CONTENTS:

+ Peer-Reviewed Science Articles

+ Peer-Reviewed Book Chapters

+ Science Review Articles

+ Technical Science Reports

+ Edited Science Monographs

+ Book Reviews

+ Popular Articles

+ Peer-Reviewed Science Education Articles

+ Science Education Articles (non-peer-reviewed)

+ Educational Reports

+ College Textbooks

+ K-12 Textbooks

+ Edited K-12 Textbooks

+ Editorials/Vlogs/Blogs

+ Video Products

+ Thesis

+ Recent Published Meeting Abstracts

PEER-REVIEWED SCIENCE ARTICLES:

Rakotondraibe, T., A. A. Nyblade, M. E. Wysession, R. Durrheim, G. Rambolamanana, G. I. Aleqabi, P. J. Shore, M. J. Pratt, F. Andriampenomanana, G. Rumpker, and E. Rindraharisaona, Seismicity and seismotectonics of Madagascar revealed by the 2011-2013 island-wide MACOMO broadband seismic network, Tectonophysics, 790, 25 June 2020, DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228547, 2020. (reprint)

Andriampenomanana, F., A. A. Nyblade, M. E. Wysession, R. Durrheim, F. Tilmann, G. Barruol, M. J. Pratt, G. Rambolamanana, Rakotondraibe, Seismic velocity and anisotropy of the uppermost mantle of Madagascar from Pn tomography, Geophys. J. Int., 224, 290-305, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggaa458, 2020. (reprint)

Bollmann, T. A., S. van der Lee, A. W. Frederiksen, E. Wolin, J. Revenaugh, D. A. Wiens, F. A. Darbyshire, S. Stein, M. E. Wysession, and D. Jurdy, P-wave Teleseismic Traveltime Tomography of the North American Midcontinent, J. Geophys. Res., 124, 1725-1742, 10.1029/2018JB016627, 2019. (reprint)

Ramirez, C., A. Nyblade, M. E. Wysession, M. J. Pratt, F. Andriampenomanana, and T. Rakotondraibe, Complex seismic anisotropy in Madagascar revealed by shear-wave splitting measurements, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 215, 1718-1727, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggy367, 2018. (reprint)

Dreiling, J., F. Tilmann, X. Yuan, J. Giese, E. Rindraharisaona, G. Rumpker, G. Barruol, and M. E. Wysession, Crustal radial anisotropy and linkage to geodynamical processes – a study based on seismic ambient noise in southern Madagascar, 123(6), J. Geophys. Res., DOI:10.1029/2017JB015273, 2018. (reprint)

Stein, S., C. A. Stein, R. Elling, J. Kley, G. R. Keller, M. E. Wysession, T. Rooney, A. Frederiksen, and R. Moucha, Insights from North America’s Failed Midcontinent Rift into the evolution of continental rifts and passive continental margins, Tectonophysics, 744, 403-421, doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.021, 2018. (reprint)

Euler, G. G., and M. E., Wysession, Geographic Variations in Lowermost Mantle Structure from the Ray Parameter and Decay Constant of Core-Diffracted Waves, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 122, doi:10.1002/2017JB013930, 2017. (reprint)

Andriampenomanana, F., A. A. Nyblade, M. E. Wysession, R. Durrheim, G. Rambolamanana, F. Tilmann, G. I. Aleqabi, P. J. Shore, M. J. Pratt, F., Rakotondraibe, T., R. D. Tucker, J. Julia, The structure of the crust and uppermost mantle beneath Madagascar, Geophys. J. Int., 210, 1525-1544, doi:10.1093/gji/ggx243, 2017. (reprint)

Pratt, M. J., M. E. Wysession, D. A. Wiens, A. Nyblade, G. I. Aleqabi, P. J. Shore, G. Rambolamana, F. Sy Tanjona Andriampenomanana, T. Rakotondraibe, Shear-velocity structure of the crust and upper mantle of Madagascar derived from surface wave tomography, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 458, 405-417, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2016.10.041, 2017. (reprint)

Zhang, H., S. van der Lee, E. Wolin, T. A. Bollmann, J. Revenaugh, D. A. Wiens, A. W. Frederiksen, F. A. Darbyshire, G. I. Aleqabi, M. E. Wysession, S. Stein, and D. Jurdy, Distinct crustal structure of the North America Mid-Continent Rift from P-wave receiver functions, J. Geophys. Res. Solid Earth, 121, 8136–8153, doi:10.1002/2016JB013244, 2016. (reprint)

Stein, S., E. Brown, F. Darbyshire, A. Frederiksen, D. Jurdy, J. Kley, R. Moucha, C. A. Stein, T. Rooney, D. Wiens, and M. E. Wysession, New insights into North America’s Midcontinent Rift, Eos, 97, doi:10.1029/2016EO056659. Published on 04 August 2016. (reprint)

Ola, O., A. W. Fredriksen, T. Bollman, S. van der Lee, F. Darbyshire, E. Wolin, J. Revenaugh, C. Stein, S. Stein, and M. E. Wysession, Anisotropic zonation in the lithosphere of Central North America: Influence on the Mid-Continent Rift, Tectonophysics, 683(30), 367-381, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2016.06.031, 2016. (reprint)

Aleqabi, G., M. E. Wysession, and H. Ghalib, Seismic crustal and upper mantle structure of Iraq and sourrounding regions inferred from regional waveform inversions, J. of Zankoy Sulaimani, Special Issue on GeoKurdistan II, 445-458, doi:10.17656/jzs.10496, 2016. (reprint)

Aleqabi, G., M. E. Wysession, and H. Ghalib, Characterization of Seismic Sources of Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT): Examples from Baghdad, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am, 106(1), 23-42, doi:10.1785/012014187, 2016. (reprint)

Wolin, E. S. van der Lee, T. A. Bollman, D. A. Wiens, J. Revenaugh, F. A. Darbyshire, A. W. Frederiksen, S. Stein, and M. E. Wysession, Seasonal and diurnal variations in long-period noise at SPREE stations: the influence of soil characteristics on shallow stations’ performance, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., v. 105, p. 2433-2452, doi:10.1785/0120150046, October 2015. (reprint)

Stein, S., S. van der Lee, D. Jurdy, C. Stein, D. Wiens, M. Wysession, J. Revenaugh, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, T. Bollmann, J. Lodewyk, E. Wolin, M. Merino, and K. Tekverk, Learning from Failure: The SPREE Mid-Continent Rift Experiment, GSA Today, v. 21, no. 9, doi: 10.1130/G120A.1, September, 2011. (reprint)

Cowsik, R., T. Madziwa-Nussinov, K. Wagoner, D. Wiens, and M. Wysession, Performance Characteristics of a Rotational Seismometer for Near-Field and Engineering Applications, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 99 (2B), 1181-1189, 2009. (reprint)

French, S. W., K. M. Fischer, E. M. Syracuse, and M. E. Wysession, Crustal structure beneath the Florida-to-Edmonton broadband seismometer array, Geophys. Res. Lett., 36, L08309, doi:10.1029/2008GL036331, 2009. (reprint)

Aleqabi, G. I., and M. E. Wysession, Q(Lg) distribution in the Basin and Range province of the Western United States, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 96, 348-354, 2006. (reprint)

Lawrence, J. F., and M. E. Wysession, QLM9: A new radial quality factor (Q) model for the mantle, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 241, 962-971, 2006a. (reprint)

Fisher, J. L., M. E. Wysession, K. M. Fischer, Small-scale lateral variations in D” attenuation and velocity structure, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30,10.1029/2002GL016179, 26 April 2003. (reprint)

Li, A., K. M. Fischer, S. van der Lee, and M. E. Wysession, Crust and upper mantle discontinuity structure beneath eastern North America, J. Geophys. Res., 107, No. B5, 10.1029/2001JB000190, 2002. (reprint)

Fouch, M. J., K. M. Fischer, and M. E. Wysession, Lowermost mantle anisotropy beneath the Pacific: Imaging the source of the Hawai`ian plume, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 190, 167-180, 2001. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., K. M. Fischer, G. I. Al-eqabi, P. J. Shore, and I. Gurari, Using MOMA broadband array ScS-S data to image smaller-scale structures at the base of the mantle, Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, 867-870, 2001. (reprint)

Al-eqabi, G. I., K. Koper, and M. E. Wysession, Source characterization of Nevada test site explosions and western United States earthquakes using Lg waves, with implications for regional discrimination, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 91, 140-153, 2001. (reprint)

Fouch, M. J. K. M. Fischer, E. M. Parmentier, M. E. Wysession, T. J. Clarke, Shear wave splitting, continental keels, and patterns of mantle flow, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 6255-6276, 2000. (reprint)

Valenzuela, R. W., M. E. Wysession, M. O. Neustadt, and J. L. Butler, Lateral variations at the base of the mantle from profiles of digital Sdiff data, J. Geophys. Res., 105, 6201-6220, 2000. (reprint)

Koper, K. D., M. E. Wysession, and D. A. Wiens, Multimodal function optimization with a niching genetic algorithm: A seismological example, Bull. Seis. Soc. Am., 89, 978-988, 1999. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., A. Langenhorst, K. M. Fischer, G. I. Al-eqabi, P. J. Shore, M. J. Fouch, and T. J. Clarke, Mantle flow inferred from lateral variations in compressional/shear velocities at the base of the mantle, Science, 284, 120-125, 1999, DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5411.120 (reprint)

Wiens, D. A., M. E. Wysession, and L. Lawver, Recent Oceanic Intraplate earthquake in Balleny Sea was largest ever detected, Eos, 79, 353-354, 1998. (reprint)

Li, A., K. M. Fischer, M. E. Wysession, and T. J. Clarke, Mantle discontinuities and temperature under the North American continental keel, Nature, 395, 160-163, 1998. (reprint)

Wiens, D. A., H. J. Gilbert, P. J. Shore, B. C. Hicks, and M. E. Wysession, Aftershock sequences of moderate-sized intermediate and deep earthquakes in the Tonga subduction zone, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24, 2059-2062, 1997. (reprint)

Zhu, A.-N., and M. E. Wysession, Mapping global D′′ P velocity structure from ISC PcP-P differential travel times, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 99, 69-82, 1997. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., K. M. Fischer, T. J. Clarke, G. I. Al-eqabi, M. J. Fouch, L. A. Salvati, P. J. Shore, R. W. Valenzuela, Slicing into the Earth: Seismic mapping with the Missouri-to-Massachusetts broadband deployment, EOS, 77, 477, 480-482, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., How well do we utilize global seismicity?, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 86, 1207-1219, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Large-scale structure at the core-mantle boundary from core-diffracted waves, Nature, 382, 244-248, 1996, DOI: 10.1038/382244a0. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., L. Bartkó, and J. Wilson, Correction to “Mapping the lowermost mantle using core-reflected shear waves”, J. Geophys. Res., 100, 8351, 1995. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., R. W. Valenzuela, L. Bartkó, A.-N. Zhu, Investigating the base of the mantle using differential travel times, Phys. Earth Planet. Int., 92, 67-84, 1995. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., J. Wilson, L. Bartkó, and R. Sakata, Intraplate seismicity in the Atlantic Ocean Basin: a teleseismic catalog, Bull. Seismol. Soc. Am., 85, 755-774, 1995. (reprint)

Wysession. M. E., and P. Shore, Visualization of whole mantle propagation of seismic shear energy using normal mode summation, Pure Appl. Geophys., 142, 295-310, 1994. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., L. Bartkó, and J. Wilson, Mapping the lowermost mantle using core-reflected shear waves, J. Geophys. Res., 99, 13,667-13,684, 1994. (reprint)

Valenzuela, R. W., and M. E. Wysession, Intraplate earthquakes in the Southwest Pacific Ocean Basin and the seismotectonics of the Southern Tasman Sea, Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, 2467-2470, 1993. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., E. A. Okal and C. R. Bina, The structure of the core-mantle boundary from diffracted waves, J. Geophys. Res., 97, 8749-8764, 1992. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., E. A. Okal and K. L. Miller, Intraplate seismicity of the Pacific Basin, 1913-1988, Pure Appl. Geophys., 135, 261-359, 1991. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E. and E. A. Okal, Regional analysis of D′′ velocities from the ray parameters of diffracted P profiles, Geophys. Res. Lett., 16, 1417-1420, 1989. (reprint)

Kuo, B. Y., D. W. Forsyth and M. E. Wysession, Lateral heterogeneity and azimuthal anisotropy in the North Atlantic determined from SS-S differential travel times, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 6421-6436, 1987. (reprint)

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PEER-REVIEWED SCIENCE CHAPTERS IN EDITED VOLUMES:

Lawrence, J. F., and M. E. Wysession, Seismic evidence for subduction-transported water in the lower mantle, in Earth’s Deep-Water Cycle, AGU Monograph, 251-261, 2006b. (reprint)

Lay, T., E. J. Garnero, Q. Williams, B. Romanowicz, L. H. Kellogg, and M. E. Wysession, Seismic wave anisotropy in the D” region and its implications, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, ed. by M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, AGU, Washington, D.C., 299-318, 1998. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., T. Lay, J. Revenaugh, Q. Williams, E. J. Garnero, R. Jeanloz, and L. H. Kellogg, Implications of the D′′ discontinuity, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, ed. by M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, AGU, Washington, D.C., 273-297, 1998. (reprint)

Gurnis, M., M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, Introduction, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, ed. by M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, AGU, Washington, D.C., 1-3, 1998. (preface, reprint)

Valenzuela, R. W., and M. E. Wysession, Illuminating the core-mantle boundary with diffracted waves, in The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, ed. by M. Gurnis, M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. A. Buffett, AGU, Washington, D.C, pp. 57-71, 1998. (reprint)

Valenzuela, R. W., and M. E. Wysession, Lateral and radial velocity structure of the lowermost mantle from diffracted shear waves, in New Images of the Earth’s Interior through Long-term Ocean-floor Observations, ed. by Y. Fukao, Y. Hamono, K. Suyehiro, and R. Geller, Kazusa Akademia Center, Japan, pp. 158-162, 1997. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Imaging cold rock at the base of the mantle: The sometimes fate of Slabs?, in Subduction: Top to Bottom, edited by G. E. Bebout, D. Scholl, S. Kirby, and J. P. Platt, AGU, Washington, D. C., pp. 369-384, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., C. R. Bina and E. A. Okal, Constraints on the temperature and composition of the base of the mantle, in Dynamics of the Earth’s Deep Interior and Earth Rotation, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., edited by J.-L. LeMoüel et al., AGU, Washington, D.C., 181-190, 1993. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., and E. A. Okal, Evidence for lateral heterogeneity at the core-mantle boundary from the slowness of diffracted S profiles, in Structure and Dynamics of Earth’s Deep Interior, Geophys. Monogr. Ser., Vol. 46, edited by D. E. Smylie and R. Hide, pp. 55-63, AGU, Washington, D. C., 1988. (reprint)

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SCIENCE REVIEW ARTICLES:

Wysession, M. E., and V. S. Solomatov, Geophysics: Double-crossed again, Nature, 434, 834-835, 2005. (reprint)

Garnero, E., and Wysession, M. (2000), What on Earth is D”?, Eos Trans. AGU, 81( 43), 501– 501, doi:10.1029/00EO00361. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Continents of the core, Nature, 381, 373-374, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Seismic images of the core-mantle boundary, GSA Today, 5, 237, 239-240, 256-257, 1995. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., A window to the core, Nature, 361, 495-496, 1993. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., How the core and mantle may produce mantle plumes, Geophys. News, Amer. Geophys. Un., 31-32 (reprinted in Eos Trans. AGU, 74, 46), 1993. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Pacific intraplate seismicity reexamined, Eos Trans. AGU, Seismology Section News Letter, 72, 468, 1991. (reprint)

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TECHNICAL SCIENCE REPORTS:

Filippelli, G., L. Beal, H. Rajaram, A. AghaKouchak, M. A. Balikhin, G. Destouni, A. East, C. Faccenna, F. Florindo, C. Frost, S. Griffies, M. Huber, N. Lugaz, I. Manighetti, L. Montesi, B. Pirenne, P. Raymond, S. Salous, T. Schildgen, S. Trumbore, M. Wysession, M. Xenopoulos, and M. Zhang. Geoscientists, who have documented the rapid and accelerating climate crisis for decades, are now pleading for immediate collective action. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL096644, 2021. (reprint)

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology, Enabling Discoveries in Multiscale Earth System Dynamics: Seismological and Related Geophysical Capabilities for the National Geophysical Observatory for Geosciences (NGEO), Community Authors (alphabetical) are G. Abers, R. Aster, A. Borsa, R. Burgmann, J. Davis, R. Evans, K. Fischer, J. Gaherty, A. Goodwillie, S. Holbrook, B. Holt, A. Huerta, S. Kruse, T. Lay, J. Louie, A. Meltzer, A. Moore, M. Nettles, S. Owen, P. Richards, D. Roman, B. Romanowicz, D. Schutt, E. Small, C. Thurber, L. Wagner, D. Wiens, and M. Wysession, Submitted to NSF, 125 pp., December, 2016. (reprint)

Aster et al., Future Geophysical Facilities Required to Address Grand Challenges in the Earth Sciences, A Committee Report to the National Science Foundation, September, 2015. (reprint)

Calais, E., N. Diffenbaugh, P. D’Odorico, R. Harris, W. Knorr, B. Lavraud, A. Mueller, W. Peterson, E. Rignot, M. Srokosz, P. Strutton, G. Tyndall, P. Williams, and M. Wysession, Geophysical Research Letters: New Policies Improve Top-Cited Geosciences Journal, Eos, Vol. 91, No. 38, 337-338, 2010. (reprint)

Trehu, A., R. Aster, C. Ebinger, B. Ellsworth, K. Fischer, J. Freymuller, J. Hole, S. Owen, T. Pavlis, A. Schultz, B. Tikoff, and M. Wysession, Unlocking the Secrets of the North American Continent: An Earthquake Science Plan for 2010-2020, 82 pp., 2010. (reprint)

Lay, T., R. Aster, D. Forsyth, B. Romanowicz, R. Allen, V. Cormier, J. Gomberg, J. Hole, G. Masters, D. Schutt, A. Sheehan, J. Tromp, and M. Wysession, Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth’s Dynamic Systems, Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology Report to the National Science Foundation, 74 pp., 2009. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Levander, A., M. Ritzwoller, and J. Tromp, The CIG SIG, IRIS Newsletter, 1, 6-7, 2006.

Wysession, M. E., Introduction to the Accomplishments Section of IRIS 5-Year Proposal, 1-3, 2005. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Editor, Cornerstone Facilities for Seismology and Earth Sciences: Proposal to NSF – 2006-2011, Volume II (Accomplishments), 217 pp., IRIS, Washington, D.C., 2005. (reprint)

Lerner-Lam, A., G. Ekstrom, A. Levander, T. Lay, A. Meltzer, B. Romanowicz, M. Wysession, D. Simpson, and R. Willemann, Cornerstone Facility for Seismology and Earth Sciences, the IRIS Proposal 2006-2011, submitted to the NSF, 335 pp. 2005. (reprint)

Gurnis, M., L. Kellogg, J. Bloxham, B. H. Hager, M. Spiegelman, S. Willett, and M. E. Wysession, Computational Infrastructure for Geodynamics, [Foundational Document and Original Proposal submitted to the NSF], 2003.

Wysession, M., E., G. Nolet, and B. Romanowicz, Deep Earth Dynamics, in “EarthScope: Scientific Targets for the World’s Largest Observatory Pointed at the Solid Earth,” Report from the Snowbird, Utah, Meeting, 56 pp., March, 2002. (reprint)

Meltzer, A., G. Ekstrom, M. Wysession, T. Jordan, S. Malone, G. Pavlis, P. Shearer, and C. Thurber, Exploring the Earth at High Resolution, the IRIS Proposal 2001-2006, submitted to the NSF, 212 pp., 2000. (reprint)

Fischer, K. M., M. E. Wysession, T. J. Clarke, G. I. Al-eqabi, M. J. Fouch, L. A. Salvati, P. J. Shore, R. W. Valenzuela, The Missouri-to-Massachusetts broadband deployment, IRIS Newsletter, 15(2), 6-9, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Quantifying the recording of global seismicity, IRIS Newsletter, 15(2), 2-5, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., OBS Investigations of oceanic intraplate seismicity, and BBOBS demonstration experiment: An Atlantic OBS deployment to image a slow-spreading ridge and the lowermost mantle and core, in “Broadband seismology in the oceans”, Report of Ocean Seismic Network workshop, pp. 82-89. La Jolla, CA, February, 1995.

Wysession, M. E., K. Petronotis, G. Acton, T. Shoberg, A. Gripp, E. A. Okal and R. G. Gordon, Geophysics of the Pacific Basin, Vol. IV of Data Synthesis on Rejuvenescent Mid-Plate Volcanism in the Pacific Basin, Joint Oceanographic Institute Report, 312 pp., 1991.

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EDITED SCIENCE MONOGRAPHS:

Gurnis, M., M. E. Wysession, E. Knittle, and B. Buffett, editors, The Core-Mantle Boundary Region, AGU, Washington, D.C., 334 pp., 1998.

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BOOK REVIEWS:

Wysession, M. E., Review of “Seismology,” by Hugh Doyle, Seismol. Res. Lett., 68, pp. 493-494, 1997. (reprint)

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POPULAR ARTICLES:

Wysession, M.E., Four factors driving 2023’s extreme heat and climate disasters, The Conversation, July 27, 2023. (reprint)

Wysession, M.E., Volcanic Java and Climate Change, Eos Editors’ Vox, September, 2016. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Journey to the Center of the Earth, Earth, 5(6), 46-49, 1996. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., The Inner Workings of the Earth, American Scientist, 83, 134-147, 1995. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Plate tectonics: The restless Earth, in Scientific American Triumph of Discovery: Celebrating 150 Years of Innovation, pp. 175-179, Scientific American Press, 1995. (reprint)

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PEER-REVIEWED SCIENCE EDUCATION ARTICLES:

Wysession, M. E., The challenge of getting Earth and space science into U. S. high schools, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 3, e2022CN000161, doi.org/10.1029/2022CN000161, 2022. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Frankenstein meets climate change: Monsters of our own making, The Common Reader, 10, 105-117, 2018. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Next Generation Science Standards: Preparing students for careers in energy-related fields, The Leading Edge, 34(10), 1166–1168, 1170, 1172–1176, doi: 10.1190/tle34101166.1, 2015. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., The Next Generation Science Standards: A Potential Revolution for Geoscience Education, Earth’s Future, 9 MAY 2014, DOI: 10.1002/2014EF000237, 1-4, 2014c. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., and Rowan, L., Geoscience serving public policy, in Bickford, M.E., ed., The Impact of the Geological Sciences on Society: Geological Society of America Special Paper 501, 165-187, 2013. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Implications for Earth and Space in New K-12 Science Standards, Eos, 93(46), 465-466, 2012. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., D. A. Budd, K. Campbell, M. Conklin, E. Kappel, J. Karsten, N. LaDue, G. Lewis, L. Patino, R. Raynolds, R. W. Ridky, R. M. Ross, J. Taber, B. Tewksbury, and P. Tuddenham, Developing and Applying a Set of Earth Science Literacy Principles, Journal of Geoscience Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, 95-99, 2012, DOI: 10.5408/11-248.1. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., and S. Baker, An educational animation of the propagation of earthquake-generated seismic shear waves across the mantle, J. Geoscience Education, 50, 186-194, 2002. (reprint)

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SCIENCE EDUCATION ARTICLES (NON-PEER-REVIEWED):

Wysession, M. E., T. Furman, M. Holzer, J. Houghton, C. Manduca, S. Pfirman, V. Ricchezza, and V. Tong, The American Geophysical Union Steps It Up on Climate Science Education, Connected Science Learning, May-June, Vol 4(3), 2022. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Teaching the “Geo” in Geography with the Next Generation Science Standards, The Geography Teacher, 13:1, 17-22, DOI:10.1080/19338341.2016.1151720, 2016. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., The Next Generation Science Standards: Going to Bat for Earth and Space Science, Scientific American, August, 62-63, 2015. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., The Next Generation Science Standards: Opportunities for Earth Science Educators, The Earth Scientist, Volume XXX(1), 25-27, National Earth Science Teachers Association, 2014a. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Next Generation Science Standards Provide Unprecedented Opportunities (and Challenges) for K-12 Education, In the Trenches, 4(2), 1-3, 2014b. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Why Americans need the Next Generation Science Standards, Scientific American, 2013a. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., What the Next Generation Science Standards Mean for Teaching Earth and Space Sciences, Science and Children, Science Scope, and The Science Teacher, May/April, National Science Teachers Association, 13-19, 2013b. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Questions and Answers on Earth and Space Science and the Next Generation Science Standards, The Earth Scientist, National Earth Science Teachers Association, Vol. XXIX, No. 1, 6-15, 2013c. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Building a more Earth Science-literate public, Earth, 95, October, 2009. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., M. Hubenthal, and J. Taber, Using SeisMac to turn your laptop into a seismograph for teaching, Seismol. Res. Lett., 75, 723-725, 2008. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., How do I read a seismogram?, EarthScope OnSite Newsletter, p. 3, Summer, 2006. (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Faculty families find a new home – in a campus dorm, Christian Science Monitor, Vol. 92, No. 165, p. 21, July 18, 2000. (Reprinted in Wall Street Journal and Washington Times) (reprint)

Wysession, M. E., Captivating and Science can go hand in hand, Christian Science Monitor, Vol. 90, No. 150, p. B5, June 30, 1998. (reprint)

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EDUCATIONAL REPORTS:

American Geophysical Union (AGU), The Importance of Exploring Earth and Space Science (ESS) Throughout the Educational Experience, AGU Position Statement on K-12 Earth and Space Science Education, 2021. (Authors: Pfirman, S., T. Furman, M. Holzer, J. Houghton, A. Johnson, E. Landeau, A. Leidner, C. Manduca, V. Ricchezza, V. C. H. Tong, J. Villalobos, and M. Wysession) (link)

American Geophysical Union (AGU), Teaching Climate Change and Evolution is Essential to Understand our Past and Shape our Future, AGU Position Statement on Teaching About Climate Change and Evolution, 2021. (Authors: Pfirman, S., T. Furman, M. Holzer, J. Houghton, A. Johnson, E. Landeau, A. Leidner, C. Manduca, V. Ricchezza, V. C. H. Tong, J. Villalobos, and M. Wysession) (link)

National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), NSTA Position Statement: The Teaching of Climate Science, 2018. (Authors: Pyle, E. J., C. Geerer, D. Haas, C. Manning. F. Niepold, and M. E. Wysession) (link)

King, C., I. Clark, R. Imbernon, L. Marques, I. McKay, B. Nichols, G. Vallender, C. Vasconcelos, A. Wickramasooriya, and M. E. Wysession, International Geoscience Syllabus, Report of the International Geoscience Education Organisation, 2014. (reprint)

National Research Council, Next Generation Science Standards, Achieve, Inc., The National Academies Press, 532 pp., 2013, [I was co-architect, in charge of Earth and Space Science] DOI: 10.17226/18290. (link) (text)

Ledley, T., R. Buchannan, K. Kastens, J. Taber, D. Szymanski, W. Williams, and M. Wysession, Promoting Earth Science Literacy for Public Decision-Making, GSA Position Statement, 2012. (link)

National Research Council, A Framework for K-12 Science Education: Practices, Crosscutting Concepts, and Core Ideas, The National Academies Press, 385 pp., 2011, [I was Earth and Space Science Design Team Leader] DOI: 10.17226/13165. (reprint)

Velasco, A., and M. E. Wysession, Engaging the Public: The IRIS/SSA Distinguished Lecture Series, IRIS Annual Report, 20-21, 2009. (link)

Wysession, M. E., N. D. LaDue, D. Budd, K. Campbell, M. Conklin, G. Lewis, R. Raynolds, R. Ridky, R. Ross, J. Taber, B. Tewksbury, and P. Tuddenham, Earth Science Literacy Principles, (fold-out brochure), National Science Foundation, 2009.  (link)

Taber, J., M. Hubenthal, and M. E. Wysession, Review of IRIS Education and Outreach: 2009, 32 pp., 2009. (site)

Wysession, M. E., Report on the ‘Educational Seismology’ Special Interest Group, Proceedings of the IRIS Annual Workshop, June, 2008.

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COLLEGE TEXTBOOKS:

Wysession, M. E., Chapter 12 (“Earth’s Interior”) of Earth, by E. J. Tarbuck and F. Lutgens, Prentice Hall, pp. 324-347, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014.

Stein, S., and M. E. Wysession, An Introduction to Seismology, Earthquakes, and Earth Structure, Wiley-Blackwell, 510 pp., 2003. (ISBN: 978-1-118-68745-1) (site)

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K-12 TEXTBOOKS:

Cochran, Geraldine; Moore, Christopher; Sterlace, Jason; and Wysession, Michael. Experience Physics. Paramus: Savvas Learning Company LLC, 736 pp., ISBN-13: 978-1-4183-3396-6, 2021. [A national high school physics program] (site)

Cochran, Geraldine; Moore, Christopher; Sterlace, Jason; and Wysession, Michael. Teachers’ Guide to Experience Physics. Paramus: Savvas Learning Company LLC, 736 pp., 2021.

Moore, C., M. E. Wysession, and B. Lutes, Experience Chemistry [A high school chemistry program, national version], Two volumes, 746 pp., Savvas Learning Corporation, 2020. (ISBN-13:978-1-4183-2718-7 / ISBN-13:978-1-4183-2719-4) (site)

Moore, C., M. E. Wysession, and B. Lutes, Teachers’ Guide to Experience Chemistry [A national high school chemistry program, national version], Two volumes, 566 pp., Savvas Learning Corporation, 2020. (ISBN-13:978-1-4183-2720-0 / ISBN-13:978-1-4183-2721-7)

Moore, C., M. E. Wysession, and B. Lutes, Experience Chemistry in the Earth System [A high school chemistry program, California Integrated version], Two volumes, 610 pp., Pearson, 2020. (ISBN-13: 978-1-4183-0680-9 / ISBN-13: 978-1-4183-0698-4)

Moore, C., M. E. Wysession, and B. Lutes, Teachers Guide to Experience Chemistry in the Earth System [A high school chemistry program, California Integrated version], Two volumes, 486 pp., Pearson, 2020. (ISBN-13: 978-1-4183-0699-1 / ISBN-13: 978-1-4183-0700-4)

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade K, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 250 pp., 2018a. (site)

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 1, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 256 pp., 2018b.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 2, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 260 pp., 2018c.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 3, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 322 pp., 2018d.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 4, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 418 pp., 2018e.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 5, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 437 pp., 2018f.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 1, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 534 pp., 2018g.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 2, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 587 pp., 2018h.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 3, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 566 pp., 2018i.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Earth Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 631 pp., 2018j.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Life Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 515 pp., 2018k.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Physical Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/digital program, National Edition], Pearson Education, 539 pp., 2018l.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade K, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 253 pp., 2018m.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 1, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 247 pp., 2018n.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 2, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 285 pp., 2018o.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 3, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 345 pp., 2018p.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 4, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 442 pp., 2018q.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 5, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 461 pp., 2018r.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 1, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 574 pp., 2018s.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 2, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 602 pp., 2018t.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Course 3, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 600 pp., 2018u.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Earth Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 654 pp., 2018v.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Life Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/ digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 544 pp., 2018w.

Miller, Z., M. Padilla, and M. E. Wysession, Middle School, Physical Science, Elevate Science [A national K-8 school science print/digital program, California Integrated Version], Pearson Education, 564 pp., 2018x.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Astronomy and Space Science, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 178 pp., 2011a. (site)

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Cells and Heredity, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 218 pp., 2011b.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, The Diversity of Life, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 312 pp., 2011c.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Earth’s Structure, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 174 pp., 2011d.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Earth’s Surface, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 162 pp., 2011e.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Ecology and the Environment, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 223 pp., 2011f.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Forces and Energy, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 248 pp., 2011g.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Human Body Systems, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 312 pp., 2011h.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Introduction to Chemistry, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 250 pp., 2011i.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Science and Technology, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 172 pp., 2011j.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Sound and Light, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 156 pp., 2011k.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Water and the Atmosphere, Interactive Science [A national Middle School science program], Pearson Education, 216 pp., 2011l.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade K, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 310 pp., 2012a.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 1, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 326 pp., 2012b.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 2, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 350 pp., 2012c.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 3, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 442 pp., 2012d.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 4, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 464 pp., 2012e.

Padilla, M., D. Buckley, Z. Miller, K. Thornton, and M. E. Wysession, Grade 5, Interactive Science [A national K-5 Elementary School science program], Pearson Education, 538 pp., 2012f.

Wysession, M.E., D. Frank, and S. Yancopoulis, Physical Science: Concepts in Action, Prentice-Hall, 925 pp., 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013. (site)

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EDITED K-12 TEXTBOOKS:

Earth Science, Pearson Education, 780 pp., 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013 (9th grade level). (site)

Inside Earth, “Science Explorer” middle school textbook series, Prentice Hall, 214 pp., 2005, 2007, 2009 (6th grade level).

Earth’s Changing Surface, “Science Explorer” middle school textbook series, Prentice Hall, 176 pp., 2005, 2007, 2009 (6th grade level).

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EDITORIALS/VLOGS/BLOGS:

Wysession, M. E., Grimm, N., Hofmann, E., Illangasekare, T., Peterson, B., & Zhang, R.. Thank you to our 2022 reviewers. Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 4, e2023CN000211, 2023. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Grimm, N. B., Hofmann, E. E., Illangasekare, T. H., Peterson, W. K., & Zhang, R.. A new scope and aims for Perspectives of Earth and Space ScientistsPerspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 4, e2022CN000202, 2023. (link)

Wysession, M. E., WashU Expert: 2023 will be the year of the battery, The Source, January, 2023. (link)

Wysession, M. E., New Directions for Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Eos, 103, Published on 1 December 2022. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Revisiting predictions made at start of Biden’s term on his “9-point plan” on clean energy, climate, The Source, September, 2022. (link)

Wysession, M. E., N. Grimm, E. E. Hofmann, T.H. Illangasekare, W. K. Peterson, E. Rignot, and R. Zhang, Thank You to Our 2021 Reviewers, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, 2(1), PES217, DOI: 10.1029/2022CN000164, 30 March, 2022. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Telling the stories behind the science, Eos, 102, September 2021. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Thank You to Our 2020 Reviewers, Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Feb., 2021, PES217, DOI: 10.1029/2021CN000147. (site)

Wysession, M. E., Biden energy plan is aggressive, but much can be done, the Source (Washington University blog), January, 2021. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Using human impacts as phenomena to engage students, Pearson Blog, April, 2019. (link)

Wysession, M. E., The role of climate science in the new science standards and what the NSTA statement says about it, NSTA Blog, September, 2018. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Nero fiddled; We play golf, the Source (Washington University blog), October, 2017. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Climate Change and Hurricanes: Too Many Slam Dunks, Pearson Author Spotlight, September, 2017. (link)

Wysession, M. E., 20 million-plus poor, rural and under-represented children would be biggest victims of cuts, the Source (Washington University blog), January, 2017. (link)

Wysession, M. E., How to talk to your students about climate change, Pearson Author Spotlight, November, 2016. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Opportunities for improving K-12 geoscience education, Eos Editors’ Vox, November, 2015. (link)

Wysession, M. E., Earth and Space Science Comes of Age in Next Generation Science Standards, NOVA Education, 2013. (link)

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VIDEO PRODUCTS:

Wysession, M. E., The Science of Energy: Power and Resources Explained [A video course of 24 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2016. (site)

Wysession, M. E., Course Guidebook to “The Science of Energy: Power and Resources Explained,” The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 189 pp., 2016.

Montaigne, F., S. Earle, R. L. Hopkins, E. Murphy, and M. E. Wysession, National Geographic Destinations: Polar Explorations, [A video course of 24 half-hour lectures], 2015. (site)

Earle, S. A., R. L. Hopkins, F. Montaigne, E. M. Murphy, and M. E. Wysession, Course Guidebook to “Polar Explorations,” The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 165 pp., 2015.

Wysession, M. E., The World’s Greatest Geologic Wonders [A video course of 36 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2013. (site)

Wysession, M. E., Course Guidebook to “The World’s Greatest Geologic Wonders,” The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 256 pp., 2013.

American Geological Institute, The Earth Science Literacy Principles, [A set of 9 videos to accompany the Big Ideas of the Earth Science Literacy Principles] 2011. (site)

Wysession, M. E., How the Earth Works [A video course of 48 half-hour lectures], The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 2008. (site)

Wysession, M. E., Course Guidebook to “How the Earth Works,” The Teaching Company, Chantilly, VA, 277 pp., 2008.

Wysession, M. E., and S. Baqer, Earthquake Animation: Visualizing the propagation of seismic shear waves through the mantle, ©1999 (A 20-minute narrated movie in VHS format). (site)

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THESIS:

Wysession, M. E., Diffracted seismic waves and the dynamics of the core-mantle boundary, Ph.D. Thesis, Northwestern University, 190 pp., 1991.

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RECENT PUBLISHED MEETING ABSTRACTS (PAST 5 YEARS):

Shen, W., D. Wiens, G. Aleqabi, S. Van der Lee, S. Stein, M. E. Wysession, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, H. Zhang, E. Wolin, and T. Bollman, A comprehensive seismic investigation of the mid-continent rift from USArray and SPREE, Paper No. 7-7, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September, 2016. (oral)

Zhang, H., S. Van der Lee, E. Wolin, T. Bollman, J. Revenaugh, D. Wiens, A. Frederiksen, F. Darbyshire, G. Aleqabi, M. E. Wysession, S. Stein, and D. M. Jurdy, Distinct Crustal Structure of the North American Mid-Continent Rift from P-Wave Receiver Functions, Paper No. 7-8, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September, 2016. (oral)

Wysession, M. E., Honoring Eldridge Moores’ Geoscience Education, Paper No. 316-11, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September, 2016. (oral)

Wysession, M. E., NGSS: The 2016 Election has Gone State by State, and the Winner is…, Paper No. 10-1, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, September, 2016. (invited oral)

Wysession, M. E., Geoscience challenges of the state-by-state adoption or adaptation of the NGSS, Abstract ED23D-0846, at the 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., Dec 12-16, 2016.

Wysession, M. E., M. J. Pratt, F. Sy Tanjona Andriampenomanana, T. Rakotondraibe, A. Nyblade, G. I. Aleqabi, P. J. Shore, R. Tucker, D. A. Wiens, G. Rambolamana, The Lithospheric Structure of Madagascar, Abstract S32C-07, at the 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., Dec 12-16, 2016. (oral)

Stein, C., S. Stein, J. Kley, G. Keller, M. E. Wysession, W. Shen, T. O. Rooney, R. Moucha, A. W. Frederiksen, F. A. Darbyshire, D. Jurdy, Comparative Riftology: Insights into the Evolution of Passive Continental Margins and Continental Rifts from North America’s Failed Midcontinent Rift, Abstract T32C-05, at the 2016 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., Dec 12-16, 2016. (oral)

Elling, R. P., C. A. Stein, S. Stein, J. Kley, G. R. Keller, and M. Wysession, The Midcontinent Rift: A Rift-LIP Hybrid, Paper No. 191-7, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-304904, 2017. (oral)

Manduca, C. A., R. H. Macdonald, D. Mogk, B. Tewksbury, R. Beane, D. McConnell, K. Wiese, and M. E. Wysession, On the Cutting Edge: Enduring Learning Opportunities for Geoscience Faculty, Paper No. 104-1, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-306201, 2017. (Invited, oral)

Mogk, D., K. A. Kastens, S. P. Fox, K. C. Fredrick, B. Tewksbury, and M. Wysession, On the Cutting Edge: Generation of a Geosciences Community-Generated Peer-Reviewed Teaching Activity Collection, Paper No. 104-5, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-300659, 2017. (oral)

Stein, S., R. Elling, A. Salaree, and M. E. Wysession, Unintentional Comedy – Errors in Movies and Educational Material – As a Teaching Tool, Paper No. 165-2, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-303706, 2017. (poster)

Wysession, M. E., Challenges in Developing K-8 Science Programs Aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards, Paper No. 235-3, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-305811, 2017. (Invited, oral)

Wysession, M. E., The Importance of Pre-Service Training for the Success of the NGSS, Paper No. 365-2, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301402, 2017. (Invited, poster)

Wysession, M. E., Promoting K-12 Geoscience Education Through an Emphasis on Geoscience Practices and Crosscutting Concepts, Paper No. 365-1, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301712, 2017. (Invited, poster)

Wysession, M. E., D. Mogk, C. A. Manduca, R. H. Macdonald, B. Tewksbury, On the Cutting Edge Emerging Theme Workshops: A Pathway for Geoscience Innovation, Paper No. 104-6, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 49, No. 6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-304949, 2017. (oral)

Elling, R. P., C. A. Stein, S. Stein, J. Kley, G. R. Keller, and M. E. Wysession, Comparative Riftology: Insights into the Evolution of Passive Continental Margins and Continental Rifts from the Failed Midcontinent Rift (MRC), Abstract T51D-0513, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (poster)

Frederiksen, A. W., T. A. Bollmann, S. van der Lee, E. Wolin, J. Revenaugh, D. Wiens, F. A. Darbyshire, G. I. Aleqabi, M. E. Wysession, S. Stein, and D. M. Jurdy, One Billion Year-Old Mid-Continent Rift Leaves Virtually No Clues in the Mantle, Abstract T53B-07, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (oral)

Rindraharasaona, E. J., F. J. Tilmann, X. Yuan, J. Dreiling, K. F. Priestly, G. Barruol, and M. E. Wysession, Lithosphere Structure in Madagascar as Revealed From Receiver Functions and Surface Waves Analysis, Abstract DI23A-0409, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (poster)

Stein, C., S. Stein, R. P. Elling, G. R. Keller, J. Kley, and M. E. Wysession, Insights into Rift Initiation, Evolution, and Failure from North America’s Midcontinent Rift, Abstract T41E-08, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (oral)

Stein, S., R. Elling, A. Salaree, and M. E. Wysession, Unintentional Comedy – Errors in Movies and Educational Material – As a Teaching Tool, Abstract ED21B-0275, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (poster)

Tilmann, F., E. J. Rindraharasaona, M. C. Reiss, J. Dreiling, G. Rumpker, X. Yuan, J. Giese, K. F. Priestley, M. E. Wysession, G. Barruol, and G. Rambolamanana, Fossil Imprints of the Pan-African Collision Process Revealed by Seismic Anisotropy in Southern Madagascar, Abstract S54B-01, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (oral)

Wysession, M. E., and A. Lindstrom, Portrayal of the Geosciences in the New York Times, Abstract ED33B-05, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (oral, invited)

Wysession, M. E., M. J. Pratt, T. Rakotondraibe, F. Sy Tanjona Andriampenomanana, A. Nyblade, R. J. Durrheim, F. J. Tilmann, G. Rumpker, G. Rambolamana, G. I. Aleqabi, and P. J. Shore, Normal-Faulting in Madagascar: Another Round of Continental Rifting?, Abstract T41E-03, at the 2017 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec 11-15, 2017. (oral)

Aleqabi, G. I., H. Ghalib, M. E. Wysession, and R. Herrmann, High-Frequency Earthquake Ground Motion Scaling in Mountainous Regions: Example from Zagros, Abstract for 11th National Conference on Earthquake Engineering, Los Angeles, ID 1446, June 27, 2018. (poster)

Wysession, M. E., N. Grimm, E. Hofmann, T. Illangasekare, W. Peterson, E. Rignot, R. Zhang, and R. Townsend, AGU celebrates its centennial with the initiation of a new journal: Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Abstract PA14B-10, at the 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec 9-13, 2019. (Invited oral)

Wysession, M. E., The importance of capturing the professional and personal stories of science, AGU Central Presentation, at the 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec 9-13, 2019. (Invited oral)

Aleqabi, G. I., and M. E. Wysession, Deep learning using a convolutional neural network for the classification of seismic Green’s functions, Abstract S43E-0704, at the 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec 9-13, 2019. (poster)

Wysession, M. E., Incorporating the science of climate change into high school chemistry courses, Abstract ED53A-01, at the 2019 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, CA, Dec 9-13, 2019. (oral)

Aleqabi, G. I., M. E. Wysession, N. S. Shakibay, E. Keogh, Z. Zimmerman, H. A. A. Ghalib, and R. A. Wagner, Sulaimaniyah 2015 Earthquake Swarm Analysis Using a Matrix Profile Technique, Abstract S020-0010, at the 2020 Online Fall Meeting of the AGU, Dec 9, 2020. (poster)

Wysession, M. E., The Legacy of Galileo: Incentivizing Scientific Service, Abstract U52A-02, at the 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 13-17, 2021. (Invited oral)

Wysession, M. E., Teaching Advanced Earth and Space Science in High School Physics and Chemistry Courses, Abstract ED12B-08, at the 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 13-17, 2021. (oral)

Wysession, M. E., AGU Publications Journal Origin Series: Perspectives of Earth and Space Scientists, Presentation at the 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, Dec. 13-17, 2021. (Invited oral)

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