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KEITH MONTGOMERY Associate Professor, Geography and Geology Ph.D. University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (1986) M.A. University of Waterloo, Ontario Canada (1980) B.Sc. University of Glasgow, Great Britain (1978) Research: History of geology (17-18th C.); history of conservation and environmentalism; climatic change; human impact on the environment.

Courses Taught:

Awards:

• UW-Centers Arthur D. Kaplan Teaching Fellowship, 1996-1997
• UW-Centers Summer Research Grants 1992, 1995
• UW-Center Marathon County Foundation Summer Research Grants 1993, 1996
• University of Wisconsin Teaching Fellowship 1992

Professional Associations:

• Geological Society of America
• National Council for Geographic Education
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers
• Wisconsin Geographical Society
• Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters

Selected Publications and Presentations:

• "Using a historical controversy to teach critical thinking, the meaning of ‘theory,’ and the status of scientific knowledge."  2009 Journal of Geoscience Education v.57(3) p.214-221.  

• "WIKIs as a tool in creating collaboration in a large-lecture science class." 2nd Annual Best Practices in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Teaching Conference, UW Baraboo, May 29, 2008

• "WIKIs as a tool in Freshman Seminar." 2008 Engaging Students in the First Year (ESFY) Spring Conference, UWMC, March 8, 2008

• "Judging sides in a controversy: theory choice as applied to Earth Expansion and Sea Floor Spreading." Paper given at The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver CO, 10/28/07 (Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 87).

• UW Colleges Colloquium panelist, "Intelligent Design in the class; where it belongs and why."  May 24, 2007, UW Marshfield

• "Beyond FYE." Presentation  Engaging Students in the First year (ESFY) Spring conference, March 10, 2007, UW Fox Valley.
• "Variation in temperature with altitude and latitude" Journal of Geography v.105, pp.134-136 (June 2006)
• Poster presentation “Long-term planning and time management,” Engaging Students in the First Year (ESFY) Spring Conference, UW Marshfield, March 11, 2006.
• "A question of values. Using the Perry scheme to help students assess theories" Paper given at The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City UT, 10/16/5 (Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 37, No. 7, p. 84).
• "Religion and Science in Seventeenth Century England: Robert Hooke's Theory of the Earth." UW Barron County "History of Science" Lecture Series 8 April 2005
• "The geology and physical geography of Robert Hooke (1635-1703)." The Wisconsin Geographer, v.20 (Fall 2004), pp. 66-72.
• "Siccar Point and teaching the history of geology." Journal of Geoscience Education, v.51(5), p.500-505 (Nov.2003).
• "The abyss of history." Review of "The man who found time -- James Hutton and the discovery of the Earth's antiquity," by James Repcheck. The Wisconsin Geographer v.19, pp.48-50. 2003
• "Science and religion: The life of Nicolaus Steno." Review of "The seashell on the mountaintop: a story of science, sainthood, and the humble genius who discovered a new history of the Earth," by Alan Cutler. The Wisconsin Geographer v.19, pp.51-53. 2003
• Presentation on Freshman Seminars at UW Colleges Freshman Year Experience Conference, 29 March 2003, UW Fox Valley
• "The Demographic Transition" 2000 http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/Demotrans/demtran.htm
• "A geological history of Rib Mountain, WI" 1998 http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/ribmtn/ribmtn.htm
• "The Baraboo Ranges and the Devil's Lake Gorge, a geological tour" 1999 http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/geography/baraboo/baraboo.htm
• "Freshman Seminar WWW Resources at UW-Marathon County" (Teaching With Technology Today, v.III(3), September 21 1998).
• "Developing HyperTextBook Materials for Geography and Geology courses at UWMC" (Teaching with Technology Today, v.II(7), 1998).
• "Freshman Seminar //HyperTextBook//" 1997 http://www.uwmc.uwc.edu/freshman_seminar/refrnce.htm
• "Sinuosity and fractal dimension of meandering rivers" (Area v.28 p.491-500, 1996).
• "Sinuosity and intricacy of meandering rivers" (Association of American Geographers, Mankato MN, 29 September 1995).
• "Non-linear dynamics and river meandering" (Area v.25 p.97-108, 1993).
• "The age and origin of valley terraces in the Paris-Brantford area, Grand River Valley, Ontario" (Ontario Geographer v.37 p.1-13, 1993).
• "Scientific theories: connecting students, connecting facts" (UW Faculty College Seminar, 4 June 1993).
• "Spatial chaos in river meanders" (Symposium on Systems Theory and Geomorphology, Miami OH, 27 September 1992).
• "Methodological and spatio-temporal contexts for geomorphological knowledge: analysis and implications" (The Canadian Geographer v.35 p.345-352, 1991).
• "Concepts of equilibrium and evolution in geomorphology: the model of branch systems" (Progress in Physical Geography v.13 p.47-66, 1989).
• "The origin of micro-relief on till sheets of the Conestogo Lake area, Ontario" (The Canadian Geographer v.33 p.108-117, 1989)

Newspaper columns, media presentations:

•  "Happy birthday to the Earth – sort of" UWMC "College View" column,  Wausau Daily Herald, 10/24/8.

• "Keep God out of science class" UWMC "College View" column, Wausau Daily Herald, 5/13/8.
• "Don't mistake weather for climate" UWMC "College View" column, Wausau Daily Herald, 3/19/8.
• "Test scores don't tell the full story" Wausau Daily Herald, 7 June, 2006. "Be Our Guest" column concerning the interpretation of standardized state test scores.
• "Future of America rests upon science, not faith" Wausau Daily Herald, 27 December, 2005. "Be Our Guest" column.
• "Teaching ID dangerous to society, young minds" Wausau Daily Herald, 18 August, 2005. "Be our guest" column.
• "Creation theory is a wedge issue" Wausau Daily Herald, 15 July, 2005. "College Views" Op-Ed Column.
• "Letter writer as inaccurate as his source." Wausau Daily Herald 3 June 2004
  [Letter commenting on the current geographic and cultural aptness of Marco Polo's observations in the Middle East.]
• "Try reading the Qur'an before criticizing it." Wausau Daily Herald 27 July 2004, "Be our guest" column
• "Biggest fish gone." Op-Ed Column on ocean over-fishing, Wausau Daily Herald, 23 September, 2003.
• "Agriculture no longer dominates." Op-Ed Column on Wisconsin's economy and the choice of state quarter, Wausau Daily Herald, 15 October, 2003
• Wrote "Be our guest" column for the Wausau Daily Herald, January 10, 2002, "Religion columnist confuses science and astrology."
• Wrote short column for the Wausau Daily Herald, February 23, 2002, "McManus column illogical, divisive."
• Opinion article: "Muslims' central beliefs are similar to Christians'" Wausau Daily Herald, 12 October 2001, p.6A
• Opinion article: "Us and them, now and then" City Pages, November 15 2001, p.10-12 (full version also published in the Anthropology/Sociology Newsletter, May 2002).
• 2000 Spoke at a press conference to publicize power plant pollution, Fern Island, Wausau, 21 June 2000, organized by the "Clear the Air Campaign" of the organization "Environmental Decade".
• Op-Ed Wisconsin State Journal: "Energy efficiency: It's like a bet we can't lose" (12/19/99)
   

Consultation and Professional Community Service:

• Local geology, mineral and rock identification; short courses to community groups through Continuing Education; presentations to community groups; school presentations.

Potential Topics for Classroom or General Presentation:

• Rocks and minerals; plate tectonics; climate change; ozone
depletion; population growth; early modern geology and religion.

Available for consultation on any topic of geographical or geological interest. Telephone:715-261-6287, 845-1849(H). E-mail: keith.montgomery@uwc.edu

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