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The History and Philosophy of Geology Division (est. 1976;
~332 members) works to encourage the study and communication
of the philosophy and history of geology. The Division sponsors
technical sessions at GSA meetings and honors geologists for their
research, writing, and historical work through the Mary C. Rabbitt
History of Geology Award, the Gerald M. and Sue T. Friedman
Distinguished Service Award, and the History & Philosophy of
Geology Student Award. It is also responsible for GSA Today’s
Rock Stars series. Learn more at community.geosociety.org/
histphildiv/.

The Hydrogeology Division (est. 1959; ~1,400 members)
focuses on the geologic aspects of hydrogeology, the role of geol-
ogy in the hydrologic cycle, and the importance of hydrogeology
to society and science. The Division has a well-established mentor
program (John Mann Mentors in Applied Hydrogeology) for stu-
dents looking at careers in this field. The Birdsall-Dreiss
Distinguished Lecturer honorees are named by this Division,
along with the O.E. Meinzer Award, the George Burke Maxey
Distinguished Service Award, the Kohout Early Career Award,
and the Hydrogeology Division Student Research Grant Awards.
Learn more at community.geosociety.org/hydrodivision/.

The Karst Division (est. 2014; ~309 members) is GSA’s newest.
The study of karst terranes necessarily involves a wide variety of
subjects and specialties, spanning almost every division in GSA
and scientific disciplines outside of GSA’s purview. These include
geology, biology, microbiology, soils, environmental geology,
engineering, geology, geochemistry, geophysics, structural geo-
morphology, archaeology, urban planning, climatology, paleo­
climatology, meteorology, hydrology, speleology, and even plan-
etary studies. Comprehensive karst studies also can require the
assistance of cave explorers and mappers, cave divers, mathemati-
cians, modelers, and computer programmers. In all cases, practi-
tioners in each discipline bring with them their own experiences,
perspectives, insights, tools, and scales of reference. Learn more
at community.geosociety.org/karstdivision/.

The Limnogeology Division (est. 2002; ~250 members) encour-
ages research on both ancient and modern lakes around the world,
the collaboration of scientists from all disciplines on lake research,
and the fostering of student research and careers in lake studies.
The Division sponsors the Israel C. Russell Award and the Kerry
Kelts Student Research Award. Learn more at community
.geosociety.org/limnogeologydivision/.

The Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology
Division (est. 2009; ~1,900 members) promotes awareness, teaching,
and research in these fields, and stimulates discussion about the
knowledge, ideas, research results, and problems regarding these
fundamental areas of the earth sciences. Annually, the Division
sponsors both a Distinguished Geologic Career Award and an Early
Career Award, as well as six student research grant awards. Learn
more at community.geosociety.org/mgpvdivision/.

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