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As part of the National Association of Geoscience Teacher’s (NAGT) Distinguished Speaker Series, paleontologist Patricia Kelley will present two seminars Monday, March 5 in room 108 Van Wickle Hall.
At noon, she will discuss the paleo-ecology of predatory snails in a presentation titled, “The Arms Race from a Snail’s Perspective: Evolution of the Naticid Gastropod Predator-Prey System.” She will hold another lecture at 4 p.m. discussing topics surrounding evolution and creation in a presentation titled, “Evolution and Creation: Conflicting or Compatible?”
Kelley is a professor of geology at University of North Carolina, Wilmington, where her research and teaching specializes in mollusk evolution. Her ongoing studies include tempo and mode of evolution, role of biological factors such as predation in evolution, predator-prey co-evolution and escalation, and mass extinction and recovery of mollusk faunas.
She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America (GSA) and the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She is also past president of the Paleontological Society and the Paleontological Research Institution’s Board of Trustees. She received the 2003 Outstanding Educator Award from the Association of Women Geologists. She earned a Ph.D. and A.M. at Harvard University and a B.A. at the College of Wooster.
The NAG speaker series is cosponsored by the Joint Oceanographic Institutions (JOI) and consists of 15 speakers presenting on geoscience topics at colleges and universities across the country.