Carol Ormand

Geoscience Content Developer

Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College
608-213-1618; cormand@carleton.edu
Projects * Publications * Experience * Education * Hobbies

Projects

I started working for SERC in the fall of 2005. I had been a visiting assistant professor at a couple of small liberal arts colleges for the previous five years, so I was well-prepared for my first assignment: developing websites of resources for Early Career Faculty in the Geosciences and for graduate students and postdocs Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences. I also help facilitate the associated Cutting Edge workshops.

More recently, I've begun similar work for our Building Strong Geoscience Departments project -- developing our online collections of resources and facilitating the workshops associated with this project. Most recently, I've begun work on a project called SILC: Spatial Intelligence Learning Center. We are investigating how experts and novices visualize three-dimensional objects as they change shape over time. My background in structural geology comes in handy for this.

Selected Publications and Presentations

Geoscience Education

• Ormand, Carol, Karin Kirk, R. Heather Macdonald, Cathryn Manduca, and Barbara Tewksbury (2008). NEW Online Resources for Teaching Introductory-Level Geoscience Courses (Acrobat (PDF) 24MB Oct14 08): Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2008 (Houston, TX). See abstract.
• Manduca, Cathryn, R. Heather Macdonald, P. Geoffrey Feiss, Randall M. Richardson, Timothy J. Bralower, Carolyn H. Eyles, and Carol J. Ormand (2008). Geoscience Departments and the Workforce: Bringing Together Student Interests and Industry Needs: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2008 (Houston, TX). See abstract.
• Manduca, Cathryn, Dedre Gentner, Mark P. Holden, Carol J. Ormand, Benjamin Jee, Bradley B. Sageman, Thomas F. Shipley, Basil Tikoff and David H. Uttal (2008). Geoscience Perception: Expert and Novice Experience of Graphs, Outcrops, and Landscapes: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2008 (Houston, TX). See abstract.
• Richardson, Randall M. and Ormand, Carol J. (2008). Survey of Geoscience Departments Finds Shared Goals and Challenges. (Acrobat (PDF) 415kB Oct1 08) Eos, v. 89, n. 27, p. 242-243. Abstract available on the AGU site.
• Macdonald, R. Heather, Carol J. Ormand, Cathryn Manduca, Robyn Wright-Dunbar, and Richelle Allen-King. Getting Started in Academic Careers: On the Cutting Edge Resources for Graduate Students, Postdoctoral Fellows, and Early Career Faculty (Acrobat (PDF) 3MB Mar3 08): American Geophysical Union fall meeting, 2007 (San Francisco, CA). Eos Trans. AGU, 88 (52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED11B-0475.
• Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, Cathryn Manduca, Geoff Feiss, and Tim Bralower. The Changing Landscape of Geoscience Careers and Education: New Online Resources from Building Strong Geoscience Departments (Acrobat (PDF) 2.4MB Mar3 08): Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2007 (Denver, CO). See abstract.
• Ormand, Carol J., R. Heather Macdonald, and Cathryn Manduca. Managing Your Career: New 'On the Cutting Edge' Online Resources for Graduate Students, Post-Doctoral Fellows, and Early-Career Faculty: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2006 (Philadelphia, PA). See abstract.
• Ormand, Carol J. Keeping it real: making the geology of the national parks relevant for non-science majors: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2004 (Denver, CO).
• Tullis, J., Campbell, P., Czeck, D., Harrison, M., Kopf, C., Ormand, C., Reinen, L., Sussman, A., Torrez, B., and Wojtal, S. Why and how to include grain-scale deformation mechanisms, microstructures, and rheology in undergraduate structural geology courses: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2004 (Denver, CO).

Structural Geology

• Czeck, Dyanna, and Ormand, Carol J. (2007). Geometry and folding history of the Baraboo Syncline: Implications for the Mazatzal Orogeny in the north-central U.S.: Precambrian Research, v. 157, p. 203-213.
• Czeck, Dyanna, and Ormand, Carol J. Using cleavage refraction, microstructural analysis, and mineralogy to learn about rheology in the Baraboo Quartzite: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2005 (Salt Lake City, UT). See abstract.
• Ormand, Carol J. and Hudleston, Peter J. Strain paths of three small folds from the Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Maryland: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 25, p. 1841-1854, 2003.
• Ormand, Carol J. and Czeck, Dyanna. Structure and kinematics of the Baraboo Syncline: a three-dimensional analysis: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2003 (Seattle, WA).
• Ormand, Carol J. and Olson, Pam. An analysis of fault systems in an experimental stratigraphic basin, with a comparison to the Mid-Continent Rift System: Geological Society of America annual meeting, 2001 (Boston, MA).

Experience

Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 2005-present
Visiting Assistant Professor, Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH, 2002-2005
Visiting Assistant Professor, St. Norbert College, De Pere, WI, 2000-2002
Graduate Assistant, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1992-2000
Adjunct Instructor, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1997

Education

Ph. D. in Structural Geology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2000

• Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics

B. A. in Mathematics, Carleton College, Northfield, MN, 1989

• Graduated Cum Laude; Member, Sigma Xi (Scientific Honor Society)

Hobbies

I'm a bit of a fanatic about traditional American contra and square dancing and music; to see what I mean, check out my dance homepage.

I also enjoy quilting. For my first quilting project, I combined these two interests and made a dance t-shirt quilt, as you can see in this photo. (Click on the image to see it up close and personal.)