Community Profile

A long-time NAGT member and glacial geologist by training, I am retired community college instructor now adjunct faculty at Portland State University.  At PSU I work teach largely climate science for non scientists through the geology and university studies programs.  This is part of a "retirement career" in which I am heavily involved in climate and sustainability education and advocacy through the following groups...

• NAGT advocacy committee

• Greater Portland Sustainability Education Network < gpsen.org >

• Union of Concerned Scientists - Oregon Science Network

• Institute for Sustainable Solutions at Portland State University

Key Projects Related to Geoscience Education

• Climate Toolkit: Resource Manual for Science and Action - Resource manual designed to help the reader navigate the complex and perplexing issue of climate change by providing tools and strategies to explore the underlying science. As such it contains a collection of activities that make use of readily available on-line resources developed by research groups and public agencies. These include web-based climate models, climate data archives, interactive atlases, policy papers, and "solution" catalogs. Unlike a standard textbook, it is designed to help readers do their own climate research and devise their own perspective rather than providing them with a script to assimilate and repeat.

• PDX Virtual Bridge to COP25 - Describes process to start a virtual bridge, which is a public gathering that features both local speakers and live connections with UNCC events.  (also found under 'Get Involved')

• Connecting to COP28 Portal

Academic Background

• PhD (Geology / Geoscience Education) – Portland State University, Portland Oregon

• MS (Geology) – Portland State University, Portland Oregon

• MAT (Science Education) – Lewis and Clark College, Portland Oregon

• BA (Physics / Psychology) – Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon

 Areas of Interest/Major Publications

Geoscience education and visualization

• Virtual Northwest: Virtual Field Environments for Geoscience Education

• Digital Reference Shelf for Earth Science

• Granshaw, F. & Duggan-Haas, D. 2012, Virtual fieldwork in geoscience teacher education: Issues techniques and models; in Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research – GSA Special Paper 492, p. 285-304

• Granshaw, F., 2011, Designing and Using Virtual Field Environments to Enhance and Extend Field Experience in Professional Development Programs in Geology for K-12 Teachers, Doctoral Dissertation – Portland State University

Sustainability education

• Virtual Walkabouts for Sustainability – An on-line exploration of sustainable development and habitat restoration in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Area.

Glacier – climate interactions

• Virtual Northwest: Special Projects – Glaciers and Icefields

• Glaciers of the American West: Learning about Glaciers

• Granshaw, F.D. and Fountain, A.G., 2006, Glacier Change (1958-1998) in the North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington, USA, in Journal of Glaciology, v. 52, n. 177 p.251-256

• Granshaw, F.D. 2002. Glacier change in the North Cascades National Park complex, Washington State, USA, 1958–1998, MS thesis, Portland State University

• Fountain, A.G. /Hoffman, M.J. / Granshaw, F.D./ Riedel, J., 2009, The 'benchmark glacier' concept - does it work?  Lessons from the North Cascade Range, USA, in Annals of Glaciology, v. 50, p. 163-168

Community Profile

This portal was a Capstone project, a culminating graduation requirement for the Unity Environmental University Masters program in Marine Science.  My partner on the development of this portal was Frank Granshaw.  

I have been a science teacher in both middle school and high school for almost 15 years.  Currently, I teach Biology and Earth Space Science at RA Long High School in Longview, WA.  

The Pacific Northwest is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful places in the United States.  Abundant waterfalls and natural spaces allow anyone who lives here to develop a deep and abiding appreciation for nature.  I am equally passionate about marine mammal conservation and anthropogenic (human generated) impacts on marine ecosystems.  This portal was an opportunity for me to dovetail my educational and conservation interests together to produce the most comprehensive resource for climate change education and COP citizen participation possible.

Academic Background

• Masters (Marine Science) - Unity Environmental University, New Gloucester ME

• Masters (Teaching/Secondary) - Olivet Nazarene University, Bourbonnais IL

• Bachelors (Integrative Biology) - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana IL

Key Projects

• Connecting to COP28 Portal