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2017 GSA Fellows

Nominate a deserving colleague with the honor of GSA Fellowship. GSA Fellows are among
the best and the brightest geoscientists who have made significant contributions to our science.

Visit www.geosociety.org/fellowship to make a nomination for 2018.

Fellowship nominations are submitted His work has served to illuminate subduction zone processes and
in the following categories: ultra-high pressure metamorphism. — Calvin F. Miller

• Publication of the results of geologic research; Rachel J. Beane (Bowdoin College): Rachel is one of the
• Applied research; most effective and progressive national leaders in geoscience
• Training of geologists; education, notably as co-principal investigator of On the Cutting
• Administration of geological programs; Edge and convener of many of its workshops and webinars.
• Public awareness of geology; She and her undergraduate students have also made significant
• Professional organizations; contributions to the study of silicic magma systems. — Reinhard
• Editorial, bibliographic, and library responsibilities; and A. Wobus
• Other.
Callan Bentley (Northern Virginia Community College):
Society Fellowship is an honor bestowed on the best of our Through his GigaPan development, online teaching, and public
profession by election at the spring GSA Council meeting. GSA outreach talks and field trips, Callan has made outstanding
members are nominated by existing GSA Fellows in recognition contributions to geology nationally and internationally. He has
of their distinguished contributions to the geosciences. Learn demonstrated all of the qualities and quantities of work that we
more at www.geosociety.org/fellowship. expect of a GSA Fellow. — Declan G. De Paor

GSA’s newly elected Fellows will be recognized at the 2017 Andrew T. Calvert (U.S. Geological Survey): For determining
GSA Annual Meeting Presidential Address & Awards Ceremony the eruptive histories of Quaternary volcanoes through precise
on 22 October in Seattle, Washington, USA. We invite you to read argon geochronology integrated with geologic mapping.
some of what their nominators had to say: — Charles R. Bacon

Mark H. Anders (George Mason University): Mark Anders Barbara Carrapa (University of Arizona): Dr. Barbara Carrapa
has published important papers on diverse topics in structural is nominated for her impressive publication record and her
geology and tectonics, from the evolution of normal fault systems major contributions on understanding rock uplift and her integra-
and the paradox of low-angle normal faulting to landslides and tive regional tectonics approach to understanding mountain belts.
the Yellowstone hotspot. — Nicholas Christie-Blick — Susan L. Beck

Robert Charles Anderson (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory): Cinzia Cervato (Iowa State University): Cinzia Cervato is a tireless
For outstanding service to planetary science and its community, educator and education researcher whose passion for geoscience has
for outstanding research in Mars tectonics, and for excellence in inspired students and teachers for decades. — Suzanne O’Connell
communicating planetary science to the public. — David Allen
Williams Matthew Clapham (University of California Santa Cruz): For
his seminal contributions on the evolution of invertebrates during
Donald F. Argus (Jet Propulsion Laboratory): In recognition the Paleozoic. — James C. Zachos
of many high-impact and pioneering investigations, including
applications of marine geophysics and tectonic space geodesy, Drew Steven Coleman (University of North Carolina): For out-
that have greatly advanced our understanding of global plate standing contributions to the field of geochronology, and for
motions and our understanding of the active kinematics and outstanding training of students in the lab and in the field. —Allen
tectonics of the western United States. — Richard G. Gordon F. Glazner

John C. Ayers (Vanderbilt University): As an experimentalist and “She is a tireless educator and education
analytical geochemist, John Ayers has made critical contributions researcher whose passion for geoscience has
to the understanding of high temperature among fluids, minerals, inspired students and teachers for decades.”
and melts, especially with respect to accessory minerals that
underpin modern studies of crustal and upper mantle evolution.

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