Henk Aay |
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- Aay, H. (2006). Frederik Meijer chair in Dutch language and culture at Calvin College. D. I. S. Magazine 38 (2), 26-29.
- Aay, H. (2007). Ik pak de fiets: the bicyle as an everyday part of Dutch culture. D. I. S. Magazine 39 (2), 4-11.
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- Aay, H. “Ik pak de fiets: the bicyle as an everyday part of Dutch culture,” seminar presentation, department of geology, geography and environmental studies, April 17, 2007.
- Aay, H. “Positioning a Heritage,” Inaugural Lecture for the Frederik Meijer Chair in Dutch Language and Culture, September 26, 2006.
- “God, Humanity and Nature: Biblical Perspectives and Directives,” presentation to adult Sunday school, Westminster Presbyterian Church, April 23, 2006.
- “Christian Philosophy, Spatiality and Geography Towards An Integral Ontology of Spatial Meaning,” paper presented at the International Symposium of the Association for Reformational Philosophy, Ethics: Person, Practices and Society held in Hoeven, The Netherlands, August 15-19, 2005.
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| Johnathan Bascom |
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- Sudan: Geography and Economy. (2005) Encyclopedia of Sub-Saharan Africa, J. Middleton (ed.), 1353 words, New York: Charles Scribner.
- Field Site Visit, 39 degree East, 16 degree North intersection, Degree Confluence Project. (2005) http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?lat=16&lon=39 (with Ogbagabriel Berakhi)
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- University of Malaya, Geography Department (Kuala Lampur), July 5, 2005 A Long Last Step: The Reintegration of Refugees in Eritrea
- Calvin College, Department of Geology, Geography, and Environmental Studies, February 14, 2006 Geographic Reflections from a Global Safari
- Association of American Geographers (Chicago), March 8, 2006 The Subversion of Economic Geography: The Case of Eritrea
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| Ken Bergwerff |
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- How to Use Share Sheets as Both a Teaching Tool and an Instrument for Evaluation, North Central Association of Science Teacher Educators, Eau Claire, WI. October 7, 2006
- How to Use Share Sheets as Both a Teaching Tool and an Instrument for Evaluation, Fire Up Conference, Grand Valley State University, March 5, 2007.
- Earth Science presentation for Westside Christian School, April 20, 2007
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| Janel Curry |
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- Curry, Janel M. and Ronald A. Wells, eds. 2008. Faithful Imagination in the Academy: Explorations in Religious Belief and Scholarship. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- Curry, Janel M. 2008. “Christians and Climate Change: A Social Framework of Analysis.”
Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 60(3): 156-164.
- Curry, Janel M. and Ronald A. Wells. 2008. “Introduction..” In Faithful Imagination in the Academy, edited by Janel Curry and Ronald A. Wells, pp. 1-9, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- Curry, Janel M. 2008. “Understanding God, Nature, and Social Structure: A Case Study of GreatBarrier Island, New Zealand.” In Faithful Imagination in the Academy, edited by Janel M. Curry and Ronald A. Wells, pp. 151-164, Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
- Curry, Janel. 2008. “Globalization and the Problem of the Nature/Culture Boundary.” In After
Modernity? Secularity, Globalization, and the Re-Enchantment of the World, edited by James K.A. Smith, pp. 183-200, Waco, TX: Baylor University Press.
- Curry, Janel M. 2007. “The Nature-Culture Boundary and Oceans’ Policy: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.” The Geographical Review 97(1): 46-66.
- Curry, Janel and David DeHeer. 2007. “Research Tracks for Undergraduates: Calvin College Science Division.” In Designing, Implementing, and Sustaining a Research-Supportive Undergraduate Curriculum: A Compendium of Successful Curricular Practices from Faculty and Institutions Engaged in Undergraduate Research.,pp. 396-398. Council on Undergraduate Research .
- Curry, Janel M. 2006. “Contested Ocean Spaces: Great Barrier Island, New Zealand.” Focus
48(4):25-30.
- Curry, Janel M. 2006. “Neocalvinism…Yes, but…” Comment 27 (June): 50-51.
- Education through Engaged Scholarship.” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement 11(1): 119-132.
- Curry, Janel M. and Kathi Groenendyk. 2006. “Place and Nature Seen Through the Eyes of Faith:Understandings Among Male and Female Seminarians.” Worldviews: Environment, Culture,Religion 10(3): 326-354.
- Curry, Janel. 2006. “Truth Claims and the Ministry of the Contemporary Church.” Perspectives: A Journal of Reformed Thought. 21 (7):11-16.
- Groenendyk, Kathi, and Janel M. Curry. 2006. “A Communal Perspective: Women, Faith, and Nature.” The Journal of Communication and Religion 29(1):18-37.
- Heffner, Gail Gunst, Janel M. Curry, and Claudia DeVries Beversluis. 2006. “Transforming Liberal Arts Education through Engaged Scholarship. Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement. Forthcoming.
- Curry, Janel M. 2006. “Ocean Fisheries, Boundaries and God’s Perichoretic Love.” The Other Journal.com: An Intersection of Theology and Culture Issue 8, Earth to Christians. www.theotherjournal.com
- Curry, Janel M. and David S. Koetje. 2006. “The Food We Eat.” In Living the Good Life on God’s Good Earth, edited by David S. Koetje, pp. 33-39, Grand Rapids: Faith Alive Christian
Resources.
- Curry, Janel. 2005. “The Louisiana Delta: A Region at Risk.” The Calvin Spark 51(4):32-34.
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- “Globalization and the Problem of the Nature/Culture Boundary.” March 27, 2007, Victoria University, Wellington, NZ; April 3, 2007, Otago University, Dunedin, NZ.
- “Christianity and Climate Change: Understanding the Range of Responses.” Victoria University Chaplaincy, March 28, 2007, Wellington, NZ.
- “Christianity and Climate Change: Understanding the Range of Responses.”
Areopagus Lecture Series, Iowa State University, February 27, 2007.
- “The Problem with Boundaries: Resource Management on Great Barrier Island, New Zealand in an Era of Globalization.” Areopagus Lecture Series, Iowa State University, February 28, 2007, Co-sponsored by Departments of Natural Resource, Ecology, and Management and Graduate Program in Sustainable Agriculture.
- “Globalization and the Problem of the Nature/Culture Boundary.” Lecture sponsored by the Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Studies Departments, Dordt College, February 26, 2007.
- “Christianity and Climate Change: Understanding the Range of Responses.” Lecture sponsored by the Agriculture, Biology, and Environmental Studies Departments, Dordt College, February 26, 2007.
- “Christian Environmental Worldviews and the Implications for Climate Change Policy.” Presented as part of a series, 2007 Winter Lecture Series of the Unitarian Church of Lincoln, The Bluestem Group of the Nebraska Sierra Club, and the Nebraska Humanities Council, Climate Change: Causes and Responses, February 25, 2007, Lincoln, Nebraska.
- Panel. “Seeing Your Congregation with Expert Eyes: Culture, Race, Ethnicity.” Presented at the Calvin Symposium on Worship, January 26, 2007.
- “Globalization and the Problem of the Nature/Culture Boundary.” Presented as part of a series, Negotiating Boundaries (Natural and Not). November 3, 2006, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, Canada.
- “Connecting the Campus to the Watershed.” Presented at the Symposium on Campus Land Management. American Scientific Affiliation Meeting, July 30, 2006, Grand Rapids, MI.
- “Transforming Liberal Arts Education through Engaged Scholarship.” Presented at the Outreach Scholarship Conference: Transformation through Engagement, University of Georgia, October 4, 2005 (with Gail Heffner and Claudia Beversluis).
- Panelist. “The Role of Non-Profits/NGOs in U.S. and Canadian Rural Development.” Presented case studies of religious non-profits/NGOs. Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers, March 9, 2006, Chicago, IL.
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| James Skillen |
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- Skillen, James R. The Nation’s Largest Landlord: The Bureau of Land Management's
Changing Role in the American West. University Press of Kansas (Forthcoming).
- ______. “BLM.” Encyclopedia of American Environmental History
(Forthcoming).
- ______. "Closing the Public Lands Frontier: The Bureau of Land Management, 1961-
1969." Journal of Policy History 20, no. 3 (2008): 417-443.
- ______. “Made in the Image of God and the Earth: Understanding Our Place in God’s
Creation.” The Cresset 51, No. 3 (2008): 6-14.
- Baer, Richard A. Jr., James A. Tantillo, Gregory E. Hitzhusen, Karl E. Johnson, and
James R. Skillen. "From Delight to Wisdom: Thirty Years of Teaching Environmental Ethics at Cornell." Worldviews: Environment, Culture, Religion 8, no. II-III (2004): 298-322.
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- “Who Owns the West?: The Law & Politics of Split Estate.” Mellema Lecture. Calvin College, April 10, 2008, Grand Rapids, MI.
- "Ecosystem Management: The Ecology and Politics of Flux." Paper delivered at the American Society for Environmental History, Annual Conference, March 12-16, 2008, Boise, ID.
- “‘If and When it Rains:’ Oral Histories of the Oregon and Idaho Range.” Roundtable organizer and moderator, American Society for Environmental History, Annual Conference, March 12-16, 2008, Boise, ID.
- Gregory Hitzhusen and James R. Skillen. "Life is a Gift: Celebrating Mystery in Nature.” Paper accepted for the International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, Annual Conference, January 17-20, 2008, Morelia, Mexico.
- Karl E. Johnson and James R. Skillen, “The Church and the Environment.” Paper presented at “Pristine Harmony: A Conference on Christianity and the Environment,” September 22-23, 2006, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN.
- Gregory Hitzhusen and James R. Skillen, “Use and Abuse of the Lynn White Thesis in Environmental Politics.” Paper presented at The International Society for the Study of Religion, Nature, and Culture, Inaugural Conference, April 6-9, 2006, Gainsville, FL.
- “Vacant Public Domain or National Land Reserve: The Bureau of Land Management 1961-1966.” Paper presented at the American Society for Environmental History and Forest History Society, Joint Annual Conference, March 29-April 2, 2006, St. Paul, MN.
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Ralph F. Stearley
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- Speth, J., Scott, S. L. Stearley, R.F. (2004) “Fish and Fishing at Henderson”. In J. Speth, ed., Life on the Periphery: Change in Late Prehistoric Southeastern New Mexico, Memoirs of the Museum of Anthropology #37, University of Michigan, pp. 305-319.
- Stearley, R. F. (2005) “Why Should the Christian Be Interested in Geology?” Pp. 148-158 In: D. F. Chappell and E.D. Cook, eds. Not Just Science: Where Christian Faith and Natural Science Intersect, Zondervan Publishers, Grand Rapids.
- Stearley, R.F. (2006) Calvin College Paleontology Laboratory Manual, by R. F. Stearley and illustrated by Jody Brown. Grand Rapids, Michigan, Calvin College.
- Young, D. A., and R. F. Stearley. (2008) The Bible, Rocks and Time. Inter-Varsity Press, 495 pp.
- Stearley, R. F. (2008) Book Review: The Age of Everything, by Matthew Hedman. Perspectives on Science and Christian Faith 60 (3):186-187.
- Stearley, R.F., B. Vanden Berg, P. Petersen, M. Vanden Berg, M. Julien, A. Albers, M. Lester, and R. Postma. Excavation of the Ada Bible Church Mastodon, 1999 (in preparation). For submission to Michigan Academician.
- Stearley, R. F. “Assessing cognition in fossil hominids”. For submission to Perspectives onScience and Christian Faith.
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- Bebej, R., and Stearley, R. F. (2005) “Deformation in the spine of the Ada Bible Church Mastodon”. Michigan Academician 36:62.
- Stearley, R. F. 2006. “Personal Reflections on the Biostratigraphic Record”. For conference: “Origins Symposium, 2006”. Calvin College, March.
- Stearley, R. F. (2005) “Progress and its discontents—in the history of life”. For conference: “The Nature of Belief: Evolutionary Explanation, Biological Function, and Divine Purpose”, Calvin College, November 3-5.
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| Deanna van Dijk |
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- Hansen, E.C., A.F. Arbogast, D. van Dijk and B. Yurk (2006). “Growth and migration of parabolic dunes along the southeastern coast of Lake Michigan.” Journal of Coastal Research SI 39 (Proceedings of the 8th International Coastal Symposium): 209-214.
- van Dijk, D. and D.R. Vink* (2005). “Visiting a Great Lakes Sand Dune: The Example of Mt. Pisgah in Holland, Michigan”. The Great Lakes Geographer 12(2): 45-63.
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- van Dijk, D. (2007). “Understanding contemporary changes to Lake Michigan coastal dunes.” 50th Conference on Great Lakes Research. International Association for Great Lakes Research. Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA), 29 May 2007.
- Koster*, D. and D. van Dijk (2007). “Evolution of a coastal dune blowout in Hoffmaster State Park, Michigan.” Annual Meeting of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Ferris State University (Big Rapids, MI), 9 March 2007.
- Andersen, B. and D. van Dijk (2006). “Research on a shoestring; Turning the shoestring into rope.” Interactive session at the Council on Undergraduate Research 2006 National Conference. DePauw University, Greencastle, IN, 24-27 June 2006.
- van Dijk, D. (2006). “Contemporary geomorphology of Lake Michigan coastal dunes.” Great Lakes Dunes Conference. Traverse City, MI, 3-4 October 2006.
- van Dijk, D. (2006). “Contemporary aeolian activity in a mid-latitude freshwater coastal dune system, Lake Michigan, USA.” International Conference on Aeolian Research VI. University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada. 24-28 July 2006; poster.
- van Dijk, D. (2006). “Contemporary processes on Great Lakes dunes: An example from Lake Michigan.” Invited seminar. Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. 13 April 2006.
- van Dijk, D. (2006). “Visiting Michigan’s sand dunes: The example of Mt. Pisgah.” Presentation to the Holland Chapter of the Calvin College Alumni Association. Holland, MI. 3 May 2006.
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Jason VanHorn |
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- Wheeler, David C., VanHorn, J.E. and E. Paskett. 2008. A Comparison of
Design-Based and Model-Based Analysis of Sample Surveys in Geography. The
Professional Geographer, November vol 60 (4).
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- VanHorn, JE. (2008) Developing spatial thinking through visualization. Annual
Fall Faculty Conference, Calvin College, August 28.
- A Ribeiro, CM Harris, G Kearney, and JE VanHorn. (2008) Fetal and infant
mortality related to distance from NPL sites in the state of Florida: Distance
and carcinogenicity as proxy for exposure. American Public Health Association:
Public Health Without Borders Annual Conference, San Diego, CA., October
25-29.
- VanHorn, JE, (2008) Social Hazard Modeling of Terrorism: Pragmatics and
Geovisualization, 2008 AAG Annual Meeting, Boston, MA., April 15-19.
- VanHorn, JE and MP Kwan, (2007) Urban Proof?: Terrorism’s Postulate. 2007 AAG
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA., April 17-21.
- VanHorn, JE, (2006) Visualizing Aviation Terrorism: Contexts, Methods, and
Considerations. 2006 AAG Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL., March 7-11.
- VanHorn, JE and DZ Sui, (2004) Exploring Potential Applications of Geographic
Information Systems (GIS) in Real Estate Appraisal. 2004 AAG Annual Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA., March 14-19.
- VanHorn, JE and DZ Sui, (2003) Accessibility and real estate: A case study of
Arlington, TX. 2003 AAG Annual Meeting. New Orleans, LA., March 4-9.
- VanHorn, JE, (2002) Filling in the hole left behind by the Big Dig. 2002 SWAAG
Annual Meeting. Laredo, TX., October.
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| Gerald Van Kooten |
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- Jeffrey W. Short, Jonathan J. Kolak, James R. Payne and Gerald K. Van Kooten, (2007). An evaluation of petrogenic hydrocarbons in northern Gulf of Alaska continental shelf sediments – The role of coastal oil seep inputs. Organic Geochemistry, Volume 38, Issue 4, April 2007, Pages 643-670
- Short, J. W., Kolak, J. J., Payne, J. R., and Van Kooten, G. K., in USGS review 2004. Geochemical Tracking of Hydrocarbon Fate and Transport across the Northern Gulf of Alaska Fluvial-Coastal Interface. in preparation for Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta.
- Van Kooten, G.K., 2004. Chert Dissolution and Secondary Porosity in the Cretaceous Torok and Fortress Mountain Formations, Brooks Range Foothills, Alaska: 2004 Technical Conference, Alaska Geological Society, May 2004, Anchorage, Alaska, p.22.
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- Van Kooten, G.K., and Brown, J., (2006). Pressure Pumping, Chamber Filling, and Ammonite Preservation, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska: poster presentation to Joint Technical Conference of GSA, AAPG, and SPE, Anchorage, Alaska, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 75. Note: J. Brown was a Calvin student, graduated in 2005
- Van Kooten, G.K., and Short, J.W., (2006). Tale of Two Oil Systems: Oil Potential along the Northern Gulf of Alaska: oral presentation to Joint Technical Conference of GSA, AAPG, and SPE, Anchorage, Alaska, Abstracts with Programs, vol. 38, no. 5, p. 5.
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