Susan M. Kidwell, William Rainey Harper Professor, Department of the Geophysical Sciences, Committee on Evolutionary Biology, and the College

Courses Taught

Fall 2007 – Spring 2008

• Topics in Paleobiology (Geosci 319, fall; with D Jablonski, Biogeography)
• Principles of Stratigraphy (GeoSci 22200, fall)
• Field Course in Modern and Ancient Environments (Geosc 229, winter; co-lead with Mark Webster; geologic transect of Cambrian rocks, craton to basin AZ-NV)
• Environmental History of the Earth (Physical Sciences 11000, spring; non-scientists)

Fall 2006 – Spring 2007

• Topics in Paleobiology (Geosci 319, fall; with D Jablonski, Scaling of short-term processes to long-term patterns)
• Principles of Stratigraphy (GeoSci 22200, fall)
• Field Course in Modern and Ancient Carbonatess (Geosc 229, winter; San Salvador, Bahamas)
• Topics in Biosedimentology (Geosci 315, spring; Sequence Stratigraphy reading group)

Fall 2005 – Spring 2006

• Topics in Paleobiology (Geosci 319, fall; with D Jablonski, Macro- and historical ecology)
• Taphonomy (Geosci 318, winter)
• Topics in Biosedimentology (Geosci 315, spring; Sequence Stratigraphy, plus MD Miocene fieldtrip)

Fall 2004 – Spring 2005

• Principles of Stratigraphy (GeoSci 22200, fall)
• Field Course in Modern and Ancient Carbonates (Geosci 229, winter; Cholla Bay, Gulf of California, co-led with M. LaBarbera)

Fall 2003 – Spring 2004

• Taphonomy (GeoSci 31800, winter)
• Topics in Biosedimentology = Neogene History of the Salton Trough, California (GeoSci 31500, winter, including 1-week fieldtrip in March)
• Directed Research for Undergraduates = Ecosystem history of Lake Michigan (GeoSci 29900, winter & spring)
• Environmental History of the Earth (PhySci 11000, spring; non-scientists)
• Topics in Biosedimentology = 2 parallel reading courses, (a) biology & taphonomy of abundance in marine benthic systems, (b) terrestrial historical ecology (GeoSci 31500, spring)

Fall 2002 – Spring 2003

• Principles of Stratigraphy (GeoSci 22200, fall; http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0212/research/coursework.html)
• Graduate Core Course (GeoSci 30200, organized fall quarter)
• Topics in Biosedimentology = 2 parallel reading courses, (a) marine community ecology and (b) introduction to macroecology (GeoSci 31500, winter)
• Field Course in Modern Carbonates (10-day trip to San Salvador, Bahamas; led by AM Ziegler & M LaBarbera; GeoSci 22900, winter)
• Environmental History of the Earth (Physical Sciences 11000, spring; non-scientists)

Fall 2001 – Spring 2002

• Topics in Biosedimentology = sedimentology of continental shelves (GeoSci 31500, fall)
• Taphonomy (GeoSci 31800, winter)
• Topics in Biosedimentology = marine community ecology (GeoSci 31500, winter & spring; fieldtrip to Maryland Miocene in June)
• Environmental History of the Earth (PhySci 11000, spring; non-scientists)

Fall 1999 – Spring 2001 (calendar 2000 sabbatical at National Museum of Natural History)

• Taphonomy (GeoSci 318, fall 1999)
• Topics in Paleobiology = Climate & Evolution (led by D Jablonski; GeoSci 319, fall)
• Principles of Stratigraphy (GeoSci 222, spring 2001)

Other recent versions of Topics in Biosedimentology (GeoSci 315)

• Spring 1999 = sequence stratigraphy, including 12-day project in Cretaceous Utah (co-ran with Brian Currie)
• Nov 1998 thru May 1999 = geomicrobiology
• Winter 1998 = time resolution & geologic time-scales
• Spring 1998 = secular trends in earth history, including 2 weekend fieldtrips to Paleozoics in the midwest and a 1-week fieldtrip to Mesozoic-Cenozoic deposits of South Dakota & Montana (co-led with Brian Currie)

Other recent fieldtrips and fieldcourses with student participation

• 1997 = Modern & ancient carbonates 10-day fieldcourse in Jamaica; co-led with AM Ziegler, M LaBarbera, D Jablonski; Geosc 229)
• 1996 = Cretaceous of Montana 3-week undergrad field course; co-led with AM Ziegler (Geosc 24x)
• 1996 = Neogene of Salton Trough 3-day fieldtrip for annual AAPG meeting, co-led with C Winker (Shell)
• 1996 = Maryland Miocene day-trip for Penrose Conference sponsored jointly by the Geol Soc Amer & Ecol Soc Amer, co-led with P. Kelley (UNC Wilmington)
• 1995 = Modern & ancient carbonates 10-day fieldcourse in Jamaica; co-led with AM Ziegler, M LaBarbera, D Jablonski; Geosc 229)
• 1994 = Maryland Miocene day-trip for Chicago students & others, associated with North American Paleontological Convention in D.C.
• 1993 = graduate fieldcourse in sequence stratigraphy, including 12-day trip to Cretaceous Utah & Paleozoics of Grand Canyon (Geosc 315)