CURRICULUM VITAE
HARRY
F. L. WILLIAMS
May 3,
2010
Department of Geography
University of North Texas
Denton, TX 76203
Phone:
(940) 565 3317
Email:
HarryF.Williams@unt.edu
Web
Page: www.geog.unt.edu/~williams
EDUCATION
1989
Ph.D Geography, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada.
1983
M.Sc Geography, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
1980
B.Sc (Honors) Geography, University of Plymouth, England.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE
1995‑continues:
Associate Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Texas,
Denton, Texas.
1989‑1995:
Assistant Professor, Department of Geography, University of North Texas,
Denton, Texas.
1988‑1989:
Instructor, Vancouver Community College, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
1983‑1988:
Sessional Instructor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University,
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
· Proposal Reviewer: National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program; National Science Foundation; Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research.
·
Manuscript Reviewer: Palaeogeography,
Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology; Journal of Foraminiferal Research;
Geomorphology; Environmental Geology; Computers and Geosciences; Journal of
Coastal Research.
·
Member:
Association of American Geographers; AAG Geomorphology Specialty Group; AAG
Coastal and Marine Specialty Group.
· Session Chair: Pedagogy And Educational Issues: An Applied Geography Perspective. Applied Geography Conference, Fort Worth, Texas, November 14-17 2001.
· Session Chair: Urban II: Modeling Infrastructure: Applied Geography Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado, November 5-8 2003.
·
Sessions co-organizer. Hurricanes
I, II, III, IV and V. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 20, 2007.
·
Session Chair. Paper Session 4207
Hurricanes II: Paleotempestology. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 20 2007.
·
Session Chair. Paper Session
4307 Hurricanes III: Geomorphic Impacts. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, April 20 2007.
·
Sessions co-organizer. Hurricanes
I, II, III, IV, V and VI. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Boston, April 17-18, 2008.
·
Session Chair. Paper Session 3602
Hurricanes V: Paleotempestology and Climate Change. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Boston, April 17 2008.
·
Sessions co-organizer. Hurricanes
I, II, III, IV, V and VI. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, March 26-27, 2009.
·
Session Chair. Paper Session 6248 Hurricanes VI:
Geomorphic Impacts and Paleotempestology. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, March 26-27, 2009.
·
Sessions co-organizer. Hurricanes
I, II, III, IV and V. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April 14-16, 2010.
·
Session Chair. Paper Session 2265 Hurricanes II:
Historical Records/Vulnerability. Association of
American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April 14-16, 2010.
·
Panelist, National Science Foundation,
Geomorphology and Land Use Dynamics Program, Spring Review Panel, Washington DC,
April 21-23, 2010.
AREAS
OF EXPERTISE:
Tsunami
sedimentation, hurricane sedimentation, coastal geomorphology, Quaternary
geology, foraminifera, GIS, GPS, cesium-137 dating, marsh sedimentation.
6. Principal
investigator, 1999, "Prehistoric Tsunami Deposits in Washington State
Coastal Marshes." National
Geographic Society ($15,000).
7. Principal
investigator, 1996, "Geologic record of late‑Holocene earthquakes in
coastal marshes; North Coast and Northern Puget Sound, Washington State." U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey, National Earthquake
Hazard Reduction Program ($30,449).
9. Principal
investigator, 1994, "Geologic record of late‑Holocene earthquakes in
coastal marshes; North Coast and Northern Puget Sound, Washington State."
U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S.
Geological Survey, National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program ($27,739).
11. Principal investigator, 1993,"In search of
ancient earthquakes: investigating paleoseismicity in British Columbia." National Geographic Society ($6,956).
External
equipment grants
UNT
research grants
2. Co‑principal investigator, 1996, "Linking a GIS
to a Simulation Model of Coastal Wetlands Growth in the Trinity River estuary,
Texas." University of North Texas,
Faculty Research Opportunities Program ($1,800).
8. Principal investigator, 1989, "An investigation
of the character and growth of deltaic deposits in Lewisville Lake, Texas."
University of North Texas, Faculty
Research Initiation Grant ($2,515).
UNT
instructional grants
(g): result of grant
Proceedings
Papers
(g): result of grant
1.
Williams,
H.F.L. 2010. Geologic Record of Hurricane Landfalls in the Chenier Plain of
Southwest Louisiana. Association of American Geographers, Annual
Meeting, Washington DC, April 14-16, 2010. (g)
2. Williams, H.F.L. 2010. Shell-bed
tempestites in the Chenier Plain of Louisiana: Late-Holocene example and modern
analogue. Association of American Geographers, Annual Meeting, Washington DC, April
14-16, 2010. (g)
20. Williams,
H.F.L. 1999. A New Modeling Approach for Estimating Shallow Autocompaction in
Coastal Marshes: Preliminary Results from the Trinity River Estuary, Texas. Southwestern Division of the Association of
American Geographers, Annual Fall Meeting, San Marcos, Texas, October
20-23, 1999. (g)
26. Williams, H.F.L. and Hamilton, T.S. 1994.
Tidal marsh dynamics derived from 137Cs fallout, Fraser Delta, Canada. Association of American Geographers,
Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California, March 29 ‑ April 2, 1994. (g)
29. Williams,
H.F.L. 1993. Shoreline erosion and coastal wetland degradation; Mad Island
Marsh Preserve, Matagorda County, Texas.
Southwestern Division of the Association of American Geographers, Annual
Spring Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, March 17‑20, 1993. (g)
30. Williams, H.F.L. 1992. Monitoring shoreline
erosion at Mad Island Preserve, Texas. Applied
Geography Conference, October 21‑24, 1992, Denton, Texas. (g)
36. Williams,
H.F.L. 1990: Holocene sea‑level change and delta growth: Fraser River Delta,
British Columbia. Geological Association
of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada, Annual Meeting, May 16‑18,
1990, Vancouver, BC, Canada. (g)