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Robert Shuster, PhD

Robert Shuster, PhD

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Curriculum Vitae
areas of focus:
  • undergraduate research and geoscience education
  • Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae

You can find my full CV at this link.

Education

B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Research expertise

Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation, undergraduate research and geoscience education

Ongoing research projects

  • Fracture development in Tertiary sediments by diagenesis
  • Geoarchaeology of pottery from Iron Age Jordan and Israel
  • Provenance of pottery from Cyprus:  Troodos ophiolite or pillow basalts?
  • Impact of involvement of Omaha Public School science teachers in authentic scientific research

Recent Publications

  • Cutucache, Christine, Grandgenett, Nealy, Leas, Heather, Nelson, Kari, Shuster, Robert, Rodie, Steve, and Tapprich, William, 2018,  Genuine Faculty-Mentored Research Experiences for In-Service Science Teachers: Increases in Science Knowledge, Perception, and Confidence Levels:  Journal of Science Teacher Education, Volume 28, issue 8.
  • Tapprich, William, Grandgenett, Neal, Leas, Heather, Rodie, Steve, Shuster, Robert, Schaben, Chris, and Cutucache, Christine, 2016,  Enhancing the STEM Ecosystem through teacher-researcher partnerships,  Metropolitan Universities Journal, vol 27, No. 1, p. 71-85.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2014, Organization of Pottery Production in the Iron Age: Evidence from Tell Hesban and Tell Al-‘Umayri:  in Exploring the Narrative: Jerusalem and Jordan in the Bronze and Iron Ages,  eds. Eveline van der Steen, Jeannette Boertien, and Noor Mulder-Hymans,  Bloomsbury Pub., London, p. 36 – 61.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2012, Ceramic Technology at Hisban: in Hesban 11, Ceramic Finds: Typological and Technological Studies of the Pottery Remains from Tell Hesban and Vicinity, eds. James A. Sauer and Larry G. Herr,  Andrews University PressBerrian Springs, MI, p. 597 – 764. 
  • Maher, Harmon and Shuster, Robert, 2012, Chalcedony vein horizons and clastic dikes in the White River Group as products of diagenetically driven deformation:  Lithosphere, v. 4, p. 167-186.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2011, Calcite:  A Hard Habit to Break:  in Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant, eds. Meredith S. Chesson, Walter Aufrecht, and Ian Kuijt, Eisenbrauns Publ., Winona Lake, Indiana,  p. 233 – 246.
  • Kamenov, George D., Perfit, Michael R., Lewis, John, Goss, Adam R., Arevalo, Ricardo, and Shuster, Robert D.,  2011, Ancient lithospheric source for Quaternary lavas in Hispaniola: Nature Geoscience, v. 4, p. 554 – 557.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2011, Organizational aspects of pottery production in Central Jordan,  in The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan’s Past, eds. D.R. Clark, L.G. Herr, Ø.S. LaBianca, and R.W. Younker. London: Equinox., p. 135-155.
  • Richter-Egger, Dana L., Hagen, James P., Laquer, Frederic C., Grandgenett, Neal F., and Shuster, Robert D., 2010, Improving student attitudes about science by integrating research into the Introductory Chemistry Laboratory: interdisciplinary drinking water analysis:  Journal of Chemical Education,  v. 87 (8), pp 862-868.
  • Shuster, Robert, 2009, Petrographic Analysis of a Hippo Jar from the Storage Room of the Stratum 5 City Gate: Chapter 2 of Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, vo. 4,  edited by Rami Arav and Richard A. Freund, p. 123-124. 
  • London, G.A. and Shuster, Robert, 2009, Timeless pottery traditions and organization of the ceramics Industry in ancient Jordan and Israel: a case-study from Tall Hisban and Tel Jezreel: Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 25, p. 47 – 62.
  • Mutrux, Jeremy, Maher, Harmon, Shuster, Robert, and Hays, Troy, 2008, Iron ooid horizons of the Caroline Fjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway: Polar Research 27, 16 pages.
  • London, G.A., Shuster, R.D., Blair, J., and  Kelly, S., 2008,  Comparison of Compositional Analyses of Iron Age Ceramics from Two Sites in Jordan: Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 24, p. 115-132.

Courses most commonly taught

  • Physical Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • Geochemistry

Additional Information

Curriculum Vitae

You can find my full CV at this link.

Education

B.S., St. Lawrence University
M.S., University of Kansas
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Research expertise

Igneous geochemistry, isotope geochemistry, origin of granites, geology of the seafloor, structural diagenesis and fracture formation, undergraduate research and geoscience education

Ongoing research projects

  • Fracture development in Tertiary sediments by diagenesis
  • Geoarchaeology of pottery from Iron Age Jordan and Israel
  • Provenance of pottery from Cyprus:  Troodos ophiolite or pillow basalts?
  • Impact of involvement of Omaha Public School science teachers in authentic scientific research

Recent Publications

  • Cutucache, Christine, Grandgenett, Nealy, Leas, Heather, Nelson, Kari, Shuster, Robert, Rodie, Steve, and Tapprich, William, 2018,  Genuine Faculty-Mentored Research Experiences for In-Service Science Teachers: Increases in Science Knowledge, Perception, and Confidence Levels:  Journal of Science Teacher Education, Volume 28, issue 8.
  • Tapprich, William, Grandgenett, Neal, Leas, Heather, Rodie, Steve, Shuster, Robert, Schaben, Chris, and Cutucache, Christine, 2016,  Enhancing the STEM Ecosystem through teacher-researcher partnerships,  Metropolitan Universities Journal, vol 27, No. 1, p. 71-85.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2014, Organization of Pottery Production in the Iron Age: Evidence from Tell Hesban and Tell Al-‘Umayri:  in Exploring the Narrative: Jerusalem and Jordan in the Bronze and Iron Ages,  eds. Eveline van der Steen, Jeannette Boertien, and Noor Mulder-Hymans,  Bloomsbury Pub., London, p. 36 – 61.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2012, Ceramic Technology at Hisban: in Hesban 11, Ceramic Finds: Typological and Technological Studies of the Pottery Remains from Tell Hesban and Vicinity, eds. James A. Sauer and Larry G. Herr,  Andrews University PressBerrian Springs, MI, p. 597 – 764. 
  • Maher, Harmon and Shuster, Robert, 2012, Chalcedony vein horizons and clastic dikes in the White River Group as products of diagenetically driven deformation:  Lithosphere, v. 4, p. 167-186.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2011, Calcite:  A Hard Habit to Break:  in Daily Life, Materiality, and Complexity in Early Urban Communities of the Southern Levant, eds. Meredith S. Chesson, Walter Aufrecht, and Ian Kuijt, Eisenbrauns Publ., Winona Lake, Indiana,  p. 233 – 246.
  • Kamenov, George D., Perfit, Michael R., Lewis, John, Goss, Adam R., Arevalo, Ricardo, and Shuster, Robert D.,  2011, Ancient lithospheric source for Quaternary lavas in Hispaniola: Nature Geoscience, v. 4, p. 554 – 557.
  • London, Gloria and Shuster, Robert, 2011, Organizational aspects of pottery production in Central Jordan,  in The Madaba Plains Project: Forty Years of Archaeological Research into Jordan’s Past, eds. D.R. Clark, L.G. Herr, Ø.S. LaBianca, and R.W. Younker. London: Equinox., p. 135-155.
  • Richter-Egger, Dana L., Hagen, James P., Laquer, Frederic C., Grandgenett, Neal F., and Shuster, Robert D., 2010, Improving student attitudes about science by integrating research into the Introductory Chemistry Laboratory: interdisciplinary drinking water analysis:  Journal of Chemical Education,  v. 87 (8), pp 862-868.
  • Shuster, Robert, 2009, Petrographic Analysis of a Hippo Jar from the Storage Room of the Stratum 5 City Gate: Chapter 2 of Bethsaida: A City by the North Shore of the Sea of Galilee, vo. 4,  edited by Rami Arav and Richard A. Freund, p. 123-124. 
  • London, G.A. and Shuster, Robert, 2009, Timeless pottery traditions and organization of the ceramics Industry in ancient Jordan and Israel: a case-study from Tall Hisban and Tel Jezreel: Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 25, p. 47 – 62.
  • Mutrux, Jeremy, Maher, Harmon, Shuster, Robert, and Hays, Troy, 2008, Iron ooid horizons of the Caroline Fjellet Formation, Spitsbergen, Norway: Polar Research 27, 16 pages.
  • London, G.A., Shuster, R.D., Blair, J., and  Kelly, S., 2008,  Comparison of Compositional Analyses of Iron Age Ceramics from Two Sites in Jordan: Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 24, p. 115-132.

Courses most commonly taught

  • Physical Geology
  • Mineralogy
  • Igneous & Metamorphic Petrology
  • Geochemistry

Additional Information

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