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CURRICULUM VITAE
David Mark Johnson
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Work – School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Home - 1815 Ferrum Mountain Road
224 Garber Hall Ferrum, Virginia 24088
Ferrum College 540/365-2602
Ferrum, Virginia 24088
540/365-4364
djohnson@ferrum.edu
Education
Benzie Central High School 1966
Michigan State University 1966-68
B.S. Univ. of Michigan, Dearborn 1970 Chemistry
M.S. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1971 Environmental Health Sciences (Env Chemistry)
Ph.D. Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor 1976 Environmental Health Sciences (Env Chemistry)
(Dissertation, Atmospheric Inputs of Trace Metals and Nutrients to Saginaw Bay)
Current Position: Dean, School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics and
Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science
Expertise/Interests
Teaching Science
• Course/curriculum development (developed 10 courses over 20 years; curriculum development
in chemistry and environmental science)
• Matching teaching and learning styles (particularly using MBTI)
Education Administration
• Interim Chair, Life Sciences Division, 1995
• Chair, Life Sciences Division, 2000-2003
• Chair, Faculty Council, 2004-2006
• Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 2006 – 2008
• Dean, School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 2008 -
Project Management
• National Science Foundation
• US Environmental Protection Agency
• US Department of Agriculture
• Appalachian College Association
• Virginia Environmental Endowment
• Virginia Department of Environmental Quality
• Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation
Water Quality Monitoring and Management
• Monitoring trophic status in lakes
• Assessing impacts from acid mine drainage and stream restoration
• Organizing and assisting with citizen volunteer monitoring programs

• GIS-based modeling of non-point source (NPS) pollution
• Watershed management and TMDL development for NPS pollution reduction
• Agricultural non-point source pollution reduction
• Assessment of the contribution of atmospheric deposition to surface water quality
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Environmental Assessment and Landscape Management
• Habitat assessment
• Ecotoxicological assessment
• Ecological Restoration
• Planning and policy development for sustainability
• Moving scientific data into the policy arena
• Organizing and facilitating public meetings
• Development of environmental indicators and benchmarks
• Industrial ecology
Development and Optimization of Analytical Techniques
• Development of potentiometric sensors
• Water analysis (particularly metals and other inorganic constituents)
Energy Futures
• Application of thermodynamics to strategic planning for energy; 1 st and 2 nd Law efficiencies
• Biomass fuels and renewable energy
• Passive solar home design
• Landscaping for energy efficiency
Experience
2008- Dean, School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics and Professor Chemistry & Environmental
Science
2006-08 Associate Dean, School of Natural Sciences & Mathematics and Professor Chemistry &
Environmental Science (Assistant Professor, 1979-82; Associate Professor, 1982-87).
1987- Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, Ferrum College
1982-87 Associate Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, Ferrum College
1979-82 Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, Ferrum College
1976-79 Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, Department of Microbiology, McNeese State
University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2004-06 Chair of the Faculty Council; presided over faculty meetings and represented the interests and
concerns of faculty with the VPAA, President, Administrative Council and Board of Trustees.
2000-03 Chair, Life Sciences Division
1995 Interim Chair, Life Sciences Division
2007 Chair, Virginia Blue Ridge Section of the American Chemical Society (also chair in 1999)
2004 – Water Quality Committee, Upper Roanoke River Roundtable

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2003-04 Sabbatical Leave - MapTech, Inc., TMDL plan development. Helped developed protocols
currently used by Virginia DEQ for assessing streams with naturally low pH and DO and for
assessing the trophic status of lakes and reservoirs.
2003- Senior Environmental Scientist, MapTech, Inc.
2003 - Board of Directors, Children’s Advocacy Programs of the Blue Ridge, Inc.
1998-01 Project Administrator, Virginia Water Quality Improvement Project, “Blackwater
Riparian Non-Point Source (NPS) Pollution Reduction Project”.
1997-99 Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Task Force (SML Policy Advisory Board)
1996-99 New Century Council, Indicators and Benchmarks Committee (planning for sustainability in an
eleven-county area in Southwestern Virginia)
1996-97 Sabbatical Leave-Visiting Scholar, Ecotoxicology Lab, Department of Biology, Virginia Tech.
Worked with Drs. Donald Cherry and John Cairns on a major stream restoration project, “The
Leading Creek (Ohio) Improvement Plan”, a multimillion-dollar effort resulting from a 1995
federal consent decree.
1996- Co-Project Director, Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program, a cooperative
project with Friends of Claytor Lake (FOCL) and funded by Pulaski County.
1994 - Consulting with MapTech, Inc., Blacksburg, VA, Virginia DEQ and DCR using watershed
management to enhance water quality; expertise in water chemistry, lake management.
1994-99 Established and equipped Ferrum College GIS Lab (1994-98)
1987- Co-Project Director, Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program,
a cooperative project with the Smith Mountain Lake Association (SMLA) and funded by DEQ.
1994-95 Fellow, Department of Biological Systems Engineering, Virginia Tech. Worked with Dr.
Vernon Shanholtz in the Information System Support Laboratory learning GIS (Geographic
Information System) based models for watershed management
1992 Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kentucky. (Summer Fellowship)
Electrochemical sensor development with Dr. Leonidas Bachas
1989-90 Sabbatical Leave - Visiting Scholar, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Kentucky.
Electrochemical sensor development with Dr. Leonidas Bachas
1983-85 Adjunct Professor, Roanoke Valley College of Health Science
1980-84 Designed and built passive solar home; uses less than one cord of wood annually as back-up
heat and approximately one-third the national average amount of electricity.
1977 Consultant to the Imperial Calcasieu Parish Planning Commission assessing the environmental
impact of the energy industry on groundwater
1975-76 Teaching Assistant in Industrial Hygiene, University of Michigan School of Public Health
1975-76 Water Quality Modeler, Limno-Tech Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
1974-75 Research Assistant, University of Michigan Sea Grant Program
1972-74 Research Assistant, University of Michigan Nutrient Chemistry Lab
1971-74 Chemist (part-time) Environmental Research Group Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Current Professional Activities
Senior Environmental Scientist, MapTech, Inc., Blacksburg, VA, (1994 - present)
Immediate Past-Chair, Virginia Blue Ridge Section, American Chemical Society
Virginia DEQ Technical Advisory Committee on Nutrient Criteria
Water Quality Committee, Upper Roanoke River Roundtable
Co-Director, Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Co-Director, Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
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Memberships
American Chemical Society - ACS
ACS Division of Environmental Chemistry
Blue Ridge Section ACS
Mid-Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers
Virginia Academy of Science
Awards
Resolution of Appreciation from the Franklin County Board of Supervisors for promoting
conservation and continuing efforts to protect water resources, 2006
Melvin Johnston Award from the Smith Mountain Lake Association for outstanding
contributions to the Smith Mountain Lake Area, 2004
Prize Winner, Science and Religion Course Competition sponsored by The Center for Theology
and Natural Science, 2000
Conservationist of the Year, Blue Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District, 1994
Exemplary Teaching Award, Ferrum College and the United Methodist Church Board of Higher
Education, 1992
Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, Ferrum College and The New York Southern Society, 1982
Fellowships
Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, “Combating Climate Change at Local and Regional
Levels: Sustainable Strategies, Renewable Energy”, 2008
Salzburg Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, “China, the New Global Economic Engine”, 2006
DuPont Fellowship, “Going Global: Environmental History”, National Humanities Center, 2006
John B. Stephenson Fellowship, Appalachian College Association, 1996
Burroughs-Wellcome Fellowship, Appalachian College Association, 1994
Pew Fellowship-short term, University of Kentucky Faculty Scholars Program, 1992
Pew Fellowship-long term, University of Kentucky Faculty Scholars Program, 1989
Grants
2007 – Appalachian College Association (Burger Foundation) funding for travel abroad course to the
Southern African Wildlife College, South Africa.
2005 – Appalachian College Association (Burger Foundation) funding for travel abroad course to China.

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1987 to present - Continuous funding for the Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Monitoring Program;
VEE, DGIF, DEQ, SMLA, TLAC, Franklin Co, Bedford Co, Pittsylvania Co, and Ferrum College
1996 to present - Continuous annual funding for the Claytor Lake Volunteer Monitoring Program; DEQ,
Pulaski County, FOCL, and Ferrum College
2001 – Administrator for collaborative research grant (CAWS) from The Appalachian College
Association to six colleges for watershed research, characterization and development as a
teaching facility.
2000 – The Center for Theology and Natural Science Course Competition Prize (with Dr. David
Howell) for the course, “Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives”.
1999 - Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act (WQIA) funded project, “Blackwater Riparian NPS
Pollution Reduction Project”. 1998 project selected for continued funding
1998 - Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act (WQIA) funded project, “Blackwater Riparian NPS
Pollution Reduction Project”
1995 - EPA Grant (Section 319 for NPS Demonstration). "Alternative Water Systems and Watershed
Model for Nonpoint Source Pollution Assessment and Demonstration"
1994 - National Science Foundation (ILI-IG). "Use of Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy to
Enhance Science Education at Ferrum College"
1988 - Virginia Environmental Endowment. "Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring and
Public Education Program-Phase II"
1987 - Virginia Environmental Endowment. "Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring and
Public Education Program"
1985 - Virginia Environmental Endowment. "An Assessment of the Effects of Shoreline Land Use on
the Water Quality of Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia"

Selected Publications and Presentations
Refereed Publications
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Yan-fen Fang, Ying-ping Huang, De-fu Liu, Yang Huang, Wei Guo, and David Johnson,
“Photocatalytic degradation of the dye sulforhodamine-B: A comparative study of different light
sources”, Journal of Environmental Science, Chinese Academy of Science, Vol. 19, No. 1. 2007.
Aaron Corkum and David M. Johnson, "Mercury in Fish from Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia", The
Virginia Journal of Science, Vol. 42, No. 1. 1991.
Vanessa J. Wotring, David M. Johnson and Leonidas G. Bachas,"Polymeric Membrane Anion-Selective
Electrodes Based on Diquaternary Ammonium Salts", Analytical Chemistry, Vol. 62, No. 14. 1990.
D. M. Johnson, "Toxic Substances", The Ferrum Review, Vol. 3. 1980
Chapters in Books
D. M. Johnson, V. Wotring, S. Daunert, and L. G. Bachas, "Recent Advances in Polymer Membrane
Anion-Selective Electrodes", in Immunochemical Assays and Biosensor Technology for the 1990s, R.
M. Nakamura, Y. Kasahara, and G. A. Rechnitz, eds., American Society for Microbiology 1992
L. G. Bachas, S. Daunert, V. Wotring, A. Florido, D. M. Johnson, "Polymer Membrane Anion-Selective
Electrodes," Proceedings of the 1990 International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes
J. A. Black, R. F. Roberts, D. M. Johnson, D. Minicucci, H.E. Allen, and K. H. Mancy, "The
Significance of Physiochemical Variables in Aquatic Bioassays of Heavy Metals," in Bioassay
Techniques and Environmental Chemistry, G. Glass (ed.), Ann Arbor Science Publishers. 1973
Technical Reports
Directed development of the Ferrum College Water Quality Lab Methods Manual. 2000, revised 2001,
2003, 2005, 2007.
D.M. Johnson, “Blackwater River Riparian Nonpoint Source Pollution Reduction Project, Final Report”.
Final Project Report to the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation. 2000
D.S. Cherry, R.J. Currie, H.A. Latimer, J. Cairns, Jr., R.B. Diz, D. Gallagher, D.M. Johnson, M.M.
Yeager, “Leading Creek (Ohio) Improvement Plan -Southern Coal Company, Meigs Mine Number 31”.
1999
C.L. Thomas and D.M. Johnson, “Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Annual
Report”. 1998
K.G. Wooden, R. Cocke, E. Collins, Jr., and D. M. Johnson, “Alternative Water Systems and Watershed
Model for Non-Point Source Pollution Assessment and Demonstration” (Final Report). 1998
D.M. Johnson, “Modeling of Nonpoint Source Pollution Potential for Gills and Maggodee Creek
Watersheds”. 1998

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D.M. Johnson and C.L. Thomas, “Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Annual Report”. 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2004
D.M. Johnson and C.L. Thomas, “Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program Annual
Report”. 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
J. Palmer, D.M. Johnson, and C.L. Thomas, “Claytor Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
Program Annual Report”. 1996
C.L. Thomas and D.M. Johnson, “Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program
Annual Report”. 1990/91, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007
D.M. Johnson and C.L. Thomas, “Training Manual for Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Monitoring
Program”. 1987 (revised 1990)
D. M. Johnson and C.L. Thomas, "Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring and Public
Education Program", Final Project Report to the Virginia Environmental Endowment." 1989
D. M. Johnson and J. W. Leffler, "An Assessment of the Effects of Shoreline Land Use on the Water
Quality of Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia". Final Project Report to the Virginia Environmental
Endowment. 1987
D. M. Johnson (Dissertation) Atmospheric Inputs of Trace Metals and Nutrients to Saginaw Bay, Lake
Huron. 1976
Selected Workshops and Symposia
Faculty development workshop, Gereau Center (Franklin County Public Schools),
“Greening Education by Increased Focus on Ecology and Global Issues”, November, 2008
Session Chair (invited), Session III-C: Measuring Nutrients in Lakes, 2007 Virginia-West Virginia
Water Research Symposium, Blacksburg VA. November 2007.
D.M. Johnson, “Using Watershed Management to Protect Water Quality”, presented at workshop for
regional planners on planning document, The Roanoke River Corridor, Managing a Strategic Resource,
prepared by the 5th District Planning Commission. Bernards Landing, June 1994
Organizer and Presider for symposium, "Environmental Electrochemistry", at 20th Annual Meeting of
the Federation of Analytical Chemist and Spectroscopist Societies (FACSS). Detroit, October 1993
Annual Training Session for the Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program. Conducted each May
since 1987 for the Smith Mountain Lake Association and since 1996 for the Friends of Claytor Lake.
D.M. Johnson, C. Thomas, "The Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program at Smith Mountain Lake
as a Model for Other Volunteer Monitoring Programs", Workshop, April 1992 and 1993 at the Annual
Water Resources Research Forum, Richmond, VA.

Selected Presentations
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Carolyn L. Thomas, Jason D. Powell, and David M. Johnson, “Is Reservoir Water Quality Important in
Hydroelectric Power Generation” 2008 Mid-Atlantic Regional Water Resources Research Conference,
Shepherdstown, WV, November 2008.
David M. Johnson, “Using the Watershed Management Approach for Reducing Nonpoint Source
Pollution in Reservoirs”, Institute of Hydroecology, Wuhan, China, March 2008.
Delia Heck, Rachael Brown, and David M. Johnson, “Visualizing Water Quality with GIS”, 2007
Virginia-West Virginia Water Research Symposium, Blacksburg VA. November 2007.
Jason D. Powell, Stephanie L. Gillespie, and David M. Johnson, “Adapting Measurements for Nitrogen
Speciation Measurements without Producing Toxic Wastes”, 2007 Virginia-West Virginia Water
Research Symposium, Blacksburg VA. November 2007.
Carolyn L. Thomas, Jason D. Powell, and David M. Johnson, “Does Smith Mountain Lake and Claytor
Lake Meet the New VDEQ Lake Criteria”, 2007 Virginia-West Virginia Water Research Symposium,
Blacksburg VA. November 2007.
D.M. Johnson and Carolyn Thomas, “The Smith Mountain Lake Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring
Program: A Summary of the Trophic Data”, North American Lake Management Society 25 th Annual
Symposium, Madison, WI, November 2005
Carolyn Thomas and David M. Johnson, “What about Bacteria in Lakes: Smith Mountain Lake”, North
American Lake Management Society 25 th Annual Symposium, Madison, WI, November 2005
D.M. Johnson and Carolyn Thomas, “Reservoir Dynamics: A Comparison of Smith Mountain Lake and
Claytor Lake”, Virginia Lakes and Watershed Association Annual Conference, Virginia Beach, VA,
March 2005.
D.M. Johnson, “How Land Use Impacts Water Quality – Mountain to Lake”, invited speaker, Blue
Ridge Soil and Water Conservation District 2005 Conservation Field Day, Rocky Mount, VA. Feb, 2005
D.M. Johnson, “Trophic State Assessment of Smith Mountain Lake”, invited speaker, (1) Chinese
Academy of Fisheries Science, (2) Yangtze Water Resources Committee of the Changjiang Water
Resources Commission, and (3) Nanjing University Environmental Chemistry Program, August 2004
D.M. Johnson, “BMPs for Lake and Reservoir Restoration”, invited speaker, Soil and Water
Conservation Society - Virginia Chapter Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, October 2004
D.M. Johnson and Carolyn Thomas, “Reservoir Dynamics: A Comparison of Smith Mountain Lake and
Claytor Lake”, Virginia Water Research Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, October, 2004
D.M. Johnson, “Adventures in Waterland: 20 Years of Water Quality Research at Smith Mountain
Lake”, invited speaker, Environment Virginia, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, VA, April, 2004
D.M. Johnson, “Protecting Water Quality in Smith Mountain Lake”, invited speaker, Franklin County
Board of Supervisors Spring Retreat, July 2004

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D.M. Johnson, “Water Quality Monitoring on Claytor Lake”, invited speaker at the Forum for Claytor
Lake, sponsored by The Friends of Claytor Lake (FOCL), May 2003
D.M. Johnson, “TMDL Planning in the Blackwater HUA”, invited speaker at the 7th Annual Virginia
Watershed Management Conference, Williamsburg, VA, November 2000
D.M. Johnson and D.B. Howell, “Religion and Science: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives”,
Poster Presentation at St. Anne’s College, Oxford University, July 2000.
G. Yagow, V. Shanholtz, R. Seale, R. Stephens, D.M. Johnson, and C. Lunsford, “Preliminary Fecal
Coliform Assessment in the Blackwater River Watershed”, Paper No. 99-2185, 1999 ASAE Annual
International Meeting, Toronto, Canada, July 1999
R.J. Currie, D.S. Cherry, J.E. Babendreier, H.A. Latimer, D.M. Johnson and J.H. VanHassel, Watershed
Enhancement Plan Development for Leading Creek after Dewatering of the Meigs 31 Coal Mine in
Ohio, SETAC 19th Annual Meeting, Charlotte, NC, November 1998.
D.M. Johnson, “Water Quality Research at Smith Mountain Lake”, invited speaker for monthly meeting
of the American Chemical Society-Blue Ridge Section, February 19, 1998
R.J. Currie, D.S. Cherry, J.H. VanHassel, J.E. Babendreier, D.M. Johnson, and H.A. Latimer, Recovery,
Restoration, and Enhancement Plan Development for the Leading Creek Watershed, Meigs County,
Ohio. SETAC 18th Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 1997.
D. M. Johnson, "Water Quality Research and Surveillance on Smith Mountain Lake", October 1988, at
the SML Policy Advisory Board State Representatives Meeting.
D. M. Johnson, "The Atmospheric Contribution to Surface Water Quality", presented at the 1977
Louisiana Environmental Health Association Educational Conference, Alexandria, LA.
D. M. Johnson, L. H. Hecker, H. E. Allen, and K. H. Mancy, "Atmospheric Inputs of Nutrients and
Trace Metals to Saginaw Bay", presented May, 1976, at the Annual Meeting of the International
Association for Great Lakes Research, Guelph, Ontario.

Courses Taught (* indicates courses developed)
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Honors Program
- Religion and Science* (HON 225, team taught with Dr. David Howell)
Chemistry
-Matter: Quarks and Atoms, Dark Matter and Black Holes (Science 134 for non-majors)*
-Fundamentals of Inorganic Chemistry (Chem 101)
-General Chemistry (Chem 103/104)
-Chemistry for Allied Health (Chem 110, Roanoke Valley College of Health Sciences)*
-Fundamentals of Organic and Biochemistry (Chem 105)
-Analytical Chemistry (Chem 305)
-Instrumental Analysis (Bio/ES/Chem 327)*
-Biochemistry (Chem 315)
-Physical Chemistry (Chem 341/342)*
-Environmental Chemistry (Chem 412)*
Environmental Science
-Introduction to Environmental Science (ES 101/102, McNeese State Univ. ESC 110, Ferrum)
-The Ecology and Culture of South Africa – international travel course (ESC 207/SAB 250)*
-China: Nature and Culture in a Rapidly Changing Society – international travel course (ESC 390)*
-Environmental Seminar (ES 307/308/407/498)
-Environmental Policy, Planning, and Impact Assessment (ES 310)*
-Introduction to GIS (ES 390-special topics)*
-Fundamentals of Air and Water Pollution (ES 421)
-Introduction to Occupational Safety and Health (ES 425)*
-Environmental Toxicology (ESC 424)*
-Environmental Impact Analysis (ES 451, MSU)*
-Aquatic Chemical Processes (ES 461, MSU)*
-Environmental Science for Teachers (ES 501/502, MSU)
-Chemical Stream Pollution (ES 521, MSU)
-Water Quality Control (ES 581, MSU)

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Selected Professional Development and Continuing Education Activities
- Salzburg Seminar, “Combating Climate Change at Local and Regional Levels: Sustainable Strategies,
Renewable Energy”, Christiane Egger and Tim German (Salzburg, Austria, 2008)
- Consulting trip to China with MapTech team to help develop an integrated nonpoint source monitoring
and decision support system for the Han River and Danjiangkou Reservoir, part of the south to north
water diversion project. The sponsoring agency is the US Trade Development Administration and
the host institution is the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission in Wuhan. (March 2008)
- South Africa; Resource management in Southern Africa. Short course at the Southern African Wildlife
College, Hoedspruit, South Africa. (2007, 2008)
- Salzburg Seminar, “China, the New Global Economic Engine”, Dr. Kenneth Lieberthal (2006)
- Jessie Ball DuPont Summer Seminar (3 week), “Going Global: Environmental History and the
Exchange of Animals, Plants, and Ideas”, National Humanities Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
- China; Travel to several universities and government agencies to discuss water quality issues and tour
with students. (2004, 2005, 2006)
- ACS Local Section Leadership Conference (Baltimore, MD, 2006)
- NFS Chautauqua, “Interferometry in Radio Astronomy, the VLA and the VLBA”, Dr. David Finley,
(NRAO Operations Center, Socorro, NM, July 2004)
- NFS Chautauqua, “A Radio View of the Universe and the New Green Bank Telescope”, Dr. Philip
Jewell, (National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV, May 2004)
- NSF Chautauqua, “Cosmology: From Quantum Fuzz to the Accelerating Universe”, Mike Turner,
University of Chicago, Oct. 2001)
- Science and Religion Workshop (Center for Theology and Natural Science, St. Anne's College, Oxford
University, Jan. 2000)
-Conference, “God and Time” (Center for Theology and Natural Science, St. Anne's College, Oxford
University, July 2000)
- NSF Chautauqua, “Cosmology at the Millennium”, Dr. Mike Turner (University of Chicago, 1999)
- Techniques in Watershed and Ecosystem Analysis (University of Maryland, Appalachian Lab, 1999)
- Appalachian College Association (ACA) Technology Summit (U of Tennessee, 1998)
- ACS Local Section Leadership Conference (Portland, Maine, 1998)
- Middle Atlantic Regional Academic Analytical Conference (Georgetown Univ., 1998)
- Appalachian College Association (ACA) Conferences on Service Learning for Social Justice (1997-98)
- Use of GIS to Model NPS Agricultural Pollution (Emory & Henry College, Vern Shanholtz, 1997)
- National Conference on GIS in Higher Education (Columbia, Maryland, 1996)
- NSF Chautauqua, “Personalities of 20th Century Physics” (Dr. Max Dresden, Univ. of Dayton, 1993)
- Mid-Atlantic Association of Liberal Arts Chemistry Teachers (MAALACT) Conferences (1980s-
1990s)
- Integrating Computer Spreadsheets into the Analytical Chemistry Course (1990)
- Theory and Application of the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (Ferrum Psyc 438, 1986)
- Neutron Activation Analysis, γ-ray Spectroscopy, and x-ray Fluorescence (Oak Ridge, 1989)
- Water Quality Modeling in Lakes and Reservoirs (Ken Reckow and Steve Duke, 1987)
- Environmental Aspects of Toxic Waste Disposal (Georgia Tech, 1987)
- Analysis of Organic Pollutants (Univ. of Michigan, 1987)
- Hazardous Waste Measurements (Univ. of Michigan, 1986)
- Atmosphere/Biosphere Interactions (Georgia Tech, 1986)
- The Use of Radioactive Tracers in Chemistry and Biology (Oak Ridge Nat'l Lab, 1984)
- Gordon Conference on Environmental Science (New Hudson, NH, 1984)
- 6th International Conference on Chemical Education (Univ. of Maryland, 1981)
- NSF Chautauqua, “Aspects of Chemical Kinetics”, Henry Eyring (Univ. of Colorado, 1979)
- NSF Chautauqua, “Thermodynamics, Art, and Poetry”, Henry Bent (Univ. of Texas, 1977)

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Service on Committees and other Campus Activities
- Search Committee, VP for Enrollment (2005)
- Chair, Faculty Council (2004-06)
- Search Committee, Dean and VP for Academic Affairs (2004)
- Academic Advisory Committee (2001-2003)
- Sexual Assault Counselor (2000-2002)
- Curriculum Committee (2000-01)
- First Year Experience Committee (2000-01)
- SACS Self-Study Steering Committee (1999-2000)
- Strategic Planning Committee (1998-99)
- Search Committee for Director of Experiential Learning (1998)
- Faculty Summer Study Group to develop a document as the basis for a strategic plan (1996)
- Convener of committee to develop a new program, Environmental Planning and Development (1997- )
- Established and equipped Ferrum College GIS Lab (1994- )
- Tenure and Promotion Committee (1987-88, 1996-97)
- Faculty Grievance Committee (1990-92, 1994-98)
- Facilitator, Ferrum College High Ropes Course (1995-96)
- Assisted with cave surveys for the Virginia endangered bat program (1992-95)
- Campus Safety Committee (1994-97)
- Task Force on Sexual Assault and Harassment (1993-95)
- College Academic Assessment Committee (1993-94, 1998- )
- Campus AIDS Committee (1992-95)
- Chair, Student Activities Director Search Committee (1989 and 1991)
- Ferrum College Assessment Steering Committee (1988-91)
- Chair, Chaplain Search Committee (1987)
- Professional Development Committee (1979-83, Chairman 1982-83)
- Honor Code Board (1980-82, Chairman 1981-82)
- Campus Programs Board (1983-87)
Community Service
- Board of Directors, Children’s Advocacy Programs of the Blue Ridge, Inc.
- Co-Director, Smith Mountain Lake Water Quality Monitoring Program (with Smith Mountain Lake
Association, SMLA)
- Executive Committee (Immediate Past Chair) Virginia Blue Ridge Section of the American Chemical
Society