Home Page of Frank D. Granshaw

Adjunct Faculty - Department of Geology

Faculty Fellow - Institute for Sustainable Solutions

Portland State University

 

< fgransha@pdx.edu >

 

 

Academic background

 

• PhD (Geology / Geoscience Education) – Portland State University, Portland Oregon
• MS (Geology) – Portland State University, Portland Oregon
• MAT (Science Education) – Lewis and Clark College, Portland Oregon
• BA (Physics / Psychology) – Linfield College, McMinnville Oregon

 

 

Areas of interest, major publications, and on-line resources

 

Geoscience education and visualization

• Virtual Northwest: Virtual Field Environments for Geoscience Education
• Digital Reference Shelf for Earth Science
• Granshaw, F. & Duggan-Haas, D. 2012, Virtual fieldwork in geoscience teacher education: Issues techniques and models; in Google Earth and Virtual Visualizations in Geoscience Education and Research – GSA Special Paper 492, p. 285-304
• Granshaw, F., 2011, Designing and Using Virtual Field Environments to Enhance and Extend Field Experience in Professional Development Programs in Geology for K-12 Teachers, Doctoral Dissertation – Portland State University

 

Sustainability education

• Virtual Walkabouts for Sustainability – An on-line exploration of sustainable development and habitat restoration in the Portland-Vancouver Metropolitan Area.

 

Glacier – climate interactions

• Virtual Northwest: Special Projects – Glaciers and Icefields
• Glaciers of the American West: Learning about Glaciers
• Granshaw, F.D. and Fountain, A.G., 2006, Glacier Change (1958-1998) in the North Cascades National Park Complex, Washington, USA, in Journal of Glaciology, v. 52, n. 177 p.251-256
• Granshaw, F.D. 2002. Glacier change in the North Cascades National Park complex, Washington State, USA, 1958–1998, MS thesis, Portland State University
• Fountain, A.G. /Hoffman, M.J. / Granshaw, F.D./ Riedel, J., 2009, The 'benchmark glacier' concept - does it work?  Lessons from the North Cascade Range, USA, in Annals of Glaciology, v. 50, p. 163-168