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Richard J. Nevle

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Deputy Director, Earth Systems Program

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Email: rnevle@stanford.edu

Phone: (650) 724-0984

Fax: (650) 725-0979

Office: Yang and Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building, 473 Via Ortega, Room 133, Stanford, California 94305-2115

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Deputy Director, Earth Systems Program, Earth Systems Program

Current Role at Stanford

Deputy Director, Earth Systems Program

Honors and Awards

Walter J. Gores Award, Stanford University (2018)
Excellence in Teaching, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (2017)
Outstanding Teacher Award, University of California San Diego (2001, 2002)
Chevron Fellow, Stanford University (1991)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow, Stanford University (1989-1992)
Pond Prize for best undergraduate thesis in Geology, Amherst College (1987)

University Service and Professional Activities

Member, Ecological Society of America (2019 - Present)
Sustainability Design Team, Education Lead, Stanford University (2019 - Present)
Long-Range Planning Committee, Education Area Steering Group, Stanford University (2017 - Present)
Evaluation Committee, Notation in Science Communication, Program for Writing and Rhetoric, Stanford University (2016 - Present)
Writing and Rhetoric Requirement Governance Board, Stanford University (2015 - Present)
Teaching Task Force, School of Earth, Energy, and Environmental Sciences (2015 - 2016)

Education

Ph.D., Stanford University, Geological and Environmental Sciences (1995)
B.A., Amherst College, Geology (1987)

Teaching

Courses Taught

2021-22

Earth Systems Capstone Project
EARTHSYS 210P (Win, Spr)
Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210A (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210B (Win)
Wild Writing
EARTHSYS 149, EARTHSYS 249 (Spr)

Independent Study Courses

Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr)
Directed Reading in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 398 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr)
Directed Research in Environment and Resources
ENVRES 399 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)

2020-21

Earth Systems Capstone Project
EARTHSYS 210P (Win, Spr)
Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210A (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210B (Win)
Wild Writing
EARTHSYS 149, EARTHSYS 249 (Spr)

Independent Study Courses

Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr)

2019-20

Earth Systems Capstone Project
EARTHSYS 210P (Win, Spr)
Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut)
Nature Journaling
EARTH 83 (Spr)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210A (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210B (Win)
Wild Writing
EARTHSYS 149, EARTHSYS 249 (Spr)

Independent Study Courses

Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr, Sum)
Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr)

2018-19

Earth Systems Capstone Project
EARTHSYS 210P (Win, Spr)
Introduction to Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 10 (Aut)
Natural Perspectives: Geology, Environment, and Art
EARTH 193 (Spr)
Seminar on Philosophy, Politics, and the Environment
EARTHSYS 298 (Win)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210A (Aut)
Senior Capstone and Reflection
EARTHSYS 210B (Win)
Wild Writing
EARTHSYS 149, EARTHSYS 249 (Spr)

Independent Study Courses

Directed Individual Study in Earth Systems
EARTHSYS 297 (Aut, Win, Spr)
Directed Research
EARTHSYS 250 (Aut, Win, Spr)

Publications

The Paradise Notebooks: Ninety Miles across the Sierra Nevle, R. J., Nightingale, S. Cornell University Press. 2022
Drawing Inspiration in the Range of Light Journal of Natural History Education and Experience Nevle, R. J. 2020
Quick capture and questions: A curriculum for introducing natural history through field journaling Journal of Natural History Education and Experience Chay, F., Black, H., Nevle, R. 2018; 12: 5-14
Stopping wildlife disease from becoming a crisis: a collaborative leadership success story 2016-5 Krebs, M., McIntosh, T., Nevle, R., Sturner, P. National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). 2016 ; SESYNC Case Study for Teaching Socio-Environmental Synthesis
Neotropical human-landscape interactions, fire, and atmospheric CO2 during European conquest HOLOCENE Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K., Ruddiman, W. F., Dull, R. A. 2011; 21 (5): 853-864
The Columbian Encounter and the Little Ice Age: Abrupt Land Use Change, Fire, and Greenhouse Forcing ANNALS OF THE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN GEOGRAPHERS Dull, R. A., Nevle, R. J., Woods, W. I., Bird, D. K., Avnery, S., Denevan, W. M. 2010; 100 (4): 755-771
Effects of syn-pandemic fire reduction and reforestation in the tropical Americas on atmospheric CO2 during European conquest PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K. 2008; 264 (1-2): 25-38
A gold-bearing horizon in the Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland Economic Geology, Bird, D. K., Arnason, J. G., Brandriss, M. E., Nevle, R. J., Radford, G., Bernstein, S., Guanacos, R. A., Keleman, P. B. 1995; 90: 1288-1300
Imprint of meteoric water on the stable isotope compositions of igneous and secondary minerals, Kap Edvard Holm Complex, East Greenland Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Brandriss, M. E., Nevle, R. J., Bird, D. K., O'Neil, J. R. 1995; 121 (1): 74-86
TERTIARY PLUTONS MONITOR CLIMATE-CHANGE IN EAST GREENLAND GEOLOGY NEVLE, R. J., Brandriss, M. E., Bird, D. K., McWilliams, M. O., ONEIL, J. R. 1994; 22 (9): 775-778

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