Curriculum Vitae of Richard Cowen
PERSONAL
- Born January 24, 1940, Workington, Cumbria, England
- Married, two daughters
- Citizenship: United States
EDUCATION
1959-1966 Christ's College, Cambridge University
- B.A. Natural Sciences 1962
- M.A. Natural Sciences 1965
- Ph.D. in Geology 1966 [Dissertation on the paleontology of brachiopods.]
AWARDS
- 1959 Open Scholarship to Christ's College, Cambridge; British Government State Scholarship
- 1962-65 British Government NERC Research Student Award, Department of Geology, Cambridge University
- 1993 Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, University of California, Davis
POSITIONS HELD
- 1966-67. Research Assistant to Dr. M. J. S. Rudwick, Department of Geology, Cambridge University
- 1967-1989. Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, and Professor of Geology, University of California, Davis.
- 1989-2003. Senior Lecturer in Geology, University of California, Davis
COURSES TAUGHT AT UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS, 1967-2003
(Courses taught 3 times or more are starred *)
- *Geology 1, 1L, 1G The Earth
- *Geology 3, 3L, 3G History of Life
- *Geology 12 Dinosaurs
- Geology 102 Introduction to Field Geology
- *Geology 107, 107L Principles of Paleobiology
- *Geology 111A Invertebrate Paleontology
- *Geology/Environmental Studies 116 The Oceans
- *Geology S119 Summer Field Course in Marine Ecology and Paleoecology
- *Geology 115 Geology, History, and People
- Geology 150B Geological Oceanography
- *Geology 260 Seminar in Paleontology
- *Geology 263 Functional Interpretation of Fossils
- Occasional seminars
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