Andy Fraass

Andy Fraass

Paleobiology and Paleoceanography

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Building and Establishing the Tilly Edinger Travel Grant

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A description of how we set up a fund to support students and avocational scientists attending science meetings. Importantly, this grant is set up to act during registration, rather than as a reimbursement, like one would get from a University. The problems with that are fairly obvious!

Time Scavengers: Anxiety in Academia

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I was diagnosed with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Disorder about a decade ago. I have had my ups and downs with them, though they’re certainly always with me. I went through a period of abnormally high anxiety, culminating in seeking help from therapists again. I wrote this post as a way to begin processing both the past and current situation as it is filtered through the disorders. It also has a few suggestions at the end about what to do (Seek help!) if you too struggle with these disorders.

Cabot Institute: Cancer and climate change

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My dad is a radiation physicist who works on cancer treatment. I’m a climate scientist who uses a fossil group that can be used to find oil reserves. There’s an interesting duality to both those types of science; both can be used for positive or negative. This post for the Cabot Institute explores that duality.

Teaching controversial subjects in a conservative area

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This post has been used in two places, Time Scavengers and Cabot. It describes trying to cover climate change and evolution in a religious and politically conservative state, Texas. Both subjects caused obvious friction in the course. I frequently asked the students to fill out note cards with anonymous questions or feedback, and the friction was apparent. In this post I describe both how standard teaching won’t work, and how to (in my opinion) mix into a combination of science communication and typical information-transfer teaching. Both exams and my teaching scores suggest this was working, at least somewhat, so I hope the post is helpful for folks.

Time Scavengers: What it’s like to be a new faculty member

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Ever want to know what it’s like to have a severe case of burnout? Just read this. It’s a description of what my first year as a Visiting Assistant Professor was like. I wrote it in airports on the way back to and from a job interview, during my students finals week. It’s pretty unfiltered description of what it was like.

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publications

Heat flow in the Lesser Antilles island arc and adjacent back arc Grenada basin

Published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2012

Recommended citation: Manga, M., Hornbach, M. J., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Stroncik, N., Adachi, T., Aljahdali, M., Boudon, G., Breitkreuz, C., Fraass, A.J., Fujinawa, A., Hatfield, R., Jutzeler, M., Kataoka, K., Lafuerza, S., Maeno, F., Martinez-Colon, M., McCanta, M., Morgan, S., Palmer, M. R., Saito, T., Slagle, A., Subramanyam, K.S.V., Tamura, Y., Talling, P. J., Villemant, B., Wall-Palmer, D., & Wang, F., 2012, Heat flow in the Lesser Antilles island arc and adjacent back arc Grenada basin, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 13, Q08007. doi:10.1029/2012GC004260 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2012GC004260

Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of IODP Site U1396 and compiled chronology offshore of south and south west Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

Published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2013

Recommended citation: Wall-Palmer, D., Coussens, M.,Talling, P. J., Jutzeler, M., Cassidy, M., Marchant, I., Palmer, M. R., Watt, S. F. L., Smart, S. W., Fisher, J. K., Hart, M. B., Fraass, A.J., Trofimovs, J., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Adachi, T., Aljahdali, M., Boudon, G., Breitkreuz, C., Endo, D., Fujinawa, A., Hatfield, R., Hornbach, M. J., Kataoka, K., Lafuerza, S., Maeno, F., Manga, M., Martinez-Colon, M., McCanta, M., Morgan, S., Saito, T., Slagle, A. L., Stinton, A. J., Subramanyam, K. S. V., Tamura, Y., Villemant, B., & Wang, F., 2013, Late Pleistocene stratigraphy of IODP Site U1396 and compiled chronology offshore of south and south west Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst.,15, doi:10.1002/2014GC005402 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014GC005402

Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the Lesser Antilles: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by IODP Expedition 340

Published in Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2015

Recommended citation: Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Boudon, G., Palmer, M., Talling, P., Villemant, B., Adachi, T., Aljahdali, M., Breitkreuz, C., Brunet, M., Caron, B., Coussens, M., Deplus, C., Endo, D., Feuillet, N., Fraass, A.J., Fujinawa, A., Hart, M., Hatfield, R.G., Hornbach, M., J., Jutzeler, M., Kataoka, K. S., Komorowski, J-C, Lebas, E., Lafuerza, S., Maeno, F., Manga, M., Martinez-Colon, M., McCanta, M., McManus, J., Morgan, S., Saito, T., Slagle, S., Sparks, R.S.J., Stinton, A., Stroncik, N., Subramanyam, K. S.V., Tamura, Y., Trofimovs, J, Voight, B., Wall-Palmer, D., Wang, F., & Watt, S.F.L., 2015, Submarine record of volcanic island construction and collapse in the Lesser Antilles: First scientific drilling of submarine volcanic island landslides by IODP Expedition 340, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 16(2), doi: 10.1002/2014GC005652 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2014GC005652

High pore pressure in Lesser Antilles submarine slide deposits inferred from seismic velocities and rock physics models

Published in Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth, 2015

Recommended citation: Hornbach, M., Manga, M., Genocov, M., Valdez, R., Peter, M., Saffer, D., Lafuerza, S., Adachi, T., Breitkreuz, C., Jutzeler, M., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Morgan, S., Slagle, A., Talling, P., Fraass, A.J., Watt, S., Stroncik, N., Klaus, A., Aljahdali, M., Boudon, G., Fujinawa, A., Hatfield, R., Kataoka, K., Maeno, F., Martinez-Colon, M., McCanta, M., Palmer, M., Stinton, A., Subramanyam, K. S. V., Tamura, Y., Villemant, B., Wall-Palmer, D., & Wang, F., 2015, High pore pressure in Lesser Antilles submarine slide deposits inferred from seismic velocities and rock physics models, Journal of Geophysical Research - Solid Earth. doi:10.1002/2015JB012061 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2015JB012061

Synthesis: stratigraphy and age control for IODP Sites U1394, U1395, and U1396 offshore Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles

Published in Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 340, 2016

Recommended citation: Coussens, M.F., Wall-Palmer, D., Talling, P.J., Watt, S.F.L., Hatter, S.J., Cassidy, M., Clare, M., Jutzeler, M., Hatfield, R., McCanta, M., Kataoka, K.S., Endo, D., Palmer, M.R., Stinton, A., Fujinawa, A., Boudon, G., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Gernon, T., Adachi, T., Aljahdali, M., Breitkreuz, C., Fraass, A.J., Hornbach, M.J., Lebas, E., Lafuerza, S., Maeno, F., Manga, M., Martinez-Colon, M., McManus, J., Morgan, S., Saito, T., Slagle, A., Subramanyam, K.S.V., Tamura, Y., Trofimovs, J., Villemant, B., Wang, F., & the Expedition 340 scientists, 2016, Synthesis: stratigraphy and age control for IODP Sites U1394, U1395, and U1396 offshore Montserrat in the Lesser Antilles, in Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Stroncik, N.A., and the Expedition 340 Scientists, Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, Volume 340. http://publications.iodp.org/proceedings/340/204/204_.htm

Upper Maastrichtian-Eocene benthic foraminiferal biofacies of the Brazilian margin, western South Atlantic

Published in Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, 2017

Recommended citation: De Mello, R.M., Leckie, R.M., Fraass, A.J., & Thomas, E., 2017, Upper Maastrichtian-Eocene benthic foraminiferal biofacies of the Brazilian margin, western South Atlantic, in Kaminski, M., & Alegret, L., eds., Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Gzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 22, 119-161. http://gf.tmsoc.org/Documents/iwaf9/Mello-et-al-2017.pdf

A revised Plio-Pleistocene age model and paleoceanography of the northeastern Caribbean Sea: IODP Site U1396 off Montserrat, Lesser Antilles

Published in Stratigraphy, 2017

Recommended citation: Fraass, A.J., Wall-Palmer, D., Leckie, R.M., Hatfield, R.G., Burns, S.J., Le Friant, A., Ishizuka, O., Aljahdali, M., Jutzeler, M., Martinez-Colon, M., Palmer, M., & Talling, P.J., 2017, A revised Plio-Pleistocene age model and paleoceanography of the northeastern Caribbean Sea: IODP Site U1396 off Montserrat, Lesser Antilles, Stratigraphy, Stratigraphy, 13(3), 183-203. http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/517156/1/Fraass_U1396_Chronostrat.pdf

Chapter 11: Taxonomy, Biostratigraphy, and Phylogeny of Oligocene and lower Miocene Dentoglobigerina and Globoquadrina

Published in Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera, 2018

Recommended citation: Wade, B. S., Pearson, P. N., Olsson, R.K., Fraass, A.J., Leckie, R. M., & Hemleben, C., 2018, Chapter 11: Taxonomy, Biostratigraphy, and Phylogeny of Oligocene and lower Miocene Dentoglobigerina and Globoquadrina. Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera, Cushman Foundation Special Publication No. 46, p. 331-384. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/sites/earth-sciences/files/Chapter_11.pdf

Chapter 5: Taxonomy, Biostratigraphy, and Phylogeny of Oligocene Paragloborotalia and Parasubbotina

Published in Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera, 2018

Recommended citation: Leckie, R. M., Wade, B.S., Pearson, P.N., Fraass, A.J., King, D.J., Olsson, R.K., Premoli Silva, I., Spezzaferri, S., & Berggren, W.A., 2018, Chapter 5: Taxonomy, Biostratigraphy, and Phylogeny of Oligocene Paragloborotalia and Parasubbotina. Atlas of Oligocene Planktonic Foraminifera, Cushman Foundation Special Publication No. 46, p. 125-178. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/earth-sciences/sites/earth-sciences/files/Chapter_11.pdf

Time Scavengers: An Educational Website to Communicate Climate Change an Evolutionary Theory to the Public Through Blogs, Web Pages, and Social Media Platforms

Published in Journal of STEM Outreach, 2019

Recommended citation: Lam, A. R., Bauer, J. E., Fraass, S., Sheffield, S. L., Limbeck, M. R., Borden, R. M., Thompson-Munson, M., Fraass, A.J., Hils, J. M., Muskelly, C. O., Bryant, R., and Hartshorn, K., 2019, Time Scavengers: An Educational Website to Communicate Climate Change an Evolutionary Theory to the Public Through Blogs, Web Pages, and Social Media Platforms, Journal of STEM Outreach, 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15695/jstem/v2i1.05 https://www.jstemoutreach.org/article/7557-time-scavengers-an-educational-website-to-communicate-climate-change-and-evolutionary-theory-to-the-public-through-blogs-web-pages-and-social-media-platforms

A temporary flow reversal in the Central American Seaway during or after the Oligocene Miocene Transition: Precision in biostratigraphy

Published in Journal of Foraminiferal Research, 2019

Recommended citation: Fraass, A.J., Leckie, R.M., Lowery, C.M., & DeConto, R., 2019, A temporary flow reversal in the Central American Seaway during or after the Oligocene Miocene Transition: Precision in biostratigraphy, Journal of Foraminiferal Research. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.49.4.357 https://doi.org/10.2113/gsjfr.49.4.357

Reappraisal of Oligocene-Miocene chronostratigraphy and the Mi-1 event: Ocean Drilling Program Site 744, Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean

Published in Stratigraphy, 2019

Recommended citation: Fraass, A.J., Leckie, R.M., McQuaid, C., Burns, S., DeConto, R., & Zachos, J.C., 2019, Reappraisal of Oligocene-Miocene chronostratigraphy and the Mi-1 event: Ocean Drilling Program Site 744, Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean, Stratigraphy. http://www.micropress.org/microaccess/stratigraphy/issue-345/article-2114

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teaching

Paleobiology

Undergraduate course, University of Victoria, SEOS, 2021

This is just a dummy post waiting for me to begin teaching again. Once I do, this will be linked to the course webpage.