Alison Henning, PhD Lecturer
Rice University
6100 Main Street, MS-126
Houston, Texas 77005
Research:
I am interested in utilizing geophysical methods to learn about the Earth, and sharing this understanding of our planet with the next generation through teacher education. My past research involved imaging deep crustal targets using seismic reflection and refraction data, in order to study active and passive margin processes. I am currently interested in using ground-penetrating radar (GPR) to examine sites of historical and cultural significance. Recent projects have included GPR surveys of abandoned cemeteries and battlefields in southeast Texas.
I am also interested in promoting high quality teacher education programs as the most effective means of improving K-12 science education. I teach three graduate level courses for teachers every year, including a course on geophysical field methods during the summer.
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Additional information and experience can be found in my curriculum vita.
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- Henning, A. T., Sawyer, D. S. and K. Milliken, 2008, Geophysical Field Work for Educators: Teachers Use Ground-Penetrating Radar to Study San Jacinto Battlefield Park: Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Henning, A. T. and Sawyer, Dale, 2008, Geophysical Field Work for Educators: GSA Abstracts with Programs, Paper No. 258-13.
- Henning, A. T., Sawyer, D. S., Baldwin, R., Kahera, A. and A. Thoms, 2007, Geophysical Investigation of an Abandoned Cemetery: Teachers Discover Evidence of Unmarked Graves in Prairie View, TX: Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet.
- Henning, A. T. and D. S. Sawyer, 2003, Emplacement of the Peridotite Ridge Within the Ocean-Continent Transition on the West Iberia Continental Margin: Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Henning, A. T. and D. S. Sawyer, 2002, Total Tectonic Subsidence Analysis Provides Constraint on Basement Composition Near the Peridotite Ridge on the West Iberia Continental Margin: Eos Trans. AGU, 83(46), Fall Meet. Suppl.
- Alison Henning and Garwin Powers, 2000, Shear-wave velocity estimation in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico: 70th Annual Internat. Mtg., Soc. of Expl. Geophys., Expanded Abstracts.
- Alison Henning, 1999, Practical AVO modeling in the south Texas Wilcox trend: South Texas Geological Society, invited speaker.
Publications:
- Henning, A. T., Burns, G., Hoffman, R. and B. Jacoby, 2009, Using Science to Uncover History: A Geophysical Investigation of Wyatt Chapel Cemetery: Journal of History and Culture, v. 1, no. 2.
- Sawyer, D. S., Henning, A. T., Shipp, S., and Dunbar, R. W., 2005, A Data Rich Exercise for Discovering Plate Boundary Processes: Journal of Geoscience Education, vol. 53, p. 65-74.
- Henning, A. T., Sawyer, D. S., and Templeton, D. C., 2004, Exhumed Upper Mantle Within the Ocean-Continent Transition on the Northern West Iberia Margin: Evidence from Prestack Depth Migration and Total Tectonic Subsidence: Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 109, no. B5.
- Shipley, T. H., Bangs, N. L., and Henning, A. T., 1998, Sediment velocity estimation using iterative 3-D migrations of short offset seismic reflection data in deep water: Marine Geophysical Researches, v. 20, p. 479-494.
Teacher Courses:
For over 10 years, the Department of Earth Science has offered Earth Science courses for in-service K-12 teachers. With the recent approval of Earth and Space Science as a high school science course in Texas, there is a critical need for continued high-quality teacher training in these fields.
I currently teach ESCI 511: Putting Earth Science into Action and ESCI 515: Geophysical Field Work for Educators. These courses are offered on a rotating basis and may be repeated for credit as the topics vary. These courses may be counted toward a Master of Science Teaching degree, which is administered through the Department of Physics and Astronomy. For more information on teacher courses, please visit the informational page or contact me at ahenning@rice.edu.
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