Collette Burke Ph.D.

• Coral Reef Development in Carbonate Environments
  
• Ecology and Paleoecology of Foraminifera in Carbonate Environments
  
• Paleoecology and Sedimentology of Pierre Shale, Western Kansas
  
• Ecology and Paleoecology of Freshwater Ostracodes

• Earth Science and the Environment
  
• Historical Geology
  
• Geobiology
  
• Advanced Geobiology

Professional Appointments

Project Assistant, Milwaukee Public Museum, 1981
Research Assistant, Center for Great Lakes Studies, Milwaukee, WI, 1982
Research Affiliate, Center for Great Lakes Studies, Milwaukee, WI, 1989-1994
Chair, Dept. of Geology, 1997-2004, Wichita State University

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant, 1977-1979, University of Akron
Lecturer, 1979-1981, Milwaukee Area Technical College - Courses Taught: Oceanography
Lecturer, 1981-1983, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Courses Taught: Introduction to Geology; Age of Dinosaurs; Earth, Wind, Air, Fire
Assistant Professor, 1983-1989, Wichita State University
Associate Professor, 1989-present, Wichita State University

Professional Service and Associations

• Kansas Geological Society – Member
  
• Geological Society of America – Member
  
• Journal of Paleontology – Member
  
• Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists - Member
  
• Sigma Xi - Member
  
• American Association for the Advancement of Science - Member
  
• Paleontological Society - Member
  
• International Society of Coral Reefs - Member
  
• National Science Foundation - Grant Reviewer
  
• Petroleum Research Fund of America Chemical Society - Grant Reviewer
  
• The Compass - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• New Mexico Museum of Natural History - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• Aquatic Living Resources - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• Kansas Academy of Science - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• Palaios - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• Lethaia - Manuscript Reviewer
  
• National Board for Educational Development, 2000,
  
• LeCroy Center for Educational Telecommunications, DCCCD, Texas - Member
  
• Tenure and Promotion, University of Florida, Dept. of Geology, 1991 and 1993, - Outside Reviewer
  
• Kansas Energy Place, Board of Governors, 1984-1985
  
• Association of Women Geoscientists, Program Director, 1986 Board Member of AWGWichita Chapter, 1985-1986
  
• Fossil Identification for Kansas Community--all the time

Bene Notae

• Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee, WI, 1979-1982
  
• Wisconsin Geological Society, Travel Scholarship, 1982
  
• AGU Travel Award for Chapman Conference on Gaia Hypothesis, 1988
  
• Nominated for AET & BOT Awards--Teaching Awards

Research Grants and Aquisitions

• Wichita State University Internal Grant, 1983. Equipment Grant for Fourier Analysis of Ostracoda. $5,185.00.
• Wichita State University Internal Grant, 1984. Fourier Analysis of Fossil Ostracoda for Taxonomic and Environmental Interpretation. $2,235.00.
• Wichita State University Internal Grant, 1985. Equipment Grant for Research Stereo-Microscope. $3,000.00.
• Petroleum Research Foundation Type G Grant, 1985-1987. Paleoenvironments and Taxonomy of Ostracoda via Shape Analysis. $15,000.00.
• J.J. Ducommun Co. Matching Funds Grant, 1986. Acquisition of Research Stereo-microscope. $3,000.00.
• NSF, 1987. Summer Science Institute for Primary and Secondary Educators (Directors C. Yeotis and B. Bowman). Contributing personnel and content instructor for geology section. $2,888.00.
• U.S.G.S., 1989. Stable Isotope Analysis of Lake Michigan Ostracodes. $1,000.00.
• Kansas Geological Society, 1991. Holocene Climatic Interpretation of Cheyenne Bottoms, Kansas. $800.00.
• NSF, 1993, Characterization of Bedded-Salt Dissolution. Accepted, but not funded.

Funded Grants with Students

• GSA, 1992-1994, Biotic composition of Coral Reefs at Mexico Rocks Patch Reef Complex, Belize C.A. (student: T. M. McHenry)
• Kansas Geological Society, 2000, Biostratigraphy of Pierre Shale, Logan County, KS (student:Monica Turner)

Students and Projects

Graduate

• Lloyd Thorndyke "Developmental History of Patch Reefs on the Northern Shelf of Belize, CA"
• Erin Huttig "Long term effects of Mass Bleaching Events on Caribbean Corals"

Undergraduate

• Monica Turner " Biostratigraphy of the Pierre Shale in Western Kansas"