Katharine Cashman - Curriculum Vitae#
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
- 2014- Axa Endowed Chair of Volcanology, University of Bristol
- 2011-2014 Axa Research Chair, University of Bristol, UK
- 2007 Philip H. Knight Distinguished Professor of Natural Sciences
- 2007-2010 Head, Department of Geological Sciences
Teaching interests: geologic hazards, volcanology, and development of courses that cross the science-humanities divide
- 2003 Distinguished Professor, College of Arts and Sciences
- 1997 Professor of Geological Sciences
- 1991-1997 Associate Professor of Geological Sciences, UO
- 1986-1991 Assistant Professor of Geological Sciences, Princeton University
EDUCATION
- 1982-1986 Ph.D. Geological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University
- 1977-1979 M.Sc. 1st class honors, Victoria University, New Zealand
- 1972-1976 B.A. Geology/Biology, Middlebury College, VT
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 2013 Royal Society Wolfson Merit Award
- 2012 Elected Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- 2009 Elected Fellow, American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- 2008 Honorary Doctor of Science, Middlebury College
- 2007 APEX Awards Grand Award for Writing [awarded to an issue of the Phi Kappa Phi Forum to which I was a contributor]
- 2006 AGU Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology Division Bowen Award
- 1987 Elected to Sigma Xi
- 1982 USGS Group Award, Mount St. Helens observation and monitoring
- 1976 Phi Beta Kappa, Middlebury College
- 1976 Fulbright Scholarship for study in New Zealand
- 1976 Charles B. Allen Award for scholarship and athletics
DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIPS
- Mineralogical Society Distinguished Lecturer, 2014
- Shell Lecture, Geological Society of London, 2012
- Keynote speaker, meeting on Magmatic Rifting and Active Volcanism, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2012
- Keynote speaker, William Smith meeting, Geological Society of London, 2011
- Keynote speaker, Chapman Conference on the Galapagos, 2011
- Keynote speaker, Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Meeting, 2010
- Distinguished Lecturer, Mineralogical Society of America, 2010
- Woodford-Eckis Lecturer, Pomona College, 2010
- American Geophysical Union Bowen Lecture, 2006
- Union speaker, International Union of Geology and Geophysics, Sapporo, Japan, 2003
- Keynote speaker, 100th Anniversary of Mont Pelee eruption, Martinique, 2002
- Keynote speaker, Geoscience 2000, Manchester, UK, 2000
- Invited speaker, Royal Society workshop on the “Causes and Consequences of Andesitic Volcanism”, London, 1999
- Keynote speaker, European Union of Geosciences, 1999
- Visiting professorship, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, 1993
- Visiting professorship, Queens University, Kingston CA, 1991
APPOINTMENTS AND ELECTED POSITIONS
- Guest Editor, Bulletin of Volcanology, special issue on Cerro Galan, Argentina (published online, 2011)
- Governance Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2011-present
- Nominating Committee, American Geophysical Union, 2009-2010
- Guest Editor, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, special issue on Volcanoes and Human History (published 2008)
- Advisory Board, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2007- 2008
- Scientific Advisory Committee for Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, 2006 – 2011
- Chair, Committee to review the Earth and Environmental Science Program, Wesleyan University, 2002
- President VGP section of American Geophysical Union 2000-2004
- Committee of Public Affairs, American Geophysical Union 2000-2002
- Guest Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, special issue on Long Lava Flows (published, 1998)
- Associate editor, Journal of Geophysical Research, 1994 - 1996
- Meetings Committee, American Geophysical Union,1994-1998 (chair, 1996-1998)
- Nominating Committee, Geochemical Society, 1992-1995 (chair, 1995)
- Secretary, Volcanology, Geochemistry, Petrology section, American Geophysical Union 1992-1994
- Editorial Board, Geology, 1990-1992
- Advisory Board, Earth in Space, 1991- 1993
- Middlebury College, Science Advisory Committee, 1988
- Outside advisor, American Museum of Natural History hiring committee, 1988
SCIENCE AND THE PUBLIC
Cashman KV (2006) Chicken Little Was Right – Sometimes the Sky Does Fall. Phi Kappa Phi Forum 86:26-31
Tech Club Interview – NSF project on gender equity in the Sciences; WAMC Northeast Public Radio, 2003
Seismic Seconds – A National Geographic Channel (UK) special on The Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1999
Mount St. Helens Public Information Scientist, US Geological Survey, 1980-1982