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Beth Johnson, Ph.D.


Education

Ph.D. 2009, Geology, Northern Illinois University
M.S. 2003, Geology/Earth Science, Boise State University
B.A. 2001, Geology/French, Augustana College
A.A. 1998, Black Hawk College

Academic/Professional Appointments

2011-present   Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin Fox Valley
2010-2011        Assistant Professor, Winona State University
2009-2010        Visiting Assistant Professor, Univeristy of Wisconsin Eau Claire

Selected Awards

  • Exchange Award, Association for Women Geoscientists
  • Arthur M. Kaplan Award, UW Colleges, Professional Development
  • History of Geology Division Award, Geological Society of America

 

Courses Taught

  • Earth: Dynamic Planet
  • Evolution of the Earth
  • Landscapes of North America
  • Environmental Geology
  • Disasters
  • Earth’s Changing Climate

 

Research Interests

  • Women and Geology
  • Quaternary Geology
  • Geoscience Education

 

Field Study Locations

  • Illinois, Wisconsin

 

Publications (peer-reviewed)

Guertin, L., Bradford, K., Goodner, H., Hardisty, D., Helgers, K., Johnson, B.A., Jones, M., Kraft, K.V., Layou, K., Nagy, E., Ormand, C., & Ray, W. (2021). Guidelines to be actively anti-racist in the geoscience at two-year colleges. 2YC URGE Pod Report, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, https://nagt.org/nagt/divisions/2yc/web_resources.html.

Johnson, B.A. (2018). Hollywood representations of women in geology: Women geoscientists in film (1986-2016), in Johnson, B.A., ed. (2018). Women and Geology: Who Are We, Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going? Geological Society of America Memoir 214, 128 p.

Johnson, B.A. (2014). A summary of 19th and early 20th century researchers of glacial Lake Agassiz, North America: From Noah’s flood to Upham’s bathtub and beyond. Earth Sciences History, 33, no. 2, p. 214-226.

Johnson, B.A. and Carpenter, P., (2013). Geophysical response of slackwater and sandy terrace deposits near Savanna, Northwestern Illinois. Environmental Earth Sciences, 68, 955-964.

Johnson, B.A. (2011).  Where Did They Come From? – The Search for the Slackwater Sediments of the Savanna Terrace.  Research vignette included with the geomorphology textbook Key Concepts in Geomorphology.  Vignette can be found at: http://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/collection/58479.html

Johnson, B.A. (2011).  The Use of Geophysical Analysis to Identify the Extent of Slackwater Terrace Materials.  Research vignette included with the geomorphology textbook Key Concepts in Geomorphology.  Vignette can be found at: http://serc.carleton.edu/vignettes/collection/58480.html

Johnson, B.A. & Kitts, K. (2006).  Rock music in the geoscience classroom.  The Earth Scientist, 22, no. 2, p. 17-22.

Editor

Johnson, B.A., ed. (2018). Women and Geology: Who Are We, Where Have We Come From, and Where Are We Going? Geological Society of America Memoir 214, 128 p.

 

Selected Abstracts (Students identified with *)

Krueger, M.H.*, Frederickson, J., and Johnson, B.A. (2021). Comparison and analysis of Ichthyosaurus breviceps and Ichthyosaurus communis to new three-dimensional Jurassic-aged Ichthyosaurus skull fossil found on the Dorset Coast, UK. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 53, No. 3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021NC-362590

Guertin, L.A., van der Hoeven Kraft, K., Nagy-Shadman, E.A., Ormand, C.J., Johnson, B.A., Layou, K. (2021).  Unlearning racism in geoscience at 2YCs: Curricular resources, policies, and more from the 2YC URGE pod.  American Geophysical Union Abstract U35A-22231.

Johnson, B.A. (2021).  The making of a museum: Joanne Kluessendorf and her tireless actions to share geology through the Weis Earth Science Museum.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-367314

Guertin, L., Ormand, C., Johnson, B.A., Nagy, E., Helgers, K., Kraft, K., & Layou, K.M. (2021). Attracting, supporting, and preparing BIPOC students for early success in geoscience: Policies, curricular materials, and other resources from the 2YC URGE pod.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-364366.

Guertin, L., Bradford, K., Goodner, H., Helgers, K., Johnson, B.A., Jones, M., Layou, K., Ormand, C., Ray, W., Hardisty, D., & Nagy, E. (2021).  Report on Unlearning Racism in Geoscience from the 2YC URGE pod.  Earth Educators’ Rendezvous Online, https://serc.carleton.edu/earth_rendezvous/2021/program/posters/wednesday/session3/243993.html

Johnson, B.A. (2019).  The invisibility of women geoscientists in children’s nonfiction books.  Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 52, no. 2.

Johnson, B.A. (2018).  Where Are We? Searching for the Women Geoscientists in Children’s Nonfiction Books.  Geological Society of America, Abstracts With Programs, 50, no. 6.

Johnson, B.A. (2016).  Hollywood perceptions of women in Geology: Women geoscientists in films (1986-2016).   Geological Society of America, Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 48, no. 7.

Johnson, B.A. (2016). Public perceptions of women in Geology in 2016: The influence of mass media.  Geological Society of America, 2016 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 48, no. 5.

Roth, A.J.*, Johnson, B.A., & Kluessendorf, J. (2015).  Comparison of marine invertebrate biodiversity before and after the Ordovician/Silurian Extinction, Calumet County Park, Stockbridge, Wisconsin.  Geological Society of America, 2015 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 47, no. 5, p. 34.

Hayes, L.A.*, Johnson, B.A., & Kluessendorf, J. (2015).  Survey of types and distribution of stromatolites on a Silurian-aged seafloor at High Cliff State Park, Sherwood, WI.  Geological Society of America, 2015 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 47, no. 5, p. 33.

Johnson, B.A. & Kluessendorf, J. (2015).  Lectures series that speak to the public.  Geological Society of America, 2015 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 47, no. 5, p. 25.

Johnson, B.A. & Marty, C. (2015).  Writing across the curriculum at University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley: A collaboration between geology instruction and writing center expertise.  Geological Society of America, 2015 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 47, no. 5, p. 11.

Lueck, L.R.* & Johnson, B.A. (2014).  Lithologic and particle-size change of outwash sands and gravels along flowpaths of the Green Bay Lobe during the Wisconsin Episode Glaciation, Eastern Wisconsin.  Geological Society of America, 2014 North-Central Section Meeting Abstracts With Programs, 46, no. 4, p. 65.

Johnson, B.A. (2013).  Glacial Lake Agassiz and its early researchers: From Noah’s flood to Upham’s bathtub and beyond.  Twenty-fourth International Congress of History of Science, Technology, and Medicine (ICHSTM) symposium in Manchester, UK (July 2013).

Johnson, B.A. (2008).  The Evolution of glacial Lake Agassiz: Deciphering the demise of the Laurentide Ice Sheet.  Geological Society of America, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting.

Johnson, B.A. & Carpenter, P.J. (2008).  Analysis of slackwater sediments found in the Savanna Terraces along the Mississippi River, Northwestern Illinois.  Geological Society of America, 2008 Joint Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, 40, no. 6, p. 147.

Johnson, B.A. & Stravers, J. (2008).  Re-Evaluation of the Savanna Terraces north of Savanna, Illinois.  Geological Society of America, North Central Section, 42nd Annual Meeting Abstracts with Programs, 40, no. 5, p. 74.

Field Guides

Johnson, B.A. (2017).  An overview of the geology of central and northeastern Wisconsin: The story of fire, water, and ice.  73rd Annual Tri-State Geological Field Conference and Great Lakes Section – SEPM Fall Field Conference.

 

EDMAP Projects

Johnson, B.A., Stravers, J., Konen, M., & Wright, M. (2008).  Quaternary Geologic Map of the Blackhawk Quadrangle.  (Carroll and Jo Daviess Counties, Illinois and Jackson County, Iowa).  United States Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, EDMAP Series.  Available online at: http://isgs.illinois.edu/maps/isgs-quads/surficial-geology/edmap/blackhawk

Stravers, J., Johnson, B., & Ekberg, D. (2006).  Quaternary Geologic Map of the Marengo North Quadrangle.  (McHenry County, Illinois).  United States Geological Survey, National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, EDMAP Series.  Available online http://www.isgs.illinois.edu/maps/isgs-quads/surficial-geology/edmap/marengo-north

 

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