Names highlighted in teal are GDEP student interns'
Names highlighted in brown are CSULB graduate assistants'
Names highlighted in red belong to community college and high school partner faculty

GDEP Track 2:

Jade Dean, "The disturbance regime of California coastal sage scrub." California Geographical Society, Fullerton, May 2010.

Jade Dean, Paul Laris, Chrys Rodrigue, and Michael Ferris, "An 80 year record of the disturbance regime of California coastal sage scrub on the Palos Verdes Peninsula." Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, May 2010.

Michael H. Ferris, "Mapping fifty years of vegetation change at Portuguese Bend." Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, May 2010.

Scott Eckardt, Samantha Roth and Paul Laris, "Looking back at changes in coastal sage scrub boundaries in the Santa Monica Mountains, again." Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, May 2010.

Kyra Engelberg, "Revisiting the long term impacts of mechanical disturbances, grazing, and fire on CSS/grassland boundaries in Mugu State Park, California." Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, May 2010.

Paul Laris, "Revisiting long-term studies of grassland/woodland boundaries: What we can learn?" Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles, May 2010.

Kathie Marsaglia, Richard J. Behl, and Diane Escobedo, "Sandy facies at ODP Site 893 in the Santa Barbara Basin and implications of proposed drilling by the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program." Pacific Section meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and the Society for Sedimentary Geology, Ventura, CA, May 2009.

Ray Sumner (Long Beach City College), "Human influences on natural vegetation of Palos Verdes Peninsula: Geosciences Diversity Enhancement Project, CSU Long Beach," California Geographical Society, Santa Ynez Valley, May 2009.

Ray Sumner (Long Beach City College), "Ethnic diversity in geography undergraduate departments," Association of American Geographers, Las Vegas, March 2009.

Richard J. Behl, "The Miocene Monterey Formation of California: Plankton to petroleum, source to reservoir," University College London, February 2009.

Carlye Peterson (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences Department), Richard J. Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences), Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), C.M. Zeleski (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences), and Tessa M. Hill (UC Davis Geology), "Statistical relationships among proxies of climate, productivity, and the carbon cycle across climatic regimes, Santa Barbara Basin, California" American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2008.

Richard J. Behl, and Shingo Morita (undergraduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences Department), "The Monterey Formation of the Palos Verdes Hills, California: Stratigraphy and diagenetic implications for burial and uplift history," Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bakersfield, CA, March and April 2008.

Richard J. Behl. 2008. Mysteries of the Monterey Formation: Unanswered questions and future research directions," Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Bakersfield, CA, March and April 2008.

Lora Stevens (CSULB Geological Sciences), "The flip side of drought: Wet intervals in Yellowstone National Park over the last 1400 years," Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Long Beach, October 2007.

GDEP 1 (2002-2004)

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), "The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Project at CSULB and the legacy of the Building Information Technology Skills Project at Temple University," Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, March 2007.

Ray Sumner (Long Beach City College), "The AAG Diversity Task Force: Final report and recommendations for the Association and for geography departments as agents of change," Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, March 2007.

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), "Geography diversity initiatives at California State University, Long Beach: The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program," Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Eugene, OR, September 2006.

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), "Growing geography: A view from 'The Beach," Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Eugene, OR, September 2006.

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), "Geography diversity initiatives at California State University, Long Beach: Interdisciplinary and interinstitutional partnerships," Association of American Geographers, Chicago, March 2006.

Elizabeth L. Ambos and Richard J Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); Christine M. Rodrigue and Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography); Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences); and Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology), "Geosciences student recruitment strategies at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB): Earth system science/community-research based education partnerships," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2005.

Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography), "Enhancing diversity in the geosciences," California Geographical Society, Ahwanee, Yosemite, May 2005.

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography), "The state of geography and its cognate disciplines in the California State Universities," California Geographical Society, Ahwanee, Yosemite, May 2005.

Elizabeth L. Ambos (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography); Richard J Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences); Robert D. Francis and Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christine M. Rodrigue and Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); and David Whitney (CSULB Psychology), "The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP): A model for faculty and student engagement in urban geoscience research," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2004.

Terry Lumati, Carlos Takashima, and Simeon Haynes, and Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography), "The use of digital elevation models (DEMs) in managing natural habitats in the South Coast Wilderness," Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education, Whittier, November 2004.

Carlos Takashima, Aziz Bakkoury, Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography), and Stephen R. Koletty (USC and El Camino College), "Producing a vegetation/habitat map of the South Coast Wilderness," Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education, Whittier, November 2004.

Alejandro Tiburcio, Herber O. Genovese, and Shannon M. Siegel, Gregory J. Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences), Donald E. Hallinger (Cerritos College), Roswitha B. Grannell (CSULB Geological Sciences), and Geraldine L. Aron (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences), and Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Geological map of the Currant Gap Detachment, White Pine Range, Nevada," Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education, Whittier, November 2004.

Richard J. Behl, Elizabeth L. Ambos, Robert D. Francis, and Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); Christopher T. Lee, Christine M. Rodrigue, and Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); and David Whitney (CSULB Psychology), "Hunting for students: Outreach and retention strategies in a competitive urban market," Geological Society of America, Denver, November 2004.

Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography); Elizabeth L. Ambos, Richard Behl, and Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera and Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences); Suzanne P. Wechsler and Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); and Shellinda Barré (CSULB SAS Center), "The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP): An NSF-OEDG program emphasizing interdisciplinary Earth system science research," College and University Earth System Science Education in the 21st Century, Monterey, CA, June 2004.

Elizabeth L. Ambos, Richard Behl, and Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera; Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography); Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences); Suzanne P. Wechsler and Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); and Shellinda Barré (CSULB SAS Center), "The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP): An NSF-OEDG program emphasizing integrated geoscience research in urban areas," Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Tucson, AZ, June 2004.

María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences), A.B. Cundy (University of Brighton Environment and Technology), Matt Sedor (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences), and Vladimir Kostoglodov (Geofísica, UNAM, México), "Sea level changes and active tectonics of the Guerrero coast, Mexico," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2003.

C.M. Zeleski (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences) and Richard J. Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Climatic and environmental controls of organic carbon accumulation on the California continental margin: A comparison of deep and shallow sites in the Late Quaternary Santa Barbara Basin," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2003.

P.S. Hill (graduate student, CSULB Geological Sciences) and Richard J. Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Using Milankovitch cyclicity as a high-resolution dating and correlation tool to understand the stratigraphic evolution of the Late Neogene Central California Margin," American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2003.

Marlene Cortez, Elizabeth L. Ambos (CSULB Geological Sciences), Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology), and Michael Cruz (Ph.D. student, University of Oregon Anthropology), "Ground-penetrating radar on Santa Cruz Island: Site SCrI-333," Sigma Xi, Los Angeles, November 2003.

Anne Breister, Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology), and Elizabeth L. Ambos (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Aerial photograph interpretation and analysis," Sigma Xi, Los Angeles, November 2003.

Jennifer Dyo, Sachiko Sakai (doctoral student and GDEP graduate assistant, UC Santa Barbara Archæology), and Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology), "Chemical analysis through the use of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICPMS): A provenance study of Virgin Branch Anasazi ceramics in the American Southwest," Sigma Xi, Los Angeles, November 2003.

Brian David, Richard J. Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences), and James Repka (Saddleback College), "Composition and mineralogy of the Monterey Formation of coastal Orange County, California, reflects tectonic and burial history," Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education, Irvine, November 2003.

Steve Kalina, Scott Singley, Sharon Woods, and Mike Van Ry, Erik Bender (Orange Coast College), and Gregory Holk (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Preliminary field and alteration studies of the San Gabriel Fault, Southern California," Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Education, Irvine, November 2003.

María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences); Vladimir Kostoglodov (Geofísica, UNAM, México); Douglas J. Kennett (University of Oregon Anthropology); Barbara Vorhies (UC Santa Barbara Anthropology); Hector Neff (CSULB Anthropology); and John G. Jones (Washington State University Anthropology), "Holocene evolution, sea level changes and active tectonics of the Guerrero Coast, Mexico," Geological Society of America, Seattle, November 2003.

Linda K. Sanders (Lakewood High School); María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christine M. Rodrigue and Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography), "Mapping GIS data in science: A university/high school partnership," Geological Society of America, Seattle, November 2003.

Linda K. Sanders (Lakewood High School) and María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences), "Stella modeling of earth processes in 9-12 education," Geological Society of America, Seattle, November 2003.

Christine M. Rodrigue Christopher T. Lee (CSULB Geography); María- Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Robert D. Francis, Elizabeth L. Ambos, and Richard J. Behl (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); James C. Sample (CSULB Geological Sciences); and Crisanne Hazen (CSULB SAS Center), "GDEP (Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Project): Hazards-related projects," Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, CO, July 2003.

Christine M. Rodrigue, Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); Elizabeth L. Ambos, María-Teresa Ramírez- Herrera, Richard J. Behl, and Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences); and Crisanne Hazen (CSULB SAS Center), "Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Project: Student responses," Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, March 2003.

Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); Yuet-Ling O'Connor (Long Beach City College), Peter Wohlgemuth (US Forest Service Riverside Fire Lab), Brian R. Sims and Aziz Bakkoury (graduate students, CSULB Geography, and GDEP graduate assistants). "Centroid hunting: The truth is out there -- or is it?," Association of American Geographers, New Orleans, March 2003.

Elizabeth L. Ambos, Richard J. Behl, and Robert D. Francis (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography); James C. Sample (CSULB Geological Sciences); Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); David Whitney (CSULB Psychology); and Crisanne Hazen (CSULB SAS Center), "The Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program (GDEP): Building an Earth System Science Centered Research, Education, and Outreach Effort in Urban Long Beach, California" (invited presentation), American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, December 2002.

David J. Whitney (CSULB Psychology); Suzanne P. Wechsler and Christine M. Rodrigue (CSULB Geography); María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera, Richard J. Behl, Elizabeth L. Ambos, Robert D. Francis, and James C. Sample (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); and Crisanne Hazen (CSULB SAS Center), "General education student perceptions of the geosciences," Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, San Bernardino, CA, October 2002.

Elizabeth L. Ambos (CSULB Geological Sciences); Christine M. Rodrigue and Suzanne P. Wechsler (CSULB Geography); Robert D. Francis, James C. Sample, Richard J. Behl, and María-Teresa Ramírez-Herrera (CSULB Geological Sciences); Daniel O. Larson (CSULB Anthropology); David J. Whitney (CSULB Psychology); and Crisanne Hazen (CSULB SAS Center), "GDEP (Geoscience Diversity Enhancement Program): An interdisciplinary summer research program to increase the diversity of geography, geology, and archæology majors," Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, San Bernardino, CA, October 2002.