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2016 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Awards

The National Association of Geoscience Teachers’ Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award recog-
nizes excellence in earth-science teaching at the pre-college level. GSA awards the section recipients
US$500 in travel money to attend a GSA meeting or to use for classroom supplies and complimentary
membership in GSA for three years. State winners receive a one-year complimentary GSA membership.

SECTION WINNERS STATE WINNERS NEW MEXICO

CENTRAL SECTION ALABAMA Gary Bodman
Eldorado High School
Troy J. Simpson Kathryn Busby Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Glenn Raymond School Tuscaloosa Magnet School Elementary
Watseka, Illinois, USA Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA NORTH CAROLINA

FAR WESTERN SECTION ARIZONA Lindsay Knippenberg
Mooresville Senior High School
Laura Branch Pradip Misra Mooresville, North Carolina, USA
Ernest Righetti High School Bagdad High School
Santa Maria, California, USA Bagdad, Arizona, USA OHIO

MIDCONTINENT SECTION COLORADO DeAnn O’Toole
Pattison Elementary School
Will Squires Jessica Kindel Milford, Ohio, USA
Caddo Hills High School Jefferson High School
Norman, Arkansas, USA Greeley, Colorado, USA OREGON

NEW ENGLAND SECTION FLORIDA Karen Shelton
Central Middle School
Joan Kadaras Mohamed Kabani Milton-Freewater, Oregon, USA
Col. Moses Parker Middle School Gordon Burnett Middle School
Chelmsford, Massachusetts, USA Seffner, Florida, USA SOUTH CAROLINA

NORTH CENTRAL SECTION GEORGIA Deborah Ezell
Chesnee High School
Sharla Hanzlik Stephen Csukas Chesnee, South Carolina, USA
Niobrara High School Tucker Middle School
Niobrara, Nebraska, USA Tucker, Georgia, USA TENNESSEE

PACIFIC NORTHWEST SECTION LOUISIANA John Griffin
South Side High School
Jonathan Hill Holly Payton Jackson, Tennessee, USA
Marshfield High School Ruston Junior High School
Coos Bay, Oregon, USA Ruston, Louisiana, USA TEXAS

SOUTHEASTERN SECTION MARYLAND Belinda Jacobs
Cedar Ridge High School
Lindsay Knippenberg Meaghan Richardson Round Rock, Texas, USA
Mooresville Senior High School Connelly School of the Holy Child
Mooresville, North Carolina, USA Potomac, Maryland, USA UTAH

SOUTHWEST SECTION MINNESOTA Kirk Wright
Mt. Nebo Junior High
Matt Affolter Jody Bergeson Payson, Utah, USA
Cottonwood High School Twin Bluff Middle School
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Red Wing, Minnesota, USA WASHINGTON

TEXAS SECTION MISSISSIPPI Dustin Smith
Highlands Middle School
Sabrina Ewald Shelby J. “Dixie” Houchen Kennewick, Washington, USA
Centennial High School Pearl Junior High School
Frisco, Texas, USA Pearl, Mississippi, USA

The National Association
of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)

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