Dori Farthing
Professor
ISC 254
(585)245-5298
farthing@geneseo.edu
Dori Farthing has been a member of the 91Ó°ÊÓ faculty since 2004.

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
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