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AWG E-MAIL NEWS 2005-24
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CONTENTS
1) AWG ANNOUNCES 2005 GOLDRING AWARD WINNER
2) AWG FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS, 2005-2006
3) THE NEW GEOSPECTRUM
4) POSITION OPENINGS
2005-080 San Diego State University - Stratigraphy/Sedimentology and
Low-Temperature
Geochemistry
2005-103 University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Structural Geology and
Environmental
Geochemistry Faculty Positions
5) CONTACT INFORMATION
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1) AWG ANNOUNCES 2005 GOLDRING AWARD WINNER
The Association for Women Geoscientists is pleased to announce that the
2005 recipient of the Goldring Award is René Shroat-Lewis. The
Goldring Award is named in honor of Winifred Goldring, the first woman to be
named State Paleontologist of New York (in 1939) and the first female
president of the Paleontological Society (in 1949).
This year’s winner first became interested in echinoderms as a child
exploring the tidepools of the Florida coast with her grandfather. René
is now working on Pliocene ophiuroids for her master’s degree at the
University of North Carolina-Wilmington, where she received her
bachelor’s degree in geology just this past summer.
René is an excellent student, a skilled teacher and has already
co-authored several abstracts for Geological Society of America sectional
meetings, presenting some of the papers herself. This past summer, she
served as field assistant to Patricia Kelley, a professor at UNC-W and a
former president of the Paleontological Society. Dr. Kelley described
René as “a woman who has a passion for paleontology, is academically
gifted, field- and research-oriented, and has a great promise for a career
in paleontology.”
So far, René sounds pretty much like most of the young women who were
previous Goldring Award recipients. But, she is not. Married at 18 to
a military man, René became a mother at 19 and raised two sons pretty
much on her own while their father was deployed overseas. Not until
1997 was she able to begin the education she had always wanted. Finally,
several decades after her grandfather placed a starfish in her hand,
René is able to pursue her passion for echinoderms and paleontology.
One final note, René, herself, is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, and, to
date, she is the only weapons specialist to receive the Goldring Award!
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2) AWG FOUNDATION BOARD MEMBERS, 2005-2006
Several new members were elected to the AWG Foundation board at its
annual meeting in Salt Lake City earlier this month. Current board
members are:
President
Vacant
Vice President
Phyl F. H. Porter
610 Thayer Rd.
Bonny Doon, CA 95060
Tel & fax: 831-471-9351
phylgeo@earthlink.net
Term expires: ‘07
Treasurer
Lorraine Manz
P.O. Box 7364
Bismarck, ND 58507-7364
Tel: (701) 328 8000
Fax: (701) 328 8010
E-mail: lmanz@state.nd.us
E-mail for AWGF: nandi901@yahoo.com
Term expires: Fall ‘07
Secretary
Mary Anne Holmes
214 Bessey Hall
Geosciences Dept. – UNL
Lincoln, NE 68588-0340
ph: 402-472-5211
fax: 402-472-4917
home phone: 402-588-2492
mholmes2@unl.edu
Term expires: Fall ‘06
Past President
Tania Brice Coffin
40 School Street
Keene, NH 03431
603-357-2055
coffin@cheshire.net
Director
Debra Weeden
Senior Research Geophysicist
ExxonMobil Upstream Research
Tel: 713-431-4418
Debra.Weeden@exxonmobil.com
term expires: 2007
Director
Ann Guhman
PO Box 620158
Middleton, WI 53562-0158
Home & fax: 608-827-8694
aig@chorus.net
Term expires: Fall ‘07
Director
Francisca (Franca) Oboh-Ikuenobe
Dept. of Geological Sciences & Engineering
125 McNutt Hall
1870 Miner Circle
Rolla, MO 65409-0140
Phone: 573-341-6946
Fax: 573-341-6935
ikuenobe@umr.edu
Term expires: Fall ‘08
Director
Mary Gillam
115 Meadow Road East
Durango, CO 81301-7093
Phone: 970-259-0966
Fax 970-259-6064
gillam@rmi.net
Term expires: Fall ‘08
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3) THE NEW GEOSPECTRUM
The American Geological Institute (AGI) is pleased to announce the new
/GeoSpectrum/. The new /GeoSpectrum/ is a FREE quarterly electronic
magazine (e-zine) covering the news and events of the geoscience
profession - as told through the member societies of AGI and other professional
geoscience organizations and is available at
http://www.agiweb.org/geospectrum, or via free email subscription.
The new /GeoSpectrum/ is an outlet for AGI's Member Societies to share
information with each other and the entire geoscience community in
hopes of building better communication and fostering greater cooperation
within the geoscience community. Through a stronger and more connected
community, the geosciences can become more effective at working together
to address the both the needs within the profession as well as society.
The current issue of the new /GeoSpectrum/ covers a diverse range of
topics including a new exhibit at the Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY,
a new website to encourage school-age girls to pursue careers as
scientists, and a new endeavor to provide libraries with current lists of
relevant geoscience publications. You will also find Member Society
information, award winners, meeting recaps and the GeoCalendar, listing
meetings, conferences, and events sponsored by various organizations and
societies.
You can download either screen-optimized or print-quality PDFs of
/GeoSpectrum/ at:
http://www.agiweb.org/geospectrum.
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4) POSITION OPENINGS
2005-080
San Diego State University
Stratigraphy/Sedimentology and Low-Temperature Geochemistry
The Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University
invites applications for two tenure-track Assistant Professor positions,
one in stratigraphy/sedimentology and one in low temperature
geochemistry, beginning Fall 2006. A Ph.D. is required at time of appointment and
post-doctoral experience is preferred. We seek motivated
teacher-scholars who will establish vigorous, externally funded and nationally
recognized research programs involving both graduate and undergraduate
students. Research specialty within the two positions is open but will
preferably complement and build on existing strengths in the department
which has extensive analytical and computational facilities. See
http://www.geology.sdsu.edu/. The successful candidates will have
teaching responsibility at both the undergraduate and graduate level.
Applicants should submit a cover letter, statement of research and teaching
interests, curriculum vitae, and names and contact information of three
re
ferences to: Faculty Search Committee, Department of Geological
Sciences, San Diego State University, San Diego CA 92182-1020. Deadline Nov
1, 2005.
SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national origin,
sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability or veteran
status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.
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2005-103
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Structural Geology and Environmental Geochemistry Faculty Positions
The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences (http://web.eps.utk.edu)
invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions starting
Fall 2006. Successful candidates are expected to develop strong,
externally funded research programs involving graduate and undergraduate
student supervision and publication. Post-doctoral experience and the ability
to complement one or more existing departmental strengths (crustal
structure and seismology, Earth systems history, geochemistry, hydrogeology
and environmental science, and planetary geoscience) are desirable.
Structural Geology: Assistant Professor—open to candidates with a PhD
in Earth Sciences, Geology or a related discipline, with experience in
structural geology, and a strong emphasis on field geology that focuses
on almost any aspect of lithospheric deformation and related processes.
The successful candidate is expected to teach undergraduate courses,
and graduate courses in his/her specialty, as well as participate in
field geology course(s) at all levels. Candidates are encouraged to take
advantage of the regional geologic setting of the southern Appalachians.
Environmental Geochemistry: Assistant Professor—open to candidates with
a PhD in Earth Sciences, Geology, Geochemistry, or a related
discipline. We seek an individual with expertise in topics such as organic
contaminants, biogeochemistry, aqueous geochemistry, low-temperature
geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, or biomarker analysis, with a broad
emphasis on environmental problems. The successful candidate is expected to
teach undergraduate courses, and graduate courses in his/her specialty.
In developing a research program, the individual may take advantage of
the Department’s strong ties with nearby Oak Ridge National Laboratory
and the UT Center for Environmental Biotechnology. This position carries
with it the Jones Environmental Geochemistry Endowment, which partially
supports the candidate’s research and teaching program.
UT-Knoxville is the flagship campus for the UT system and is located
close to Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Great Smoky Mountains
National Park. The Department comprises an energetic group of tenure-track,
research and teaching faculty, post-doctoral researchers, and about 100
graduate and undergraduate students. Instrumentation available for
research and teaching includes GC-IRMS, GC-MS, ICP-AES, LC-MS, AFM, XRD,
XRF, EPMA, Vibroseis and seismic recording equipment, LANDMARK software
license grant for 3D graphics and seismic processing, and other
facilities. The university welcomes and honors people of all races, creeds,
cultures, and sexual orientations, and values intellectual curiosity,
pursuit of knowledge, and academic freedom and integrity. Applicants
should e-mail their résumé, letter describing research and teaching
interests, and list of 3 references in .pdf format to Dr. Chris Fedo, Search
Committee Chair, Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-1410; Phone 865-974-6002; Fax
865-974-2368; E-mail: <cfedo@utk.edu>. Supplementary materials, such as copies
of refereed publications, can be e-mailed or mailed to Dr. Fedo at the
above address. Review of applications will begin on December 15, 2005,
and will continue until both positions are filled.
The University of Tennessee is an EEO/AA/Title VI/Title IX/Section
504/ADA/ADEA institution in the provision of its education and employment
programs and services.
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