I. Professional preparation

II. Appointments

III. Philosophy and Research Emphasis

IV. Publications
     A. Published in journals or books
     B. Published as proceedings
     C. Abstracts for talks
     D. Colloquia
     E. Other

V. Grants

VI. Teaching
     A. Courses
     B. Students Advised
     C. Thesis Committee Membership

VII. Service
     A. Professional service
     B. Community service
     C. Institutional Service
     D. Awards

• Associate Professor, Ohio U., Dept. Geology 2001-present
• Director, Appalachian Watershed Research Group, Ohio U. 1998-present
• Assistant Professor, Ohio U., Dept. Geology 1997-2001
• Adjunct Professor, Ohio U., Dept. Geology 1992-1996
• Hydrogeologist, Nutrient & Pest Management Group, Center for
• Integrated Agricultural Studies, U. Wisconsin-Madison 1989-1990
• Research Assistant, U. Wisconsin-Madison 1983-1987
• WARF Fellowship, U. Wisconsin-Madison 1982-1983
• Assistant to Dr. Lennart Strömquist, Abisko Naturvetenskapliga
• Stationen (Lappland), Uppsala U., Sweden 1981
• Assistant to Dr. Tom Dunne, Mt. St. Helens Project,
• U. Washington, Seattle 1980
• Surveying Technician, USFS, Sitka, Alaska 1978
• H.S. Participant, Juneau Icefield Research Program, U. Idaho 1974

My work is part of an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to solving environmental problems in Appalachian Ohio. The regional issues my research addresses include acid mine drainage, stream restoration, and water-balance changes due to mining. My own research is scientific, and involves characterization of baseline hydrogeologic conditions and processes, hydrologic monitoring, and statistical and numerical modeling.

Understanding and solving such complex problems obviously requires more than a scientific understanding of components (e.g, the water balance) independently. In response to the need, I helped build a diverse partnership of faculty and students working with local communities, with businesses, and with public managers (politicians and federal and state agencies) to solve local problems. The partnership includes earth scientists (geochemists, stratigraphers, geomorphologists, geographers), life scientists (experts in microbes, algae, macroinvertebrates, fish, and plants), engineers (civil and chemical), and many other specialists (for example, environmental economists and political scientists).

After working in this partnership, my goal reaches beyond restoring local rivers: My current goal is "to help reframe the national environmental discourse." The prevailing view is polarized ("good guys" vs. "bad guys"). That view does not withstand close inspection of a particular problem in a particular community. For example, I now see acid mine drainage as the unintended result of a proud and ethical community working hard to provide a nation with energy. In support of my goal, I conceived of and helped build the new Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (CE3) at Ohio University. CE3 has the capacity to frame an environmental problem such as an acid-damaged stream in economic terms (cost of restoration or cost of lost recreational or water-supply usage, using dollars as an index of what society values), and then communicating that information in terms that are useful to policy makers. Acid mine drainage and similar problems can then be meaningfully included in the national discourse about energy. In so doing, the discussion is no longer "jobs vs. the environment," but "dollar costs of alternative strategies."

The success of our partnership is due to a respectful collaboration within and beyond the university walls that is focused on problem-solving based on a scientific (unbiased) look at the problems. The larger success of my work will be measured by how well this approach can be exported. Thus, while local solutions are important, I perceive my most important contribution is training the next generation of scientists in this same integrated, collaborative and respectful approach.

A. Published in journals or books

• Maidment, D.R., A.A. Bradley, B. Dziegielewski, R. Howitt, N.L. Poff, K.L. Prestegaard, S.S. Schwartz, D.I. Siegel, M.W. Stoertz, D.G. Tarboton, and K.D. Thompson (2004) Assessing the National Streamflow Information Program, National Academy Press, 164 p.
• Carroll, K.C., D.L. Lopez, and M.W. Stoertz (2003) Solute transport at low flow in an acid stream in Appalachian Ohio. Water, Air and Soil Pollution 144(1-4):195-222.
• Stoertz, M., H. Bourne, C. Knotts, and M. White (2002) The effects of isolation and acid mine drainage on fish and macroinvertebrate communities of Monday Creek, Ohio, USA. Mine Water and the Environment 21(2): 60-72.
• Maidment, D.R., A.A. Bradley, M.E. Campana, B. Dziegielewski, N.L. Poff, K.L. Prestegaard, S.S. Schwartz, D.I. Siegel, V.L. Snoeyink, M.W. Stoertz, and K.D. Thompson (2002) Estimating Water Use in the United States: A New Paradigm for the National Water-Use Information Program, National Academy Press, 176 p.
• Stoertz, M.W., M.L. Hughes, N.S. Wanner, and M.E. Farley (2001) Long-term water-quality trends at a sealed, partially flooded underground mine. Environmental & Engineering Geoscience VII(1): 51-65.
• López, D.L., and M.W. Stoertz, Chemical and physical controls on waters discharged from abandoned underground coal mines (2001) Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis 1: 51-60.
• Bradbury, Baker, Barros, Campana, Gray, Haan, Moreau, Schwartz, Siegel, Stoertz, and Thompson, Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales, National Academy Press, 2001, 143 p.
• Bradbury, K.R., J.M. Faustini, and M.W. Stoertz (1992) Groundwater flow systems and recharge in the Buena Vista Basin, Portage and Wood Counties, Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Information Circular 72.
• Stoertz, M.W., M.P. Anderson, and K.R. Bradbury (1991). Field Investigations and numerical studies of groundwater recharge through unsaturated sand: A methodology applied to central Wisconsin. Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Information Circular 71.
• Stoertz, M.W. and K.R. Bradbury (1989). Mapping recharge areas using a ground-water flow model - a case study. Ground Water 27(2): 220-228

• Stoertz, M.W., P. Sahu, B. McCament and J.S. Bowman (2004) Hydrology of the abandoned underground Corning coal mine, Perry County, Ohio. Proceedings of the National Meetings of the 25th West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force and the 21st American Society for Mining and Reclamation, April 18-22, 2004, Morgantown, WV.
• Stoertz, M.W. and D.H. Green (2004) Using mean annual acidity loading as a performance measure to evaluate acid-mine-drainage treatment. Proceedings of the Conservation and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference 2004, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 8-9, 2004, Athens, Ohio.
• Sahu, P., M. Stoertz and D. Green (2004) Use of barometric pressure and tidal loading data to estimate hydraulic and poroelastic properties of underground coal mines. Proceedings of the Conservation and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 8-9, 2004, Athens, Ohio.
• Farley, M., M. Stoertz, R. Hoy, C. Rice and B. Laverty (2003) Partnering for reclamation of coal refuse in Raccoon Creek watershed, Ohio. Proceedings of the 2003 West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force and West Virginia Coal Association, Morgantown, WV, p. 55-69.
• Laverty, B. and M. Stoertz (2003) Role of peripheral strip pit lakes in the hydrogeology of a valley-fill coal refuse pile in Jackson County, Ohio, and implications for AMD mitigation. Proceedings of the National Association of Abandoned Mineland Partners, Louisville, Kentucky, September 29, 2003.
• McCament, B., M. Stoertz, B. Jonard, and J. Bowman (2003) Detective work in the Corning catacombs: The Corning mine complex's role in the death of Sunday Creek. Proceedings of the Applied Research Conference, Athens, Ohio.
• Stuart, B.J., M.W. Stoertz, and G. Novak (2001) Utilization of coal-combustion products for acid-mine-drainage abatement during re-mining of an abandoned underground mine (2001) Proceedings of the 18th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Newcastle, Australia.
• Bradbury, K.R., V.R. Baker, A.P. Barros, M.E. Campana, K.A. Gray, C.T. Haan, D.H. Moreau, S.S. Schwartz, D.I. Siegel, M.W. Stoertz, and K.D. Thompson (2001) Investigating Groundwater Systems on Regional and National Scales, National Academy Press, 143 p.
• Painter, M.A., B. Laverty, M.W. Stoertz, and D.H. Green (2000) Resistivity imaging of a reclaimed coal tailings pile. Proceedings of Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C.
• Stoertz, M.W., M.L. Hughes, N.S. Wanner, and M.E. Farley (1999) Hydraulic sealing of an abandoned up-dip drift mine for AMD treatment: an 18-year post-audit. Proceedings of the 20th annual West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium.
• Edwards, K.B., M.W. Stoertz, and D.C. Turney (1998) Hydrologic modeling of reclaimed stripmine spoil. In Throgmorton, D., J. Nawrot, J. Mead, J. Galetovic, and W. Joseph, Eds., Proceedings of the 15th Annual National Meeting of the American Society for Surface Mining and Reclamation, St. Louis, Missouri, 73-76.
• Stoertz, M. (1997) Hydrogeologic characterization in acid-mine-drainage remediation: Lessons from Monday Creek. Proceedings of the19th Annual Conference of the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, Canaan Valley, West Virginia.
• Stoertz, M.W. and H. Burling (1996) Water quality and biological restoration goals for an Ohio watershed damaged by coal mining. Proceedings of the Watershed Restoration Management Symposium, Syracuse, NY. American Water Resources Association.

C. Abstracts for talks

• Peter C. Schillig*, Mary W. Stoertz and David Bartsch, "Monitoring hydrologic changes due to mining under Dysart Woods." Presented at Mineral Resource Extraction and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference 2005, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 7-8, 2005, Athens, Ohio. [*undergraduate] (Stoertz presented Schillig's work.)
• Mary Stoertz, Ben McCament and Mitch Farley. "Mineland site characterization via university service-learning classes." Presented at Mineral Resource Extraction and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference 2005, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 7-8, 2005, Athens, Ohio. (See accompanying poster below.)
• T. Bower, S. Cook*, S. Guruswamy, J. Harvey*, M. Ishankuliev, B. Klingensmith, R. Pressler, V. Ramprasad, K. Shalek*, M. Stoertz, M. Sullivan, H. Vogel*, and M. White. "Contribution of Huntley Hollow stream capture to acidity loading near Murray City, Ohio: An Ohio University Service-Learning project." Poster from Service-Learning Class presented at Mineral Resource Extraction and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference 2005, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 7-8, 2005, Athens, Ohio. [*undergraduate] (Presented by students.)
• Guy Riefler, Ben Stuart, Jeremy Krohn, Mary Stoertz, and Cheryl Socotch, "Assessment and restoration of biofouling at the Simmons Run wetland." Presented at Mineral Resource Extraction and Restoration Innovations: Applied Research Conference 2005, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 7-8, 2005, Athens, Ohio. (My contribution was minor.)
• Schillig, P.C., B.J. Barley, T.J. Clinton, E.R. Lux, A.L. Rhodes, P.L. Wekunda, D.M. White, and M.W. Stoertz (2004) The hydrogeology of an old-growth deciduous forest and implications for underground coal mining. Student service-learning poster presented at North-Central Section of Geological Society of America, 38th Annual Meeting (St. Louis, MO, April 1-2, 2004).
• M.W. Stoertz (2002) Stream restoration through service learning. (In session: Expanding Earth Science Inquiry-Based Education, K-16) Presented at Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting, Lexington, KY, April 3-5, 2002.
• Welch, S., J. Ayers, C. Combs, C. Davis, M. Jadhav, B. Laverty, J. Nasrallah, M. Stoertz, J. Green, and J. Kramer (2002) Hydrogeology of a coal refuse pile, Jackson County, Ohio. Student service-learning poster presented at Geological Society of America Southeastern Section Meeting, Lexington, KY, April 3-5, 2002.
• Farley, M., M. Stoertz, R. Hoy, C. Rice and B. Laverty, "Partnering for Reclamation of Coal Refuse in Raccoon Creek Watershed, Ohio." Presented at the 2003 West Virginia Surface Mine Drainage Task Force Symposium, Morgantown, WV, April 15-16, 2003.
• Laverty, B. and M. Stoertz. "Role of peripheral strip pit lakes in the hydrogeology of a valley-fill coal refuse pile in Jackson County, Ohio, and implications for AMD mitigation." Presented by Stoertz at the National Association of Abandoned Mineland Partners, Louisville, Kentucky, September 29, 2003.
• McCament, Ben, Mary Stoertz, Bill Jonard, and Jen Bowman. "Detective Work in the Corning Catacombs: The Corning Mine Complex's Role in the Death of Sunday Creek." Presented at Applied Research Conference, Athens, Ohio. (CD Proceedings)
• Sahu, Parameswar, Mary Stoertz and Jennifer Bowman. "Modeling groundwater flow in abandoned coalmines of the Corning Mine Complex, Perry County, Ohio." Poster presented at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, November 5, 2003.
• D. López, C. Doe, B. Stuart, and M. Stoertz, "Chemical and thermal variations in seeps discharged from a burning coal refuse pile." Poster presented at American Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, CA, December 6-10, 2002.
• C. Davis, M. Stoertz and M. Farley, "The effect of the Buckeye Furnace Mineland Reclamation Project on water quality in Buffer Run, Jackson County, Ohio." Presented at Geological Society of America Annual 2002 Meeting, Denver, CO, October 27-30, GSA Abstracts with Programs 34(6), September 2002, p. 143.
• M. Stoertz, B. Bullock, P. Pereira, M. Christensen, D. López, and M. Farley, "Effect of coal refuse pile reclamation (FGD capping, stream diversion, SAPS, and OLC) on water quality in Rock Run." Presented at 2002 ARC (Applied Research Conference), Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Athens, OH, August 20, 2002.
• A. Graham, E. Pigati, M. Farley, D. López, M. Stoertz, and A. Conley*, "Effects of closing a mine subsidence stream capture on acidity and metals loadings to Monday Creek, OH." Poster presented at 2002 ARC (Applied Research Conference), Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Athens, OH, August 20, 2002. (*undergraduate)
• C. Doe, D. Lopez, B. Stuart and M. Stoertz, "Hydrological and geothermal processes in a burning coal refused pile: The Misco Gob Pile, Perry County, Ohio." Presented at 2002 ARC (Applied Research Conference), Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Athens, OH, August 20, 2002.

• Geology Colloquium, Syracuse University, April 14, 2005.
• "Remediation of water pollution from historic coal mining in southeast Ohio." Environmental Sciences Graduate Program Colloquium, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. October 17, 2003.

• "Hocking River Commission: Protecting Riparian Lands," M. Stoertz, The Athens Conservancy Newsletter Vol. 1, No. 1. (2004)
• Guest Lecture: "Remediation of water pollution from historic coal mining in southeast Ohio," Presentation to American Electric Power's Ohio Extended State Team Meeting, Franklin Park Conservatory (Columbus, Ohio: March 8, 2004).
• TV Interview (live): "Endowed Professorship in Watershed Research and Restoration," WOUB TV (Athens, OH: April 5, 2004).
• Radio Interview (taped): "Endowed Professorship in Watershed Research and Restoration," WOUB Radio (Athens, OH: April 6, 2004).
• TV Interview (live): "Athens Water," M. Stoertz (OU), and Steve Lind and Scott Kester (OEPA), on WOUB TV, (Athens, OH: May 19, 2004).
• "Update on Watershed Projects," invited lecture to Voinovich Center Campaign Advisory Committee Meeting, April 5, 2003. (Committee includes Senator Voinovich, Jeanette Grasselli Brown, G. Kenner Bush, Ron Strickmaker, and David Wilhelm, among others.) Senator Voinovich subsequently wrote letter in support of our application for a Watershed Initiative Grant to USEPA Region 5 office.
• "Appalachian Watershed Research Group: How we are making a difference to the region," presentation to Jane Harf, State President of American Electric Power, and Jon Buck, AEP Community Affairs, SE Ohio. Voinovich Center, May 6, 2003.

• Acid Mine Drainage Assessment at Pierce Run. Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $25,509 in 2006. Stoertz is sole PI.
• Proposal for the Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment. Funded by the Office of the Vice President for Research, $100,000 in 2005. Grant to Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs.
• Variability of channel sediments affecting aquatic communities in relatively unimpacted streams of the Western Allegheny Plateau. Voinovich Center Undergraduate Research Scholars 2005 summer pilot program award supporting undergrad Clayton Larkins, $3000, 6/05 - 8/05. Co-PI's Dr. Greg Springer and Stoertz.
• Biohydrologic responses of an old-growth oak forest and perched water levels to subsurface coal mining. Proposal to National Science Foundation. PI Dr. Kim Brown (OU Dept. of Env. And Plant Biology); Co-PI's Dr. Nathan Phillips (Boston University Dept. of Geography) and M. Stoertz. Not funded.
• Proposal for the Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment. Submitted to the Office of the Vice President for Research under Research Priorities Initiative, $3.1 million dollars, not funded under Research Priorities Initiative; other support pending.
• Endowed Professorship in Watershed Research and Restoration. $250,000 endowment to Voinovich Center from American Electric Power Corporation in 2004. (Endowment: Dividends are annually about $12,000, indefinitely.)
• Identifying stakeholders for 200 years of coal. Voinovich Center Undergraduate Research Scholars Program," $3000 (9/04 - 6/05). Co-PI's M. Stoertz and A. Chimeli (Economics). Research Scholar is Keith Jackson (Geography).
• Development of watershed classification systems for diagnosis of biological impairment in watersheds and their receiving water bodies. Environmental Protection Agency, Science to Achieve Results (EPA STAR) program, $869,440 (10/04 - 10/07). E. Rankin (PI; Center for Applied Biodiversity and Bioassessment); Co-grantees are J. Dyer (Geography); K. Johnson (Biology); D. Lopez, G. Springer, and M. Stoertz (Geology); B. Stuart (Civil Engineering); M. Vis-Chiasson (Env. Plant Biology); and C. Yoder (CABB).
• The Water Balance of Dysart Woods. Proposal submitted to Ohio Valley Coal Company and Ohio University Office of Legal Affairs by Kim J. Brown, Brian C. McCarthy, and Mary W. Stoertz, $61,094 in 2003.
• Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Program - Corning Acid Mine Drainage Discharges. Principal Investigator M. Stoertz with student B. McCament, Subcontract from Rural Action, original grant from Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management. $11,188, received 2003.
• Acid Mine Drainage Abatement Program - Corning Acid Mine Drainage Discharges. Principal Investigator M. Stoertz with student B. McCament. In-kind cost share (drilling) granted by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management. $50,000, received 2003.
• U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Summer Watershed Internship grant proposal. Submitted by P. Sahu with M. Stoertz as advisor, $2500 in 2003.
• Assessment of the Simmons Run AMD Treatment Wetland. Proposal to Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management, by Guy Riefler, Ben Stuart and Mary Stoertz, $58,813, received 2003.
• Buckeye Furnace Water Quality Assessment. Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources, $4119 in 2002.
• Student Enhancement Award, "Recovery of Metals from Acid Mine Drainage. Funded by Office of the Vice President for Research, Ohio University, $5965 in 2002.
• Addis Mine Demonstration Project. Funded by Forest Products Laboratory, USDA, $15,000 in 2001 (to build an experimental platform), R. Rowell (P.I.), J. Han (Co P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I.) and B. Stuart (Co P.I.).
• Subsidence sealing and channel reconstruction at Majestic Mine. Funded by Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands, $16,708 in 2000.
• Post-reclamation monitoring of the Rock Run gob pile, Perry County, Ohio. Funded by Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands, $73,250 in 2000.
• Influence of underground mines and the Misco gob piles on the Black Fork/Ogg Creek subwatershed. Funded by Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District, $195,744 in 1998. B. Stuart (P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I.), K. Edwards (Co P.I.), and D. López (Co P.I.)
• Influence of Underground Mines and the Misco Gob Pile on the Black Fork/Ogg Creek Subwatershed. Funded by Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands in partnership with Perry County Soil and Water Conservation District, $105,219 in 1998. B. Stuart (P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I.), K. Edwards (Co P.I.), and D. López (Co P.I.)
• Characterization of Acid Mine Drainage Problems in the Little Raccoon Creek Watershed (Hydrologic Unit). Funded by Jackson Soil and Water Conservation District, $74,955 in 1998.
• Little Raccoon Creek Phase II. Funded by Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources Division of Mines and Reclamation, $20,986 in 1998.
• Flint Run Acid Mine Drainage Investigation. Funded by Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands, $105,398 in 1998.
• Groundwater Flow Characterization and Water-Quality Assessments at Broken Aro Mine. Funded by Council on Unreclaimed Strip Mined Lands in partnership with American Electric Power Service Corporation, Division of Civil and Mining Engineering, $56,047 in 1998. B. Stuart (P.I.), K. Edwards (Co P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I .)
• Groundwater flow characterization and water quality assessments at Broken Aro Mine. Funded by American Electric Power and Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, $45,638 in 1998. B. Stuart (P.I.), K. Edwards (Co P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I.)
• Proposal for Long-Term Monitoring of the Mine Outflow at Truetown. Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources in partnership with USGS, $22,590 in 1998.
• Monday Creek Restoration Project, Phase II. Funded by EPA, Ohio's Non-Point Source Program (319), $267,160 in 1997.
• Monday Creek Restoration Project, Phase II (match on above). Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mines and Reclamation, $272,904 in 1997.
• Characterization of southeast Ohio water supplies affected by mining. Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mine Reclamation, $45,000 in 1997.
• Impacts of acid mine drainage on the hydrogeochemistry of the Lake Hope watershed. Funded by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, $19,484 in 1996.
• Monday Creek Restoration. Funded by Ohio University Service Learning Grant, T. Bernard (P.I.), M. Stoertz (Co P.I.), $2775 in 1996.

• GEOL 4/580 Principles of Hydrogeology (2005)
  Taught GEOL 4/580 as a Service Learning Project, "Contribution of Huntley Hollow stream capture to acidity loading near Murray City, Ohio." Most labs were related to the project, and students prepared a poster and report as a final project, and also presented their poster to their "client" at the December 7-8 ARC 2005 (Applied Research Conference) at Walter Hall on campus. For that class and its three previous Service-Learning projects in GEOL 4/580, I received a state-wide Minerals Education Award from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for "Initiating classes at the university that provide for site characterizations of mine lands prior to restoration efforts." I also received a national award from the Interstate Mining Compact Commission (group representing the state public managers that regulate mining, such as ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management in Ohio). The award was the Mineral Education Award in the Mining Educator Awareness Category. It was presented at a banquet in Bismarck, ND in May, but I was unable to attend, for health reasons. The award included $500 cash that I used to sponsor a speaker on international perspectives in mining for the 2006 ARC conference. This speaker, Natalie Kruse, is one of my former undergraduate advisees.
• GEOL 205 Statistical Methods in Geology (2005)
  Taught GEOL 205 as a practical, hands-on course in Statistical Methods, as I have for several years. This time, the high enrollment (19) forced me to open additional lab hours.
• GEOL 4/580 Principles of Hydrogeology (2004)
  Taught GEOL 4/580 as a Service Learning Project, Hydrogeology of the Zaleski Wetland. Students worked with Raccoon Creek Watershed Group to characterize the wetland, and prepared a poster and PowerPoint presentation for the watershed group and Zaleski State Forest, as well as other interested members of the public.
• GEOL 205 Statistics and Data Analysis in Geology (2003)
  Adopted a new edition of the textbook, which takes greater advantage of computational ability than previous editions. Datasets are now downloadable, enabling me to add new exercises with larger datasets because of the reduction in data entry time. The textbook was rearranged; sections were deleted and new material was added. The new textbook is more up-to-date, but required me to revise my lectures, labs and homework sets. In addition, high enrollment combined with students' expectations of having individual computers forced me to open a second lab section, adding two hours to my in-class workload. I gave the second midterm and final on computers, providing the students with real-world data sets to analyze statistically. The class size dictated having two exam sessions.
• GEOL 4/580 Principles of Hydrogeology, taught during sabbatical (2003)
  For the third time, I taught GEOL 4/580 to include a Service-Learning Project. This year, the topic was "The Hydrogeology of Dysart Woods." As much as possible, I altered my usual labs so they related to the study. For example, students created a soil water budget using soil, rainfall and temperature data from Belmont County. The client in this project was Ohio University's Office of Legal Affairs. The topic was inherently integrative and multidisciplinary. A forest physiologist, Dr. Kim Brown, gave a lecture on the relationship between trees and water. Each student did a literature search, fieldwork (2 field trips, including a campout), data analysis and writing on a sub-topic (climate, soil water budget, vegetation, history and legal aspects, mining methods, pore pressure relationship to slope stability, and mining impacts on subsidence and hydrology). Students selected sub-topics based on background and personal interest. The student researching the history and legal aspects attended a meeting among the state regulatory agency's geologists and OU administrators. After the students completed their sections, I assembled the report and added transitional material. Then for a final exam (mainly to ensure synthesis) the students reviewed the assembled draft individually, looking for and taking notes to turn in on typographical errors, grammar errors, style errors (awkward wording, for example), inappropriate tone (bias, jargon), inconsistent format and citations, lack of clarity, structural flaws, and wordiness (including redundancy). Then, for an oral exam, I attempted to create a professional and collegial atmosphere for a group discussion and oral review of the report, especially the conclusions and recommendations. I incorporated the students' suggestions for revisions into the final report for the client.
• CE 4/590 Applied Sustainability - Biodiesel Fuel (2003)
  This course was the first in a series of courses to be offered (when possible) to teach sustainable practices as project-based experiences. It will eventually be offered through Environmental Studies. Dr. Ben Stuart in Civil Engineering agreed to teach the course, at my request, with assistance from Kyle Brown of the Sustainable Living Organization (SLO). Meetings about the course series involved Gene Mapes, Mark Weinberg, Kyle Brown and myself (as faculty sponsor of SLO). The students researched and then made biodiesel in the lab, eventually producing biodiesel from waste campus grease for an EarthWeek demonstration. The next step with biodiesel that will occur Winter/Spring 2003-04 is that Gary Weckman will use the Biodiesel production facility as a senior design project for his industrial systems engineering class ISE 402.
• GEOL 4/581 Groundwater Flow Modeling (2002)
• GEOL 691 Colloquium (2002)
• GEOL 695 Thesis advising (2002)
• GEOL 231 Water & Pollution (2002)
  This year, in this class of 85 students, I experimented with teaching techniques being promoted under the General Education reforms. These teaching innovations were quite challenging to carry out, but the class gave me an ovation as I departed for the class evaluations on the last day, so I believe they were successful. My new "approach to learning" includes:
  • Traditional lecture with ample opportunities for questions and comments from students. I introduce enough controversy to generate discussion (using such cheap ploys as making students vote for either free use of DDT or more malaria deaths).
  • Daily "Water-in-the-News", an analysis of news stories on water pollution brought in and summarized by students (for credit) to enrich course topics with timely stories and to initiate discussion.
  • Films illustrating important points through case studies. Students receive a sheet of study questions before the film, which we discuss together after the film. For example, Effects of Water Pollution is a video about deaths of North Sea seals due to a virus, but attributable to immune system weakening by bioconcentration of industrial pollutants in fish. The film illustrates bioconcentration through introduction of water pollutants through the food chain.
  • Outside reading of the textbook and selected web pages that I use as an informal web textbook. Because water pollution issues can be late breaking, and arise in a legislative and political context, web sources are a critical part of the course.
  • Service learning. Students gain extra-credit points for participating in a stream cleanup, tree planting, recycling event, Earth Walk, or other approved activity related to water pollution.
  • Small-group discussions (3 students max), on controversial or difficult to resolve issues. Groups vote as a group after discussion of simple yes/no issues, or write a short position piece stating viewpoints or solutions, or raising further questions. I summarize these short pieces and respectfully share them with the class the following meeting, usually generating more discussion. (For example, students choose among several stated alternatives, or may suggest new ones, for maintaining the health of the Salton Sea while reducing California's use of the Colorado River water by 15%.)
  • Small-group research exchange. Using a "web-based textbook" prepared by topic (for example, "estuaries"), students read textbook and web material on the topic, and then each student researches one of three case studies (for example, Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, and Mississippi River delta). Students are grouped by 3 so that each group has a representative of each case study to report to the other students. Discussions are guided by specific questions (for example, "What problems does this estuary face? What is being done about those problems? By whom?"). In a discussion the last day of class, I was pleased and surprised to hear that the students were frustrated by not hearing the views of other groups, and wanted a sort of Congress to air all views.
• GEOL 491 Ind. Study, Mine Hydrology (2002)
• GEOL 4/580 Principles of Hydrogeology (2002)
  This year, I collaborated with Dr. Joe Donovan, a hydrogeologist at West Virginia University, in running a joint WVU/OU field trip to see how mining can alter the hydrologic budget through stream capture, and can impair stream water quality. Students from both universities met with representatives of the local watershed group (Jen Bowman and Ben McCament, Sunday Creek Watershed Group), the state agency responsible for overseeing mining activities (Harry Payne, MaryAnn Borch and Mitch Farley, Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resource Management) and the coal industry (Bruce Leavitt, hydrogeologist with Consol Inc. of Pittsburgh). Students visited Sunday Creek Watershed Group's office in Glouster where an Office of Surface Mining intern demonstrated a physical model of stream capture. Bowman talked about the role of watershed groups; Farley and Payne discussed the role of state agencies. Students collected water quality and flow data in the field, and processed it as a lab exercise. In the afternoon, Dr. Donovan gave a presentation on mine hydrology as part of the Dept. of Geological Sciences colloquium. Attendance was required for 4/580 students.
• GEOL 283 Geology for Engineers (2002)
  Class participated in study of teaching effectiveness by Dr. Julie Libarkin, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Students took non-graded tests of understanding of basic geologic concepts on the first and last days of class.

B. Students Advised

• Heather Belfi (Raymond) - Hydrogeologic site characterization and numerical flow simulation of a proposed tertiary treatment wetland in Athens, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed June 1998. Now employed by Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus, OH.
• Brian Bullock - Hydrogeologic characterization and modeling of a coal refuse pile, Perry County, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed June 1997. Now employed by Exxon, New Orleans, LA.
• Kyle Brown - "Incorporating green-building design principles into campus facilities planning: An evaluation of obstacles and opportunities." M.S. Thesis, Environmental Studies, Spring 2006.
• William Carlson - "Hydrologic controls on fish and macroinvertebrate communities in Ohio's Western Allegheny Plateau." M.S. Thesis, Environmental Studies. Spring 2006.
• Melissa Christensen - Performance of a Successive Alkalinity-Producing System (SAPS) in treating acid mine drainage at Rock Run of Monday Creek, Ohio. Environmental Studies Grad, completed August 2001. Now employed by Hydrometrics Inc., Helena, MT.
• Shannon Cook - "Effects of coal mining on hydraulic conductivity and water-table decay constants of perched aquifers within the overburden of active longwall and room-and-pillar mines. B.S. Thesis, Geological Sciences, Spring 2006.
• Adam Hatton - A post-audit of the channelized reach of the Hocking River, Athens, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed August 1999. Now employed by Merit Energy Company, Houston, TX.
• Amy Hovart - "Effects of acid mine drainage and acid wetlands on water quality at Pierce Run of the Raccoon Creek watershed, Ohio." M.S. Thesis, Environmental Studies. Fall 2006.
• Michael Hughes - Hydrogeochemistry of Lake Hope (mined) watershed. Geology, completed fall 1999. PhD completed at Oregon State University. Now at Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs, Ohio University.
• Natalie Kruse - Advised undergraduate Natalie Kruse on a project about acid mine drainage. She won the prestigious Marshall Scholarship in January 2004 to continue studies in the U.K. She was co-advised by Dr. Ben Stuart (Civil Engineering).
• Brett Laverty - Hydrogeochemistry of the Flint Run subwatershed of Little Raccoon Creek, Ohio. Geology MS, Summer 2003. Now employed by Vinton Soil and Water Conservation District as a Watershed Project Coordinator in Raccoon Creek Watershed.
• David Light - A hydrogeochemical characterization and interpretation of the Truetown mine complex, Athens County, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed June 2001. Now a PhD student at West Virginia University.
• Ben McCament - A hydrogeochemical characterization and interpretation of the Corning deep mine discharge, Athens County, Ohio," Fall 2003. Now employed by the Sunday Creek Watershed Group.
• Pearl Pereira - Performance of flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) capping and stream diversion in treating acid mine drainage: the Rock Run refuse pile. Geology Grad, completed August 2001. Now employed by TetraTech Inc., Seattle, WA.
• Jonathan Ponstein - Groundwater flow characterization and impact assessment for carbonate valley surficial aquifer in Birmingham, Alabama, MS Thesis, 1997.
• Emily Resch - Southern Mine Complex, independent study completed Spring 2002.
• Kristen Risch - Feasibility and conceptual design for a proposed tertiary treatment wetland, Athens, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed fall 1997. Now employed by Malcolm-
  Pirnie Inc., Columbus, OH.
• Parameswar Sahu - "Use of time series, barometric and tidal analyses to conceptualize and model flow in an underground mine: The Corning Mine Complex, Ohio," M.S. Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, November 2004. Now at Virginia Tech.
• Mayuresh Sant - Characteristics and potential commercial use of metal oxides produced from acid mine drainage. Fall 2006. Now employed by B&E Engineering, Baltimore, MD.
• Peter Schillig - A hydrostratigraphic model for pre-mining control in an old-growth deciduous forest. B.S. Thesis, Department of Geological Sciences, completed Spring 2005. Now at Kansas University.
• Jennifer Shimala - Validity of acid, water and metals budgets for Raccoon Creek, Ohio: Time-variant vs. single-time data. B.S. Thesis, Geol. Sci., Fall 1997. Now employed as Watershed Coordinator of Sunday Creek Watershed Group.
• Pam Stachler - Chemical and hydrologic variability of acid mine drainage from abandoned Esco #40 underground coal mine, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed March 1997. Now employed as Forest Hydrologist, Wayne National Forest.
• Nathaniel Wanner - Assessment of acid mine drainage into Big Four Hollow from the sealed mine complex 88, Lake Hope Watershed, Vinton County, Ohio. Geology Undergrad, completed March 1998. Now employed as a high school science teacher at a private school in Franklinton, NC.
• Steve Worsley - Flooding, stream competence, and bedload transport in Snow Fork of Monday Creek, Athens and Hocking Counties, Ohio. Geology Grad, completed November 1996. Now employed by GeoEngineers in Snohomish, WA.

• Tricia Bishop (2002)
• Eileen Brennan (1998)
• Tyler Burks (2005)
• Mac Burgess (2006)
• Heather Burling (1996)
• Christy Carter (2003)
• Carrie Davis (2002)
• Amber Graham (2004, 2002)
• James Green (2002)
• Murad Ishankuliev (2006)
• Scott Kester (2002)
• Tasawwar Khan (1993)
• Andrew Kear (1995)
• Joshua Kleemeyer (2003, 2002)
• Julie Kocsis (2000)
• Jeremy Krohn (2006)
• Amaning Kwarteng (2006)
• Tamara Melton (2003)
• Christine Meyer (2006)
• Kihachiro Nishiura (1996)
• Bryan Overly (1997)
• Eric Pigati (1997)
• Sky Schelle (2003)
• Jennifer Shimala (2000)
• David Simon (1996)
• Franklin Smith (1993)
• Jed Thomas (2001)
• Douglas Turney (1996)
• Christa Updyke (1996)
• Wen-Lin Wang (2006)
• Robb Weinfurtner (2002)

• Confidential review of report by Committee on Mine Placement of Coal Combustion Waste, for Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, The National Academies, Washington, D.C., October 2005.
• "Horizontal hydraulic conductivity estimates for intact coal barriers between closed underground mines,"
  by McCoy, Donovan and Leavitt. Manuscript reviewed for Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, June 2005.
• Planning committee, Advances in Resource Extraction and Restoration, Applied Research Conference 2006, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 6-7, 2006, Athens, Ohio.
• Planning committee, Mineral Resource Extraction and Restoration Innovations, Applied Research Conference 2005, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 7-8, 2005, Athens, Ohio.
• Planning committee, Conservation and Restoration Innovations, Applied Research Conference 2004, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mineral Resources Management, Dec 8-9, 2004, Athens, Ohio.
• "Regional Cooperation for Water Quality Improvement in Southwestern Pennsylvania," Report reviewed for National Research Council, National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., December 2004.
• "Analytical Element Models: Useful Tools for Regulatory Agencies,"
  by Raymond, Bondoc et al., Manuscript reviewed for Ground Water, April 2004
• Member of Program Committee for 2003 Applied Research Conference, Athens, OH, December 10-11, 2003
• Proposal review: Bravo, Hector. "Study of streamflow generation through modeling and frequency domain analysis of flow and heat transport." Proposal to State of Wisconsin Joint Solicitation of Groundwater and Related Research/Monitoring Proposals for Fiscal Year 2004, 1/18/03.
• Proposal reviews: Reviewed 38 proposals for the Horton Research Grant, American Geophysical Union, 4/03.
• Manuscript Review: Winters, W.R. and R. C. Capo. "Groundwater flow parameterization of an Appalachian coal mine complex." Reviewed for journal Ground Water, 4/8/03.
• Reviewed River Science at the U.S. Geological Survey, by Water Science and Technology Board, Committee on USGS Water resources Research, National Research Council, 5/25/06.
• Report review: National Research Council, Committee on Hydrologic Science, Groundwater Fluxes Across Interfaces, 4/29/03.
• Member of panel to award the Horton Research Grant, American Geophysical Union, 4/03.
• Member, National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board Committee on USGS Water Resources Research. Committee meets with and advises the U.S. Geological Survey on research directions.
• Convened Topical Session 14 ("Integrated studies of the effects of abandoned mine on the environment") for Geological Society of America Annual 2002 Meeting, Denver, CO, October 27-30. Co-convenors M. Stoertz (OU), J. Donovan (WVU) and K. Walton-Day (USGS). (Did not attend due to cancer biopsy.)
• Member of Program Committee for Applied Research Conference, jointly run by Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Mineral Resources Management and Ohio University, Athens, OH, August 20, 2002.
• Proposal reviews: Reviewed 30+ applications for the Horton Research Grant, American Geophysical Union (4/02).
• Reviewed manuscript: Stochastic modeling of stormwater and receiving stream concentrations, SME (Society for Mining Metallurgy and Exploration), 5/21/02.
• Interviewed and videotaped by Linda Lilienfeld, film researcher, for promotional video to seek support for a full-length video on watersheds, 11/5/02.
• Member, National Research Council, Water Science and Technology Board Committee on USGS Water Resources Research. Committee meets with and advises the U.S. Geological Survey on research directions. Attended three two-day meetings in 2002.

• In April 2005, Ohio EPA proposed a rule change that stated this: "Ohio EPA now believes that the legacy impacts from abandoned coal mines on the land and water quality in southeast Ohio will eventually be remediated to the point that healthy and diverse aquatic life will be present in those watersheds. The maturation of programs like the Acid Mine Drainage Abatement and Treatment fund and local watershed planning efforts provide both a technical and program administration foundation to make this policy shift." My involvement included 1) co-founding the Monday Creek Watershed Project, 2) training students who now work with the watershed groups, 3) making presentations to further our mission, 4) conducting scientific studies with other faculty and students to support the restoration work, 5) seeking funding for many studies and initiatives, 6) helping organize a local conference to share ideas.
• Public Lecture: "A performance measure for acidity loading reduction in AMD abatement," Presentation to the Monday Creek Restoration Project Partners' Meeting (Athens, OH: January 14, 2004).
• Treasurer, Hocking River Commission (2004, 2005)
• Numerous roles in watershed groups: Monday Creek Restoration Project, Sunday Creek Watershed Group, Raccoon Creek Improvement Committee.
• "Award of appreciation for support and service to the Monday Creek Restoration Project," November 2004.
• Vice-president, Hocking River Commission. (Also acting treasurer for 6 months.) HRC was very active in 2003, purchasing riparian lands on the Hocking River.
• Attended and spoke on water-quality issues at Athens Forum, Community Center, January 14, 2003.
• Served as consultant on mineland water quality to The Wilds. Worked with Rae Gandolf, veterinarian, and Bill Kurey, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, on issue of possible metal contamination of fish that could affect osprey The Wilds hopes to introduce/encourage.
• Provided professional review of proposed well-field development for Burr Oak Regional Water District, Athens County, July 2003.
• Member, Monday Creek Restoration Project. Attended meetings when possible, attended Army Corps of Engineers Feasibility Study meetings when possible.
• Member, Sunday Creek Watershed Group. Attended Technical Advisory Group meetings when possible.
• Attended Raccoon Creek Improvement Committee canoe trip on proposed river trail, April 26, 2003.
• Member of technical advisory boards for three local watershed groups: Monday Creek Restoration Project, Sunday Creek Watershed Group, and Raccoon Creek Watershed Group.
• Vice-president, Hocking River Commission.
• Participated in annual Ohio River Swim, 9/5/02.
• Served on Acid Mine Drainage Indicator Development Committee of Monday Creek Restoration Project, May 23, 2002.
• Member, Monday Creek Feasibility Study Team (with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Ohio University, West Virginia University National Mineland Reclamation Center, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Wayne National Forest, Monday Creek Restoration Project).

• Science Fair Judge, March 5, 2005.
• Met with Senator George Voinovich, March 11, 2005, The Ridges. Discussed EPA STAR project and other environmental work.
• Met with Congressman Ted Strickland, April 25, 2005, at The Ridges. Discussed Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment.
• Graduate Chair, Department of Geological Sciences
• Promotion and Tenure Committee, Department of Geological Sciences
• Attended P-card training, May 27, 2004.
• Attended OU Business Online course to learn new system to create graduate appointments online. June 16, 2004.
• Attended Web Page Design course, July 19, 21 and 23, 2004.
• Faculty Fellow, Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs
• Environmental Studies Advisory Board.
• Advisor of OU Women's Rowing Team, FY 2003-04.
• I attended Dr. Lee Fink's half-day workshop "Designing Courses for Significant Learning" on April 24, 2003. I purchased and read his book Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses, and immediately started incorporating his ideas into my teaching.
• Graduate Chair (2002-2003)
  Handled applications, contracts and assignments. Checked eligibility for funding and graduation. Revised Graduate Catalog. Attended info meeting on Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Program. Worked on getting credit for advising MSES students.
• Graduate Recruiting Committee (2001-2002 and 2002-2003)
• Student Outcomes Assessment Committee
• Represented Department at OU Majors Fair, Nelson Commons, January 22, 2003.
• Attended University Curriculum Committee for Damian Nance, February 11, 2003.
• Evaluated teaching for Greg Nadon promotion and tenure, March 12, 2003.
• Member, Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Fall Quarter 2002-3 through Spring Quarter 2004-5.
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committees for Harvey Ballard (Env. & Plant Biol.; 2/25/03) and Arthur Smith (Physics; 2/28/03).
• Member, Environmental Studies Advisory Board, 2002-03.
• Member, Cartographic Center Review Committee. Met 4/22, 5/6, 5/14.
  Participated in two mentoring panels (Jessica Benson, Physics; Natalie Kruse, Civil Engineering) for OU's Office of Nationally Competitive Awards. Students are applying for Rhodes, Gates and Marshall Awards. Member, Goldwater Scholarship Selection Committee.
• Faculty Athletic Representative of Ohio University to the National Collegiate Athletic Association, AY 2002-2003. Responsibilities include checking athletes' eligibility, testifying to the Mid-America Conference on OU infractions of NCAA rules, attending the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee meetings, working on gender equity issues.
• Faculty Sponsor, Sustainable Living Organization. Met with members and leaders. Hosted dinner for SLO at my house February 13, 2003.
• Faculty Sponsor, OU Women's Rowing Club.
• Faculty Fellow, Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs, AY 2002-2003.
• Director, Appalachian Watershed Research Group, Voinovich Center, Ohio University.
• Planning Committee for proposed Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (with Dave Bayless, Mechanical Engineering; Kevin Crist, Health Sciences (air quality); Gene Mapes, Environmental Studies; Scott Miller, ILGARD)
• Invited lunch guest with conference panelists for OU's 2003 Baker Peace Conference, April 4, 2003.
• Attended interviews for Provost position; supplied evaluations to committee; March 2003.
• Advised President Glidden on potential use of Baker Family Farm as an environmental learning center.
• Speaker Committee Chair (2001-2002)
• Bunker Cleanup
• Graduate Chair (2002-2003)
• Graduate Recruiting Committee (2001-2002 and 2002-2003)
• Student Outcomes Assessment Committee
• Search Committee Chair, Surficial Geologist Search (concluded in early 2002).
• Met with outside evaluator for 7-year review of Geological Sciences Dept.
• Assisted with 7-year review of Environmental Studies Program.
• Member, Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, Fall Quarter 2002-3 through Spring Quarter 2004-5.
• Member, Promotion and Tenure Committees for two faculty in English Dept., Rouzie and Hartley, 3/02.
• Faculty Fellow, Voinovich Center for Leadership and Public Affairs
• Director, Appalachian Watershed Research Group, Voinovich Center, Ohio University. As part of directorship, I further refined [with Harry Payne (ODNR), Scott Miller and Pat Dewees (ILGARD)] a document defining a formal relationship between ODNR Division of Mineral Resources Management (DMRM) and Ohio University's Voinovich Center. (Met with ODNR Chief Sam Speck and DMRM Chief Mike Sponsler to discuss the nature of the relationship in Columbus, OH, 4/16/01; a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperating on joint research initiatives was signed by Speck, Sponsler, Weinberg and Glidden in December 2001 and early January 2002). Discussion has expanded to include OEPA, ODNR Division of Soil and Water Conservation, and USDA Cooperative Extension Service. Agreement involves multi-agency support of work at OU that will help meet our shared goal of attainment of water-quality standards under the Clean Water Act, and includes basic and applied research, database management, GIS, training, and technology transfer.
• Member, Environmental Studies Advisory Board.
• Member, Goldwater Scholarship Selection Committee
• Faculty Athletic Representative of Ohio University to the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Responsibilities include checking athletes' eligibility, testifying to the Mid-America Conference on OU infractions of NCAA rules, membership in the Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, Gender Equity sub-committee.
• Briefed Provost Stephen Kopp on Leadership and Faculty Research activities of Voinovich Center, May 17, 2002.
• Faculty Sponsor, Sustainable Living Organization
• Faculty Sponsor, OU Women's Rowing Club.
• Member, Consortium for Energy, Economics and the Environment (CE3)

• ODNR Award (2005)
• Appreciation luncheon for assisting the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards, May 15, 2002
• Awarded Alpha Lambda Delta (student honor society) Teaching Award, May 5, 2002
• Awarded Department of Geological Sciences Outstanding Faculty Award, May 2002
• Awarded Wayne National Forest Partnership Award (jointly with graduate student Mayuresh Sant), December 17, 2002.