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Professor and Port of Tacoma Chair in Environmental Science.
Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1988
M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1985
B.S. Environmental Chemistry, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry, 1982
Selected publications
Fang*, M.D., Hsieh, P.C., Ko, F.C., Baker, J.E., and C.L. Lee (2007) Sources and distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the sediments of Kaoping River and submarine canyon system, Taiwan. Marine Pollut. Bullet., 54(8), 11179-1189.
Schneider*, A.R., Porter, E.T., and J.E. Baker (2007) Polychlorinated biphenyl release from resuspended Hudson River sediment. Environ. Sci. Technol., 41(14), 1097-1103.
Crimmins*, B.S. and J.E. Baker (2006) Improved GC/MS methods for measuring hourly PAH and nitro-PAH concentrations in urban particulate matter. Atmos. Environ., 40(35), 6764-6779.
Hornbuckle, K.C., D.L. Carlson, D.L. Swackhamer, J.E. Baker, and S.J. Eisenreich (2006) Polychlorinated biphenyls in the Great Lakes. In Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 5, R.A. Hites, Ed., Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Offenberg*, J., M. Simcik, J. Baker, and S.J. Eisenreich (2005) The impact of urban areas on the deposition of air toxics to adjacent surface waters: a mass budget of PCBs in Lake Michigan in 1994. Aquatic Sci., 67, 79-85.
Tuerk, K.J.S., Kucklick, Becker, J.R., Stapleton*, H.M. and J.E. Baker (2005) Toxaphene and PBDEs in Atlantic white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhychus acutus) and rough-toothed dolphins (Steno bredanensis), Environ. Sci. Technol., 39, 692-698.
Crimmins*, B.S., R.R. Dickerson, B.G. Doddridge and J.E. Baker (2004) Particulate polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean atmospheres during INDOEX and AEROSOLs99: Continental sources to the marine atmosphere. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 109 (D5).
Stapleton*, H.M., Alaee, M., Letcher, R.J. and J.E. Baker (2004) Debromination of the flame retardant decabromodiphenyl ether by juvenile carp (Cyprinus carpio) following dietary exposure. Environ. Sci. Technol., 38, 112-119.
Stapleton*, H.M. and J.E. Baker (2003) Comparing polybrominated diphenyl ether and polychlorinated biphenyl bioaccumulation in a food web in Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan. Arch. Environ. Contam. Toxicol., 45, 227-234.
Coleman, J., Baker, J.E., Cooper, C., Fingas, M., Hunt, G., Kvenvolden, K., Michel, K., Michel, J., McDowell, J., Phinney, J., Pond, R., Rabalais, N., Roesner, L., and Spies, R.B. (2003) Oil in the Sea III: Inputs, Fates, and Effects. The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 265 pp.
Larsen*, R.K. and J.E. Baker (2003) Source apportionment of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the urban atmosphere: a comparison of three methods. Environ. Sci. Technol., 37, 1873-1881.
I am an environmental chemist who studies the behavior of anthropogenic organic chemicals in natural waters and in the atmosphere. By combining sensitive sampling and analytical methods with multivariate statistics and deterministic computer models, I seek to identify dominant pollutant sources, to quantify transport of chemicals through food webs, and to model how ecosystems respond to chemical loadings. Prior to joining the UWT faculty in January 2008, I spent nearly 20 years at the University of Maryland. I have taught classes in applied mathematics, pollutant fate and transport, and water quality modeling.
Banks, J.E., Dick, L.K., Banks, H.T., and J.D. Stark. 2008. Time-varying vital rates in ecotoxicology: selective pesticides and aphid population dynamics. Ecological Modelling 210: 155-160.
Banks, J.E., Sandvik, P.J.*, and L. Keesecker*. 2007. Beetle (Coleoptera) and spider (Araneae) diversity in a mosaic of farmland, edge, and tropical forest habitats in western Costa Rica. Pan-Pacific Entomologist 83(2) 152-160.
Gold, W., Ewing, K., Banks, J.E., Groom, M., Hinckley, T., Secord, D., and D. Shebitz. 2006. Community collaborations: collaborative ecological restoration. Science 312 (5782): 1880-1881.
Banks, J.E. 2004. Divided culture: integrating agriculture and conservation biology. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(10): 537-545.
Stark, J.D., Banks, J.E., and R. Vargas. 2004. How risky is risk assessment? The role that life history strategies play in susceptibility of species to pesticides and other toxicants. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 101(3):732-736.
Banks, J.E. and C.L. Yasenak*. 2003 . Effects of plot vegetation diversity and spatial scale on Coccinella septempunctata movement in the absence of prey. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 108:197-204.
Using a mixture of field experiments and mathematical models, I have been exploring issues associated with the interplay among insects and managed and natural vegetation for the past several years. I am particularly interested in how natural vegetation may be incorporated into agroecosystems in order to bolster both pest control and biodiversity. My recent work involves conducting field experiments in both temperate and tropical agroecosystems; with the help of UWT undergraduates I have been focusing on herbivorous and predatory insect distributions and movement behavior.
Courses I regularly teach include Ecology and its Applications,
Introduction to Restoration Ecology, Environmental Entomology, Costa Rica Field Studies, and Tropical Ecology & Sustainability.
Becker, B.J. 2006. Status and Trends of Ecological Health and Human Use of the Cabrillo National Monument Rocky Intertidal Zone (1990- 2005). Natural Resource Technical Report NPS/PWR/CABR/NRTR 2006/03. National Park Service, Seattle, Washington. 195 pp. http://faculty.washington.edu/bjbecker/CABR_TPMon_15Year_final.pdf
Becker, B.J., Fodrie, F.J., McMillan, P., and L.A. Levin. 2005. Spatial and temporal variation in trace elemental fingerprints of mytilid mussel shells: a precursor to invertebrate larval tracking. Limnology and Oceanography 50:48-61. http://levin.ucsd.edu/levin_publications/becker_et_al_2005b.pdf
Becker, B.J., Tegner, M.J., and P.K. Dayton. 2004. Chapter 3—Tidepools and Kelp Forests: Nearshore Environments. In Understanding the Life of Point Loma. Cabrillo National Monument Foundation, San Diego, CA. 184 pp.
Roy, K., Collins, A.G., Becker, B.J., Begovic, E., and J.M. Engle. 2003. Anthropogenic impacts and historical decline in body size of rocky intertidal gastropods in southern California. Ecology Letters 6:205-211.
I am interested in the management and conservation of marine organisms using scientifically informed, innovative, and place-based approaches such as marine reserves. My research has focused on larval transport and population connectivity of marine invertebrates in coastal environments. In addition, I spent eight years working as a biologist for the National Park Service, monitoring rocky intertidal ecosystems and providing guidance for park managers to make informed decisions.
I teach a variety of courses including those focusing on Ecology, Marine Ecology, Conservation Biology, and Zoology.
Cline, E.T., Farr, D.F., and Rossman, A.Y. In press. Synopsis of Phytophthora with emphasis on species not in the United States. Plant Health Progress.
Cline, E.T., Vinyard, B., and Edmonds, R. 2007. Spatial effects of retention trees on mycorrhizas and biomass of Douglas-fir seedlings. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 37:430-438.
Cline, E.T. and Rossman, A.Y. 2006. Septoria malagutii sp. nov., cause of annular leaf spot of potato. Mycotaxon 98:125-135.
Cline, E. T. and Farr, D. F. 2006. Synopsis of fungi listed as regulated plant pests by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service: Notes on nomenclature, disease, plant hosts and geographic distribution. Online. Plant Health Progress.
Cline, E. T., Ammirati, J. and Edmonds, R. 2005. Does proximity to mature trees influence ectomycorrhizal fungus communities of Douglas-fir seedlings? New Phytologist 166(3) 993-1009.
Before coming to UW Tacoma I was a post-doctoral researcher in the Systematic Botany and Mycology Lab of the USDA Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland. There I worked on nomenclature and taxonomy of invasive plant pathogens and helped to develop a database covering all published fungal species, searchable at the USDA's website.
I did my Ph.D. research at UW Seattle in the College of Forest Resources. I studied the effects of forest harvesting on ectomycorrhizal fungi of Douglas-fir seedlings and trees, in the Cedar River and Green River, the watersheds of Seattle and Tacoma, respectively.
I teach Introductory Biology I, II, and III (TESC120, TESC130, and TESC140), Plants and People: The Science of Agriculture (TESC236), Environmental Microbiology (TESC378), and Forest Ecology Field Studies (TESC432).
D.Phil., Earth Sciences, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, 1994
M.Sc., Environmental Technology, Imperial College, University of London, 1990
B.A., Geology, St Peter's College, University of Oxford, 1989
Selected Publications
Davies-Vollum, K. S. and Smith, N., in revision, Factors affecting the accumulation of organic-rich deposits in a modern avulsive floodplain: examples from the Cumberland marshes, Saskatchewan, Canada, Journal of Sedimentary Research
Horner, R.A., C.L. Greengrove, J.R. Postel, J.E. Gawel, K.S. Davies-Vollum, A. Cox, S. Hoffer, K. Sorensen, J. Hubert, J. Neville, and B.W. Frost, 2007, Alexandrium cysts in Puget Sound, Washington, USA. In: Ø. Moestrup et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, DK, 4-8 September 2007. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
Davies-Vollum, K.S., 2006, Using grain size analysis as the basis for a research project in an undergraduate Sedimentology course, Journal of Geoscience Education 54: 10-17.
Kraus, M.J., and Davies-Vollum, K.S., 2004, Heterolithic channel fills formed during avulsions: examples from the Willwood Formation, Wyoming. Sedimentology 51: 1127-1144
Davies-Vollum, K.S. and Kraus, M.J., 2001, The relationship between alluvial backswamps and avulsion cycles: An example from the Willwood Formation of the Bighorn Basin, Wyoming. Sedimentary Geology, 140 (3-4): 235-249
My area of specialty within geology is sedimentology with a particular interest in organic-rich deposits. My research has focused on reconstructing ancient floodplain environments and the conditions in those environments that promote the formation of plant fossils and coal. To understand these I have worked in ancient and modern environments in Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, and Saskatchewan. I am also interested in how sedimentology can contribute to our understanding of environmental issues in western Washington and currently work with an interdisciplinary research team looking at the factors that affect the incidence of harmful algal blooms (red tides) in Puget Sound. In addition to geological research I am also interested in science pedagogy. I teach a variety of classes in geology and environmental science as well as the freshman core class in environmental science and writing.
M.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, George Washington University, 1973
B.S., Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT, 1971
Selected Publications:
Excel manual for The Practice of Business Statistics (Moore, McCabe, Duckworth, and Sclove). 2005, W.H. Freeman & Co.
Awarded a consultant position with the Tacoma Police Dept. to analyze racial profiling statistics, collected in 2002. Final report completed and published July, 2003. A follow-on study with analysis is planned.
Linda Dawson has over ten years experience as an engineer in industry, having worked as an Aeronautical Flight Controller on the Space Shuttle Program at NASA in Houston and then as a Navigation and Guidance Engineer for the Boeing Space Center. Linda left engineering several years ago to start a new career in teaching. She taught and developed curriculum for mathematics, engineering and computer related courses at several colleges in the Puget Sound area including the University of Washington Seattle.
Linda currently teaches Mathematics, Statistics, and Physical Science courses primarily in support of the Psychology, Communication, and Environmental Science concentrations. She combines her technical expertise with her educational experience to develop new curriculum using computer methods to analyze mathematical problems.
Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2008
M.S., Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 2003
Honors B.S., Human Biology, University of Toronto, 2000
Selected Publications:
MacDonald, M., Dinglasan-Panlilio, M. J., Sibley, P.K., Solomon, K.R. and Mabury, S.A. “Toxicity of Fluorinated Telomer Acids to Aquatic Organism.” Environmental Science and Technology. 2007 41(20): 7157-7163.
Hirschorn, S.K., Dinglasan-Panlilio, M.J., Edwards E.A., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Sherwood Lollar, B. “Isotope analysis as a natural reaction probe to determine mechanisms of biodegradation of 1,2-dichloroethane” Environmental Microbiology. 2007. 9(7): 1651-1657.
Dinglasan-Panlilio, M.J., Mabury, S.A. “Significant Residuals Fluoroalcohols Detected from Various Fluorinated Materials. Environmental Science and Technology. 2006. 40(5):1447-1453.
Dinglasan-Panlilio, M.J., Dworatzek, S., Mabury, S.A., Edwards, E. A. “Characterization and Isolation of 1,2-Dichloroethane Degradation Under Nitrate Reducing Conditions. FEMS Microbial Ecology. 2005. 56(3): 355-364.
Hirschorn, S., Dinglasan, M.J., Elsner, M., Mancini, S., Lacrampe-Couloume, G., Edwards E.A., Sherwood Lollar, B. “Pathway Dependent Isotopic Fractionation During Aerobic Biodegradation of 1,2-Dichloroethane.” Environmental Science and Technology. 2004. 38(18): 4775-4781.
Dinglasan, M.J., Ye, Y., Edwards, E.A., Mabury, S.A. “Fluorotelomer Alcohol Biodegradation Yields Poly- and Perfluorinated Acids.” Environmental Science and Technology. 2004. 38(10): 2857-2864.
As an environmental chemist, my research interests revolve around the environmental fate of emerging organic contaminants. Numerous synthetic chemicals are released to the environment as a result of use or disposal and I investigate where these chemicals end up and whether they breakdown or remain persistent. Microbial degradation of halogenated chemicals has been a primary focus of my research. Analytical instrumentation is integral in my investigations including techniques such as gas chromatography and liquid chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry.
I have taught courses in environmental organic chemistry, analytical chemistry and general chemistry.
Ph.D., Environmental and Aquatic Chemistry, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996
B.S., Civil Engineering with Emphasis on Environmental Problems and Planning, Brown University, 1990
Selected Publications:
Senn, D.B., J.E. Gawel, J.A. Jay, H.F. Hemond, and J.L. Durant. 2007. Long-term fate of a pulse arsenic input to a eutrophic lake. Environmental Science and Technology, 41: 3062-3068.
Horner, R.A., C.L. Greengrove, J.R. Postel, J.E. Gawel, K.S. Davies-Vollum, A. Cox, S. Hoffer, K. Sorensen, J. Hubert, J. Neville, and B.W. Frost. 2007. Alexandrium cysts in Puget Sound, Washington, USA. In: Ø. Moestrup et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Harmful Algae, Copenhagen, DK, 4-8 September 2007. International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO.
Gawel, J.E., and C.L. Greengrove. 2005. Designing undergraduate research experiences for nontraditional student learning at sea. Journal of Geoscience Education, 53: 31-36.
Acker, L., J.R. McMahan, and J.E. Gawel. 2005. The effect of heavy metal pollution in aquatic environments on metallothionein production in Mytilus sp. Proceedings of the 2005 Puget Sound/Georgia Basin Research Conference, March 29-31, 2005, Seattle, Washington.
Gawel, J.E., and H.F. Hemond. 2004. Biomonitoring for metal contamination near two Superfund sites in Woburn, Massachusetts, using phytochelatins. Environmental Pollution, 131: 125-135.
Durant, J.L., T. Ivushkina, K. MacLaughlin, H. Lukacs, J. Gawel, D. Senn, and H.F. Hemond. 2004. Elevated levels of arsenic in the sediments of an urban pond: sources, distribution and water quality impacts. Water Research, 38: 2989-3000.
Gawel, J.E., P. Lovelady, S. Winch, and T. Kapler. 2004. Video Documentary: Urban Water: Sustainability in the Balance. Funded by the Alliance for Global Sustainability and the University of Washington, Tacoma.
Wagner, W., J. Gawel, H. Furumai, M.P. De Souza, D. Teixeira, L. Rios, S. Ohgaki, A.J.B. Zehnder, and H.F. Hemond. 2002. Sustainable watershed management: an international multi-watershed case study. Ambio, 31: 2-13. (cover article)
Gawel, J.E., C.G. Trick, and F.M.M. Morel. 2001. Phytochelatins are bioindicators of atmospheric metal exposure via direct foliar uptake in trees near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. Environmental Science and Technology, 35: 2108-2113.
Gawel, J.E., B.A. Ahner, A.J. Friedland, and F.M.M. Morel. 1996. Role for heavy metals in forest decline indicated by phytochelatin measurements. Nature, 381: 64-65.
My academic background is in the fields of environmental engineering and environmental chemistry. I teach courses in both of these areas, as well as other courses that examine environmental contamination and resource management in the larger social and political context. My research interests are broad and include the following:
(1) the fate and transport of metal contaminants in terrestrial and aquatic systems; (2) using bioindicator proteins in plants and animals to monitor physiological metal stress in the environment;
(3) urban water management issues related to anthropogenic influences; and
(4) environmental science education.
I believe strongly in undergraduate research as an important learning experience and a valid means of conducting scientific research. Student researchers working with me have presented their research on arsenic fate and transport in area lakes, metal stress in mussels in Puget Sound and in forests in Norway, harmful algae dynamics in Puget Sound, and more.
Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, Columbia University, 1986
M.Phil., Physical Oceanography, Columbia University, 1986
M.A., Physical Oceanography, Columbia University, 1982
B.S., Physics, Moravian College, 1979
Selected Publications:
Gawel, J. and C. Greengrove. 2005. Designing Undergraduate Research Experiences for Nontraditional Student Learning at Sea. Journal of Geoscience Education.
Greengrove, C. , R. Keil, G. Chin-Leo and M. Logsdon. 2004. Water Column Characteristics of Barkley and Clayoquot Sound, September 2004 Data Report.
Greengrove, C. and D. Secord. 2003. Clayoquot Sound Summer Marine Research Field Program for nontraditional placebound students. Journal of College Science Teaching. 32(5) 316-321.
Secord, D. and C. Greengrove. 2002. Environmental Science as a Vehicle for Building Natural Sciences and Environmental Education Into a New Interdisciplinary Urban Public University, With Comparisons to Other Programs. Journal of Environmental Education. 34(1) 32-37.
Selected Presentations with Students*:
Evans*, C. T., B. Van Mooy, R. Keil, C. Greengrove and G. Chin-Leo. 2004. Active bacterial community dynamics in a coastal fjord measured using t-RFLP analyses of BrdU incorporated DNA. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Chin-Leo, G., R. Keil, C. Greengrove, C. Evans*. 2004. Bacterioplankton Dynamics in Intermittently Anoxic Fjords of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. American Society of Limnology and Oceanography National Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Greengrove. C.L., R. Keil, G. Chin-Leo, and J. Grocock*. 2003. Physical Oceanographic Conditions in Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds B.C Canada, Late Summer 2000-2002. Estuarine Research Federation National Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Faubion*,L. and C.L. Greengrove. 2003. Distribution and Abundance of Phytoplankton in Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds, B.C. August 2002. Estuarine Research Federation National Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Osenga*, W.M., C.B. Tomkins* and C.L. Greengrove. 2003. Undergraduate Oceanographic Research: A Longitudinal Transect of Puget Sound, May 2002 & Historical Comparison. Georgia Basin/Puget Sound Research Conference, Vancouver, B.C.
I am co-founder and coordinator of the Environmental Science Program at UWT. I also established the GIS Certificate Program at UWT, which is jointly administered by the Environmental Science and Urban Studies Programs.
I am a physical oceanographer, which means I study "motion in the ocean". Over the course of my career, my research focus has moved from "blue water" studies of the advection and diffusion processes that govern circulation in the South Atlantic Ocean, to coastal circulation studies off areas such as Northern California, to investigating various marine environmental issues in estuarine systems in the Pacific Northwest, from Alaska to Washington. Currently, I am part of two interdisciplinary teams of marine scientists; one studying Harmful Algal Blooms (HABS) in Puget Sound, and the other exploring the physical, chemical and biological oceanographic conditions in the fjords of Barkley and Clayoquot Sounds, British Columbia, Canada. My present areas of research also include local watershed studies and investigations into various science education pedagogical techniques particularly useful for hands-on/field-based activities in environmentally related courses.
Courses I regularly teach include: Oceanography, Watersheds & Estuaries (field course), The Atmosphere & Air Pollution, Energy and the Environment.
Ph.D., History, University of Delaware, 2000
M.A., History, University of Delaware, 1991
B.A., Liberal Studies, Eugene Lang College, 1987
Technology and the Environment: Human Impacts on Ecosystems and Landscapes.
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Kucher, Michael. "The Roots of the Networked City: The Medieval Aqueducts and Fountains of Siena" Routledge, 2005.
"Lost Memories: Most of What We Know about the Puget Sound/Georgia Straight Landscape is Wrong". American Society for Environmental History, Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC, April 2004.
"Sienese Engineers and Their Legacy." Society for the History of Technology, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, October 2003.
"The Role of Technology in Promoting Sustainable Design." Sustainability Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, March 2002.
M.S., Geology, Washington State University, 1998
B.S., Geology, Washington State University, 1994
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Masura, J., L. Nokes, C. Greengrove, A. Hackett, and K. Scholting, Exploration of baseline environmental conditions and phytoplankton
communities to understand the distribution of Alexandrium catenella cysts in Quartermaster Harbor, South Sound Science Symposium, March 2008.
Hackett, A., K. Scholting, L. Nokes, J. Masura, and C. Greengrove, Alexandrium catenella in Quartermaster Harbor, Puget Sound: Past and
Present, Pacific Estuarine Research Society Regional Meeting, February 2008
Scholting, K., A. Hackett, L. Nokes, J. Masura, and C. Greengrove, Water Properties in Quartermaster Harbor, Puget Sound: Past and
Present, Pacific Estuarine Research Society Regional Meeting, February 2008
Masura, J.E. and T Furutani, Telescope Use in the Classroom at North Seattle Community College, NASA Future Forum, January 2008
Masura, J.E., Astronomy Hooks, Puget Sound Astronomy Teacher’s Meeting, December 2007
Horner, R.A., J.R. Postel, J.E. Gawel, C.L. Greengrove, S. Davies-Vollum, A.M. Cox, J. Hubert, A. Abrahamson, J. Masura, and B.W.
Frost, Alexandrium catenella cysts and environmental conditions in Puget Sound, WA: results of a cyst survey, National Harmful Algal
Bloom Meeting, October 2007
Masura, J.E and L. Davis, 1996, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the Upper Jurassic Brushy Basin Member of the Morrison Formation near
Tidwell Wash, Emery County, Utah, and description of the depositional environment, in Morales, M., ed., Continental Jurassic Symposium
Volume, Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona.
Ph.D., Combinatorics, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1993
MS, Pure Mathematics, University of Illinois, Chicago, 1987
BA, Mathematics and Biology, Williams College, 1985
Selected Publications/Presentations:
A.T. Benjamin and J.J. Quinn, Proofs that Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof, Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C. (2003).
A.T. Benjamin and J.J. Quinn, An alternate approach to alternating sums: a method to DIE for, College Math. Journal (2008), to appear.
A.T. Benjamin, J.J. Quinn, J.A. Sellars, and M.A. Shattuck, Paint it black-combinatorial yawp, Mathematics Magazine 81.1 (2008) 45-50.
My research focuses on combinatorics, graph theory, and combinatorial matrix theory. I like to count---by that I mean finding concrete counting contexts that lead to clever combinatorial proofs of algebraic identities. Just prior to starting at UWT, I served as Executive Director of the Association for Women in Mathematics. Before that, I taught at Occidental College in Los Angeles for twelve years where I achieved the rank of Professor and served as Department Chair. I have co-authored dozens of research articles but am most proud of my book *Proofs That Really Count: The Art of Combinatorial Proof* co-authored with Arthur Benjamin. It received the 2006 Beckenbach Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America for outstanding exposition. Currently I co-edit *Math Horizons*, a magazine for undergraduate math enthusiasts. At UWT, I teach the Precalculus, Calculus I, II, & III, Matrix Algebra, and anything else that we develop along the way.
Ph.D., Earth Sciences, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 2003.
Selected Publications/Presentations:
Becker, B.J. and P.A. Selkin, Submitted 2008, Marine Reserve Stakeholder Simulation, Teaching Issues in Ecology and the Environment.
Selkin, P.A., J.S. Gee, W.P. Meurer, and S. Hemming, submitted 2008, Archean Paloeointensities from the 2.7 Ga Stillwater Complex, MT, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems.
Selkin, P.A., J.S. Gee, and L. Tauxe, 2007, Nonlinear thermoremanence acquisition and implications for paleointensity data, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 256: 81-89.
Gee, J.S., W.P. Meurer, P.A. Selkin and M.J. Cheadle, 2004, Quantifying three-dimensional silicate fabrics in cumulates using cumulative distribution functions, Journal of Petrology, 45:1983-2009.
Selkin, P.A., Gee, J.S., Tauxe, L., Meurer, W.P. and A.J. Newell, 2000, The effect of remanence anisotropy on paleointensity estimates: a case study from the Archean Stillwater Complex, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 183: 403-416.
Selkin, P.A. and L. Tauxe, 2000, Long-term trends in palaeointensity, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A., 358: 1065-1088.
I am a geophysicist who uses magnetic tools to answer geological and environmental questions. My research focuses mostly on using the magnetic properties of minerals to sort out the sources and movement of material underneath volcanic systems and in sedimentary environments. I also study the early development of the Earth's core and magnetic field. In the classroom, I like to experiment with different ways to use virtual globes such as Google Earth. Before coming to UW Tacoma, I taught at San Diego City College, Palomar College, and the University of California, San Diego.
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