EDUCATION
Ph.D. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1992.  Dissertation: “Biostratigraphy of the Upper Devonian Greenland Gap Group in Virginia and West Virginia.”  176 p., 10 pls.
M.S.  The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1987.  Thesis: “Lithostratigraphy and Molluscan Biostratigraphy of the River Bend Formation at the Martin Marietta Quarry, New Bern, North Carolina.”  161 p., 6 pls.
B.S. (Cum Laude)  Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1983.  Major: Geology.  GPA: 3.37 (A=4.00); Geology GPA: 3.57

Teaching Experience
Associate Professor
Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Elizabeth City State University
Elizabeth City, NC  27909 (1999 - present)
Principles of Geological Science — An entry level course covering the basics of geology including minerals, rocks, geologic time, plate tectonics, geologic structures, surface water processes and landforms, groundwater, and coastal processes.
Historical Geology — A core course for majors covering the geologic and biologic history of the Earth including the tectonic history of the Earth, times of mountain building, paleoenvironmental interpretation, development of economic resources, basic invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, and evolutionary theory.
Sedimentology and Sedimentary Environments — An upper level course covering sediment formation, flow dynamics, statistical sediment analysis, sedimentary structures, classification and petrology of clastic, chemical and biochemical sedimentary rocks, and their use in paleoenvironmental reconstruction and economic resource exploration.
Evolutionary Stratigraphy — A companion course to Sedimentology covering lithostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy, correlation, seismic stratigraphy, magnetostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy, basin analysis and regional stratigraphy of North America.
Paleontology — An upper level course covering systematics, evolutionary theory, biostratigraphy, and the morphology and classification of the major invertebrate phyla with special emphasis on using fossils to reconstruct ancient environments.
The Age of Dinosaurs — A  survey of the major dinosaur groups, including origins, diversification, physiology, classification, life habits and extinction theories.  Also covered is a discussion of animals contemporary with the dinosaurs and the environment in which they all lived.
Geomorphology — An upper level course covering the mechanisms and processes of landform development, the recognition of surficial landforms, and how geomorphic studies relate to engineering and construction problems.
Hydrogeology — An upper level course covering the basics of hydrogeology including water chemistry, flow parameters, properties of soil and rock aquifers, piezometer and monitoring well construction, flow velocity calculations, construction and interpretation of potentiometric maps, review of State regulations dealing with groundwater, surface water and drinking water, sources and types of groundwater contamination, and groundwater remediation.
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Field Geology —  An upper level course covering the basics of field oriented studies including use of the Brunton compass, alidade, theodelite, outcrop description, pace and traverse mapping, plane table mapping, geometric thickness calculations, cross-section construction and interpretation, and instruction on how to write up a field report.
Coastal and Marine Geology —  A secondary level course covering the role geologic processes play in the development of the ocean realm and the shaping of the world’s cosatlines.  Topics include origin of the world’s oceans, history and development of the ocean basins, physiography of the sea floor, sea floor sediments and economic resources, coastal geomorphology, and the relationship between coastal processes and civilization’s encroachment on these fragile ecosystems.
Summer Geology Field Camp — Intensive practical mapping exercises carried out in the American southwest emphasizing field reconnaissance, outcrop description, field mapping, structure recognition, sample collection, geologic map construction and report writing.
 

Assistant Professor
Department of Geology and Physics, Lock Haven University
Lock Haven, PA  17745 (1998 - 1999)
Earth Science — A general education course demonstrating how information derived from astronomy, geology, meteorology and oceanography is applied to our understanding of natural phenomena and their impact on society and the environment.
Oceanography — An entry level course covering the physical, chemical and biological aspects of the oceans as well as how society and the oceans interact.  The course required students to participate on a four-day field trip to the Marine Science Consortium on Wallops Island, Virginia, for hands-on experience in collecting and analyzing ocean water samples, sea floor sediments and biologic specimens.
Historical Geology — A core course for majors covering the geologic and biologic history of the Earth including the tectonic history of the Earth, times of mountain building, paleoenvironmental interpretation, development of economic resources, basic invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, and evolutionary theory.

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC  28723 (1997-1998)
Environmental Geology — An entry level course relating how geologic phenomena and processes affect human activity, and how human activity impacts the environment itself.
Soils and Hydrology — An upper level course covering soil development, properties, uses and identification coupled with basic groundwater geology, and dealing with the agricultural and engineering aspects of both.
Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Animals — An introductory course presenting an overview of the history of life on Earth with an emphasis on dinosaurs.

Visiting Assistant Professor
Department of Earth Sciences, University of North Carolina
Wilmington, NC  28403 (1993-1994)
Invertebrate Paleontology — An upper level course covering the systematics, morphology and classification of the major invertebrate phyla with special emphasis on evolutionary relationships.
Historical Geology — A core course for majors covering the geologic and biologic history of the Earth including the tectonic history of the Earth, times of mountain building, paleoenvironmental interpretation, development of economic resources, basic invertebrate and vertebrate paleontology, and evolutionary theory.
Prehistoric Life — An introductory course for non-geology majors surveying the history of life on Earth from the Precambrian through the present day, including invertebrates, vertebrates and plants, with special emphasis of the development of the human lineage.
Stratigraphic Paleontology — A graduate level seminar-style course on the lithostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic.

 Laboratory Instructor
Department of Geology, University of North Carolina
North Carolina, NC  27599 (1984-1986, 1988-1991)
Invertebrate Paleontology — Created and taught own laboratory exercises in invertebrate paleontology.
Historical Geology — Created and taught own laboratory exercises for historical geology.
Introductory Geology —Taught introductory geology laboratories using standard and departmentally published manuals.
Department of Biology, University of North Carolina
North Carolina, NC  27599 (1991)
Invertebrate Zoology — Helped in the preparation and instruction of invertebrate zoology laboratories.

Department of Geology, Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA  17013 (1983)
Introductory Geology — Taught introductory geology laboratories using standard laboratory manuals.

Teaching Assistant
Department of Geology, University of North Carolina
North Carolina, NC  27599 (1985-1986, 1988-1989)
Paleozoic Stratigraphy
Coastal Plain Stratigraphy and Biostratigraphy
Evolution of Life

ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING EXPERIENCE
Geological Consultant, Municipal Engineering Services Company, Garner, NC (1997) — Supervised the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and piezometers, conducted regional geological studies, collected and described soil samples and rock cores, constructed and interpreted geologic cross-sections and groundwater potentiometric maps, and helped to write and prepare landfill site suitability reports and landfill design hydrogeologic studies.

Staff Geologist, GAI Consultants, Raleigh, NC (1995-1996) — Supervised the installation of groundwater monitoring wells and piezometers, conducted regional geological studies, collected and described soil samples and rock cores, collected groundwater samples for chemical analyses, constructed and interpreted geologic cross-sections and groundwater potentiometric maps, and wrote environmental impact statements and hydrogeologic studies for proposed landfills.

OTHER EXPERIENCE
North Carolina Licensed Geologist (1993-present) — Having attained the required education and experience, and having passed a state licensing examination designed to test general and practical geological knowledge, I am authorized to advertise myself as a licensed geologist and can officially seal geologic, hydrologic or other types of reports.

Representative, ECSU Office of Career Services Advisory Board (1999-present) — Act as a liaison between the Office of Career Services and the Department of Geological, Environmental and Marine Sciences, primarily coordinating visits from government agencies, industry, business and school systems.

Advisor, ECSU Geoscience Club (1999-present) — Acted as a liaison between the ECSU administration and the student-led organization for geoscience students, primarily acting as the field trip coordinator.

Instructor, Fossil Workshop for Science Teachers of Grades 6-12 (WCU, 1998) — Participated in this program designed to help Middle and High School teachers gain knowledge of fossils, paleoenvironments, and ways to stimulate students with inquiry-based classroom activities.

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Historical Geology Laboratory Coordinator (UNCW, 1994) — Supervised the course material taught by graduate teaching assistants.

Laboratory Technician (UNC-CH, 1992-1993) — Conducted sediment analysis including the picking and identifying of Foraminifera as part of an ongoing geochemical study of sea floor sediments.

Draughtsman (UNC-CH, 1985-1993) — Drafted maps and figures, both manually and with computer, for the geology faculty at UNC-CH for use in professional publications, guidebooks and presentations.

Curator of Paleontological Collections (UNC-CH, 1985) — Supervised a 14,000 specimen collection including the preparation, repairing, cataloguing and loaning of specimens to other institutions.

Visiting Lecturer to Local Schools (UNC-CH, 1987-1992; UNCW, 1994; WCU, 1998) — Topics have included general paleontology, dinosaurs and malacology.

Summer Field Camp (Ohio University, Athens, OH, 1984) — Conducted geologic mapping as part of a six-week field course based in Eureka Nevada.

President, Dickinson College Geology Club (1982-1983).

AWARDS
American Association of Paleontological Suppliers Jim (James W.) Welch Scholarship Award (AAPS, 1991)
R. Jerry Britt Award in Coastal Plain Geology (UNC-CH, 1989)

GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
American Association of Paleontological Suppliers Jim (James W.) Welch Scholarship Award (1991) — $1,000
Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates (1991) — $500
Martin Research Fellowship (1991) — $1,000
North Carolina Fossil Club (1990) — $200
Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates (1990) — $200
Appalachian Basin Industrial Associates (1989) — $500
North Carolina Fossil Club (1986) — $445

MEMBERSHIPS IN PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Paleontologic Research Institution (1989-present)
Paleontological Society (1989-present)
Society of Vertebrate Paleontologists (2002-present)
Geological Society of America (2002-present)

PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Rossbach, T. J.  2002.  Variation in the genus Spinatrypa (Brachiopoda, Atrypidina): teratology, hypertrophism or speciation?  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 34.

Rossbach, T. J.  2001.  Biostratigraphy of Kates Mountain, Greenbrier County, West Viginia: Implications for the Late Devonian Frasnian-Famennian boundary in the Central Appalachians. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 33.

Rossbach, T. J.  2000.  Limited migration and endemism of fossil invertebrates from the Brallier and Foreknobs Formations (Upper Devonian) of Viginia and West Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 32(2):A70.

Rossbach, T. J.  1999.  The genus Douvillina (Brachiopoda, Strophomenida) in the Upper Devonian Foreknobs Formation of Virginia and West Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 31(3):A63.

Rossbach, T. J.  1999.  Splitting lumping and recognition of extinction events.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 31(3):A63.

Rossbach, T. J.  1996.  Fantasia and our changing views of dinosaurs.  Journal of Geoscience Education, 44:13-17.

Rossbach, T. J.  1993.  Pattern of extinction in a deltaic system near the Upper Devonian Frasnian-Famennian boundary in the central Appalachians. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 26(6):332.

Rossbach, T. J.  1993.  Position of the Upper Devonian Frasnian-Famennian boundary in the central Appalachians. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 24(7):320.

Rossbach, T. J.  1993.  Review of  “Classification, Evolution and the Nature of Biology” by A. L. Panchen.  American Scientist, 82(1):80.

Rossbach, T. J.  1993.  Review of  “Kings of Creation” by D. Lessem.  American Scientist, 81(3):289-288.

Rossbach, T. J., and Carter, J. G.  1991.  Molluscan biostratigraphy of the lower River Bend Formation at the Martin Marietta quarry, New Bern, North Carolina.  Journal of Paleontology, 65(1):80-118.

Rossbach, T. J., and Carter, J. G. (eds.)  1989.  Biostratigraphy Newsletter No. 3, 48 p.

Rossbach, T. J., and Carter, J. G.  1988.  Paleoenvironment of the basal River Bend Formation (lower Oligocene) from New Bern, North Carolina. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 20(7):340.

Rossbach, T. J., and Carter, J. G.  1988.  Reconstruction of a moldic molluscan fauna from the basal River Bend Formation (lower Oligocene) from New Bern, North Carolina. American Malacological Union, Programs and Abstracts, Fifty-Fourth Annual Meeting, p. 40.

Rossbach, T. J., and Dennison, J. M.  1994.  Devonian strata of Catawba syncline near Salem, Virginia; p. 95-125 in Schultz, A., and Hrnika, B. (eds.) Fieldguides to southern Appalachian structure and engineering geology.  Virginia Tech Department of Geological Sciences Guidebook Number 10, 283 p.

Rossbach, T. J., and Dennison, J. M.  1992.  Upper Devonian stratigraphy near Salem, Virginia: a southwestern extension of the Foreknobs Formation. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 24(2):61-62.

Rossbach, T. J., and Hall, J. C.  1998.  Late Devonian (Frasnian-Famennian) extinction event in the Catskill delta of Virginia and West Virginia.  Guidebook, Southeastern Meeting of the Geological Society of America, March 29, Charleston, West Virginia, 35 p.

Carter, J. G., and Rossbach, T. J.  1992.  Molluscan biostratigraphy of the River Bend Formation, New Bern and Belgrade, North Carolina; p. 139-143 in Cater, J. G., and Ward, L. W. (conveners), Cenozoic Molluscan Biostratigraphy of the North Carolina Coastal Plain, Field Trip 8.  Southeastern Section, The Paleontological Society, March 17-18, 1992; in Dennison, J. M., and Stewart, K. G., Geologic Guides to North Carolina and Adjacent Areas.  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Department of Geology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Geologic Guidebook No. 1, 233 p.

Carter, J. G., and Rossbach, T. J.  1988.  Periostracal ligament in Ptychodesma knappia (Bivalvia, Crytodontacea): implications for ligament evolution in the bivalve subclasses Pteriomorpha and Isolfilibrachia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 20(7):340.

Carter, J. G., Rossbach, T. J., and Robertson, K. J.  1991.  Microstructural and morphological evidence for the origin of Ecphora (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Thaididae). Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 23(1):15.

Carter, J. G., Rossbach, T. J., Robertson, K. J. and Ward, L. W.  1994.  Morphological and microstructural evidence for the origin and early evolution of Ecphora (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Journal of Paleontology, 68:905-907.

Carter, J. G., Gallagher, P. E., Valone, R. E., and Rossbach, T. J.  1991.  Fossil collecting in North Carolina.  North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development, , Division of Land Resources, Geological Survey Section, Bulletin 89, 89 p.

Dennison, J. M., Filer, J. K., and Rossbach, T. J.  1996.  Devonian strata of southeastern West Virginia and adjacent Virginia; p. 3-52 in Dennison, J. M. (ed.), Geologic Field Guide to Devonian Hydrocarbon Stratigraphy of Southeastern West Virginia and Adjacent Virginia, October 12-13, 1996.  Sponsored by the Appalachian Geological Society for the 1996 Eastern Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, 160 p.

Dennison, J. M., Filer, J. K., and Rossbach, T. J.  1995.  Episodic redbeds in Devonian marine strata of central Appalachian Catskill delta. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 27:A326.

Dennison, J. M., Filer, J. K., and Rossbach, T. J.  1994.  Upper Devonian outcrop stratigraphy along the Appalachian basin margin in southeastern West Virginia and implications for hydrocarbon exploration; p. 43-49 in Schultz, A. P., and Rader, E. K. (eds.), Studies in eastern energy and the environment.  Virginia Division of Mineral Resources Publication 132.

Dennison, J. M., Filer, J. K., and Rossbach, T. J.  1994.  Upper Devonian outcrop stratigraphy, West Virginia and southwestern Virginia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 26(5):12-13.

Dennison, J. M., Filer, J. K., and Rossbach, T. J.  1993.  Upper Devonian outcrop stratigraphy along the Appalachian basin margin in southeastern West Virgina and southwestern Virginia and implications for hydrocarbon exploration.  American Association of Petroleum Geologists Eastern Section Meeting.

Dennison, J. M. (compiler).  1989.  Paleozoic sea-level changes in the Appalachian basin.  Field Trip Guidebook T354, 28th International Geological Congress, Washington, D.C., July 20-24, 56 p. (T. J. Rossbach contributor)