Full-Time Faculty: Kevin Downing
Degrees: B.S. degrees in Astronomy and Geology (University of Illinois-Champaign), M.S.T. in Geology (University of Florida-Gainesville), and Ph.D in Geosciences/Evolutionary Biology and Ecology (University of Arizona, Tucson)
Areas of Specialization and Research: Paleobiology, Geology, Science Education
His research interests include Miocene age fossil mammals, small mammal paleoecology, stratigraphic and paleogeographic change during the Himalayan Orogeny, online science learning and application of 3-D virtual laboratories for distance geological learning.
Professional Organizations: Geological Society of America, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, National Association of Geology Teachers, Paleontological Society.
Latest publications and awards:
Peer Reviewed Book:
Downing, K. F. and Holtz, J.K. (2008). Online Science Learning: Best Practices and Technologies. Hershey, PA: IGI Global Publishing. 300+ p.
Publications (Refereed Journals):
Holtz, J. K., Downing, K. F. (in press, 2008). Valuing Science and Science Learning as Global Capital. In Strohschen, G. (Ed.), International Adult Education Handbook: Challenges and Solutions in the Development and Delivery of International Adult Education Programs. New York: Springer.
Downing K. F., 2005. A new enigmatic large Rhinocerotid from the upper member of the Chitarwata Formation at Zinda Pir Dome, Western Pakistan.Palaeontologia Electronica,8:1, 20A
Downing K. F. and Lindsay, E. H. 2005. Relationship of Chitarwata Formation paleodrainage and paleoenvironments to Himalayan Tectonics and Indus River paleogeography. Palaeontologia Electronica, 8:1, 20A.
Lindsay, E.H, Flynn, L.J., Cheema, I.U., Barry, J.C., Downing, K.F., Rajpar, A.R. and Raza, S.M. 2005. Will Downs and the Zinda Pir Dome.Palaeontologia Electronica, 8:1, 19A.
Outside Interests:
Kevin spends most of his spare time with his wife Lisa and sons Alex and Sean, but finds a little time here and there for travel, woodworking as well as songwriting and laying down guitar tracks in his home music studio.
- LL 250 Foundations of Adult Learning
- LL 300 Research Seminar
- SW 209 Biodiversity
- SW 241 Gold, Oil, Gems and Soil: The Science of Mineral and Energy Resources
- SW 291 Fossils and the History of Life
- SW 294 Global Environmental Change
- SW 371 Dinosaurs
Phone: 312-476-3618
E-mail: kdowning@depaul.edu