October 29, 2014
Geoscience teachers honor David Montgomery
David Montgomery, a UW professor of Earth and space sciences, took home the 2014 James H. Shea Award, given annually since 1991 by the National Association of Geoscience Teachers.
David Montgomery
The award, presented Oct. 21 during the national meeting of the Geological Society of America in Vancouver, British Columbia, was for “exceptional contributions in the form of writing and or editing of Earth science information” that is of interest to the public and Earth science teachers. The award was established in 1991 to honor Shea, the longtime editor of the Journal of Geoscience Education.
Montgomery won a 2003 Washington State Book Award for “King of Fish: The Thousand-Year Run of Salmon,” the 2008 award in general nonfiction for “Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations” and the 2013 award for history and general nonfiction for “The Rocks Don’t Lie: A Geologist Investigates Noah’s Flood.” He currently is working on his next book, “The Hidden Half of Nature,” which will explore the outsized influence of the smallest life on Earth: microbes.
Montgomery, a 2008 winner of a MacArthur “genius” fellowship, was nominated for the geoscience teachers’ award by an association member from the Pacific Northwest, and was chosen for the award by a five-member panel.
His research focuses on changes how the Earth’s topography changes and how those changes influence humans and ecological systems. He is part of the UW’s Quaternary Research Center.
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