Workshops and Events

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Academic 2012-13

Face-to-Face Workshops

Teaching Hydrogeology, Soils, and Low-T Geochemistry in the 21st Century
June 5-9, 2013, with optional field trip on June 5 - University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Gary Weissmann, Devin Castendyk, Steven Driese, Jennifer Roberts, and Gary Smith
Although the application deadline has passed, we are still accepting applications on a rolling basis as long as space remains available.

Teaching Oceanography
June 18-20, 2013, with optional field trips on June 17 and 21 - City College of San Francisco, Chinatown/North Beach Campus
Conveners: Katryn Wiese, Petra Dekens, Jan Hodder, Dave Mogk, Kristen St. John, and Al Trujillo
Application deadline: March 1, 2013

Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
July 7-10, 2013 - University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Conveners: Heather Macdonald, David Budd, and Rachel O'Brien
Application deadline: March 8, 2013

Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
July 28-August 1, 2013, with an optional visit to NSF August 2 - American Geophysical Union, Washington DC
Conveners: Rachel Beane, Michael Wysession, and Richard Yuretich
Application deadline: March 8, 2013

Virtual Workshops and Series

Measuring Student Success: Virtual Journal Club on Assessment Methods
Virtual sessions in February, March, April, and May 2013
Conveners: Ellen Iverson, Joshua Caulkins, Bruce Herbert, Karen Viskupic
Application Deadline: January 7, 2013

Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
Virtual sessions February to May, 2013
Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Elizabeth Ritchie
Application deadline: 1 week prior to each

Strategies for Effective Undergraduate Geoscience Teaching
Virtual sessions in January, February, March, and April, 2013
Conveners: Heather Macdonald, David McConnell, and Barbara Tewksbury
Application deadline: 1 week prior to each

Geophotography
Virtual Sessions Mid February through Mid-March, 2013
Conveners: David Mogk, Jerry Magloughlin, Ellen Bishop, Steve Weaver, Marli Miller
Application deadline: February 1, 2013

Interpreting and Teaching with Tomograms

April-May, 2013 (4 2-hour sessions on Wednesdays in April [3,10,17,24], 2 in May [22,29])
Convener: Michael Wysession
UPDATED: Application deadline: March 15, 2013

Teaching Stable Isotope Geochemistry in the Earth Sciences
Virtual Sessions: Postponed until Fall 2013
Convener: David Mogk and Zach Sharp

Ongoing Projects

Classroom Observation Project
Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Past Workshops

Academic 2011-12 Jump to: Virtual Workshops, Ongoing Projects

Face-to-Face Workshops

• Preparing for the Tenure Process
  GSA Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
  Fri., 7 Oct., 5 p.m.-8 p.m.
  Conveners: Kristen St. John and Mark Leckie
• Teaching about Time
  February 26-28, 2012 - Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
  Conveners: Erica Crespi, Cathy Manduca, Carol Ormand, and Steve Semken
  Application deadline: January 11, 2012
• Teaching Environmental Geology
  June 3-7, 2012 - Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  Conveners: David Mogk, Katryn Wiese, and Devin Castendyk
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 10-14, 2012, with optional visit to NSF on June 15 - College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Conveners: Rachel Beane, Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Teaching Climate Change: Insight from Large Lakes
  June 19-20, 2012 - University of Minnesota Duluth
  Conveners: Steve Colman, Karin Kirk, Rolfe Mandel, Alison Smith, Ester Sztein, Katryn Wiese, and Greg Wiles
  Application deadline: Extended to May 1, 2012
  
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  June 27-30, 2012 - University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and David McConnell
  Application deadline: March 8, 2012
• Teaching Structural Geology, Geophysics, and Tectonics in the 21st Century
  July 15-19, 2012 - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, with optional field trip on July 15.
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Gregory Baker, Bill Dunne, Kip Hodges, Paul Karabinos, and Michael Wysession

Virtual Workshops and Series

• Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  Monthly events January - May 2012
  Convener: Rachel Beane and Michael Williams
  
• Virtual Course Design - Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry
  Option of virtual kickoff on Thursday, March 29 or face-to-face kickoff at SEGSA (Saturday, March 31)
  Three additional virtual sessions April 12, May 3, and October 25. Virtual sessions will be held from 3-6 PM Eastern Time.
  Convener: Barbara Tewksbury with guest sessions by Rachel Beane, David McConnell, Dave Mogk, and others
  Application deadline: March 1, 2012
• Problem Solving and Problem-based Learning Journal Club
  January-May, 2012, series of five 1-hour virtual sessions meeting once a month
  Conveners: Ellen Iverson, Cinzia Cervato, Craig Ogilvie, and Marcy Osgood
  Application deadline: November 30, 2011
• Spatial Thinking Journal Club
  January-May, 2012, series of five 1-hour virtual sessions meeting once a month
  Conveners: Mary Hegarty, Carol Ormand, Eric Riggs, and Tim Shipley
  Application deadline: November 21, 2011
• Geologic Hazards Webinars
  Individual events: November 18, 2011; January 13, 2012; February 10, 2012; March 16, 2012
  Conveners: Katryn Wiese, David Mogk, and John McDaris
  Application deadline: Monday prior to each event

Ongoing Projects

• Classroom Observation Project
  Cutting Edge is sponsoring a research project to observe geoscience teaching in classrooms across the US. This project makes use of the Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP). You can find out more information on the website about observing a class or volunteering to have your class observed.

Academic 2010-11 Jump to: Workshops and Series

Virtual Events

• Energy and Climate Webinars and Book Club
  Conveners: Katryn Wiese and Karin Kirk
  Monthly online seminars and book discussions. Held the second Friday of each month from November 12 through May 13 from 12 to 1 CST. Webinars limited to the first 20 applicants for each event. Book Club discussions limited to the first 10 applicants for each event.
  Registration deadline: 1 week prior to the event. Join us for any or all.
• Pursuing an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  A Series of Virtual Events for Graduate Students and Post-docs
  Conveners: Rachel Beane and Heather Macdonald
  January – July 2011
  Join one or more monthly events.
  

Workshops and Series

• Teaching About Earth's Climate Using Data and Models A Virtual Workshop Follow-On Workshop
  October 21-22 and 25-27, 2010
  Conveners: Cindy Shellito and Cathy Manduca
• Teaching About Complex Systems Using the STELLA Modeling Software A Face-to-Face Follow-On Workshop co-sponsored by AGU
  Conveners: David Bice and Kirsten Menking
  December 12, 2010, City College of San Francisco Ocean Campus, In conjunction with the AGU Annual Meeting
  San Francisco, CA
  Registration deadline: November 15, 2010
• Temporal Learning Journal Club A Series of Virtual Meetings
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca and David Mogk
  Participants will be reading a series of articles and discussing them across five 1-hour virtual sessions between January 1 and May 31, 2011
  Registration deadline: December 6, 2010
• Visualizing Seismic Waves for Teaching and Research A Hybrid Face-to-Face/Virtual Workshop
  Conveners: Michael Wysession and David Mogk
  Virtual sessions will be held Wednesdays at noon Central Time Zone, February 2, 9, 16, 23, March 30 and April 6.
  Workshop outcomes will be presented at the 2011 AGU Fall Meeting, December 12-16, 2011.
  Registration deadline: January 15, 2011
• Designing GIS and Remote Sensing Courses, Modules, and Activities for Teaching Geoscience Students A Hybrid Face-to-Face/Virtual Workshop
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, David McConnell, and Brian Hynek
  Workshop begins with a hybrid online/face-to-face workshop on March 19, 2011 at NEGSA and continues with three online sessions in April, May, and September.
  Workshop culminates in a one-day face-to-face workshop at the GSA national meeting in Minneapolis on Saturday, October 8, 2011.
  Application deadline (extended): February 1, 2011
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Katryn Wiese, Robyn Wright Dunbar, and Edwin Harvey
  June 6-9, 2011
  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
  Application deadline: March 11, 2011
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald, Michael Wysession, Edwin Harvey, and Richard Yuretich
  June 12-16 with optional visit to the National Science Foundation on June 17
  College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Application deadline: March 4, 2011
• Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, and Geochemistry in the 21st Century A Face-to-Face Workshop
  Conveners: David Mogk, Rachel Beane, Donna Whitney, Kirsten Nicolaysen, Wendy Panero, William Peck
  August 7-10, 2011 with optional field trip
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
  Application deadline: January 15, 2011

Academic 2009-10 Workshops Jump to: Virtual Workshops, Partnership Workshops

• Developing Student Understanding of Complex Systems in the Geosciences Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  April 18-20, 2010
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Dave Mogk, Jim Slotta, David Bice, Eric Pyle
  Application deadline: February 1, 2010
• Workshop for Early Career Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career College of William and Mary
  June 6-11, 2010
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Richelle Allen-King
  Application deadline: March 3, 2010
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences Stanford University
  July 29-August 1, 2010
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  Application deadline: March 10, 2010
• Using GIS and Remote Sensing to Teach Geoscience in the 21st Century Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  August 8-11, 2010 (Optional day, GIS in the Field, August 12, 2010)
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Brian Hynek, Mark Manone, David Mogk
  Application deadline: March 20, 2010
• Teaching Geoscience in the Field in the 21st Century Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
  August 13-16, 2010 (Optional day, GIS in the Field August 12; Optional Regional Field Trip: August 17-19, 2010)
  Conveners: David Mogk, Steve Whitmeyer, Sarah Kruse, Bob Bauer
  Application deadline: March 20, 2010

Virtual Workshops

• Teaching Geoscience with Service Learning
  First session: February 3-5, 2010
  Second session: February 8-9, 2010
  Convenvers: Dave Mogk, Ed Laine, Suzanne O'Connell, and Cathy Manduca
  Application deadline: December 20, 2009
• Understanding the Deep Earth
  First session: February 17-19, 2010
  Second session: February 24-26, 2010
  Conveners: Dave Mogk, Cathy Manduca, and Mike Williams
  Application deadline: December 20, 2009
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  First Session: May 26-27, 2010
  Second Session: June 3-4, 2010
  Conveners: Barb Tewksbury, Charlotte Mehrtens
  Application deadline: April 1, 2010
• Teaching Geoscience Online
  First session: June 23-25, 2010
  Second session: June 28-29, 2010
  Conveners: Karin Kirk, Bill Hirt, and Cathy Manduca
  Application deadline: May 7, 2010.
  

Partnership Workshops - Associated with other meetings or organizations

• Student Motivation and the Affective Domain part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
  September 19, 2009
  Leader: Kaatje Kraft
• Preparing for Tenure: A Workshop for Tenure-Track Faculty part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Fall AGU Meeting, San Francisco, CA
  December 13, 2009 - 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
  Leaders: Kristen St.John and Mark Leckie
• Teaching Geodesy in the 21st Century part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  UNAVCO Science Workshop, Boulder, Colorado, Millenium Hotel
  March 8, 2010
  Leaders: Susan Eriksson and Shimon Wdowinski
• Pursuing an Academic Career part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the GSA Northeastern/Southeastern Section Meeting, Baltimore, MD
  March 13, 2010
  Leaders: Rachel Beane and Jon Lewis
• Geology and Human Health part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the North Central and South Central sectional GSA, Branson, MO
  April 11, 2010 8:00 -12:00
  Leader: Syed Hasan
• From Passive to Active: Classroom Makeovers that Improve Teaching and Learning part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  In association with the GSA North Central and South Central Section Meeting, Branson, MO
  April 11, 2010
  Leader: David Steer
• Teaching Geochemistry
  In association with the Goldschmidt 2010 Conference, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
  June 11-12, 2010
  Convener: David Mogk
• Teaching Climate Change from the Geologic Record
  In association with the AMQUA Biennial Meeting
  University of Wyoming - Laramie
  August 10-11, 2010 (with optional field trip on August 12)
  Conveners: Cathy Whitlock, Karin Kirk,Alison Smith, Greg Wiles, Rolfe Mandel and Cathy Manduca
• Teaching About Energy in Geoscience Courses: Current Research and Pedagogy, a follow-up to the May 2009 workshop
  October, 2010, in conjunction with the GSA National Meeting in Denver, CO.
  Conveners: Jimm Myers, Fred Loxsom, Devin Castendyk and Karin Kirk
• A City State-of-Mind: Creating Effective Assignments for Urban Students part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  This workshop has been cancelled.

Academic 2008-09

• Making the Case for Tenure: A Workshop for Early Career Faculty
  Conveners: Kristen St. John, Mark Leckie, Heather Macdonald
  Saturday, October 4, 2008, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, in conjunction with the Geological Society of America in Houston, TX.
• The Hurricane - Climate Change Connection: Bringing Cutting Edge Research into the Classroom
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Ned Gardiner, Jenni Evans, Karin Kirk
  Electronic workshop, October 20-24, 2008
  
• The Role of Metacognition in Teaching Geoscience
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Jenefer Husman, Kaatje Kraft, David Mogk, Karl Wirth
  November 19-21, 2008, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  Application deadline: October 10, 2008
• Teaching Introductory Geoscience in the 21st Century
  Conveners: Anne Egger and Cathy Manduca
  Sunday December 14, 2008, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm in association with the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Strategic Persuasion: A seminar in effective negotiations, problem solving, and conflict resolution
  Conveners: Barbara Butterfield and Jane Tucker
  Sunday December 14, 2008, in association with the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.
• Pursuing an Academic Career, part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Conveners: Rachel Beane and Britt Argow
  Saturday, March 21, 2009; 10:00 - 4:00 in association with the Northeastern Section meeting of GSA.
  Application deadline: March 14, 2009
• Teaching About Energy in Geoscience Courses: Current Research and Pedagogy
  Conveners: Cathy Manduca, Jimm Myers, Fred Loxsom, and Karin Kirk
  May 17-19, 2009, University of Wyoming
  Application Deadline: March 9, 2009
• Teaching Paleontology in the 21st Century
  Conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Warren Allmon, Rowan Lockwood, Bruce McFadden, and Margaret Yacobucci
  July 30 - August 3, 2009, Cornell University and the Paleontological Research Institution, Ithaca, NY
  Application Deadline: February 6, 2009
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Richelle Allen-King
  June 14-18, 2009, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  With optional trip to NSF on June 19
  Application deadline: March 11, 2009
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  Conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  July 16-19, 2009, University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Las Vegas, NV
  Application deadline: March 18, 2009
• Changing Student Motivations and Attitudes in the Geosciences, part of the Cutting Edge Follow-On Workshop Program
  Convener: Kaatje Kraft
  Saturday, September 19, 2009 at Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ
  Application/registration deadline extended to August 28, 2009
  

Academic 2007-08

• Teaching with New Geoscience Tools: Visualizations, Models, and Online Data
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca, Susan Buhr, Mark Leckie, Stephanie Stockman and Steve Reynolds
  February 10-12, 2008, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
• Urban Students, Urban Issues: Opportunities and Challenges for Teaching Geoscience Courses
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury and Wayne Powell
  March 8-10, 2008, Brooklyn College of CUNY and American Museum of Natural History
  Application deadline: January 25, 2008
• New Worlds for Geoscience Teaching: Using Online Games and Environments
  convener: Cathy Manduca and Sean Fox
  Electronic workshop during the week of April 21, 2008
  Application deadline: February 29, 2008
• Teaching Climate Change with Ice Core Data (workshop in association with annual meeting of AMQUA)
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca and Cathy Whitlock
  June 2-3, 2008, with optional field trip June 4, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  Application deadline: April 1, 2008.
• Workshop for Early Career Geoscience Faculty: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald, Richelle Allen-King, and Richard Yuretich
  June 15-19, 2008, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  Application deadline: March 14, 2008
• Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Cathryn Manduca, Barbara Tewksbury, Heather Macdonald, and Anne Egger
  July 14-17, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
  Application deadline April 1, 2008.
• Teaching Geomorphology in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Ellen Wohl, Laura Moore, David Montgomery, and Paul Bierman
  July 28 - August 1, 2008, Colorado State University
  Application deadline: January 31, 2008
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  July 31-August 3, 2008, University of Oklahoma
  Application deadline: March 14, 2008

Academic 2006-07

• Motivations and Attitudes: The Role of the Affective Domain in Geoscience Learning
  February 11-13, 2007, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  
• Teaching about the Early Earth: Evolution of Tectonics, Life, and the Early Atmosphere
  April 12-14, 2007, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
  
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 13-17, 2007, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
  
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  virtual workshop: July 30 - August 3, 2007 on line
  face-to-face workshop: July 8-12, 2007, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
  
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Heather Macdonald and Robyn Wright Dunbar
  August 2-5, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
  
• Teaching Geophysics in the 21st Century
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury, Larry Braile, Vincent Cronin, John Geissman, Sarah Kruse, and Michael Wysession
  August 12-15, 2007, with optional field trip August 16, University of Michigan's Camp Davis, Jackson WY
  

Academic 2005-06

• Teaching Sedimentary Geology in the 21st Century
  July 14-19. 2006, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
• Discoveries from Mars: Using a Planetary Perspective to Enhance Undergraduate Geoscience Courses
  April 27-29, 2006, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 27-30, 2006, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 7-12, 2006, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  co-conveners: Barbara Tewksbury (Hamilton College), and William Hirt (College of the Siskiyous)
  virtual workshop: July 31-August 4, 2006 on line
  face-to-face workshop: May 31-June 4, 2006, College of the Siskiyous, Weed, CA
• Teaching Public Policy in the Earth Sciences
  April 20-23, 2006, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC
  
  

  Related Activities:

• It's About Time: Teaching the Temporal Aspects of Geoscience
  an Illustrated Community Discussion at a special poster session, Salt Lake City GSA meeting
• Teaching Climate Change: Lessons from the Past
  August 14-15, in conjunction with the 2006 AMQUA meeting
  Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Academic 2004-05

• Understanding What Our Geoscience Students Are Learning: Observing and Assessing
  May 12-14, 2005, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
  
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  Virtual Workshop: May 23 - June 23, 2005, online.
  Face-to-face Workshop: June 1-5, 2005, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA.
  
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research and Managing Your Career
  June 8-13, 2005, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.
  
• Teaching About the Ocean System Using New Research Techniques: Data, Models and Visualization
  July 6-9, 2005, University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
  
• Teaching Hydrogeology in the 21st Century
  July 23-28, 2005, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 21-24, 2005, Penn State University, State College, PA.
  

Related Activities

• Teaching with Visualizations
  Technical session and one-day workshop at Fall AGU meeting 2004
• Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geosciences: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  Special poster session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Rates, Fluxes and Cycling in the Earth System: What Do We Know, What Are We Thinking
  Technical session at Fall AGU meeting 2004
• Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century
  Topical session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Teaching Geology and Human Health: Expanding the Curriculum
  Topical session at Denver GSA meeting 2004 (more info)
• Teaching Geochemistry in the 21st Century
  Pre-conference workshop at 15th Annual Goldschmidt Conference

Academic 2003-04

• Teaching Geoscience with Visualizations: Using Images, Animations and Models Effectively
  February 26-28, 2004, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
• Geology and Human Health
  May 12-15, 2004, Chico Hot Springs, Pray, MT
• Early Career Faculty Workshop: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 12-17, 2004, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century
  June 26-July 2, 2004, Smith College, Northampton MA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 21-25, 2004, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences
  July 29-Aug 1, 2004, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN
  
  Related Activities
• Using Field Observations and Field Experiences to Teach Geoscience: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  November, 2004, Denver GSA Meeting
• Using Data to Teach Earth Processes: An Illustrated Community Discussion
  November 2, 2003, Seattle GSA Meeting
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century
  December 2003, San Francisco AGU Meeting

Academic 2002-03

• Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences: A Workshop for Graduate Students and Post-Doctoral Fellows
  August 14-17 2003, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 27-31 2003, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century
  July 9-15, 2003, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• Early Career Faculty - Teaching, Research and Managing Your Career
  June 5-10 2003, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA
• Developing the Earth Science Teacher Workforce
  May 16 - 17, 2003, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC
• Teaching Biocomplexity in the Geosciences
  April 3-5 2003, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT
• Design Principles for Creating Effective Web-based Learning Resources in the Geosciences
  February 9 - 11, 2003, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Academic 2001-02

• Using Global Data Sets in Teaching Earth Processes
  December 5, 2002, American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco, CA
• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences
  July 28 - August 1, 2002, Hamilton College, Clinton, NY.
• Teaching Quantitative Skills in a Geoscience Context
  July 24 - 27, 2002, Carleton College, Northfield, MN.
• Early Career Faculty--Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career
  June 1 - 5, 2002, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA.