ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Professor James R. Ebert, Chair of the Earth Sciences Department at the SUNY College at Oneonta, has been promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor, the highest faculty rank in SUNY. He is the seventeenth faculty member from SUNY Oneonta to be promoted to the rank of SUNY Distinguished Professor.
A member of the SUNY Oneonta faculty since 1985, Dr. Ebert was honored with the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching in 1993. He holds a bachelor's degree in geology from SUNY Fredonia and a Ph.D. in geology from Binghamton University.
At SUNY Oneonta, Dr. Ebert is extensively involved in Earth Science Education (K-12) and the preparation of pre-service teachers. His students have solved problems with the Regents Earth Science lab practical and have developed physical models for large-scale and abstract Earth processes, which they have presented at professional conferences.
Dr. Ebert's current research, which regularly includes the participation of undergraduate students, focuses on the stratigraphy, microfossil biostratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, and volcanic ashes of the Siluro-Devonian limestones in the Appalachian Basin. He has conducted projects in New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, Quebec, Poland, and the Czech Republic.
Dr. Ebert has served twice as President of the New York State Geological Association. He has served on the writing committees for New York State's Regents Earth Science Core Curriculum, Performance Assessment and Reference Tables. He hosts listservs through the College that serve over 3000 middle and high school science teachers, and he was integral to the development of the New York State Reviewed Collection of the Digital Library for Earth Science Education, a library of peer- and scientist-reviewed classroom lessons, labs, and activities in Earth Science. In 2007, he received a grant from the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies to develop a graduate course at the College specifically designed for Earth Science teachers.
Candidates for SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professorships are nominated by the students and faculty of their local campus, evaluated by a SUNY advisory committee, and recommended to the SUNY Chancellor, who presents the finalists to the Board of Trustees for approval. The rank of SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor is conferred only to faculty members who demonstrate outstanding abilities in their teaching.
Dr. Ebert will be honored at the College's December Candidate Recognition
Ceremony on December 6.
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