Lawrence Vita

Kira Trillium Lawrence

Lafayette College, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

102 Van Wickle Hall, Easton, PA 18042

lawrenck@lafayette.edu

Phone #: 610-330-5194

EDUCATION

Brown University, Providence, RI

  • Ph.D., Geological Sciences (May 2006)

Thesis Title: Characterizing the Plio-Pleistocene Evolution of Sea Surface Conditions Using the Alkenone Organic Proxy

Advisor: Dr. Timothy Herbert, Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography

  • M.Sc., Geological Sciences (May 2003)

Thesis: No Significant Late Quaternary Sea Surface Warming in the Western Coral Sea: Implications for the Growth of the Australian Great Barrier Reef

Advisor: Dr. Timothy Herbert, Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography

University of California – Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA

  • M.S., Earth Sciences (August 2001)

Thesis: Terrestrial Climatic Response to Precessional Orbital Forcing in the Eocene

Advisor: Dr. Lisa C. Sloan, Paleoclimatology

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

  • A.B., Earth Sciences, Summa Cum Laude (June 1996)

Honors Thesis: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Pixel Brightness Values in Satellite Imagery

Advisor: Dr. Richard W. Birnie, Remote Sensing

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lafayette College, Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences

  • Assistant Professor (2006–present)
  • Courses Taught:
    • Geology 115 – Earth’s Climate: Past, Present, and Future
    • Geology 205 – Oceanography
    • VAST 290 Seminar – Climate Change: The Facts, The Issue and The Long-Term View
    • Geology 315 – Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography
  • Research Students:
    • Joanna Morabito ’08 (2007)
    • Laura Bochner ’10 (2008-2010)
    • Hilary White ’10 (2008-2010)
    • Sean Murphy ’10 (2009)
    • Alexandria Brannick ’12 (2010-2011)
    • Christopher Kelly ’13 (2011)

Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences

  • Adjunct Assistant Professor (2006–present)

Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences

  • Visiting Assistant Professor (2009–2010)

University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Ocean Sciences

  • Visiting Assistant Professor (Spring 2010)

Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences

  • Teaching & Research Assistant (2001–2006)
  • Lab Instructor: Earth Systems History; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy; Estuarine Oceanography

University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Earth Sciences

  • Teaching & Research Assistant (1999–2001)
  • Lab Instructor: Geomorphology; Sedimentology and Stratigraphy

The Woods Hole Research Center, Woods Hole, MA

  • Research Assistant (1997–1999)

Worcester Academy, Worcester, MA

  • Faculty Member, Athletic Coach (1996–1997)
  • Courses Taught: Earth Science; Pre-Algebra

US Geologic Survey, Reston, VA

  • NAGT Intern (Summer 1996)

Dartmouth College, Earth Sciences Department

  • Undergraduate Teaching and Research Assistant (1995–1996)
  • Lab Assistant: Introduction to Earth Sciences

Dartmouth College, Physics Department

  • Undergraduate Curriculum Assistant (1993–1994)

HONORS AND AWARDS

  • Lafayette College James E. Lennertz Prize for Exceptional Teaching and Mentoring (Spring 2010)
  • Finalist for the Lafayette College Student Government Superior Teaching Award (2006-2007)
  • Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Award (Spring 2006)
  • Brown University Dissertation Fellowship (Spring 2006)
  • Brown University Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching–awarded annually to two Brown Graduate Students (2005)
  • Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching in Higher Education Academic Teaching Certificate (2005)
  • Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Award–awarded annually by GSA to one female student pursuing a research project in biostratigraphy and/or paleoceanography (2004)
  • Geological Society of America Outstanding Student Research Award (2004)
  • National Science Foundation Fellowship (2000-2003)
  • UC Santa Cruz Earth Science Department Outstanding TA Award (1999-2000)
  • Honorable Mention National Science Foundation Fellowship (1999)
  • Dartmouth College Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa (1996)
  • Dartmouth College Department of Earth Sciences High Honors (1996)
  • New Hampshire NASA Space Grant Fellow (1996)
  • Dartmouth Women’s Basketball Larry Levitt Leadership Award (1994, 1996)
  • Ivy League Academic All-Ivy Team Women’s Basketball (1994)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Paleoclimatology and Paleoceanography, Earth Systems History, Influence of Milankovitch Cycles on Late Cenozoic Climate, Glaciation of the Northern Hemisphere, Alkenone Paleothermometry, Past Ocean Productivity.

GRANTS

  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation OCE-0623310-003 Supplement (August 2010 – August 2011) “High latitude temperature and biological responses to Plio-Pleistocene global change” $7,000.

  • Co-Proposer, Lafayette College Fund for Faculty Innovation (Spring 2009 – Fall 2010) “2nd edition: An Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in the Life Sciences” $24,300.

  • Co-Proposer, Lafayette College Fund for Faculty Innovation (Spring 2007 – Spring 2008) “An Interdisciplinary Seminar Series in the Life Sciences” $21,000.

  • Principal Investigator, National Science Foundation OCE-0623310 (October 2006 – August 2011) “High latitude temperature and biological responses to Plio-Pleistocene global change” $96,660. (NSF Collaborative Research Proposal with Dr. T.D. Herbert from Brown University).

  • Principal Investigator, Geological Society of America Research Grant 7725-04 (2004) “Evolution of Pliocene Atlantic Meridional Temperature Gradients” $2500.

  • Principal Investigator, Evolving Earth Foundation Student Research Grant (2003) “The Pliocene Climate Transition: A North Atlantic Perspective” $3000.

  • Principal Investigator, Geological Society of America Research Grant 7447-03 (2003) “Evolution of Sea Surface Temperatures in the Eastern Equatorial Pacific During the Pliocene Climate Transition” $2500.

MANUSCRIPTS (IN PROGRESS):

  1. Lawrence, K.T., D.M. Sigman, T.D. Herbert, A. Martinez-Garcia, A. Rosell-Mele, and G. Haug (in prep, Spring 2011). Time-transgressive productivity changes in the North Atlantic upon Northern Hemisphere glaciation.
  1. Ruggieri, E., K.T. Lawrence, S.C. Clemens, and C.E. Lawrence (in prep, Spring 2011). A two-step transition from orbitally forced to dynamic ice sheets.
  1. Fedorov, A., A.C. Ravelo, K.T. Lawrence, C.M. Brierley, Z. Liu, and P. Dekens (in prep, Spring 2011). Pronounced climate changes over the past 5 million years: global trends, links and mechanisms.
  1. Bolton, C.T., K.T. Lawrence, S.J. Gibbs, P.A. Wilson, and T.D. Herbert (in revision, April 2011). Biotic and geochemical evidence for a global latitudinal shift in ocean biogeochemistry and export productivity during the late Pliocene, Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

PUBLICATIONS (PEER-REVIEWED) (*=Lafayette College Student):

  1. Lawrence, K.T., S. Sosdian, H.E., White*, Y. Rosenthal. 2010. North Atlantic climate evolution through the Plio-Pleistocene climate transitions, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 300, 329-342, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.10.013.
  1. Bolton, C.T., K.T. Lawrence, S.J. Gibbs, P.A. Wilson, L.C. Cleaveland, and T.D. Herbert. 2010. Glacial-interglacial productivity changes recorded by alkenones and microfossils in late Pliocene eastern equatorial Pacific and Atlantic upwelling zones, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 295, 3-4, 401-411, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2010.04.014.
  1. Herbert, T.D., L.C. Peterson, K.T. Lawrence, and Z. Liu. 2010. Tropical Ocean Temperatures Over the Past 3.5 Million Years, Science, 328, 1530-1534.
  1. Caissie, B.E., J. Brigham-Grette, K.T. Lawrence, T.D. Herbert, and M. Cook, 2010. Last Glacial Maximum to Holocene sea surface conditions at Umnak Plateau, Bering Sea as inferred by diatom, alkenone, and stable isotope records, Paleoceanography, 25, PA1206, doi:10/1029/2008PA001671.

  1. Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, C.M. Brown, M.E. Raymo, and A.M. Haywood 2009. High-amplitude variations in North Atlantic sea surface temperature during the early Pliocene warm period, Paleoceanography, 24, PA2218, doi: 10.1029/2008PA001669.
  1. Brierley, C.M., A.V. Fedorov, Z. Liu, T.D. Herbert, K.T. Lawrence, and J.P. LaRiviere. 2009. Greatly Expanded Tropical Warm Pool and Weakened Hadley Circulation in the Early Pliocene, Science, 323, 1714-1718.
  1. Ruggieri, E., T.D. Herbert, K.T. Lawrence, and C.E. Lawrence. 2009. Change point method for detecting regime shifts in paleoclimatic time series: Application to d18O time series of the Plio-Pleistocene, Paleoceanography, 24, PA1204, doi:10.1029/2007PA001568.
  1. Robinson, M.M., H.J. Dowsett, G.S. Dwyer, and K.T. Lawrence. 2008. Reevaluation of mid-Pliocene North Atlantic sea surface temperatures, Paleoceanography, 23, PA3213, doi:10/1029/2008PA001608.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, P.S. Dekens, and A.C. Ravelo. 2007. The application of the alkenone organic proxy to the study of Plio-Pleistocene climate, In Williams, M., Haywood, A.M., Gregory F.J. and D.N. Schmidt (eds) “Deep Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and Biological Proxies.” The Micropalaeontological Society Special Publications, The Geological Society, London, 539-562.
  1. Ravelo, A.C., K. Billups, P.S. Dekens, T.D. Herbert, and K.T. Lawrence. 2007. Onto the ice ages: proxy evidence for the onset of Northern Hemisphere glaciation, In Williams, M., Haywood, A.M., Gregory F.J. and D.N. Schmidt (eds) “Deep Time Perspectives on Climate Change: Marrying the Signal from Computer Models and Biological Proxies.” The Micropalaeontological Society Special Publications, The Geological Society, London, 563-573.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2006. Evolution of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Through Plio-Pleistocene Glaciation, Science, 312, 79-83.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., and T.D. Herbert. 2005. Late Quaternary sea-surface temperatures in the western Coral Sea: Implications for the growth of the Australian Great Barrier Reef, Geology, 33, 677-680.

13.  Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan, and J.O. Sewall. 2003.Terrestrial climatic response to precessional orbital forcing in the Eocene, In Wing, S.L., Gingerich, P.D., Schmitz, B., and Thomas, E. (eds), “Causes and Consequences of Globally Warm Climates in the Early Paleogene.” GSA Special Paper 369, 65-77.

14.  Houghton, R.A., K.T. Lawrence, J.L. Hackler, and S. Brown. 2001. The spatial distribution of forest biomass in the Brazilian Amazon: a comparison of estimates, Global Change Biology, 7, 731-746.

  1. Houghton, R.A., J.L. Hackler, and K.T. Lawrence. 2000. Changes in terrestrial carbon storage in the United States. 2: The role of fire and fire management, Global Ecology and Biogeography, 9,145-170.
  1. Houghton, R.A., D.L. Skole, C.A. Nobre, J.L. Hackler, K.T. Lawrence, and W.H. Chomentowski. 2000. Annual fluxes of carbon from deforestation and regrowth in the Brazilian Amazon, Nature, 403, 301-304.

17.  Houghton, R.A., J.L. Hackler, and K.T. Lawrence. 1999. The US Carbon Budget: Contributions from Land-Use Change, Science, 285, 574-578.

ABSTRACTS (*=Lafayette College Student)

  1. Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Peterson, A.L. Brannick*, and C.M. Schaupp. 2010. Prelude to the Plio-Pleistocene Glaciations: Southwest Pacific Sea Surface Temperature During the Late Miocene and Pliocene, Eos Transactions AGU 91 (55) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP13D-1552.
  1. Herbert, T.D., K.T. Lawrence, Z. Liu, and L.C. Peterson. 2010. INVITED – Coherent Tropical Ocean Response to Plio-Pleistocene Ice Age Cycles, Eos Transactions AGU 91 (55) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U42A-01.

  1. Lawrence, K.T., S. Sosdian, Y. Rosenthal and H.E. White*, North Atlantic Climate Evolution Across Plio-Pleistocene Climate Transitions, International Conference on Paleoclimate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, San Diego, CA, August 29th-September 3rd, 2010.
  1. Sosdian, S., K.T. Lawrence, H.E. White*, and Y. Rosenthal, 2010. North Atlantic Climate Evolution Across Plio-Pleistocene Climate Transitions, Workshop on Palaeo-CO2, Bristol University, Bristol, UK July 7th-8th.
  1. Bolton, C.T., K.T. Lawrence, S.J. Gibbs, and P.A. Wilson. 2010. High- and Low-Latitude Calcareous Nannoplankton Responses to an Abrupt Change in Surface Ocean Conditions During the Late Pliocene, International Palaeontological Congress, London, England, June 28th to July 3rd.
  1. Bochner, L.* and K.T. Lawrence. 2010. A Comparison of Methods for Estimating Past Ocean Temperatures: Results from the Eastern Equatorial Atlantic Over the Late Pleistocene, 24th National Conference on Undergraduate Research Conference Proceedings, April 15-17th, The University of Montana, Missoula, Montana.
  1. Bochner, L.* and K.T. Lawrence. 2010. Inter-Proxy Assessment of Paleothermometers: Results from the late Pleistocene Eastern Equatorial Atlantic, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 42. Abstract 168960.
  1. White, H.E.*, K.T. Lawrence, S. Sosdian, and Y. Rosenthal. 2010. A Multi-Proxy Approach to Understanding the Plio-Pleistocene Climate Evolution of the North Atlantic Ocean, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 42. Abstract 168915.

  1. Lawrence, K.T., S. Sosdian, Y. Rosenthal, and H.E. White*. 2009. Regional Versus Global Influences on North Atlantic Climate Across Plio-Pleistocene Climate Transitions: A Multi-Proxy Based Approach, Eos Transactions AGU 90 (54) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP33A-06.
  1. Bolton, C.T., K.T. Lawrence, S.J. Gibbs, P.A. Wilson, L.C. Cleaveland, and T.D. Herbert. 2009. Productivity of the (inter)glacial Pliocene Eastern Equatorial Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, Workshop on Pliocene Climate, October 23rd-25th, Bordeaux, France, Programme and Abstracts, Abstract 9.
  1. Pohlman, E.E., K.T. Lawrence, and T.D. Herbert. 2009. Temperature and Productivity Records From the Late Miocene North Atlantic, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. Abstract 155330.
  1. White, H.E.*, K.T. Lawrence, T.D. Herbert, L.C. Cleaveland, E. Pohlman, and J. Morabito*. 2009. Sea Surface Temperature and Productivity Records from a Latitudinal Transect of North Atlantic Sites during the Plio-Pleistocene Transition, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. Abstract 155022.
  1. Bochner, L.*, K.T. Lawrence, L.C. Cleaveland, and T.D. Herbert. 2009. Changing Zonal and Latitudinal Sea Surface Temperature Gradients Through the Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. Abstract 155107.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, L.C. Cleaveland, and Z. Liu. 2009. Shifting Ocean Productivity Patterns During the Intensification of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. Abstract 155870.
  1. Pearson, A. and K.T. Lawrence, 2009, Organic Geochemistry for Paleoclimate, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 41. Abstract 155797.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., H.E. White*, T.D. Herbert, E. Pohlman, L.C. Cleaveland, and J. Morabito*. 2008. Changing Ocean Surface Conditions in the Late Pliocene North Atlantic: Insights From a Latitudinal Transect, Eos Transactions AGU 89 (53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP33C-1591.
  1. Lawrence, K.T. and L.L. Malinconico. 2008. Geology in the Movies: Using Hollywood Films as a Teaching Tool in Introductory Geosciences Courses, Eos Transactions AGU 89 (53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract ED31A-0603.
  1. Pohlman, E.E., K.T. Lawrence, J. Morabito*, B. Harper, and T.D. Herbert. 2008. Extreme Warmth in the Late Miocene North Atlantic, Eos Transactions AGU 89 (53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP33C-1590.
  1. Cleaveland, L.C., K.T. Lawrence, and T.D. Herbert. 2008. Milankovitch-Band Evolution of Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Over the Plio-Pleistocene, Eos Transactions AGU 89 (53) Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP33C-1592.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Cleaveland, A.B. Mulligan, and T.D. Herbert. 2007. INVITED – Zonal and Meridional Sea Surface Temperature Gradients and Orbital Variability During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP51E-02.
  1. Herbert, T.D., L.C. Cleaveland, Z. Liu, and K.T. Lawrence. 2007. Synchronization of Glacial-Interglacial SST changes in the Tropical Oceans: Evidence for Amplification of Climate Sensitivity by Carbon Dioxide Over the Past 2.7 Ma, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 88 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U51B-07.

  1. Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, and Z. Liu. 2006. INVITED – Evolution of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Through Plio-Pleistocene Glaciation, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP12A-02.

  1. Lawrence, K.T., T.D. Herbert, C.M. Brown, M.E. Raymo, and A.M. Haywood. 2006. North Atlantic Sea Surface Conditions During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition: High Variability, Dramatic Cooling, and Crashing Productivity, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP31A-1721.

  1. Cassie, B.E., J. Brigham-Grette, K.T. Lawrence, and M.S. Cook. 2006. Rising Temperatures, Shrinking Ice: The Deglaciation in the Bering Sea Based on Diatoms, Alkenones, and Oxygen Isotopes, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research (INSTAAR) 36th International Arctic Workshop, Programs and Abstracts, p.44-46.

  1. Robinson, M.M., H.J. Dowsett, G.S. Dwyer, and K.T. Lawrence. 2006. Mid-Pliocene Sea Surface Temperature Estimation Using Multiple Proxies, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 87 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP12A-02.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Cleaveland, A.B. Mulligan, and T.D. Herbert. 2005. Plio-Pleistocene Ocean Productivity: A Story of Interbasin Symmetry, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 86 (52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP34B-06.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, L.C. Cleaveland, T.D. Herbert, and M.E. Raymo. 2005. A Spatial Perspective on Plio-Pleistocene Ocean Cooling, GSA Earth System Processes 2, Conference Volume, Abstract 50-4.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, T.D. Herbert, and M.E. Raymo. 2005. High and Low Latitude Linkages During the Plio-Pleistocene Transition, Northeast GSA Abstracts with Programs 37 (1). Abstract 82159.

  1. Lawrence K.T., Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2004. High Latitude and Tropical Climates Linked Prior to the Onset of Northern Hemisphere Glaciation: Evidence From the Eastern Tropical Pacific, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 85 (47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract PP23A-1397.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert. 2003. A Tropical Climate Puzzle: Plio-Pleistocene Obliquity-Dominated Temperature and Productivity Records From the Eastern Equatorial Pacific, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 84 (46), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract U12B-04.
  1. Lawrence, K.T. and T.D. Herbert. 2003. Evolution of Eastern Equatorial Pacific Sea Surface Temperatures During The Pliocene Climate Transition, GSA Abstracts with Programs Volume 35 (6).

  1. Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan, and J.O. Sewall. 2001. Eocene Terrestrial Climatic Response to Precessional Orbital Forcing: Implications for Interpretation of the Geological Record, Climate and Biota of the Early Paleogene Abstract Volume 1: 56.
  1. Lawrence, K.T., L.C. Sloan, and J.O. Sewall. 2000. Terrestrial Climatic Response to Topographic and Orbital Forcing in the Eocene. Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 81 (48), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract OS11C-03.

INVITED TALKS

  1. Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Biology and Paleo Environment Group, Palisades, NY (May 2011).
  1. Lafayette College, Department of Biology, Bioconnections Seminar Series, Easton, PA (April 2011).
  1. Drew University, Environmental Studies and Sustainability Program, Madison, NJ (February 2011).
  1. Kutztown University, Department of Physical Sciences, Interdisciplinary Seminar Series, Kutztown, PA (September 2010).
  1. Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, New Brunswick, NJ (April 2010).
  1. University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Ocean Sciences, Geochemistry Group, Santa Cruz, CA (March 2010).
  1. University of California Santa Cruz, Department of Ocean Sciences, Paleoclimatology Group, Santa Cruz, CA (February 2010).
  2. San Francisco State University, Department of Geosciences, San Francisco, CA (February 2010).

  1. Smith College, Department of Geosciences, Northampton, MA (October 2009).

  1. Bucknell University, Geology Department, Lewisburg, PA (April 2009).
  1. University of Massachusetts, Department of Geosciences, Amherst, MA (November 2008).

  1. United States Geological Survey, Mid-Pliocene Seminar Series, Reston, VA (May 2008).
  1. Skidmore College, Geosciences Department, Saratoga Springs, NY (February 2008).

  1. Scripps Institute of Oceanography, Geology Department, La Jolla, California (December 2007).
  1. Lafayette College, Department of Biology, Bioconnections Seminar Series, Easton, PA (September 2007).
  1. Rutgers University, Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Geochemistry Group, New Brunswick, NJ (May 2007).
  1. University of Massachusetts, Geosciences Department, Global Change Group, Amherst, MA (June 2006).
  1. Boston University, Department of Earth Sciences, Climate and Earth History Group, Boston, MA (November 2005).
  1. Princeton University, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, The Pliocene Paradox Meeting, Forrestal Campus, Princeton, NJ (with Z. Liu, and T.D. Herbert) (October 2004).

OTHER PRESENTATIONS

  • Lawrence, K.T. July 2008. “Student Critiques of An Inconvenient Truth and The Day After Tomorrow” – On the Cutting Edge Workshop – Professional Development for Geoscience Faculty. “Teaching Introductory Geoscience Courses in the 21st Century” Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, Northfield, Minnesota.

  • Lawrence, K.T. 1998. The Warming of the Earth – A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding the Issue of Global Warming. http://www.whrc.org/resources/primer_home.html (note that this guide has since been updated and modified by others).

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

  • Member-elect, Lafayette College Faculty Academic Policy Committee (2011-2014)
  • Originator, Lafayette College Earth Science Community Outreach Program, Easton Area Elementary Schools (2011)
  • Member, Lafayette College Curriculum and Education Policy Committee “C-committee” (2010-present)
  • Member, Lafayette College Curriculum and Education Policy Committee (2008-present)
  • Member, Lafayette College Ethics Advisory Committee (2008-present)
  • Volunteer, Lafayette College Green Move Out Team (2007-present)
  • Graduate School Advisor, Lafayette College Geology Department (2006-present)
  • Member, Lafayette College McKelvy Scholars Selection Committee (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • Member, Lafayette College Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Geology and Environmental Geosciences Search Committee (Spring 2009)
  • Member, Lafayette College Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Research Services Search Committee (2008)
  • Member, Lafayette College Faculty Committee on Athletics (2007-2008)
  • Referee for Scholarly Journals/ Book Publishers (ongoing):
    • Geology
    • Paleoceanography
    • Earth and Planetary Sciences Letters
    • Global and Planetary Change
    • Marine Micropaleontology
    • Marine Geology
    • The Micropalaeontological Society
  • Referee for Funding Agencies (ongoing):
    • The National Science Foundation, (primary US funding agency in the Geosciences)
    • National Environmental Research Council (UK)
    • Research Corporation for Science Advancement
    • American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
  • Co-Chair, American Geophysical Union Session “The Early Pliocene Warm Period as an Analog for Future Warmth,” AGU Fall Meeting 2010, San Francisco, CA.
  • Co-Chair, Geological Society of America Northeast Section Symposium “Climatic Change: Perspectives and Insights from Hothouse and Icehouse Climates in Deep Time,” NEGSA Meeting 2009, Portland, ME.
  • Co-Chair, American Geophysical Union Session “The Pliocene Warm Interval: A Test Bed for Future Warming,” AGU Fall Meeting 2007, San Francisco, CA.
  • Organizer, Brown University Geological Sciences Graduate Professional Development Seminars (2004-2006)
  • Reader, Brown University Undergraduate Honors Theses (2003-2006)

  • Graduate Student Representative, Brown University Geological Sciences faculty meetings (2003-2005)
  • Organizer, Brown University Earth Systems History Seminar Series (Spring 2002)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

  • Geological Society of America (2001- Present)
  • American Geophysical Union (1999 – Present)
  • Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society (1996 – Present)