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Geography, Geology and Planning 

Jill Black

ABlack@MissouriState.edu

Academic Degrees

  • Master of Science in Resource Planning, Missouri State University
  • B. S. in Ed. Southeast Missouri State University, Cum Laude; Biology major, chemistry minor
  • Admitted to Ph. D. program, Missouri University, in Science Curriculum and Instruction

Professional Experience

  • Lecturer, Missouri State University, Department of Geography, Geology, and
  • Planning; teach two sections with labs of GRY140 Earth Science for teachers, and one section of GRY100 World Regional Geography
  • Adjunct faculty, Drury College
  • Science Teacher, Willard High School
  • Science Department Head, Everton R-III High School
  • GIS Analysis and Cartography, City of Springfield Planning Department
  • Research Assistant, Missouri State GGP Department; ArcInfo computer mapping
  • Research Assistant, Missouri State Biology Department; experimentation and research on Missouri River wetlands associated with 1993 flood; MU-Columbia/Missouri State/agencies grant
  • City of Springfield S.W. Treatment Plant laboratory; conducted research on Wilsons Creek invertebrate biota
  • Substitute Astronomy lecturer, Missouri State
  • Literature chemist, Monsanto Corporation Research Center, St. Louis
  • Microbiology laboratory, St. John's Regional Health Center

Missouri State Administrative and Supervisory Responsibilities

  • Administration of 1998-99 Funding for Results Grant (for Enhancement of GRY 140 Earth Science for Teachers, including construction of teacher resource web page)
  • Faculty Senate
  • Goals 2000
  • GRY 140 Coordinator
  • Professional Education Unit
  • Science Specialty Curriculum Folio Committee
  • Women in Science Committee; Expanding Your Horizons Grant

Professional and Academic Association Memberships

  • Phi Kappa Phi National Academic Honor Society
  • Missouri Academy of Science
  • National Science Teachers Association

Publications

  • Author: Wilsons Creek, Greene and Christian Counties, Missouri: Water Quality, Macroinvertebrate Indices, and Planning Implications Using GIS, Based on Watershed Landuse and Water Contamination Hazards, Masters thesis 1997
  • Co-author: "Diversity of crustacean zooplankton in riparian wetlands: colonization and egg banks", Aquatic Ecology, 12/13/98
  • Co-author: Diversity of crustacean zooplankton in post-flood scouts and remnant
  • oxbows of the Missouri River floodplain for the Society of Wetland Scientists 1996 annual meeting
  • Co-author: Zooplankton diversity in post-flood scours and remnant oxbows of the Missouri River floodplain for the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 1996 annual meeting
  • Editor, Master Plan for the Frisco Highland Trail, 1995

Papers Presented

  • Speaker, Missouri Academy of Science, April 1999: Wilsons Creek: Water quality,
  • macroinvertebrate indices and planning implications using GIS, Final results
  • Speaker, Missouri Academy of Science, 1997: Wilsons Creek: Water quality, macroinvertebrate indices and planning implications using GIS; Preliminary results
  • Speaker, Missouri Unit Association of Teacher Educators, October 1998: Earth Science Classroom Teaching Encounters for Pre-service Teachers
  • Speaker, Missouri Department of Education Interface C Conference, February 1999: Caves,
  • Karst, and the Show-Me Standards
  • Speaker, Missouri State Third Annual Interdisciplinry Forum, 1996: Zooplankton eggbank hatching
  • experimentation: Missouri River wetlands sediment

Activities and Awards

  • 1998 Missouri State Funding for Results Grant - $3470.00
  • 1996 Recipient of the $1900.00 Boritzki Interdisciplinary Graduate Academic Scholarship
  • 1997 Missouri State nominee for Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Master's
  • Thesis Award
  • Nominee for P.E.O. National Scholarship, 1997
  • American Society of Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Scholarship, Missouri State chapter 1996
  • Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities 1996-1997
  • Gamma Tau Upsilon Geography Honorary Society
  • Twice nominated for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science Teaching
  • Honored teacher, Missouri Scholars Academy, University of Missouri 1994
  • University of Missouri Forestries Dept. Honored Teacher 1994
  • Smith-Glynn-Callaway Teacher Award, Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair, 1992
  • Positronics Industries Teacher Award, Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair, 1993, 1994
  • Director, Midwest Conference Science Fair, 1994, 1988; arranged seminars given by area science professionals and educators for 321 entrants
  • Steering Committee, Judge, Ozarks Science and Engineering Fair 1993, 1994
  • Teacher Advisory Board, Mo. Univ. Grant on SW Mo. Water Quality Education 1994-95
  • Board of Directors, University of Missouri-Rolla Parents Association