Dori Farthing has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2004.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. (2002)
M.A.: Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore, Maryland. (1998)
B.A. (with departmental honors): College of Wooster , Wooster, Ohio. (1995)
Employment
Assistant Professor, SUNY Geneseo, 2004-current.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, 2001-2004.
Affiliations
Mineralogical Society of America
Geological Society of America
American Geophysical Union
Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society
Phi Beta Kappa
Council for Undergraduate Research
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Publications
Pekar, K.E. and Farthing, D.J. Some like it hot-radioactivity on campus and beyond. Poster presentation at 2003 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington
Farthing, D.J. 2002. Differentiation of British blast and reverberatory furnace tin slag using morphology, mineralogy, and chemistry. Poster presentation and paper submitted for review. 33rd International Symposium on Archaeometry, Amsterdam , the Netherlands.
Veblen, L.A. , Farthing, D.J., O?Donnell, E., & Veblen, D.R. 2001. Characterization of radioactive slags. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Report, Washington D.C., USA.
Farthing, D.J., Veblen, L.A. , & Veblen, D.R. 2001. A British tin slag mystery: blast furnace or reverberatory furnace? Poster presentation at 2001 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Boston , MA.
Veblen, D.R., Elbert , D.C. , Penn, R.L., Ding, Y., Farthing, D.J., Moore , K.T., & Veblen, L.A. 2000. Imaging, chemical analysis, and structure determination of nanostructures. Invited presentation at Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting, San Francisco , California.
Booij, E., Bettison-Varga, L., Farthing, D., & Staudigel, H. 2000. Pb-isotope systematics of a fossil hydrothermal system from the Troodos ophiolite, Cyprus : Evidence for a polyphased alteration history. Geochimica et Cosmochimica et Acta, 64(20); 3559-3569.
Farthing, D.J., Veblen, L.A. , & Veblen, D.R. 2000. Weathering of a metallurgical slag. Oral presentation at 2000 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Reno , Nevada.
Farthing, D.J., Veblen, L.A. , Veblen, D.R., & Felmy, A.R. 2000. Hibonite from a metallurgical slag. EOS Transactions , American Geophysical Union 2000 Spring Meeting, 81(19), S46.
Livi, K.J.T., Farthing, D.J., Veblen, L.A. , & Wing, B. 2000. Tackling the complexities of analyzing phases in metallurgical slags. Invited presentation at Microscopy and Microanalyses Meeting (Journal of Microscopy), Philadelphia , Pennsylvania.
Farthing, D.J., Veblen, L.A. , Livi, K.J.T., and Veblen, D.R. 1998. An investigation into the stability of slags. Presented at the International School of Earth and Planetary Sciences-A Geochemical and Mineralogical Approach to Environmental Protection, Siena , Italy.
Interests
Earth Materials
Classes
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GSCI 120: Our Geological Environment
This course is intended for non-science majors who have an interest in their physical environment. The course is designed to develop an understanding of the interaction of Earth processes, the environment, and the human population. Topics include Earth materials, natural resources, geologic hazards, environmental change, and global environmental issues.
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GSCI 121: Our Geological Environment Lab
An introduction to description and interpretation of rocks, geologic, and topographic maps. Students will learn identification techniques, data collection, and systematic analysis of data sets to better understand Earth processes and the environment.
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GSCI 210: Mineralogy - Lec
A systematic study of rock-forming minerals with emphasis on their crystallography, optical nature, descriptive mineralogy, crystal chemistry, phase relationships and associations. Lectures emphasize theoretical aspects of mineral studies, while the laboratory portion provides opportunities to hone descriptive skills essential for the identification of minerals both in hand sample and with optical microscopy.
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GSCI 210: Mineralogy - Lab
A systematic study of rock-forming minerals with emphasis on their crystallography, optical nature, descriptive mineralogy, crystal chemistry, phase relationships and associations. Lectures emphasize theoretical aspects of mineral studies, while the laboratory portion provides opportunities to hone descriptive skills essential for the identification of minerals both in hand sample and with optical microscopy.