College Assistant

Standing on a black sand beach with a beached iceberg in southeastern Iceland. James H. Reynolds

Professor of Geology

Brevard College

EDUCATION:

1989: : American Republics Research Program

• Laboratorio de Paleomagnetismo, Universidad Nacional de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

• Taught a short course entitled "Magnetoestratigrafía" at six national universities.

• Collected paleomagnetic samples from 8 Neogene sections, collaborating with Argentine investigators.

1983-1987: Ph.D., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

• Dissertation title: Chronology of Neogene tectonics in the Central Andes (27 -33 S) of western Argentina based on the magnetic polarity stratigraphy of foreland basin sediments.

• Dissertation research: Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Neogene strata in the Precordillera and Sierras Pampeanas in the Central Andean foreland basin over the flat-slab subduction region of NW Argentina.

• Teaching assistant in Physical Geology, Remote Sensing, Stratigraphy & Structure of North America, Field Methods, and Invertebrate Paleontology.

• Conducted a geochronologic study of the Neogene volcanic rocks in south-central Guatemala. Results overturned earlier ideas about Miocene-Pliocene volcanism in northern Central America.

1975-1977: M.A., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

• Master's thesis title: Tertiary volcanic stratigraphy of northern Central America.

• Thesis research established the regional Neogene volcanic stratigraphy of northern Central America.

• Teaching assistant on a volcanology field trip in Guatemala.

• Teaching assistant in Field Methods, Optical Mineralogy & Igneous Petrology, Stratigraphy & Structure of North America, Mineralogy, Economic Geology, and Meteorology.

1971-1975: A.B., Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH

• Senior honors thesis title: Geology of the southeastern portion of the Cuilapa quadrangle,Guatemala.

• Thesis research mapped a previously unmapped area at a 1:50,000 scale.

• Graduated cum laude with honors in Earth Sciences.

• Participated on Geology Off-Campus Study Program.

• Participated on the Language Study Abroad Program in Bourges, France.

HONORS AND AWARDS:2011 Elected Chair of the Pisgah Group of the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club. 2011 Promoted to Professor of Geology at Brevard College. 2010 Elected to Steering Committee of the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club. 2009-2010 Elected Vice Chairman to the Board of Directors of the Rise & Shine Freedom School.2009 Received a grant from the Brevard College Student Government Association to install light shelves on three academic buildings ($1400).2009 Voted Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year by the Brevard College Student Government Association.2008 Received a grant from the Katherine Preyer Foundation to initiate installation of a solar-thermal system on the Brevard College cafeteria. ($5,000)2007 With a colleague at Ferrum College, received a Berger Grant from the Appalachian College Association (ACA) to bring 14 Appalachian College Association (ACA) faculty to the Galápagos Islands to study volcanism and island ecology in January 2008. ($50,000) 2007- With a colleague at Ferrum College, received an ACA Berger Grant to co-lead an interdisciplinary trip to the Galápagos Islands and the Ecuadorian Andeswith 16 faculty in June-July 2007). ($56,000) 2007-CIES--Fulbright Scholarship to continue paleomagnetic studies in the Argentine Andes during August-December, 2007 at the Universidad Nacional de Salta, Argentina. 2006-Elected Fellow by the Geological Society of America. 2005-Appalachian College Association Berger Grant to participate on an interdisciplinary trip to Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. (3 faculty, 14 students)2004-2005 Outstanding Faculty Member in the Environmental Studies, Mathematics, and Natural Sciences Division. 2004-Appalachian College Association Online Course Development Grant, with two other faculty, to develop an online Physical Geology course. 2004-Appalachian College Association Berger Grant to co-lead an interdisciplinary trip to Bolivia. (4 faculty, 12 students) 2003-Appalachian College Association Faculty Development Award to attend GSAannual meeting in Seattle 2003-Tenured and promoted to Associate Professor at Brevard College. 2002-Outstanding Faculty Member: Brevard College Student Government Association and Omicron Delta Kappa. 2001-NSF Research contract for magnetostratigraphic work on the Bolivian Altiplano with Dr. Brian Horton at UCLA. 2000-Sprinkle Faculty Development Award to attend GSA Cordilleran section meeting in Los Angeles--Brevard College 2000-Honorable Mention: Student's Choice Teaching Award--Brevard College 1996-1999 Various contracts with industrial clients for heavy minerals research in Argentina 1995--Grant from an Argentine and Brazilian oil company consortium for Argentine Subandes research--UTE 1994--American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund Grant for Argentine Subandes Research ($25,000) 1993--Vice Chancellor’s Instructional Improvement Grant--Western Carolina University 1991--Norwich University--Category I Dana Professor 1991--American Chemical Society-Petroleum Research Fund Grant for Argentine Subandes Research 1991--Exxon Research Grant to study the Cenozoic rotation of Trinidad 1990--Norwich University--Dana Summer Research Fellowship 1990--Norwich University--Faculty Development Grant 1989--Norwich University--Faculty Development Grant 1989--CIES--Fulbright Scholarship under the American Republics Research Program to continue paleomagnetic studies in the Argentine Andes during June-December, 1989. 1988--Norwich University--Faculty Development Grant ($1,500). 1984--Krueger Enterprises, Inc.--Geochron Laboratories K-Ar award for best proposal: Used funds for K-Ar dating of volcanic rocks from south-central Guatemala. 1984--Fairchild Foundation grant for 14C/12C dating of a charcoal sample from an ash flow insouth-central Guatemala. 1977--Bobby Dorión fund grant for 40K/40Ar dating of volcanic rocks from Guatemala. 1976--Fairchild Foundation grant for field research in northern Central America. 1976--Sigma Xi grant for field research in northern Central America. 1976--Field support from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Guatemala for Master's thesis field work. 1975--Field support from the Instituto Geográfico Nacional de Guatemala for Senior Thesis field work.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES:

• Fluent in Spanish.

• Conversational, reading, and writing ability in French.

AFFILIATIONS:

• Geological Society of America

Member: Education Committee (2001-2004)

• American Geophysical Union

• Impact Study Field Group

• American Association of University Professors

• Sierra Club

North Carolina Chapter Steering and Executive Committees (2009- )

Chair, Pisgah Group, North Carolina Chapter (2011- )

• Neighbors in Ministry

Board of Directors (2009-2010 )

EXPERIENCE:

2011- : Professor of Geology, Brevard College, Brevard, NC

• Presented posters on the 2010 Egypt and Iceland trips at the Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Asheville, NC. (2012)

• Presented my climate change talk to the Geology Department at Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. (2012)

• Hosted Argentine colleague Claudia Galli on her visit to the United States. (2012)

• Served as the Smithsonian Institution's "Beyond the Podium" speaker on a Celibrity cruise in the eastern Caribbean (2012)

• Participated on the GSA post-meeting field trip to the Mesabi Range, MN. (2011)

•Presented a poster at the Geological Society of America Annual Meeting about the Galápago Islands field trip in Minneapolis, MN. (2011)

•Wrote the text for a consulting firm's Magnetostratigraphy educational website. (2011)

• Served as the Smithsonian Institution's "Beyond the Podium" speaker on a Celibrity transatlantic cruis. (2011)

2003-2011: Associate Professor, Brevard College, Brevard, NC

• Promoted to Professor of Geology at Brevard College (2011)

• Elected Chair of the Pisgah Group of the North Carolina Chapter of the Sierra Club. (2011-2013)

• Served as the Smithsonian Institution's "Beyond the Podium" speaker on a Celibrity cruise in the eastern Caribbean (2010)

Led a group of 20 on an 18-day Brevard College camping field trip to Iceland. Participants included Brevard College students, other students, professional geologists, and interested volcanophiles (2010).

• Co-led, with Anne Chapin and Robert Bauslaugh, a Brevard College group of 18 on a 10-day field trip to the Geology and Archaeology of the Nile River. Basin, Egypt. (2010)

• Elected Vice Chairman of the Neighbors in Ministry Board of Directors. (2009-10)

• Named to the Executive Committee of the Pisgah Group of the Sierra Club. (2009-10)

• Elected to serve on the Sierra Club's State Steering Committee. (2009-10))

• Taught an introductory Environmental Science course for the first time. (2009)

• Attended the Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America in Portland, OR.Presented a poster. (2009)

• Attended the Southeastern Sectional Meeting of the Geological Society of America in St. Petersburg, FL. Presented two posters. (2009)

• Gave numerous public presentations on Climate Change and the Geology of the Southern Appalachians. (2008-2010)

• Presented my talk Thoughts on Evolution in our Senior Capstone Seminar (2006-2010)

• Became an ordained minister in the Universal Life Church. Have officiated two weddings.

• Outstanding Faculty Member by SGA and ODK Student Choice Awards. (2008-2009)

• Taught three workshops for the Pisgah Forest Institute (2008-09)

• Taught two short courses for UNCCH students on the Geology of western North Carolina for the Highlands Biological Station. (2008-09)

• Taught two sessions of Creekside continuing education classes titled Climate Change and the Return of the Ice and Tectonic History of the Southern Appalachians. (2008-09)

• Organized and co-led the Appalachian College Association’s 2-week Faculty Excursion to the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (2008))

• On sabbatical for 2007-2008 academic year.

• Traveled extensively in Patagonia, Argentina and Chile. (2007-08)

• Conducted field research in Salta province and Patagonia, Argentina. (2007-2008)

• Fulbright Scholar in Argentina. During that time, I taught a graduate level course entitled Paleomagnetismo at the National universities in Salta and San Juan. (2007)

• Organized and co-led the Appalachian College Association’s 2-week Faculty Excursion to the Galápagos Islands and mainland Ecuador (2007)

• Organized and led the Appalachian Center for Environmental Education 2-week field trip to Iceland (2007)

• Elected Fellow by the Geological Society of America (2006).

Presented an abstract about the proposed Transylvania-Henderson impact structure in North Carolina at SEGSA in Knoxville.

Participated on posters about the 2005 Greece and South America field trips at SEGSA in Knoxville (2006).

Co-led a Spring Break Geology and Archaeology field trip to Bolivia and Peru with 18 Brevard students (2006).

Co-led an Arizona State University Volcanology field trip to Guatemala with Dr. Stanley Williams, two other faculty, and 10 students (2006).

Presented two papers about our Greece course at the Geological Society of America Meeting in Salt Lake City (2005).

Participated on a 3-day field trip to the Uinta Mountains to examine glacial and fluvial features(2005).

Co-led the Appalachian College Association's Berger Foundation International Seminar to South America: Chile, Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil. Three faculty and 14 students crossed most of South America on a west to east traverse at subtropical latitudes (2005).

Examined several Mycenaean sites near Sparta with two Brevard archaeologists (2005).

Co-led Brevard College's GEOL 270 field trip to Greece: Crete, Santorini, Naxos, Mykonos, and Delos with two Brevard archaeologists. Fifteen students participated (2005).

Led the Geological Society of America's student-oriented GeoTrip to southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego. Twenty-four students participated in two weeks of camping in Argentina and Chile (2004-2005).

• Led the Geological Society of America's student-oriented GeoTrip to Iceland. 11 students participated in two weeks of camping in Iceland (2004).

• Co-led the Appalachian College Association's Berger Foundation International Seminar to Bolivia. Four faculty and twelve students participated in two weeks of traveling through the different physiographic regions of Bolivia (2004).

• Received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor (2003).

Elected to the College Promotion and Tenure Committee for 2003-2005 and 2005-2007.

Co-authored 5 GSA abstracts about the 2002 Iceland trip with students from the trip. Presented the SEGSA/SCGSA abstract in Memphis.

Co-organized and co-led the 2003 Brevard College trip to study the volcanoes and archaeological ruins of Italy and Sicily.

1999-2003 Assistant Professor, Brevard College, Brevard, NC

• Attended ACA (Appalachian College Association) Internationalization Summit, Kingsport, TN, presented posters of various Brevard and GSA trips.

• Developed and led the Geological Society of America's first student-oriented GeoTrip. 26 students participated in two weeks of camping in Iceland (2002).

• Developed and led a Brevard College field trip to Hawaii over Spring Break (2002).

• Led a Geological Society of America Geo Trip to Argentina and Chile. The trip was entitled "New Year's at the End of the World: the Geology of Southern Patagonia and Tierra del Fuego". There were 33 paying participants.(2002)

• Participated on a one-month magnetostratigraphic sampling program in Tertiary strata of the Bolivian Altiplano and Argentine Eastern Cordillera. The program was conducted with Dr. Brian Horton from LSU (now at UCLA).

• Participated on a 3-day GSA Field Trip to Santa Cruz Island, CA.

• Chaired a theme session about Argentine geology at the joint GSA-AAPG sectional meeting in Universal City, CA.

• Presented two invited papers at the joint GSA-AAPG sectional meeting in Universal City, CA.

• Led a 10-day field trip with 20 students to the volcanoes of Costa Rica.

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