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Kyle Fredrick
Earth Sciences
Pennsylvania Western University - California
I received my BS in Geology with a minor in Hydrogeology from the University of Wisconsin - River Falls in May 2000. After a year in the work force, I began a PhD program at the University at Buffalo, in the Department of Geology. My dissertation focused on novel approaches to calibration of large-scale groundwater flow models.
My teaching career began as a Teaching Assistant for the University at Buffalo Field Camp in the summer of 2001. In Fall 2004, I took on my first classroom teaching with one course each at University at Buffalo and Erie Community College. In Spring 2005, I took on the role of full-time temporary instructor at Buffalo State College where I stayed through the Spring of 2006. Later that year, I was hired as a full-time temporary Geology faculty at Hobart and William Smith Colleges where I remained for one year. In Fall 2007, I began my tenure track at California University of Pennsylvania, a state-owned, 4-year institution south of Pittsburgh, PA. I was hired ABD and completed my dissertation in May of 2008. I am still at CalU, having achieved tenure and promotion to Associate Professor along the way.
Our Geology program is a traditional BS in Geology, which went from a single faculty (myself) to a faculty of two in Spring 2013. The program continues to expand and evolve, especially due to our unique position in the robust energy haven of the Appalachian Basin. We've been fortunate to have students move into a variety of positions with energy companies in natural gas and coal, environmental firms serving those energy interests, and geotechnical firms helping to develop our region. In addition, several students have moved on to graduate programs around the country. I am fortunate to work at a school where the students work hard, they have an appreciation for the outdoors and working in the field, and my departmental colleagues are supportive of a lot of the crazy ideas I put forward to continue to grow the program.
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Activities (8)
Tectonics of Fiction part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Activities
This writing project of our Tectonics course is assigned at the start of the semester and due near the end. It is a group project that encourages creativity, cooperation, and synthesis of an entire ...
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Courses (3)
Sedimentology and Stratigraphy part of Sedimentary Geology:Sedimentology, Geomorphology, and Paleontology 2014:Courses
EAS 423 is an upper-level course required for majors in Geology and recommended for majors in Environmental Earth Science at our institution. The main topis are recognition and description of sedimentary rocks, ...
Structural Geology (EAS 425) part of Structural Geology and Tectonics:Structure, Geophysics, and Tectonics 2012:Courses
Conventional Structural Geology course with a primary focus on recognizing and measuring structure. Considerable time is spent on graphical analysis of structures (3-point problems, stereonets, remote and field ...
Introduction to Geology part of Introductory Courses:Courses
Introduction to Geology is a survey of the major topics within the geology discipline. There is a strong emphasis on solid earth principles and earth materials during the first half of the semester while the second ...
Conference Presentations (7)
Implementing Learning Communities: Findings from Year One part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Poster Sessions:Monday Poster Session
Our institution was awarded an NSF-IUSE grant to implement a form of professional development for higher-education science faculty known as a learning community (LC). A LC has a facilitator, resembles a focus ...
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Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Can we love our job while being squeezed under its weight? part of Earth Educators Rendezvous:Rendezvous 2024:Program:Round Table Discussions
Over the past few years many Geology programs have contracted or been reimagined under Environmental Sciences. This has been especially true at small PUI's or within small programs at larger institutions. ...
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Eastern Section, Geoscience Education Research Division
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July 2024 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2023
July 2023 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2022
July 2022 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2021
July 2021 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2020
July 2020 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2019
July 2019 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2018
July 2018 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2017
July 2017 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2016
July 2016 Earth Educators Rendezvous 2015
July 2015 NAGT All
GETSI Community
Integrate/GETSI 2023 Survey
Math You Need - Majors Advisory Committee
2023 EER Review Camp Reviewers
EER 2020 Activity Reviewers
EER 2024 fMRI Lab Tour - Tuesday
RTOP Observers
High Precision Positioning with Static and Kinematic GPS Interest Group
Ice Mass and Sea Level Change Change interest Group
Math you Need Community
GETSI Interest Group
EER 2021 Activity Reviewers
EER 2022 Activity Reviewers
LeaderEyes on the Hydrosphere: Tracking Water Resources Interest Group
Measuring Water Resources Interest Group
Monitoring Volcanoes and Communicating Risks Interest Group
NAGT Webinar Series Interest
Surface Process Hazards Interest Group
Changing Biosphere Interest Group
Teach the Earth Website Committee
Teach the Earth
Workshop Leader (4 workshops)
EER 2020 Navigating and Contributing to Teach the Earth
EER 2023 Beyond Your Classroom: Building Effective Geoscience Activities for Improved Student Learning with a Teacher Audience in Mind
Workshop Participant (73 workshops)
March 2021 GETSI Virtual Short Course 3 High Precision Positioning
November 2020 GETSI Virtual Short Course 2 Measuring Water Resources
November 2020