91Ó°ÊÓ

Dori Farthing

Professor

ISC 254

(585)245-5298

farthing@geneseo.edu

Dori Farthing has been a member of the 91Ó°ÊÓ faculty since 2004.

Head and shoulder shot of Farthing

Curriculum Vitae

Education

Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. (2002)

M.A.: Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland. (1998)

B.A. (with departmental honors): College of Wooster , Wooster, Ohio. (1995)

Employment

Assistant Professor, 91Ó°ÊÓ, 2004-current.

Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 2001-2004.

Affiliations

Mineralogical Society of America

Geological Society of America

American Geophysical Union

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Phi Beta Kappa

Council for Undergraduate Research

National Association of Geoscience Teachers

Publications

Viskupic, K, Ryker, K., Teasdale, R., Manduca, C., Iverson, E., Farthing, D., Bruckner, M.Z., and McFadden, R., 2019, Classroom Observations Indicate the Positive Impacts of Discipline-Based Professional Development: Journal for STEM Education Research, v. 2, p. 201“228 , doi: 10.1007/s41979-019-00015-w.

Farthing, D.J. 2005. Differentiation of British blast and reverberatory furnace tin slag using morphology, mineralogy, and chemistry. In: Kars, H. and E. Burke, eds. Geoarchaeological and Biological Studies, Volume 3, p. 335. Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Veblen, L.A. , Farthing, D.J., O’Donnell, E., & Veblen, D.R. 2001. Characterization of radioactive slags. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report, Washington D.C., USA.

Geiger, H. C., Geiger, D. K., Roberts, W. R., Morell, D. L., Huttunen, P., Schulman, J. L., Tran, M., and Farthing, D., 2018, Non-steroidal biphenyl gelators: Correlation of xerogel structure with solid-state structure and circular dichroism spectroscopy: Gels, v. 4 (2), p. 34, doi: 10.3390/gels4020034.

Aimers, J.J., Haussner, E., Farthing, D.J. and Murata, S., 2015, An Expedient Pottery Technology and Its Implications for Ancient Maya Trade and Interaction. IN: Perspectives on the Ancient Maya of Chetumal Bay. edited by Walker, D., University Press of Florida, Gainesville.

Aimers, J.J., Farthing, D.J. and Shugar, A.N. 2012. Handheld XRF analysis of Maya ceramics: a pilot study presenting issues related to quantification and calibration. IN: Studies in Archaeological Sciences no. 3: Handheld XRF in Art and Archaeology. eds. Shugar, A. and Mass, J., Leuven University Press. pp. 423-448.

Teasdale, R., Viskupic, K., Bartley, J.K., McConnell, D., Manduca, C., Bruckner, M., Farthing, D., and Iverson, E., 2017, A multidimensional assessment of reformed teaching practice in geoscience classrooms: Geosphere., v. 13(2), p. 608-627, doi: 10.1130/GES01479.1.

Farthing, D.J., 2024, EarthChem: a Valuable Tool for Fostering Quantitative Skills in Introductory Petrology Courses, oral presentation at the 2024 Goldschmidt Conference, Chicago, IL

Leonard, M.L., Farthing, D.J., & LaGamba, N., 2021, The Morphological and Chemical Properties of Iron Slag from Standish, NY and the Impact of Weathering, Poster presentation at the National Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Portland, OR, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol 53, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM 367419.

Aimers, J., Haussner, E, and Farthing, D.J., 2015, The Ugly Duckling: Insights into Ancient Maya Commerce and Industry from Pottery Petrography: Research Reports in Belizean Archaeology 12.

Interests

Earth Materials, Mineralogy, Environmental Geology, Science of teaching and learning

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