Personal

Born: November 22, 1968
Hometown: Oradell, NJ

Educational Background

University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI

• Ph.D. Geology, distributed minor in Geophysics and Materials Science, May 2000
  Dissertation title: Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Middle Eocene Gualala basin, California: Geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence from conglomerate clasts

• M.S. Geology, December 1993
  Thesis title: Provenance characteristics of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Gualala basin and implications for the evolution of the San Andreas fault: Geochronologic and geochemical evidence from conglomerate cobbles

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

• B.A. Geology, with Honors, minor in Mathematics, May 1991

Teaching Experience

• Assistant Professor, Fort Hays State University (2004-present)
• Assistant Professor, Lake Superior State University (2001-2004)
• Temporary Assistant Professor, Western Kentucky University (2000-2001)
• Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1998-2000)
• Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (1997-1998)
• Lecturer, Northeast Illinois University (1997)
• Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison (1991-1995)
• Teaching Assistant, Colgate University (1989-1991)

Research Experience

• Research Assistant, U.W. Madison (Summer, 1992, 1993, Fall, 1995 thru Fall, 1997, Summer thru Fall, 1998)

  Research focused primarily on M.S. and Ph.D. thesis work using U/Pb zircon age dating, geochemical, and isotopic systems to examine provenance of Upper Cretaceous to Lower Eocene conglomerate clasts and sandstones from the Gualala basin, California. This study aims to characterize the provenance terranes of Gualala basin sedimentary rocks in order to test terrane accretion and translation hypotheses and to elucidate Latest Cretaceous and Paleogene paleogeography and tectonic evolution of the northernmost Salinian block.

  Other research completed under these research assistantships includes: forensic radiogenic isotope geochemistry (Sr isotope provenance of osseous samples), computer visualization work combining digital elevation data with geologic mapping, and single zircon U/Pb provenance studies of the Precambrian Baraboo quartzite.

• Volunteer for Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA (Summer, 1995)

  Efforts were focused on the compilation of a web-based bibliographic database of geologic hazards publications for the northern California area.

Honors

• Albert and Alice Weeks Best Student Research Paper Award, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, U.W. Madison (1999)
• Thomas E. Berg Excellence in Teaching Award, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, U.W. Madison (1993)
• Geological Society of America Outstanding Student Research Award (1992)
• Colgate University Geology Department Senior Award - Excellence in Leadership and Creativity (1991)
• Eagle Scout (1987)

Funded Research Grants/Consulting

• Consultant (Mesozoic Rocks of the Cordilleran Arc) to NavDat (2003-present)
• National Science Foundation Research Grant EAR-9628549, co-written as a graduate student with PI Clark Johnson (1996)
• Chevron Foundation Graduate Student Research Grant, UW-Madison (1995)
• Geological Society of America Research Grant (1992)
• Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research (1992)

Professional Development

• Designing Effective and Innovative Courses in the Geosciences - July 2004
• DLESE Annual Meeting - August 2003
• Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century - July 2003
• Design Principles for Creating Effective Web-based Learning Resources in the Geosciences - February 2003
• NAGT Early Career Faculty in the Geosciences: Teaching, Research, and Managing Your Career - June 2002
• Penrose Conference, "Terrane Accretion along the Western Cordilleran Margin: Constraints on Timing and Displacement", Winthrop, WA (1999)
• Penrose Conference, "Mesozoic Evolution of the Cordilleran Continental Margin in Central and Southern California", Tehachapi, CA (1995)

Service

• Advisor, Geology Club (UW, WKU, LSSU, FHSU)
• Webmaster, LSSU Geology & Physics Dept., Central Section NAGT, Midcontinent Section NAGT, Outcrop.org
• University Committee Memberships (Enrollment Management & Technology Executive Committee, LSSU)
• Associate Curator, Kemp Mineral Resources Museum
• Sectional Revival Coordinator, Midcontinent Section NAGT

Professional Affiliations

• Geological Society of America (GSA - Cordilleran Section, Structural Geology and Tectonics Division)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU - Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology Section)
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT - Webmaster, Central Section)
• Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)
• National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA)
• Michigan Earth Science Teachers Association (MESTA)
• Institute on Lake Superior Geology (ILSG)
• Digital Library for Earth Systems Education (DLESE)

Publications

Publications related to my current research:

• Schott, Ronald C. 2004, Utilization of a large geochemical – geochronologic database to determine the paternity and wanderings of orphaned conglomerate clasts in the Gualala basin, California: Implications for provenance studies and tectonic reconstructions in the North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 36, no. 4, p. 10. Abstract

• Schott, Ronald C., Johnson, Clark M., and O’Neil, James, 2004, Late Cretaceous tectonic history of the Sierra-Salinia-Mojave arc as recorded in conglomerates of the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Gualala Formation, northern California: Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 109, B02204, doi:10.1029/2003JB002845.

• Medaris, L. G., Jr., Singer, B. S., Dott, R. H., Jr., Naymark, A., Johnson, C. M., and Schott, R. C., 2003, Late Paleoproterozoic Climate, Tectonics, and Metamorphism in the Southern Lake Superior Region and Proto–North America: Evidence from Baraboo Interval Quartzites: Journal of Geology, v. 111, p. 243-257.

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 2001, Garnet-bearing trondhjemite and other conglomerate clasts from the Gualala basin, California: Sedimentary record of the missing western portion of the Salinian magmatic arc?, GSA Bulletin, v. 113, no. 7, p. 870-880. Abstract

• Schott, Ronald C., 2000, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Middle Eocene Gualala basin, California: Geochronologic, geochemical, and isotopic evidence from conglomerate clasts: Ph.D. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 273 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Late Cretaceous to Eocene Gualala basin provenance constraints from conglomerate clasts: Implications for the origin and early evolution of the Salinian block, in Elder, W. P., ed., Geology and tectonics of the Gualala block, northern California: Pacific Section, SEPM, Book 84, p. 75-94.

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Sedimentary record of the Late Cretaceous collapse of the Salinia-Mojave magmatic arc: Geology, v. 26, p. 327-330. Abstract

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, Clark M., 1998, Provenance evolution of the Late Cretaceous - Paleogene Gualala basin: Geochemical, isotopic, and U/Pb zircon age evidence from conglomerate clasts: AAPG Bulletin, v. 82, no. 5A, p. 857. Abstract

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1997, Do Late Cretaceous-Paleogene sediments of the Gualala basin (Calif.) record the collision and/or passage of outboard terranes?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 5, p. 63. Abstract

• Dott, R. H., Jr., Medaris, L. G., Jr, and Schott, R. C., 1997, Post-1760 Ma deposition of the Baraboo Quartzite: Confirmation from detrital zircon ages and new field evidence: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 4, p. 13.

• Schott, Ronald C., and Johnson, C. M., 1996, Conglomerates of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Changing provenance and implications for Cordilleran paleogeography: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 445. Abstract

• Medaris, L. G., Jr., Johnson, C. M., Schott, R. C., Dott, R. H., Jr., and Van Wyck, N., 1996, The Baraboo quartzite, Wisconsin: Proterozoic deposition and deformation in the Lake Superior region: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 28, no. 7, p. 376.

• Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1995, Orphaned Conglomerate Cobbles of the Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin: Still Seeking a Home. Abstract

• Schott, R. C., and Johnson, C. M., 1994, U/Pb zircon ages of conglomerate cobbles, Late Cretaceous-Paleogene Gualala basin, California: Implications for provenance and San Andreas fault offset history: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 147. Abstract

• Johnson, Clark, Schott, Ronald, and O'Neil, James, 1994, Isotope and elemental chemistry of sedimentary clasts of the Cretaceous and Eocene Gualala basin, northern California: Ties to Salinia, Mojave, or Sierra Nevada Cordilleran batholiths?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 193. Abstract

• Schott, Ronald C., 1993, Provenance Characteristics of the Late Cretaceous-Early Tertiary Gualala Basin and Implications for the Evolution of the San Andreas Fault: Geochronologic and Geochemical Evidence from Conglomerate Cobbles: M.S. Thesis, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 88 pp. (Advisor C. M. Johnson)

Other Publications:

• Schott, Ronald C., 1995, A bibliographic database of geologic hazards publications in northern California on the World Wide Web, U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 95-661, 6 pp.

• Schott, Ronald; Meyer, Wendy; Sherwood, Elizabeth; Schulist, Michael; and Goldstein, Arthur, 1991, Deformational and metamorphic history of Taconic flysch, eastern New York and western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 124.

• Goldstein, Arthur; Cushing, Janet; and Schott, Ronald, 1991, History of folding and thrusting in the Taconic fold-thrust belt, western Vermont, Geological Society of America, Northeast and Southeast sections, Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 1, p. 36.

• McLelland, James; Ylagan, Robert; Schott, Ronald; and Gamache, Michelle, 1990, Magma mixing and commingling in the Roaring Brook intrusion breccia, Giant Mt. Adirondack highlands, N.Y., Geological Society of America, Northeast section, Abstracts with Programs, v. 22, no. 2, p. 55.