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2017 Specialized Awards
JOHN T. AND CAROL G. MCGILL AWARD ALEXANDER SISSON RESEARCH AWARD
Scott David, Indiana University Carsyn Ames, University of Iowa
Rachel Glade, University of Colorado Boulder Family members of Alexander Sisson established a fund in his
John Slosson, Syracuse University memory to promote and support research for students pursuing
The John T. and Carol G. McGill Award, which is in memory of studies in Alaska and the Caribbean.
John T. McGill, supports graduate student scholarships and
research grants in engineering geology and geomorphology. PARKE D. SNAVELY, JR., CASCADIA RESEARCH
AWARD
BRUCE L. “BIFF” REED SCHOLARSHIP AWARD
Jonathan Rivas, University of North Carolina–Wilmington
Patrick Terhune, University of Alaska–Fairbanks The Parke D. Snavely, Jr., Cascadia Research Award Fund pro-
The Bruce L. “Biff” Reed Scholarship Fund was established to vides support for field-oriented graduate student research that
provide research grants to graduate students pursuing studies in contributes to the understanding of the geologic processes and
the tectonic and magmatic evolution of Alaska primarily, and also history of the Pacific Northwest convergent margin, or to the eval-
can fund other geologic research. uation of its hazard or resource potential.
CHARLES A. & JUNE R.P. ROSS RESEARCH AWARD HAROLD T. STEARNS FELLOWSHIP AWARD
Sarah Crump, University of Colorado Boulder Katharine Solada, Oregon State University
Sara El Shafie, University of California Berkeley Dr. Stearns established the Harold T. Stearns Fellowship Award in
Sarah George, University of Texas at Austin 1973 for student research on aspects of the geology of the Pacific
Seana Hood, University of Utah Islands and the circum-Pacific region.
The Charles A. & June R.P. Ross Research Fund is awarded to
support research projects for graduate students, post-graduate stu- ALEXANDER & GERALDINE WANEK FUND
dents, and post-doctorate researchers in the fields of biostratigra-
phy (including, but not limited to, fossil age dating and the study Travis Tasker, Pennsylvania State University
of evolutionary faunal successions), stratigraphy and stratigraphic The Wanek Fund was established in 2002 to support research
correlation, paleogeography and paleobiogeography, interpreting dealing with coal and petroleum resources, mapping, engineering
past environments of deposition and their biological significance, geology, marine resources, petroleum economics, appraisal, and
and the integration of these research areas into better global evaluation, and the geology of phosphate resources.
understanding of (1) past plate motions (plate tectonics and sea-
floor spreading), (2) past sea-level events, including their identifi- LAUREN A. WRIGHT & BENNIE W. TROXEL STUDENT
cation and ages, and/or (3) climate changes and the effects of those RESEARCH AWARD
climate changes on the earth’s inhabitants through geologic time.
There should be, over time, a balance of money among the awards Jason Muhlbauer, University of Tennessee–Knoxville
across these various subject sub-field categories depending on the Sarah Wigginton, Utah State University
merit of the annual project proposals. The Lauren A. Wright & Bennie W. Troxel Student Research
Fund supports two graduate students in master’s or Ph.D. programs
conducting field-based research (1) in the region broadly centered on
Death Valley National Park or (2) in the western and southern Basin
and Range Tectonic Province. This research grant is associated with
the GSA Structural Geology and Tectonics Division.
2017 Research Grant Recipients
(listed in alphabetical order by university)
Arizona State University Michael Mohr Bowling Green State University
Jonathan Zaloumis Clayton Roehner Zachary Cotter
Zongbo Xu
Baylor University Brigham Young University
Kyrie Baumgartner Boston College Natalie Barkdull
Andrew Flynn Alana Spaetzel
Brittany Ward Brown University
Boise State University Hannah Kaplan
Shaina Cohen Boston University Richard Vachula
Nicholas Ellett Amani Al Abri
Thomas Harper Emma Reed
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