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Chris Rowan is a geologist specialising in the dark arts of paleomagnetism, and getting people to pay him to travel to exotic destinations for fieldwork. Having drilled up New Zealand during his PhD, and South Africa in his first post-doc, he now works at the University of Edinburgh.
Anne Jefferson has a love of all things water-related and blends hydrology, geomorphology, geology, and climate change in her work. She has a Ph.D. from Oregon State University and is now an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
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Category: by Anne
Reds is deeply missed by all who knew him, but these wonderful tributes give us a small way to hang on to the man who influenced and inspired us.
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Category: academic life
In which I wonder whether I'm any good at lecturing or not.
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Category: by Anne
M. Gordon "Reds" Wolman was a towering figure in 20th century fluvial geomorphology, fundamentally shaping our understanding of river forms and processes, profoundly influencing environmental education and river management, and educating scores of students that continue to push the boundaries...
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 10:20 AM • 9 Comments •
Category: academic life
In the United States, we have a diversity problem in the geosciences. Less than 5% of BS degrees in geosciences go to minorities. NSF's OEDG program seeks innovative ways to cast a wider net for future geo-professionals.
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 10:18 AM • 11 Comments •
Category: conferences
Does it work? Can it work?
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Category: by Anne
The GSA meeting is ~6 weeks away - it must be time to start trying to make sense of the data, right? I'm helping Kim, Zuska, and Pat with a survey of women geoscientists and how they use blogs, and...
Posted by Anne Jefferson at 7:00 AM • 1 Comments •
Category: academic life
Google Wave is growing on me - but will it change how I do science?
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Category: academic life
How should I most efficiently chop up my day?
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Category: academic life
Whilst I continue my struggles to regain the blogging muse, here's a much better use of your time: Over the past several years, the geoscience blogosphere has blossomed so much that this fall, the Geological Society of America (GSA) will...
Posted by Chris Rowan at 12:10 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: academic life
Don't tell me what you're going to say - tell me why I should care.
Posted by Chris Rowan at 10:15 AM • 24 Comments •
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