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Workshop Application Form

Application deadline is January 31, 2008.

Applicants for this workshop must hold a faculty position at a two- or four-year college or university and teach an undergraduate geomorphology course. We welcome applications from all academic ranks. The workshop is limited to 70 participants, and the final list of participants will be established with the goal of assembling a group representing a wide range of experiences, educational environments, and specialties.

The National Science Foundation provides partial funding for the operational costs of the workshop. To be supported by these funds, a participant must be a US citizen, a permanent resident, or in the employ of a US institution. If you don't meet these requirements and are interested in participating in a workshop at your own expense, please contact the workshop conveners.

If you are accepted for the workshop, you will be asked to complete a registration form to provide us with more information.

Complete the following form, and click on SUBMIT to confirm your registration. Be sure to click the SUBMIT button before leaving this page, or your information will be lost. We encourage you to compose your answers to the longer questions in a word processor and to cut and paste the resulting text into this form.

Contact Information
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(Please Note: Your email address is what we use to track your application and participation in the workshop. Be sure to use the same email address in all forms relating to your workshop participation. This email will also be our primary means of communication with you.)

Your expertise and interest in the workshopThe purpose of this workshop is to bring together faculty who teach an undergraduate course in geomorphology.

Please briefly describe your expertise in geomorphology.
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Is geomorphology your primary area of research/scholarly activity? If not, please briefly describe your area of research/scholarly activity.
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Briefly describe the audience for and the place of your geomorphology course in the curriculum in your department.
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Do you integrate geomorph concepts into other undergraduate courses in the curriculum in significant ways? If so, please briefly describe the course(s) and the aspect(s) of geomorphology that you integrate.
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Please describe the most effective/innovative aspect of the way you teach geomorphology.
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Does your geomorphology course have a field component? If so, please briefly describe the field aspects of your course as well as the most effective/innovative aspect of the way that you teach field geomorphology.
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Please comment briefly on why you want to attend the workshop, what strengths you bring to the workshop, and what you hope to get out of the workshop.
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What topic(s) would you like to see covered/discussed at the workshop?
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Contributions to the workshop

Part of the aim of the workshop is to build an online collection of high quality resources for teaching concepts in geomorphology. By applying to this workshop, you agree, if accepted, to:

submit two activities or assignments by May 1 to our online Teaching Geomorphology Activities/Assignments collection.
submit one syllabus by May 1 for an undergraduate geomorphology course.
contribute as you can to our other Teaching Geomorphology resource collections.
bring at least one informal poster to the workshop (topics to be announced) and to make an oral presentation if asked.

DemographicsGender:
Male

Female

Ethnicity (choose one):
Hispanic or Latino

Not Hispanic or Latino

Race (select one or more):
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
Black or African American
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
White

Disability status (select one or more):
Hearing Impairment
Visual Impairment
Mobility/Orthopedic Impairment
Other
None

Citizenship (choose one):
U.S. Citizen

Permanent Resident

Other non-U.S. Citizen

Number of years of full-time teaching experience:
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Number of years teaching at the college level:
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Current position:
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Discipline:

or Other discipline:
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Will you teach next fall at an institution that serves a large number of minority students?:
Yes

No

Which of the following best describes the department or program in which you will teach next fall:
Two year college (Associate is the highest degree)

Private four-year primarily undergraduate (BS or BA is the highest degree)

Public four-year primarily undergraduate (BS or BA is the highest degree)

Masters granting (MS is the highest degree)

Doctoral granting (PhD is the highest degree)

How did you learn about this workshop?
e-mail announcement

mailed brochure

browsing the Internet

from the Cutting Edge web site

word of mouth

other

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