Margaret Avard

Dr. Margaret M. Avard

Professor of Earth Science

Margaret Avard Office: S120

Address

Southeastern Oklahoma State

1405 N. 4th Ave. PMB 4200

Durant, OK 74701

University Phone: (580)745-2664

Fax: (580)745-7494

Education

Ph.D. Environmental Science, University of Oklahoma, 1998. Dissertation: Quantification of Chlorophyll in Flood Control Reservoirs of the Little WashitaRiver Watershed using Airborne Video.

M.S. Structual Geology, University of Texas at Dallas, 1991. Thesis: Structural Evolution of the Ladron Mountains, Socorro County, New Mexico.

B.S. Geology, Centenary College of Louisiana, 1983.

Some Publications

Avard, M. M., Clark, B. K. 2001. GLOBE in Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education. Journal Of Geoscience Education. v. 49, no. 5. pp. 461-466.

Avard, M. M., Clark, B. K. 2001. Proceedings of the 6th Annual GLOBE Conference. Blaine, WA. pp. 187-188.

Avard, M. M., Eggleton, G. L. and Kallum, L. G. 2000. Using NOVA Teaching Strategies to Improve Preservice Teacher Education. Abstracts with Programs,Geological Society of America.

Avard, M. M., Schiebe, F. R., and Everitt, J. H. 2000. Quantification of Chlorophyll in Small Reservoirs Using Airborne Video. Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing. v. 66, no. 2. pp. 213-218.

Avard, M. M., Schiebe, F. R., and Everitt, J. H. 2000. A Potential Tool for Estimating Chlorophyll Concentration in Lakes and Reservoirs. Journal of Freshwater Ecology. v. 15, no. 1. pp.125-133.

Avard, M. M., Clark, B. K., and Lennon, P. A. 1999. Incorporating GLOBE into Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education. Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7. Geological Society of America. Boulder, CO. pp. A270-A271. Also reprinted in 1999. Oklahoma Geology Notes, v. 59, no. 6. Oklahoma Geological Survey. p. 234.

Avard, Margaret. 1998. Diving Safaga, Egypt. The Travelin' Diver's Chapbook. Undercurrent Publishing Office. Sausalito, CA. 298 pp.

Avard, M. M., Schiebe, F. R., and Everitt, J. H. 1997. Quantification of Chlorophyll in Small Agricultural Impoundments Using Airborne Video. Proceedings of the16th Biennial Workshop on Color Photography and Videography in Resource Assessment, Weslaco, TX. pp. 30-43.

Avard, M. M. 1997. Use of Airborne Video Imagery in Water Quality Assessment. Abstracts with Programs, v. 29, no. 6. Geological Society of America. Boulder, CO. p. 67.

Recent Awards/Grants

OCAST "Determination of Water Quality Using Hand-held Radiometers". 2002.

NASA "NASA Phase II". Co-authors G. Eggleton, L. Kallam, and Stuart Mayers. 2002.

SEOSU Organized Research Grants to attend and give presentations at NOVA Leadership Development Conference, Washington, D.C., 2001; GLOBE Conference, Blaine, WA, 2001; International meeting of the GSA, Reno, NV, 2000; International Conference on GIS in Education, San Bernardino, CA, 2000.

SEOSU Organized Research Grant. "Use of Aerial Videography toAssess Surface Water Quality". 2000.

NASA "Inquiry-Based Science and Mathematics for Elementary Education Majors". 2000. Co-authors G. Eggleton, and L. Kallam.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Math and Science Program "Summer Inquiry-BasedEnvironmental Technology and Science Program Workshops for Minority and Female Teachers of Middle/Intermediate Science". 1999-2001. Co-authors B. K. Clark and P. A. Lennon.

Other Contributions

Contributed to Homeland Security grant proposal.

Designed Environmental Science major-minor degree program.

Established Southeastern as GLOBE Partnership for the training of preservice and inservice teachers in environmental education.

Margaret Scuba Diving

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