Organizing Committees

Local Committee

General Chair	Technical Program Chair	Special Session/Short Course Chair
John Diemer University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Richard C. Berg Illinois Geological Survey	Andy Bobyarchick UNC Charlotte
Field Trip Co-Chairs	K-12 Education Chair
Missy Eppes UNC Charlotte Jerry Bartholomew University of Memphis,	Jake Armour UNC Charlotte
	K-12 Education Co-Chairs
	Randy Bechtel North Carolina Geological Survey	Eric Pyle James Madison University
Special Events / Community Education Chairs
Ken Taylor North Carolina Geological Survey	John Bender UNC Charlotte	Scott Hippensteel UNC Charlotte

Joint Technical Program Committee

Below are the organizers who will review and schedule all abstracts within the technical sessions being held in Charlotte.

Discipline Area	Review Group	JTPC Representative(s)
archaeological geology	Archaeological Geology Division	Kathleen Nicoll kathleen.nicollgmail.com		Loren Davis loren.davisoregonstate.edu
geoscience information	Association of Earth Science Editors	Monica Easton monica.eastonontario.ca
coal geology	Coal Geology Division	Margo D. Corum mcorumusgs.gov		Mark A. Engle englehydro.unr.edu
engineering geology	Environmental and Engineering Geology Division	Norman S. Levine levinencofc.edu		Dennis Staley dstaleyusgs.gov
environmental geoscience	Environmental Geoscience	John F. Bratton John.Brattonnoaa.gov		Jim Hendry jim.hendryusask.ca
geomicrobiology	Geobiology & Geomicrobiology Division	Nora Noffke nnoffkeodu.edu
geochemistry; geochemistry, other	Geochemical Society	David Borrok dborrokutep.edu		Jeff Vervoort vervoortwsu.edu
geoinformatics	Geoinformatics Division	Walter Snyder wsnyderboisestate.edu		Kerstin Lehnert lehnertldeo.columbia.edu
geology & health	Geology and Health Division	Robert B. Finkelman bobfutdallas.edu		Saugata Datta sdattaksu.edu
public policy	Geology and Society Division	Joan Fryxell jfryxellcsusb.edu		D. Craig Cooper craig.cooperinl.gov
geophysics / tectonophysics / seismology	Geophysics Division	Audrey D. Huerta huertageology.cwu.edu		Samantha E. Hansen shansengeo.ua.edu
geoscience education	Geoscience Education Division	Elizabeth Heise eheiseuclalumni.net		Don Duggan-Haas dugganhaasgmail.com
geoscience information	Geoscience Information Society (GSIS)	Robert Tolliver rlt17psu.edu
history and philosophy of geology	History and Philosophy of Geology Division	Kenneth R. Aalto kra1humboldt.edu		James C. Dawson dawsonjcplattsburgh.edu
hydrogeology	Hydrogeology Division	Alicia M. Wilson awilsongeol.sc.edu	Eliot Atekwana eliot.atekwanaokstate.edu	Bill Sanford billscnr.colostate.edu
limnogeology	Limnogeology Division	Amy Myrbo amyrboumn.edu		Dan Deocampo deocampogsu.edu
marine / coastal science	Marine/Coastal Geology	David J.W. Piper dpipernrcan.gc.ca
mineralogy / crystallography; petrology, experimental; petrology, igneous; petrology, metamorphic; volcanology	Mineralogical Society of America	James S. Beard jim.beardvmnh.virginia.gov		Philip Brown pbrowngeology.wisc.edu
mineralogy / crystallography; geochemistry; petrology, volcanology	Mineralogy, Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology Division	Calvin G. Barnes cal.Barnettu.edu		Eric H. Christiansen eric_christiansenbyu.edu
geoscience education	National Association of Geoscience Teachers	Aida Awad aawadmaine207.org
paleoclimatology / paleoceanography	Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology	Kristen St. John stjohnkejmu.edu
Paleontology, Biogeography / Biostratigraphy; Paleontology, Diversity, Extinction, Origination; Paleontology, Paleoecology / Taphonomy; Paleontology, Phylogenetic / Morphological Patterns	Paleontological Society	Thomas D. Olszewski tomogeo.tamu.edu	Caroline A.E. Stromberg caestromu.washington.edu	Seth Finnegan seth.finnegangmail.com
petroleum		Ann Givan, agivanireservoir.com
planetary geology; remote sensing / geographic information systems	Planetary Geology Division	Simon Kattenhorn simkatuidaho.edu		Robert C. Anderson Robert.c.andersonjpl.nasa.gov
Precambrian geology	Precambrian Geology	Carol D. Frost Frostuwyo.edu
Geomorphology; Quaternary geology	Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division	Sara L. Rathburn rathburncnr.colostate.edu		Jim O'Connor oconnorusgs.gov
sediments, carbonates; sediments, clastic; stratigraphy	Sedimentary Geology Division	Tracy D. Frank tfrank2unl.edu
sediments, carbonates; sediments, clastic; stratigraphy	SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology	John Snedden jsneddenig.utexas.edu
economic geology	Society of Economic Geologists	James Saunders saundjaauburn.edu
neotectonics / paleoseismology; structural geology; tectonics	Structural Geology and Tectonics Division	Phil Resor presorwesleyan.edu		Christine S. Siddoway csiddowaycoloradocollege.edu

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