Dr. David Baylis  of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock History Department is a human geographer with research interests in social geography, cartography, and Geo-visualization.

In this lecture, Dr. Baylis explains the mapping techniques that we use in everyday life and the need for geo-literacy.

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Dr. Jackie Langille  is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Studies at the University of North Carolina-Asheville. She started studying the Himalayas as part of her graduate work at Central Washington University in Washington State.

In this lecture, Dr. Langille discusses the formation of the Himalya and the causes for crustal extension in the mountain range.

This lecture was presented October 24, 2013.

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Dr. John Czarnecki is a groundwater specialist with the U.S. Geological Survey Arkansas Water Science Center.

In this lecture, Dr. Czarnecki explains the importance of the Alluvial and Sparta Aquifers in Arkansas and what we need to do to protect these water supplies.

This lecture was presented September 12, 2013.

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Dr. Rebecca Bendick is an Associate Professor at the University of Montana where her research focuses on the mechanisms that produce the continental landscape.

In this lecture, Dr. Bendick shows how her latest research brings into question some of the theories of how the continents move.

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Dr. Jason Patton is an Associate Professor of Geology at Arkansas Tech University.  He has more than 20 years experience working on environmental projects for government and industry.  Most of his research has focused on the sedimentation in drinking water.

In this lecture, Dr. Glasgow talks about the more than one million abandoned oil and gas wells in our country and the problems they are causing with our water sources.

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Melinda Glasgow  is the Sustainability Officer for Little Rock.  She coordinates the information about recycling in Little Rock and was instrumental in initiating the single stream recycling program.

In this lecture, Ms. Glasgow explains the role of the Sustainability Commission and the future plans to develop sustainable practices.

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Dr.  Jessica Scott  holds a Ph.D in Environmental Dynamics from the University of Arkansas.  Her research focuses on paleoecology, where she reconstructs the diet and habitat of fossil species.  Dr. Scott is the Asst. Director of the Donaghey Scholars Honors Program and is an instructor in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Department of Anthropology.

In this lecture, Dr. Scott provides an overview of climate change and its impact on our planet.  She poses three questions, “Must We Change? Can We Change? Will We Change?”

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Dr.  Lindsey Waddell received her Ph.D in Oceanography, Marine Geology and Geochemistry from the University of Michigan.  She teaches at the Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts.

In this lecture, Dr. Waddell explores the unique geologic conditions at the Hot Springs National  Park that create the thermal springs.

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Dr.  Thomas Colby received his Ph.D in Geosciences from Boise State University.  He is a visiting professor at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in the Department of Earth Sciences.  Dr. Colby’s research interests focus on using a variety of techniques to investigate and understand the timing, structure, and evolution of collisional mountain building events.

In this lecture, Dr. Colby explains how the Earth’s history is written in the rocks and how geologists are just learning how to understand the language.

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Dr.  Stephen Grace is a professor in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Biology Department .  He  is a plant physiologist whose research is focused on the biochemistry and metabolism of plants. He and his students have carried out extensive studies on polyphenolic antioxidants in tomato, green tea and Echinacea.  He helped to establish the Campus Garden and serves as faculty advisor for the Campus Garden Alliance.

In this lecture, Dr. Grace explains how the Campus Garden provides instructional opportunities as well as nutritional food for the campus.

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