Education
M.S. University of New Mexico, Geology, 1997
B.S. University of Minnesota, Geology and Geophysics, 1993
Academic Programs
Biography
Courses Taught
- Physical Geology
- Physical Science (Physics, Astronomy, and Geology)
- Environmental Science
- Environmental Geology
- Soils and Climate Change
- Watersheds and River Systems
- Geobotany
- Using Scientific Data for Multidisciplinary Science Instruction
- Communicating Science
- Teaching the Methods of Geoscience
- Teaching the Process of Science
- Preparing Teachers to Teach Earth Science
Select Publications
- Ellwein, A.L., Shroder, J., Engelmann, G., Engelmann, C., Yuhas, B., and Feeney, C.M., 2022, Geology Underfoot on Colorado’s Western Slope, Mountain Press Publishing Co., 323 p.
- Huth, T.E., Cerling, T.E., Marchetti, D.W., Bowling, D.R., Ellwein, A.L., Passey, B.H, Fernandez, D.P., Valley, J.W., and Orland, I.J., 2020, Laminated soil carbonate rinds as a paleoclimate archive of the Colorado Plateau, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2020.05.022
- Huth, T.E., Cerling, T.E., Marchetti, D.W., Ellwein, A.L., Bowling, D.R., and Passey, B.H, 2019, Seasonal bias in soil carbonate formation and its implications for interpreting high-resolution paleoarchives: evidence from southern Utah, Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, doi: 10.1029/2018JG004496.
- Ellwein, A.L., McFadden, L.D., McAuliffe, J., and Mahan, S.A, 2018, Late Quaternary soil development enhances aeolian landform stability, Moenkopi Plateau, southern Colorado Plateau, USA, Geosciences, doi: 10.3390.
- Ellwein, A.L., Mahan, S.A., and McFadden, L.D., 2015, Impacts of climate change on the formation and stability of late Quaternary sand sheets and falling dunes, southern Colorado Plateau, USA, Quaternary International, v. 362, p.87-107.
- Ellwein, A.L., Hartley, L.M., Donovan, S., and Billick, I., 2014, Using rich context and data exploration to improve climate and data literacy: bringing a field station into the classroom, Journal of Geoscience Education – Special Volume: Outcomes from Climate Literacy Efforts, v. 62, n. 4, p. 578-586.
- Gellis, A.C., Pavich M.J., Ellwein, A.L., Wieczorek, M.E., and Viger, R.J., 2012, Sources of sediment in the current arroyo cycle using a sediment budget for two subbasins of the Rio Puerco, New Mexico, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124, p. 817-841.
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