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Activity

2025

• MICROSCOPES, MAGMA DIFFERENTIATION, AND METAMORPHISM: A SYNTHESIS OF EVOLVING COURSE STRUCTURE, ASSIGNMENTS, AND ASSESSMENTS IN AN UNDERGRADUATE PETROLOGY COURSE
  24 Recent Progress in Teaching Petrology, Earth Materials, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry II
  Thursday, 20 March 2025

  4:00 PM - 5:30 PM

  Appalachian C
• USING RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY TO CHARACTERIZE TIO2 POLYMORPHS IN THE JMU MINERAL MUSEUM MICROMOUNT COLLECTION
  17 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)
  Thursday, 20 March 2025

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Shenandoah ABC
• ANALYZING HEAVY MINERAL SANDS FROM OFFSHORE OF THE VIRGINIA COAST USING SEM AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY
  17 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)
  Thursday, 20 March 2025

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Shenandoah ABC

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2023

• CONFLUENT IDENTITIES IN THE GEOSCIENCES
  T192 G-IRL: Collaborations and Conversations on Practicing Geoscience and In-Real-Life Applications for Dismantling Scientific Siloes
  Tuesday, 17 October 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  330
• ENGAGING HOBBYISTS AND STUDENT VISITORS THROUGH MICROMINERAL ACTIVITIES AT THE JMU MINERAL MUSEUM
  T101 Outside the Classroom, Beyond Fieldwork: Innovative Approaches to Informal Geoscience Education in Non-Traditional Settings (Posters)
  Monday, 16 October 2023

  8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

  Hall B
• IDENTIFICATION OF MICROPLASTICS EXTRACTED FROM THE STOMACHS OF LARGEMOUTH BASS FROM THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION USING TRANSMISSION FTIR MICROSCOPY
  28 Undergraduate Research Poster Session II (Posters)
  Saturday, 18 March 2023

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• PETROGRAPHIC AND SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSES OF TEXTURES IN METEORITE NWA 5480 FROM 4 VESTA
  21 Undergraduate Research Poster Session I (Posters)
  Friday, 17 March 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• EVALUATING THE DECOMPOSTION OF MINERAL MUSEUM VIVIANITE SPECIMENS USING VISIBLE LIGHT, LONGWAVE UV LIGHT, AND HEAT EXPERIMENTS
  21 Undergraduate Research Poster Session I (Posters)
  Friday, 17 March 2023

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2022

• A NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR ASSESSING FOSSIL WOOD DECAY USING ATR-FTIR SPECTROSCOPY
  19 Development and Application of Geochemical Proxies to Paleoclimate Studies (Posters)
  Thursday, 7 April 2022

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Junior Ballroom B
• PETROLOGIC AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATION OF CAMP DIKES FROM THE BLUE RIDGE AND VALLEY AND RIDGE IN CENTRAL VIRGINIA
  38 North Atlantic Arcs, Rifts, and Plumes: Ordovician to Today (Posters)
  Monday, 21 March 2022

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Freedom Hall A

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2020

• THE GEODYNAMIC IMPLICATIONS OF THE CENTRAL APPALACHIAN ANOMAL
  T80 Structure and Dynamics of the Appalachian Orogen
  Tuesday, 27 October 2020

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Meeting Rooms
• CREATING INTERACTIVE FEATURES FOR OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES IN THE GEOSCIENCES: THE END OF ADOBE FLASH AND THE RISE OF H5P
  58 Developing and Using Open Educational Resources in the Geosciences (Posters)
  Sunday, 22 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• DEVELOPING OER VIDEOS ON LAB METHODS TO ENGAGE STEM MAJORS AND PROMOTE UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN A 2-YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
  58 Developing and Using Open Educational Resources in the Geosciences (Posters)
  Sunday, 22 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• A COMPARISON OF HYDROXYL ABUNDANCES IN COEXISTING FELDSPAR AND QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS WITHIN THE INITIAL FALL DEPOSIT OF THE HUCKLEBERRY RIDGE TUFF, YELLOWSTONE
  12 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)
  Friday, 20 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D
• CHARACTERIZING DIFFERENCES IN AGGREGATE BEHAVIOR FROM THE CLAY-SIZED FRACTIONS OF STABILITY FILLING MATERIAL USING A NOVEL COMBINATION OF X-RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION AND ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
  12 Undergraduate Research II (Posters)
  Friday, 20 March 2020

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  Grand Ballroom A–D

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2018

• DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL FOR FILMING, EDITING, AND CAPTIONING VIDEOS IN THE LABORATORY
  T209 Geoscience Animations and Videos As Tools for Learning: Using Them in the Classroom, Making Them, and Assessing Their Impact
  Tuesday, 6 November 2018

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 235

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2017

• HOW CAN CURES BE BEST IMPLEMENTED TO MEET PROGRAMMATIC LEARNING GOALS AND DEGREE REQUIREMENTS?
  T334 Engaging Students through Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CURE) across the Geoscience Curriculum
  Wednesday, 25 October 2017

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  Room 2B
• TEXTURAL ANALYSIS OF AMPHIBOLITES AND SCHIST FROM THE CENTRAL VIRGINIA SEISMIC ZONE: CONSTRAINING THE PALEOZOIC TECTONIC FRAMEWORK IN A SEISMICALLY ACTIVE REGION
  20 Tectonics of Blue Ridge and Piedmont Terranes: Insight from Integrated Studies (Posters)
  Friday, 31 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom
• DEVELOPING A PROTOCOL FOR BSE IMAGE MAPPING ENTIRE THIN SECTIONS USING A PHENOM XL SEM
  5 Undergraduate Research I (Posters)
  Thursday, 30 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom
• INSIGHTS INTO MAGMATIC WATER CONTENTS AT THE ONSET OF A YELLOWSTONE SUPERERUPTION FROM HYDROXYL CONTENTS IN FELDSPAR
  5 Undergraduate Research I (Posters)
  Thursday, 30 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom
• ESTIMATING WATER CONTENTS OF BISHOP TUFF MAGMA FROM HYDROXYL CONCENTRATIONS IN FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS
  5 Undergraduate Research I (Posters)
  Thursday, 30 March 2017

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  James River Ballroom

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2015

• BLENDED LEARNING MODULES FOR LABORATORY METHODS: IMPROVING STUDENT LEARNING OF PROCESS AND SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY
  T215 Intentional Integration of Research into the Curriculum: Undergraduate Research as a Teaching Practice (Posters)
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall
• ERUPTIONS TRIGGERED BY MAGMA MIXING AT MOUNT JEFFERSON, CASCADE RANGE, OREGON
  T210 Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall
• SKARN FLUID HISTORY RECORDED IN OH AND TRACE ELEMENT ZONING IN A RASPBERRY GARNET FROM SIERRA DE CRUCES, MEXICO
  T210 Sigma Gamma Epsilon—Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Tuesday, 3 November 2015

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Exhibit Hall

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2014

• WHY IRELAND? ANALYZING AN INTERNATIONAL FIELD EXPERIENCE ON ITS TENTH ANNIVERSARY
  T275 Global Geoscience Education Research: Fostering Collaboration across Geographic and Cultural Borders
  Wednesday, 22 October 2014

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  214
• STRUCTURAL CONTROLS ON THE METHOD OF EOCENE MAGMATIC INTRUSION IN BLUE GRASS VALLEY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
  19 Structural Geology & Tectonics (Posters)
  Thursday, 10 April 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Latham A/B/C
• VOLCANOES OF THE PASSIVE MARGIN: THE YOUNGEST MAGMATIC EVENT IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA
  11 Volcanology, Magmatism, Geochemistry
  Thursday, 10 April 2014

  1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

  Cascades

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2013

• ULTRAHIGH TEMPERATURES RECORDED IN LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS FROM THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA
  T355 Hot Topics: Understanding Metamorphic Processes in the Middle to Lower Crust (Posters)
  Wednesday, 30 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D
• U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF GRENVILLIAN AND LATE JURASSIC LOWER CRUSTAL XENOLITHS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, VA
  T355 Hot Topics: Understanding Metamorphic Processes in the Middle to Lower Crust (Posters)
  Wednesday, 30 October 2013

  9:00 AM - 6:30 PM

  Hall D

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2012

• A PETROGRAPHIC AND GEOCHEMICAL DATABASE FOR COUNTERTOPS AS A TEACHING RESOURCE
  T242 New Strategies for Teaching Mineralogy, Petrology, Geochemistry, and Volcanology (MPVG) to Geoscience Majors and General Education Students (Posters)
  Wednesday, 7 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• DEPTH AND TEMPERATURE OF THE EOCENE LITHOSPHERIC MANTLE BENEATH HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA
  T92 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• MELTING THE EOCENE MANTLE UNDER MOLE HILL, VA: LA-ICPMS ANALYSIS OF MELT INCLUSIONS IN OLIVINE XENOCRYSTS
  T92 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• EVIDENCE FOR A TWO-STAGE ERUPTION AT TRIMBLE KNOB, AN EOCENE VOLCANIC PLUG IN HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA
  T92 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B
• TIMING AND ERUPTION MECHANISM OF FELSIC EOCENE DIKES IN THE VALLEY AND RIDGE PROVINCE OF VA AND WV
  T92 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Monday, 5 November 2012

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall B

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2011

• DEPTH AND TEMPERATURE OF THE MANTLE BENEATH MOLE HILL, AN EOCENE BASALT NEAR HARRISONBURG, VA
  T39 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Sunday, 9 October 2011

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall C
• HYDRATION PROFILES IN CLINOPYROXENE MANTLE XENOCRYSTS FROM THE EOCENE MOLE HILL BASALT, ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, VA
  T39 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Sunday, 9 October 2011

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall C
• THE ORIGIN OF SANDSTONE XENOLITHS AT MOLE HILL, AN EOCENE VOLCANIC NECK NEAR HARRISONBURG, VA
  T39 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Sunday, 9 October 2011

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall C

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2010

• A PEDOLOGICAL APPROACH TO LANDMINE AGING
  T192 Soil Geomorphology: Deciphering Landscapes, Surficial Processes, and Quaternary History through Pedology-Based Geomorphic Study (Posters): In Honor of Pete Birkeland
  Tuesday, 2 November 2010

  8:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall D
• ZR-IN-RUTILE THERMOMETRY OF A RUBY-BEARING METAMORPHIC ROCK, CASCADE CANYON, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA
  65 Igneous/Metamorphic Petrology and Geochemistry (Posters)
  Tuesday, 16 March 2010

  8:00 AM - 12:05 PM

  International ABCDF

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2009

• AGE AND EMPLACEMENT TEMPERATURE OF A FELSIC PORPHYRY DIKE NEAR BALLARD, COUNTY GALWAY
  T258 Sigma Gamma Epsilon Undergraduate Research (Posters)
  Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  9:00 AM - 6:00 PM

  Hall A
• GEOLOGY OF SKYLINE DRIVE: AN INTERGENERATIONAL FIELD COURSE IN SHENANDOAH NATIONAL PARK
  T208 Field Geology Education—Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches I
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D135/136
• DUELING TOPICS: SUCCESS USING A TWO TRACK OPTION IN THE JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY IRELAND FIELD COURSE
  T208 Field Geology Education—Historical Perspectives and Modern Approaches I
  Tuesday, 20 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  D135/136
• THE EFFECT OF CATION SUBSTITUTION ON HYDROGEN SOLUBILITY IN RUTILE
  T132 Advances in Understanding Metamorphic Processes: Nanoscale to Nappes II
  Monday, 19 October 2009

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM

  E143/144

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2008

• Layered Manganese Oxide Stream Deposits In Spring Creek, Tennessee
  T132 Environmental Mineralogy
  Sunday, 5 October 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• WATER CONTENTS OF YELLOWSTONE MAGMAS ESTIMATED FROM HYDROXYL CONCENTRATIONS IN FELDSPAR PHENOCRYSTS
  23 Undergraduate Research Session (Posters) I
  Friday, 11 April 2008

  8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
• HOT TOPICS IN GLOBAL WARMING: AN INFORMATION LITERACY PROJECT FOR A LARGE GENERAL EDUCATION EARTH SCIENCE COURSE
  14 Using Technology in Earth Sciences Education II
  Thursday, 10 April 2008

  1:30 PM - 5:30 PM