Associate Professor, Ph.D.

Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies

Montclair State University , Montclair , NJ , 07043

973-655-7385; popeg@mail.montclair.edu

 

 

TEACHING: Physical geography, environmental geology, world geography, soils, surface geology processes (geomorphology), weather and climate, air resource management, satellite remote sensing.

Current Areas of research: Forest fire impacts on soils; soil as a paleoenvironment indicator; human impacts on soils of antiquity; deterioration and conservation of cultural stone (prehistoric to historic); acid precipitation in urban areas; urban climatology.

Education

1994 Ph.D. Geography, Arizona State University , Tempe .

1990 M.A. Geography, Arizona State University , Tempe .

1987 B.A. Distributed Studies (in Geology & Geography), University of Colorado , Colorado Springs.

RECENT PEER Reviewed Articles and Monographs

2005 Solecki, W.D., C. Rosenzweig, L. Parshall, G. Pope, M Clark , J.Cox, and M.Weincke. Mitigation of the heat island effect in urban New Jersey .  Global Environmental Change B: Environmental Hazards 6(1), pp. 39-49. 

2004 Pope, Gregory A., and Vera C. Miranda. Weathering of megaliths – evidence for rapid adjustment to new environmental conditions. In B.J. Smith and A.V. Turkington (eds.), Stone Decay: Its Causes and Controls. Proceedings, Weathering 2000, Belfast , Northern Ireland , June 26-30. Shaftesbury , United Kingdom : Donhead Publishing Ltd., pp. 199-223.

2004 Feng, Z.D., H.B. Wang, C. Olson, G.A. Pope, F.H. Chen, J.W. Zhang, and C.B. An. Chronological discord between the last interglacial paleosol (S1) and its parent material in the Chinese Loess Plateau. Quaternary International 117, pp. 17-26.

2002 Pope, Gregory A., Thomas C. Meierding, & Thomas R. Paradise. Geomorphology’s role in the study of weathering of cultural stone. Geomorphology 47(2-4), p. 211-225.

2002 Pope, Gregory A. Weathering of granitic structures: 6000 years of exposure in Portugal . In J. Herrmann, N. Herz , and R. Newman (eds.), ASMOSIA 5, Interdisciplinary Studies on Ancient Stone, London : Archetype Press, p. 407-413.

2002 Pope, Gregory A., John M. Stavash, & Jean C. Walker. Spatial variability of acid precipitation at the local scale. In R. Prikryl and H.A. Viles (eds.), Understanding and managing stone decay. Prague : Karolinum Press, p. 297-316.

2001 Pope, Gregory A. Weathering impacts on petroglyph engravings and rock panels. American Indian Rock Art, v. 27, pp. 97-105.

2001 Pope, Gregory A., & Patricia Beyer.Cultural Stone of Central Park : Outcrops, Arches, and Statues . Field trip guidebook, Association of American Geographers 97 th Annual Meeting, New York City . Dept. of Geography and Geoscience, Bloomsburg University; Dept. of Earth & Environmental Studies (Occasional Publication Series #2), Montclair State University .

2000 Pope, Gregory A. Weathering of Petroglyphs: Direct Assessment and Implications for Dating Methods. Antiquity 74(286), pp. 833-843.

recent PAPER PRESENTATIONS as 1 st author/presenter

2006 Pope, Gregory A. The geography of weathering revisited: An “energetics” perspective for rock decay and soil formation. 2006 Annual Meeting, Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers, Oct. 13-14, New Brunswick, New Jersey .

2006 Pope, Gregory A. Cartographic Representation of Hurricane Threat on Coastal Populations. In Special Paper Session: Weather and Society. Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Chicago , Illinois , March 7-11, 2006 (Abstracts CD-ROM).

2005 Pope, Gregory A., Jennifer R. Reynard, and Matthew L. Gorring. Hot fires and pedogenesis:fleeting factor or long-term conditioner in central Colorado ? Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting, Denver , Colorado , April 5-9, 2005 (Abstracts CD-ROM).

2004 Pope, Gregory A., Jennifer R. Reynard, B. Priscilla Neus, and Matthew L. Gorring. Thermal weathering and soils in a post-fire ecosystem. 35 th Annual Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium: Weathering and Landscape Evolution, University of Kentucky , October 1-3, 2004 (Program , p. 24).

2003 Pope, Gregory A. Setting erosion rates on a new pedestal: Perched rocks. 2003 Annual Meeting, Middle States Division, Association of American Geographers, Oct. 31-Nov. 1, Albany, New York, (abstracts p. 20).

2003 Pope, Gregory A., Zhaodong Feng, Matthew Gorring, and Carolyn Olson. The S1 Paleosol Environmental Record Interpreted through Soil Development and Weathering Indices. INQUA XVI, July 23-31, 2003 , Reno , Nevada .

2003 Pope, Gregory A., Steven J. Gordon, B. Priscilla Neus. Extreme temperature impacts on soil weathering environments: Preliminary results from Hayman Fire (Summer 2002), Colorado . Association of American Geographers 99 th Annual Meeting, New Orleans , Louisiana , (Abstracts, pp. 305).

2002 Pope, Gregory A. The weathering boundary layer: revisiting the conceptual model through stone conservation. Geological Society of America 2002 Annual Meeting, November, Denver , Colorado . (GSA Abstracts with Programs Vol. 34, No. 6.)

RECENT EXTERNAL GRANTS AWARDED

2005 National Science Foundation, Major Research Instrumentation ($197,649). “Acquisition of a Vibrating Sample Magnetometer at Montclair State University .” (co-PI.)

2002 National Science Foundation, Geography & Regional Science Division, Small Grants for Experimental Research($17,065). “ Forest Fires & Soil Weathering: Do Extreme Wildfire Events Impact the Weathering of Soil Mineral Components?” (PI)

2000 National Science Foundation, Geography & Regional Science Division. ($160,000). “Geographic Analysis of the S1 Paleosol, Chinese Loess Plateau” (co-PI.).

ACADEMIC ADVISING: *

Thesis committee or chair: 3 doctoral, 9 MA/MS, 6 BA/BS. Advisor for MSU Geography BA.

PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY SERVICE

at Montclair State Univ: Department Chair (2003-06), Middle States Reaccreditation Steering Comm., General Education Comm.

Regional Councilor (2003-06), Middle States Div., Assoc. American Geographers

Chair (2004-05), Geomorphology Specialty Group, Assoc. American Geographers

Conference chair or committee: AAG New York 2001, Philadelphia 2004, MSD Montclair 2002

External reviewer, SUNY-Oneonta Environmental Science, Spring 2005.

General public presentations, field trips for K-12 student, family, and adult audiences, on various topics: acid rain, global change, geoarchaeology, regional geology and geography, natural hazards.