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Email: cathy.connor@uas.alaska.edu
Faculty: Arts and Sciences - Natural Sciences - Environmental Sciences Campus: JuneauOffice Location: Soboleff Annex 106
Education: Ph.D. Geology 1984, University of Montana, Missoula, MT Doctoral Dissertation: Late Quaternary Glaciolacustrine and Vegetational History of the Copper River Basin, Southcentral Alaska.M.S. Geology 1975, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Masters thesis: Holocene Sedimentation History of Richardson Bay California.B.S. Geology 1974, Stanford University, Stanford, CACurriculum vitae (PDF|149Kb)
Ph.D. Geology 1984, University of Montana, Missoula, MT Doctoral Dissertation: Late Quaternary Glaciolacustrine and Vegetational History of the Copper River Basin, Southcentral Alaska.
M.S. Geology 1975, Stanford University, Stanford, CA Masters thesis: Holocene Sedimentation History of Richardson Bay California.
B.S. Geology 1974, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Curriculum vitae (PDF|149Kb)
Research: Quaternary Geology and Paleoecology, Regional Alaskan Geology, Glaciology, Neotectonic Processes, Geoscience EducationOutreach in Geoscience Education in Alaska′s secondary schoolsAlaska Geology–Understanding how it all came together and how it is changingComparison of Neoglacial stratigraphy with Tlingit Oral History Glacier BayGeomorphic Evolution of Mendenhall Valley during repeated glaciationsUplift in Northern Southeastern AlaskaThe Little Ice Age retreat of Mendenhall Glacier and Comparison with early 21st Century Rapid RetreatSediment flux through the Mendenhall Glacier/River systemBathymetric surveys Mendenhall Lake 2000–2003Recent Paleoecology SE AK fjord basins–Gravity Core studies marine sedimentsCalving Retreat LeConte Glacier 1996–2000
Quaternary Geology and Paleoecology, Regional Alaskan Geology, Glaciology, Neotectonic Processes, Geoscience Education
Publications: Selected Publications
Courses Taught: Lower Division:GEOL 104 – Introductory Physical Geology & LabGEOL 105 – Historical GeologyEnvironmental GeologyENVS 101 – Introduction to Environmental Science & LabGEOL 271 – Earth Materials (Mineralogy & Petrology) with LabENVS 111 – Introduction to GPSENVS 110 – Introduction to ArcGISIntroduction to Geologic Field Methods (for undergraduates, for AK secondary science teachers)Introduction to Field ArcheologyUpper Division:GEOL 301 – GeomorphologyGEOL 300 – Geology of Alaska (Emphasis on Structure & Tectonics)GEOL 310 – Glaciation and Climate ChangeGEOL 315 – Field Course Glacier SurveyingENVS 491 – Environmental Science InternshipENVS 492 – Environmental Science Seminar (Capstone Course)Independent StudiesGeology and Geomorphology of the Tatshenshini and Lower Alsek RiversJuneau Icefield Research Program Courses
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