Qualifications and Experience
Mary Elaine Graham Kennedy, Ph.D.
Sedimentology, Basinal Geology
EDUCATION
1991 Ph.D., University of Southern California
1987 M.S., Geology Loma Linda University
1965 B.S., Geology, Phillips University
EXPERIENCE
2005-present Geological Consultant
2005-present Adjunct Professor of Geology, Southwestern Adventist University.
1991-2005 Research Scientist for the Geoscience Research Institute, Loma Linda
1988-1991 Teaching assistant for Physical Geology, Environmental Geology and Oceanography at the University of Southern California
1988-1989 Position: Educator for San Gabriel Academy teaching geology and chemistry
1987-1988 Position: Graduate assistant/researcher responsible for fossil collections and lab instruction, LLU
1988-1991 Earth and life science teacher regular and gifted classes at Longfellow JHS, Enid, Oklahoma
PUBLICATIONS
THESIS: Paleoenvironments of the Eocene Green River Formation (Laney Member) in the Anvil Wash area, Southwestern Wyoming COMMITTEE: H. Paul Buchheim, Chairman; Knut A. Andersson; Lanny H. Fisk
DISSERTATION: Trace element analysis of Miocene lacustrine mudstones: Ridge Basin, California COMMITTEE: Robert H. Osborne, Chairman; Teh-Lung Ku; David Bottjer; Gerald Bakus
Kennedy, M. Elaine,1990, “Lectures for High School Students” in A Sedimentary Geologists’ Guide to Helping K-12 Earth Science Teachers: Hints, Ideas, Activities and Resources, SEPM Standing Committee on K-12 Earth Science Education, 12-13
Chadwick, Arthur V., Kennedy, Elaine G., 1995, “Depositional environment of the Tapeats Sandstone in the region of Grand Canyon, Arizona:” Third Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Abstracts, 43
Kennedy, Elaine G., Kablanow, Ray, Chadwick, Arthur V., 1996, “A reassessment of the shallow water depositional model for the Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona: Evidence for deepwater deposition:” Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, 28: 407
Kennedy, Elaine G., Kablanow, Ray, Chadwick, Arthur V., 1997, “Evidence for deepwater deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona:” Proceedings of the Third Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Chas. Van Riper, III, and Elena T. Deshler (eds.), Transactions and Proceedings Series NPS/NRNAU/NRTP-97/12, U.S. Dept. of Interior, 215-228
Chadwick, A., Kennedy, E., 1998, “Evidence for deepwater deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona, U.S.A.:” 15th International Sedimentological Congress, Abstracts, 247
Kennedy, M. Elaine, 1999, “Elements: Trace:” in Encyclopedia of Geochemistry, Marshall and Fairbridge (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 222-23
Kennedy, M. Elaine, 1999, “Paleoenvironments:” in Encyclopedia all of Geochemistry, Marshall and Fairbridge (eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, 477-79
Spencer, Lee A., Kennedy, Elaine G., 2001, “Potentially false interpretations of dinosaur nests and nesting, with an example from the Allen Formation, Patagonia, Argentina:” Paleobios 21: 119
Spencer, Lee A., Kennedy, Elaine G., in preparation, “Maastrichtian sauropod eggshell from the Rio Negro Province, Argentina: Depositional environment and description of specimens:” submitted to Ameghiniana, December, 2005
Chadwick, Arthur V., Kennedy, Elaine G., Kablanow, Ray, Prince, Christopher, in preparation, “Evidence of deeper water deposition of the Tapeats Sandstone, Grand Canyon, Arizona:” submitted to GSA Bulletin, May, 2005
Kennedy, Elaine G., in preparation, “Shallow water fauna preserved in oxygenated bottom waters by rapid sedimentation, Upper Laney Member, Green River Formation, Wyoming:” for submission to Contributions to Geology, 2005
Biaggi, Roberto, Kennedy, Elaine G., in preparation, “Sedimentological aspects of the egg-bearing units of the Allen Formation, Rio Negro Province of Patagonia, Argentina:” for submission to Ameghiniana, 2005
FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Member of the SEPM Standing Committee on K-12 Earth Science Education from 1989-92; reviewed papers for the SEPM committee’s 1991 publication “Hands-on Geology: K-12 Activities and Resources;” appointed editor for committee articles submitted to SEPM Newsletter from 1991-92
Member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists from 1986-99; USC Student Chapter President for 1990-91; LLU-LSC Student Chapter Secretary 1986-87
Invitee to the 1990 Geological Society of America Penrose Conference on Large lakes and their stratigraphic significance for a poster session titled “Trace element analysis of paleolacustrine mudstones: Central Transverse Ranges, Ridge Basin, Southern California”
USC student representative for the Department of Geological Sciences Curriculum Committee, 1989-90
USC Geological Society Secretary, 1989-90
Recipient of Who’s Who among Students in American Colleges and Universities award, 1987
Geonews editor at LLU-LSC, 1986-87
Co-author for the Earth and Life Science Giftedness Curricula for the Enid Public School System, 1983
Founder, president and vice president of the Phillips University Geological Society, 1978-80
Served as secretary, vice president and president of the Enid Gem and Mineral Society during 1978-83
CURRENT MEMBERSHIPS
International Association of Sedimentologists, 1997-05
Geological Society of America, 1988-05
SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology) since 1988;
American Association of Petroleum Geologists from 1986-99;