009 Thorson, Robert M., Beyond Walden: The Hidden History of America’s Kettle Lakes and Ponds. New York, Walker-Bloomsbury, 303 p. 2005 Thorson, Robert M., Exploring Stone Walls: A Field Guide to New England's Stone Walls. New York, Walker & Company, 187 p. 2002 Thorson, Robert M., September, Stone By Stone: The Magnificent History in New England's Stone Walls. New York, Walker Publishing Company. 287 p. 1999 Thorson, R. M., La Falla Marga-Marga, Vina del Mar, Chile: Publicada Occasional de la Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria, Depto. De Obras Civiles, 48 p, 21 figuras.. 1998 Thorson, Kristine and Thorson, Robert M., Stone Wall Secrets, Gardiner, ME., Tilbury House Publishers (Illustrations by Gustav Moore). 1981 Thorson, R.M., Isostatic Effects of the Last Glaciation in the Puget Lowland Washington. U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report, 81-370, 100 pages.
Books Edited 1986 Hamilton, T.D., K.M., and Thorson, R.M., (editors) 1986. Glaciation in Alaska: The Geologic Record. Alaska Geological Society, Anchorage, AK, 212 p. 1983 Thorson, R.M. and Hamilton, T.D., (editors), 1983. Glaciation in Alaska: Extended Abstracts from a Workshop: University of Alaska Museum Occasional Paper No. 2, University of Alaska, 100 pages.
Book Chapters Authored In press Thorson, Robert M., Daniel Forrest, and Brian Jones. “Hydraulic Back-flood model for the Archaeological Stratigraphy of the Connecticut River Alluvial Lowland.” Geological Society of America Special Paper. Rolfe Mandel, Editor. IN REVIEW 2003 Thorson, Robert M.. “The Physical Environment of Connecticut Towns, Then and Now: Processes, Attitudes and Perceptions,” in Lamar, H. and Cooper, C., Voices of the New Republic, Connecticut Towns, 1800-1832, Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, p. 225-232. 2003 Thorson, Robert M. and Christian A. Tryon. “Bluff Top Sand Sheets in Northeastern Archaeology: A Physical Transport Model and Application to the Neville Site, Amoskeag Falls, New Hampshire” in, Cremeens, D. L., and Hart, J.P., Geoarchaeology of Landscapes in the Glaciated Northeast. New York State Museum Bulletin 497, p. 61-74. 1998 Thorson, Robert M., Andrew. G. Harris, Sandra. L. Harris, Robert Gradie III, and Michael W. Lefor, “Colonial Impacts to Wetlands in Lebanon, Connecticut,” in Welby, C.W., and Gowan, M. E., Eds. A Paradox of Power: Voices of Warning and Reason in the Geosciences: Boulder, CO: Geological Society of America Reviews in Engineering Geology vs. XII, p. 23-42. 1990 Thorson, R.M., “Geologic Contexts of Archaeological Sites in Beringia,” in Lasca, N.P. and Donahue, J., eds., Archaeological Geology of North America: Boulder, Colorado. Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, Centennial Special Volume 4, 399-420. 1987 Thorson, R.M., “Geomorphology of the Alaskan Pacific Coast and Mountain System” in Graf, W., ed., Geomorphology of North America: Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology. Special Centennial Volume No. 2, p. 517-528 (in Chapter 13, Muhs, D., chapter leader) 1986 Thorson, R.M., “The Ceaseless Contest,” in Interior Alaska, a Journey Through Time, R.R. Nelson (Ed.). The Alaska Geographic Society. 1986 Thorson, R.M., “Late Cenozoic Glaciation of the Northern Nenana Valley,” in Hamilton, T.D., Reed, CM, and Thorson, R.M., eds., Glaciation in Alaska: The Geologic Record, Anchorage, The Alaska Geological Society p. 99-122. 1986 Thorson, R.M. and Hamilton, T.D., “Glacial Geology of the Aleutian Islands,” in Hamilton, T.D., Reed, K.M., and Thorson, R.M., eds., Glaciation in Alaska: The Geologic Record, Anchorage, The Alaska Geological Society, p. 171-192. 1986 Hamilton, T.D., Reed, K.M., and Thorson, R.M. “Introduction and Overview,” in Hamilton, T.D., Reed, K.M. and Thorson, R.M., eds., Glaciation in Alaska: The Geologic Record, Anchorage, The Alaska Geological Society, p. 1-8. 1983 Hamilton, T.D. and Thorson, R.M. “The Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Alaska.” in Late Quaternary Environments of the United States, Volume I, The Late Pleistocene. S.C. Porter (Ed.), University of Minnesota Press, Chapter 2, p. 38-52. 1983 Waitt, R.B., Jr. and Thorson, R.M., 1983. “The Cordilleran Ice Sheet in Alaska,” in Late Quaternary Environments of the United States, Volume I, The Late Pleistocene. S.C. Porter (Ed.), University of Minnesota Press, Chapter 3, p. 53-70.
Encyclopedia Entries 2009 Thorson, Robert, M., Geology. Encyclopedia of Connecticut History Online (in preparation). 2006 Thorson, Robert M., “Geology.” The Encyclopedia of New England: The Culture and History of an American Region. Feintuch, Burt and D. H. Watters, Editors.,Yale University Press, p. 567-569. (First entry on geology).
Book Reviews 1989 Thorson, R.M., 1989. Beringia in the Cenozoic Era. Kontrimavichus, V.L., Ed., 1986, Rotterdam, Balkema, 724 p: Geoarchaeology an International Journal, v.4, p. 81-83. 1988 Thorson, R.M., 1988. North America Adjacent Oceans During the Last Deglaciation, Ruddiman, W.R., and Wright, H.E. Jr., Eds., Geological Society of America, Decade of North American Geology, Volume K-3: Geoarchaeology an International Journal, v. 3, p. 308 309. 1987 Thorson, R.M., 1987. Late Pleistocene History of Northeastern New England and Adjacent Quebec, Borns, H.W. Jr., La Salle, Pierre, and Thompson, W.B., Geoarchaeology, and International Journal, v. 3, 92-93.
Peer-Refereed Journal Articles Holmes, Charles E., Ben A. Poter, Joshua D. Reuther, Owen K. Mason, Robert M. Thorson, and Peter M. Bowers., 2008. Geological and Cultural Context of the Nogahabara I Site. American Antiquity 73 (4), 781-790. Thorson, Robert M., 2006, Artifact Mixing at the Dry Creek Site, Interior Alaska. Anthropological Papers of the University of Alaska, New Series, V. 4 (1), p. 1-10. Thorson, R. M., 2001, Remote aquifer response to the18 November 1755 Cape Anne Earthquake. Seismological Research Letters, v. 72, No. 3, May/June, 2001, p. 363-365. Thorson, R.M., 2000, Glacial Tectonics. A Deeper Perspective. Quaternary Science Reviews, V. 13-14, p. 1391-1398. Thorson, R.M., 1999, El limite glacial in Sudamerica y su papel en Biografia; Observaciones de Darwin. Ciencia al Dia Internacional (an internet journal), No. 4, Vol II, Dec. 1999. Thorson, R.M., 1996, Earthquake Recurrence and Glacial Loading in Western Washington: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 108, no. 9, 1182-1191. Thorson, R.M. and C.A. Schile, 1994. Deglacial Eolain Regimes in New England. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 107: 751-761. Thorson, R.M., 1993. Postglacial Offset on the Seattle Fault. Science, 260:825-826. Thorson, R.M. and R.D. Guthrie, 1992. Stratigraphy of the Colorado Creek Mammoth Locality, Alaska. Quaternary Research, 37:214-288. Thorson, R.M. and S.L. Harris, 1991. How "Natural are Inland Wetlands?" An Example from the Trail Wood Audubon Sanctuary in Connecticut, USA. Environmental Management, 15:675-687. Thorson, R.M. and R.S. Webb, 1991. Postglacial history of a cedar swamp in southeastern Connecticut. Journal of Palaeolimnology, 6:17-35. Thorson, R.M., 1990. Glaci-isostatic response of the Puget Sound Area, Washington, Geological Society of America Bulletin, V. 201, p. 1163-1174. Thorson, R.M. and McBride, K., 1988. The Bolton Spring Site, Connecticut: early Holocene human occupation and environmental changes in southern New England: Geoarchaeology: An International Journal, v. 3, No. 3, 221-234. Thorson, R.M., Clayton, W.S., and Seeber, L., 1986. Geologic evidence for a large prehistoric earthquake in eastern Connecticut: Geology, v. 14, p. 463-467. Thorson, R.M., and Bender, G., 1985. Eolian deflation by ancient katabatic winds; a late Quaternary example form the north Alaska Range: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 96, p. 702-709. Dixon, E.J. and Thorson, R.M., 1984. Taphonomic analysis and interpretation in NorthAmerican Pleistocene archaeology: Quaternary Research, v. 22, p. 155-159. Thorson, R.M. and Guthrie, R.D., 1984. River ice as a taphonomic agent: an alternative hypothesis for bone "artifacts": Quaternary Research, v. 22, p. 172-188. Thorson, R.M. and Dixon, E.J., 1983. Alluvial history of the Porcupine River, Alaska: Role of glacial-like overflow northwest Canada. Geological Society of American Bulletin, 94, 576-589. Thorson, R.M., Dixon, E.J., Smith, G.S., and Batten, A., 1981. Interstadial Proboscidean from South-Central Alaska: Implications for Biogeography, Geology, Archaeology. Quaternary Research, 16, 404-417 Thorson, R.M., Plaskett, D.C., and Dixon, E.J., 1980. A reported Early-Man Site Adjacent to Southern Alaska’s Continental Shelf: A Geologic Solution to an Archaeological Enigma. Quaternary Research, 13, 259-273. Thorson, R.M., 1980. Ice-Sheet Glaciation of the Puget Lowland, Washington, during the Vashon Stade (Late Pleistocene). Quaternary Research, 13, 303-321. Thorson, R.M., 1978. Recurrent late Quaternary Faulting Near Healy Alaska. Short Notes on Alaskan Geology, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geology Report, 61, 10-14. Thorson, R.M. and Hamilton, T.D., 1977. “Geology of the Dry Creek Site; a Stratified Early Man Site in Interior Alaska.” Quaternary Research, 7, 149-176.
Professional Magazines, Circulars and Books Thorson, Robert M., 2009, The Stone Walls of Hill-Stead. Hill-Stead Plant Book: Beatrix Farrand's Sunken Garden. Copyright 2009 by Hill-Stead Museum, Paula Brisco, Ed., p. 29-30, ISBN 978-0-974445-6-9. Thorson, Robert M., 2009, Loving Lakes to Death, Natural History, July/August 2009, p. 48. Thorson, Robert M., 2009, Did Thoreau Have Aspergers Syndrome? Thoreau Society Bulletin, 262, Spring 2009, p. 9-10. (Note, this article solicited a lengthy scholarly response from John H. Mahoney, a clinical psychologist, published in TSB Number 267, Summer 2009, p. 1-5). Thorson, Robert M., 2009, The Stone Walls of Hill-Stead. Hill-Stead Plant Book: Beatrix Farrand's Sunken Garden. Copyright 2009 by Hill-Stead Museum, Paula Brisco, Ed., p. 29-30, ISBN 978-0-974445-6-9. Daniel Forrest, Brian Jones and Robert M. Thorson, 2008, The Adriaen’s Landing Project and the Development of the Connecticut River Floodplain at Hartford. Bulletin of the Connecticut Archaeological Society 70: 5-16 Smagugla, Amy P., Robert M. Thorson, and Keil Kamman. 2008, Meet the Lakes of the Northeast. (North American Lake Management Society) Lakeline 27 (4): 25-29. Thorson, Robert M., 2007, Did Thoreau Have Aspergers Syndrome? The Thoreau Society Bulletin, 262 (Spring 2008), p. 9-10. Thorson, Robert M., 2006, Touching the Past, Connecticut Walk Book, The Connecticut Forest & Park Association Publication No. 36-V2. p. 205. Thorson, Robert M., 2006, A Mammoth Fascination with Proboscideans. Cross Paths, v. 9, Issue 2, Summer, 2006, (Mashantucket Pequot Museum & Research Center), p. 6-7. Thorson, Robert M., 2005, Stone Walls Disappearing. Connecticut Woodlands: The Magazine of the Connecticut Forest & park Association, v. 69, No. 4, Winter, 2005). Thorson, R. M. 2004, Jailhouse Rock, GSA Today (Geological Society of America's monthly magazine), Volume 14, No. 9, p. 30, Reprinted from the The Hartford Courant. Thorson, Robert M., 2003, Preserving Stone Walls. Connecticut Preservation News, Vol. XXV, No. 5, Sept/Oct 2002, p. 11 and 16. Forrest, D. T., Thorson, R. M., and Raber, M. S., 2000 (December), Adriaen's Landing -- Archaeology, Geology, and Palynology. Cultural Resource Management, v. 23, no. 10, p. 30-32. (Invited). Thorson, R.M., 1998. Stone Wall Secrets: Geology as Environmental History, GSA Today (Geological Society of America’s monthly magazine), November, p. 8-9. Thorson, R.M. and Gregory Brick, 1995. Stratified Drift as Historical Baggage. GSA Today (Geological Society of America’s monthly magazine), v. 5, no. 9, 174-176. Thorson, R.M., 1994. Final Report for Project 1434-94-6-2467: Postglacial Offset Along the Seattle Fault. National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Technical Summaries, 1994 Projects. Thorson, R.M., 1991. Presentation of the Archaeological Geology Division Award to David M. Hopkins (Citation). Geological Society of America Archaeological Geology Newsletter, 101, 577-579 Thorson, R.M. and Holiday, V.T., 1990. Just what is Geoarchaeology? Geotimes, V. 35, 19-20. Thorson, R.M., 1990. Annual Review of Archaeological Geology. Geotimes, January, p. 32-33. Thorson, R.M., 1989. Neotectonics in Alaska and Northwest Canada, "in" Carter, L.D., Hamilton, T.D., and Galloway, J.P., Eds., Late Cenozoic History of the Interior Basins of Alaska and the Yukon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 1026, p. 108-109. Thorson, R.M., 1989. Late Quaternary Paleofloods along the Porcupine River, Alaska: Implication for Regional Correlation, "in" Carter, L.D., Hamilton, T.D., and Galloway, J.P., Eds., Late Cenozoic History of the Interior Basins of Alaska and the Yukon: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 1026, p. 51-54. Thorson, R.M. and Hamilton, T.D., 1983. Glaciation Fluctuated Repeatedly in Alaska. Geotimes, September, 18. Dixon, E.J., Plaskett, D.C., and Thorson, R.M., 1983. Cave Deposits, Porcupine River, Alaska: National Geographic Society Research Reports, 1979 Projects, p. 129-153. Hamilton, T.D. and Thorson, R.M., 1976. Surficial geologic Mapping in the Philip Smith Mountains and Chandalar Quadrangles, Books Range. U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 733, 9-10.
Conference Proceedings and Technical Reports Thorson, Robert M., 2000, Shoreline stratigraphy of Lake Washington; implications for Holocene crustal strain and earthquake recurrence in the Cascadia forearc. Penrose Conference 2000, Great Cascadia Earthquake Tricentennial, Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries Special Paper 33, p. 120-121. Thorson, R. M., 1999, The Aconcagua River, Selected Geologic Topics, Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria Depto. De Obras Civiles, 30 p. Thorson, R. M., 1998. Neotectonics and Shoreline Change, Sammamish Delta, Lake Washington. Project #1434-HG-97-GR-03057, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, Final Report. Thorson, R. M., 1999. Neotectonics and Shoreline Change, Sammamish Delta, Lake Washington. Project #1434-HG-97-GR-03057, National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Annual Project Summaries, Volume VXXXIX. Thorson, R.M. and E.B. Leopold, 1998. Shoreline transgression and crustal motion at Lake Washington: National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Annual Project Summaries, Volume VXXXVIII. Thorson, Robert M. 1998, The Fate of Robins Pond. University of Connecticut Wildlife Research Conservation Center, Annual Report. Thorson, R.M., 1998, Back to the Sandbox. University of Connecticut Institute for Teaching and Learning, Annual Magazine Newsletter. Thorson, R. M., and Brick, G., 1996. Landscape Archaeology of the Jinny Hill Mining District. Final Report, Connecticut State Historical Commission and the U.S. National Park Service, 46 p. Thorson, R. M., 1996. History and Hydrology of Great Pond Natural Preserve, Glastonbury, Conn., Final Report, The Nature Conservancy, Connecticut Office, Middletown, 45 p. Bugden, W.F. and R.M. Thorson, 1994. Groundwater Interaction with a Kettle-Hole Wetland. In Connecticut: Hydrologic and Geochemical Evidence. Proceedings of the 1994 FOCUS Conference on Eastern Regional Ground Water Issues, October 3-4, 1994, p. 407-424. Thorson, R.M., 1983. Iosotatic Effects of the last glaciation in the Puget Lowland, Washington, "in" Yount, J.C. and Crossen, R.S., Earthquake Hazards of the Puget Sound region, Washington, Proceedings of Workshop IV, U.S. Geol. Survey Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-19, 300-301. Thorson, R.M., 1983. Pre-late Pleistocene Glacial Sequence in the Nenana Valley - a Revision, "in" Thorson, R.M. and Hamilton, T.D., Eds., University of Alaska Museum Occasional Paper No. 2, 83-87. Thorson, R.M., 1983. Stratigraphic evidence from variable past permafrost conditions at Canyon Village Bluff, north east Alaska. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science’s Fourth International Conference on Permafrost, 1257-1262.
Newspaper Essays and Guest Editorials Link to Science Journalism . Count is 48 as of August 27, 2009.
Regular Opinion-Editorial Columns in the Hartford Courant Link to Science Journalism. Count is 238 as of August 27, 2009.
Abstracts and Meetings Published abstracts for professional meetings not listed. They can be searched for online by organization.
TEACHING Graduate Students Advised A list of graduate students advised is available upon request.
Courses Taught Courses taught at the Univeristy of Connecticut include: Link to List of Courses.
Courses taught at the University of Alaska include: U. ALASKA Periglacial Processes and Landforms U. ALASKA Glacial and Quaternary Geology U. ALASKA Map and Aerial Photo Analysis U. ALASKA Geological Hazards U. ALASKA Geology of Alaska Courses taught at the University of Wisconsin (Oshkosh) include: U. WISCONSIN Environmental Geology U. WISCONSIN Glacial and Quaternary Geology U. WISCONSIN Geomorphology U. WISCONSIN Field Trip (Four-Corners, Colorado Plateau)
RESEARCH GRANTS EXTERNAL TO THE UNIVERSITY 2003 National Science Foundation, Geoscience Directorate, Beyond Stone Walls, a K-8 Curriculum (Co-PI David Moss and Wendy Glenn, $149,000. April 2002 2001 Connecticut TALENT (Teaching and Learning Enhanced by Technology) Accessing the Landscape of Connecticut On-Line. Dr. James A. Hyatt, , P.I., James Motyka, Randolph Steinen and Robert Thorson) $19,500. 1999 National Science Foundation (1999-2002) Active Extension in an Arc-Continent Collision, Taiwan: A GPS Structural Geomorphic Investigation (Co-PI's T. Byrne, L. Liu) $236,949 . 1998 Bilateral Education Commission in Chile ($28,500). 1997 U. S. Geological Survey, Neotectonics and Shoreline Change: Sammamish Delta, Lake Washington ($46,623). 1995 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Crustal Motion at Lake Washington ($54,294). 1995 Connecticut State Historic Preservation Office, Connecticut Historical Commission, Landscape Archaeology of the Jinny Hill Mine ($30,000 - $15,000 match). 1994 National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, U.S., Geological Survey ($27,000). 1991 Joint Highway Research Advisory Council (Connecticut State Department of Transportation), A developmental model for the origin of upland red-maple swamps in Connecticut, Phase II ($28,023). 1991 Center for Field Research (Earthwatch). Stone Walls of New England (ca. $19,000 (in kind payment) 1991 The Nature Conservancy, Hydrology and Human Disturbance at Great Pond, Glastonbury, CT ($6,436). 1990 Joint Highway Research Advisory Council (Connecticut State Department of Transportation), A developmental model for the origin of upland red-maple swamps in Connecticut ($22,000). 1989 U.S. Geological Survey, (Institute of Water Resources), University of Connecticut, Paleohydrology of Upland Streams in Connecticut; Base-flow discharge and climate change ($24,409; $7,548 Federal Funds). 1988 Joint Highway Research Advisory Council (Connecticut State Department of Transportation), Age and Origin of Small Wetlands in Connecticut ($25,138). 1986 Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Fissures in the Hain Quarry ($2,000). 1984 Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council (individual contract). Surficial geology and paleohydrology of the great Cedar Swamp, southeastern Connecticut ($30,000). 1982 Alaska Council of Science and Technology. Alaska Tephrochronology Project ($120,000). 1982 Alaska Council on Science and Technology. Workshop on Alaskan Glaciation. Sponsored by the Office of Quaternary Studies, University of Alaska ($5,000). 1975 Geist Fund, University of Alaska Museum, Research Grant. Geology of the Dry Creek Site, Alaska ($250). 1974 Geological Society of America, Penrose Bequest. Grant. Geology of the Dry Creek Site, Alaska ($900).
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