CURRICULUM VITAE FOR WILLIAM L. BLEWETT (abridged) ______Personal:
William L. Blewett Professor and Chair Geography-Earth Science Department Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania 1871 Old Main Dr., Shippensburg, PA 17257-2299 717-477-1513 [email protected] ______Education:
Ph.D., 1991. Michigan State University. MAJOR: Geomorphology M.A., 1984. Western Illinois University. MAJOR: Physical Geography B.S., 1981. Northern Michigan University (Magna Cum Laude) MAJOR: Secondary education-Earth Science MINOR: Biology, Journalism ______Experience:
2005-present: Chairperson, Department of Geography-Earth Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
2002-2005: Acting Chairperson, Department of Geography-Earth Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
2000-present: Professor, Department of Geography-Earth Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
1990-1999: Assistant/Associate Professor, Department of Geography- Earth Science, Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania.
1984-1986: Researcher, Cartographic Division, National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. Responsible for development, research, and editing of maps that appeared in National Geographic magazine.
______Courses Taught:
ESS 110 Introduction to Geology ESS 325 Astronomy ESS 111 Introduction to the Atmosphere GEO 224 Soils ESS 210 Physical Geology GEO 306 Geomorphology (undergraduate) ESS 214 Geology of National Parks GEO 531 Geomorphology (graduate)
______Publications (* denotes Shippensburg student):
*Chester, J., Blewett, W.L., and Drzyzga, S.A., 2019. Understanding South Mountain’s “Big Flat” Landscape: Investigating the Nature of Broad Upland Summit Surfaces in South-Central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer, vol. 56, No. 2, pp.42-61.
Blewett, W. L., Lusch, D., Schaetzl, R., and Drzyzga, S. A., 2018. A century of change in the methods, data, and approaches to mapping glacial deposits in Michigan, in Kehew, A. E., and Curry, B. B., eds., Quaternary Glaciation of the Great Lakes Region: Process, Landforms, Sediments, and Chronology, Geological Society of America Special Paper 530, pp. 39-67.
Blewett, W. L., Drzyzga, S. A., Sherrod, L., and Wang, H., 2014. Geomorphic relations among glacial Lake Algonquin and the Munising and Grand Marais moraines in eastern Upper Michigan, USA. Geomorphology, vol. 219, pp. 270-284.
Loope, W.L., Jol, H.M., Fisher, T. G., Blewett, W.L., Loope, H.M., and Legg, R. J., 2014. A previously unrecognized path of base flow and elevated discharge from Lake Minong to Lake Chippewa across eastern Upper Michigan. In: Fisher, T., Hanson, E. (Eds.), Coastline and Dune Evolution Along the Great Lakes, Geological Society of America Special Paper 508, pp. 1-13.
Blewett, W.L. 2012. Geology and Landscape of Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity. Detroit: Wayne State University Press.
Blewett, W. L., and Wah, J. S., 2011. Geology, landscape, and soils of Michaux State Forest and South Mountain, Pennsylvania, in Wah, J. S., Ed., Michaux State Forest Soils, Sediments, and Landscapes Field tour (guidebook), annual field conference of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Professional Soil Scientists, pp. 3-15.
Blewett, W.L. 2009. Understanding Ancient Shorelines in the National Parklands of the Great Lakes, National Park Service Resource Report, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
Blewett, W. L., Schaetzl, R.J., and Lusch, D. P., 2009. The Physical Landscape: A Glacial Legacy, in Schaetzl, R., Darden, J., and Brandt, D., Michigan Geology and Geography, New York: Pearson Custom Publishing, p. 249-273.
Loope, W. L., Fisher, T. G., Anderton, J., Jol, H. M., and Blewett, W. L., 2004. A Holocene History of Dune-mitigated Landscape Change Along the Southern Shore of Lake Superior, Geomorphology, 61:303-322.
Woltemade, C.J., and Blewett, W.L., 2002. Design, implementation, and assessment of an undergraduate interdisciplinary watershed research laboratory. Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 50, no. 4, p. 372-379.
Blewett, W.L., 2002. Late Wisconsin history of Eastern Upper Michigan: A review, in Loope, W.L. and J.B. Anderton (eds.), Deglaciation and Holocene Landscape Evolution in Eastern Upper Michigan, Field guide for the 48th Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Field Conference, Grand Marais, MI, p. 1-10.
Blewett, W.L., 2002. Glacial geomorphology of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and vicinity, in Loope, W.L. and J.B. Anderton (eds.), Deglaciation and Holocene Landscape Evolution in Eastern Upper Michigan, Field guide for the 48th Midwest Friends of the Pleistocene Field Conference, Grand Marais, MI, p. 11-21.
*Grote, T., and Blewett, W. 2000. Geomorphic Influences on Woody Vegetation Patterns at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center and Vicinity, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, Pennsylvania Geographer, vol. 38, no. 1, p. 30-46.
Blewett, W., 2000. Geomorphology of Pennsylvania's Appalachian Highlands: A review, in Patrick, K. and Joseph Scarpaci, Jr. (eds.), A Geographic Perspective of Pittsburgh and the Alleghenies: From Precambrian to Post-Industrial, Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers, p. 88-96.
*Starner, K., Woltemade, C., and Blewett, W., 1998. Soil variability across a topographic gradient in colluvial soils of South- Central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer, vol. 36, no. 2, p. 61-78.
Blewett, W., 1998. Glaciofluvial formations at the C and K gravel pit, Antrim County, MI, in R. Schaetzl, B. Knapp, and E. Johnson (eds.), Major Land Resource Area # 96, Geomorphology Tour Guidebook. Lincoln, NE: United States Department of Agriculture, p. 20-25.
*Bialousz, M., and Blewett, W., 1996. Geomorphic factors influencing vegetation pattern on South Mountain, Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer, vol. 34, no. 2, p. 113- 34.
Blewett, William L., and Winters, H.A. 1995. The importance of glaciofluvial features within Michigan's Port Huron moraine. Annals of the Association of American Geographers, vol. 85, no. 2, pp. 306-319.
Blewett, William L. 1995. Deglaciation history of the Port Huron moraine in northwestern Lower Michigan. Great Lakes Geographer, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 1-15.
Blewett, William L. 1994. Late Wisconsin history of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and vicinity. Pictured Rocks Resource Report #94-01, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.
*Sipes, D. and Blewett, W. 1994. Soil profile variation with slope length and profile curvature in soils developed from shale parent materials in south-central Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania Geographer, vol. 32, no. 2, pp. 54-76.
2 Blewett, William L., Winters, Harold A., and Rieck, Richard L., 1993. New age control on the Port Huron moraine in northern Michigan. Physical Geography, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 131-138.
Blewett, William L., 1993. Description, Analysis, and Critique of the method of multiple working hypotheses. Journal of Geological Education, vol. 41, pp. 254-259.
Blewett, William L., 1991. Characteristics, correlations, and refinements of Leverett and Taylor's Port Huron Moraine in Michigan. East Lakes Geographer, vol. 26, p. 52-60.
Blewett, William L., and Rieck, Richard L.,1987. Reinterpretation of a portion of the Munising Moraine in northern Michigan. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 98, p. 169-175.
______Grants/Awards Funded:
2007: Received a $17,252 URSP grant for the project “Geology and Landscape of Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity.”
2007: Received a $67,100 SU Technology Fee Revenue Grant for enhancing Shearer Hall technology (co-author with Scott Drzyzga)
2007: Received a $21,239 Kresge Science Grant for educational equipment (co-author with Tom Feeney).
2005: Received a $39,500 SU Technology Fee Revenue Grant to purchase classroom technology for Shearer Hall (co-author with Scott Drzyzga ).
2004: Received a $7500 grant from Eastern National Corporation to support my activities as a “Geoscientist-in-the-Park” at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore during my Fall 2004 sabbatical.
1999: Received a National Science Foundation grant totaling $168,357 to support the project: "Burd Run Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory" (co-Principal Investigator with Dr. Christopher Woltemade).
Twenty additional grants funded at the $3,000 to $10,000 range. ______Selected Papers Presented
2017: How Flat is Big Flat: A High-Resolution, Digital Approach for Understanding the Genesis of Low-Relief Summit Landscapes in Pennsylvania's Appalachian Highlands, Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Shippensburg, PA., Nov. 17 (with student Jonathan Chester).
2015: “Northern Michigan’s comingled Munising and Grand Marais moraines and their relations with relict shorelines of Glacial Lake Algonquin,” Geological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, MD (co-author with three others).
2015: “Improving glacial geology maps and interpretations through geophysics,” Geological Society of America annual meeting, Baltimore, MD (co-author with seven others).
2015: “Correlation of high-level deltas and outwash plains along Michigan’s Munising and Grand Marais moraines,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Chicago, IL (with Drs. Scott Drzyzga, Laura Sherrod, and Hong Wang). Presenting author.
2015 : “Correlation of relict shoreline features along Northern Michigan’s Munising and Grand Marais Moraines with Glacial Lake Algonquin water planes,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Chicago, IL ( co-author with Drs. Scott Drzyzga, Laura Sherrod, and Hong Wang. Drzyzga is presenting author)
2013: “Unraveling Great Lakes Glacial History Using Ground Penetrating Radar,” Symposium on the application of Geophysics to Engineering and Environmental Problems (SAGEEP), Denver, Colorado (with Drs. Laura Sherrod [presenting author] and Scott Drzyzga). 3
2012: “Soil and Landscape Processes associated with a ‘Rock City’ in south-central Pennsylvania,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, New York, NY (with two SU students).
2011: "Morainic features and ancient shorelines in Michigan's eastern UP: A Fall 2011 field report." (with Scott Drzyzga). Invited paper presented to the Quaternary Landscape Working Group at Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Nov. 9.
2010: “Interpreting Ancient Great Lakes Shorelines as a ‘Geoscientist-in-the-Park’ at Michigan’s Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Washington, D.C.
2006: “Developing an Interpretative Guidebook of Ancient Great Lakes Shorelines as a ‘Geoscientist-in-the-Park’ at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan,” Geological Society of America annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
“Glacial Geomorphology of the Northern Great Lakes region,” invited presentation to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.
2004: “Soil Development as an Indicator for Mass Wasting on South Mountain, Pennsylvania,” Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Philadelphia, PA (with student Adam Dellinger and colleague Mike Applegarth)
“Glacial Geomorphology of the Northern Great Lakes region,” invited presentation to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.
2003: “Design, Implementation, and Assessment of an Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Watershed Research Laboratory,” Geological Society of America annual meeting, Seattle, WA.
“Active versus Inactive Hydrofracturing at a Block Feature in South-Central Pennsylvania” (with student Ben Uhler), Association of American Geographers annual meeting, New Orleans, LA.
“Glacial Geomorphology of the Northern Great Lakes region,” invited presentation to cadets at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY.
2002: “Landscape Signatures of Late Holocene lake-level change along Lake Superior’s southern shore,” Geological Society of America, North Central section meeting, Normal, IL. (with four others)
2000: “Using GIS in a multidisciplinary watershed-based environmental science curriculum,” Geological Society of America annual meeting, Reno, NV. (with Dr. Woltemade)
"The importance of slope aspect on 'relict' versus 'active' periglacial landforms, South Mountain, Pennsylvania," Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Pittsburgh, PA. (with undergraduate students Joy Haydt and Jason Estock).
1999: "Probable Port Huron Age for Portions of Michigan's Manistee Moraine," annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Honolulu, Hawaii.
1998: "Geomorphic Influences on Woody Vegetation Patterns at Dickey Ridge Visitor Center and Vicinity, Shenandoah National Park, Virginia," (with graduate student Todd Grote). Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Allentown, PA.
1997: "Soil Variability Across a Topographic Gradient in Colluvial Soil of South-Central Pennsylvania," (with undergraduate student Kevin Starner). Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, York, PA.
"Relations Among Sandar and Glaciolacustrine Features in Northwestern Lower Michigan," Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Ft. Worth, TX.
"Pleistocene History of Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and Vicinity," Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Carlisle, PA., Oct. 11-12, 1996.
4 "Factors Influencing Flood Magnitude in the Potomac Basin," Annual meeting of the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, Carlisle, PA., Oct 11-12, 1996 (with graduate student Craig Kishbaugh).
1995: “Vertical lifting and moisture advective characteristics of extreme Net Basin Supply periods for the Lake Michigan and Huron basins." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Chicago, IL. (with Adam W. Burnett)
1994: "Synoptic-scale circulation and Great Lake Net Basin Supply." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, San Francisco, CA. (with Adam W. Burnett)
"Soil profile variation with slope length and profile curvature in soils developed from shale parent materials in south-central Pennsylvania." 7th Biennial Conference on Appalachian Geography, Pipe Stem, West VA. (with SU student Danielle Sipes).
1993: "Morphologic, stratigraphic, and chronologic aspects of deglaciation along the Port Huron moraine in northwest- southern Michigan." Third Symposium on Michigan: Its geology and geologic resources, East Lansing, MI.
1992: (invited paper) "Deglaciation history in the vicinity of Grand Sable Dunes." Grand Sable Dunes Workshop: Protection strategies for the future, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, National Park Service, Grand Marais, MI.
1992: "Michigan's first 14C age estimates from the Port Huron morainic system: interpretation and significance." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, San Diego, CA. (with Harold A. Winters)
1990: "The method of multiple working hypotheses in geomorphology: description, analysis, and critique." Joint meeting of the New England-St. Lawrence Valley and Middle States Divisions of the Association of American Geographers, Norwich, CT.
1985: "Ice stagnation landforms in eastern Upper Michigan: A reinterpretation of the Munising Moraine." Association of American Geographers, annual meeting, Detroit, MI (with Richard L. Rieck).
______Selected Field Trips Conducted/Workshop Presentations related to Research
2004 : Served as a “Geoscientist-in-the-Park” at Apostle Islands and Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore from September through November. Duties included leading field trips for park personnel, staff training, and providing written interpretative materials on local geology.
2002: Co-leader of the 48th annual “Friends of the Pleistocene” annual field conference in Grand Marais, MI. The conference attracted approximately 70 geologists from throughout the central United States and is the premier field conference held within the discipline each year.
1998: Gave an invited presentation: "Geology of South-Central Pennsylvania," as part of a workshop on the stewardship of watershed ecosystems at Kings Gap Environmental Education and Training Center.
Co-led a three day soils field conference in Traverse City, Michigan, July 21-23, sponsored by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The conference brought together more than 40 geologists, soils scientists, and environmental managers from throughout the Midwest.
1996: Led a local geologic field trip to South Mountain for K-12 and college teachers at the Pennsylvania Geographical Society annual meeting in Carlisle.
Led field trip on Michigan glacial geology for staff geologists of the Michigan Geological Survey, Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, July 1.
1994: Lectured on Great Lakes geology for the Great Lakes Water Institute Workshop, Kings Gap Environmental and Education Training Center, June.
1992: Served as an invited subject matter expert, provided a deposition, and led a field trip for National Park Service personnel at a two day workshop entitled "Grand Sable Dunes Workshop: Protection strategies for the future," in conjunction with the U.S. Dept. of the Interior at Grand Marais, MI. 5
1990: Leader, field training exercise for personnel from the Glacial and Groundwater Geology Unit, Michigan Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources.
Co-leader, field trip to the eastern part of Michigan's Northern Peninsula, Michigan Geological Survey Division, Michigan Department of Natural Resources. Selected Service Activities
Served as Chairperson of the Geography-Earth Science Department for the last 16 years
Principal author and editor, Geography-Earth Science Department 5-Year Review, 2014-2019
Principal author and editor, Geography-Earth Science Department Special 1-Year Review, 2015-2016
Principal author and editor, Geography-Earth Science Department 5-Year Review, 2009-2014
Principal author and editor, Geography-Earth Science Department 5-Year Review, 2004-2009
Principal author and editor, Sustainability New Program/Degree Proposal, 2018
Outside Reviewer, Academic Program Review, Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI., Fall, 2014
Peer reviewer for the PA State System of Higher Education Faculty Professional Development Council’s Annual Grant Program 2011-2016
Member, Editorial Board, Pennsylvania Geographer, 2012-present
Acting Chair, Geography-Earth Science Department, Shippensburg University, 2002-2005
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Executive Council, 2007-2009
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Council, 2002-present
Member, College of Arts and Sciences Executive Council, 2016-2018
Member, Search Committee for the Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences 2007-2008
Chair, University Forum, 2002-2004, 2005-2006
Member, University Forum, 2000-2004, 2005-2006
Member, Executive Committee, University Forum, 2001-2002
Chair, Executive Committee, University Forum, 2002-2004, 2005-2006
Member, APSCUF Executive Committee, 2002-2004, 2005-2006
Member, President’s Cabinet, 2002-2004, 2005-2006
Member, University Growth Committee, 2005-2006
Member, Search Committee, Dean of Arts and Sciences, 2005-2006
Member, Search Committee, Director of Social Equity, 2004
Member, University Promotions Committee, 2002-2004 6
Member, Ad-hoc Committee on Integrating Student Affairs and Academic Affairs, 2003-2004
Member, University Strategic Planning Committee, 2003-2004
Member, Middle States Steering Committee, 2003-2004
Chair, Middle States Steering Subcommittee on New Academic Programs and Delivery, 2003-2004
Member, APSCUF Leadership Transition Committee, 2005
Member, Arrangements Committee, Association of American Geographers annual meeting, Pittsburgh, PA., April 2000.
Member (1992-2002) and Chairperson (1996-2002), Departmental Professional Affairs Committee (this committee served as the faculty search committee for eleven hires during my tenure).
Member (2002-present), Departmental Curriculum Committee.
Served as outside reviewer for the “Loon Lake’s Glacial Past” interpretative exhibit at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park, 2019.
Served as an outside reviewer for the “Earth Processes Conceptual Model” for the Great Lakes Network of national parklands, National Park Service, 2004.
Campus representative to the Geological Society of America, 1997-2001.
Member, University Educational Leave Committee, 1998-2004.
Member, University Promotions Committee, 1996-1998.
Member, University Colloquium Committee, 1995-1997.
Advisor, Shippensburg University Outing Club, 1999-2000.
Advisor, Shippensburg University chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, honorary society in Geography, 1992-1997.
______Honors:
Honorary Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Field of Earth Sciences, Eastern Federation of Mineralogical and Lapidary Societies, 2011.
Awarded Special Teacher Recognition Award from the Pennsylvania Geographical Society, 1994.
Nominated by my chairperson for the Biggs Award in Outstanding Earth Science Teaching, sponsored by the Geological Society of America, 1996.
Awarded internship at the National Geographic Society in 1983.
Outstanding senior in Geography, Northern Michigan University, 1981.
______Affiliations:
Association of American Geographers Geological Society of America National Council for Geographic Education Pennsylvania Geographical Society 7