Biography - Kevin G. Stewart

Education

Ph.D. in Geology, 1987, University of California, Berkeley, California.

Thesis title: A Study of Compressional and Extensional Structures in the Northern Apennine fold-and-thrust belt.

Thesis supervisor: Walter Alvarez

B.S. in Geology, 1980, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Professional Experience

Chapman Fellow, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, Fall 2003

Faculty Council, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000-2001.

President, Carolina Geological Society, 2000-2001.

Vice-President, Carolina Geological Society, 1999-2000.

Advisory Committee on Intellectual Life, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000 - present.

Academy of Distinguished Teaching Scholars,  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2000 - present.

Administrative Board of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1999-2002.

Associate Professor, Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1994 - present.

Organizer and Leader,  Carolina Geological Society Annual Field Conference, September 27-28, 1997

Advisor, College of Arts and Sciences, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995-96.

Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1987 - 1993.

Geological fieldwork, 2003, Northern Rocky Mountains (Montana)

Geological fieldwork, 1991-present, Colorado Plateau (Utah and New Mexico) and New Mexico Rockies

Geological fieldwork, 1986 - present, Southern Appalachians

Geological fieldwork, 1982 - 1995, Northern Apennines, Italy

Visiting Professor, 1987, University of Perugia, Italy.

Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Geology and Geophysics,

University of California, Berkeley, 1982 - 1986.

Awards and Nominations

Chapman Fellowship (2003), semester leave and $5,000 stipend awarded by the Institute for the Arts and Humanities, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Tanner Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching (2002), $5,000 stipend awarded by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

Finalist, Board of Governors' Award for career-long Excellence in Teaching, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (2001).

James M. Johnston Teaching Excellence Award (1991). $5,000 stipend awarded by the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill.

University of California Outstanding Teaching Award (1984). Awarded by the University of California Faculty Committee on Teaching.

Memberships

Geological Society of America

Carolina Geological Society