Richard Harwood

After completing graduate work at NAU, I joined the U.S. Peace Corps and was assigned to serve for two years (1989-1991) in the Central American country of Honduras. I was assigned to work with the Geology Mapping Program in Honduras. This program is conducted under the combined direction of the Direccion General de Minas e Hidrocarburos (General Offices of Mines and Hydrocarbons) and the Instituto Geografico Nacional (National Geographic Institute). The overall project goal is to geologically map the country of Honduras. Mapping is conducted at a 1:50,000 scale. The host country agencies provided logistical and technical support while I conducted field mapping. I also provided geologic advice and training for agency personnel. The areas surrounding the towns of Ojojona and Yuscaran were geologically mapped during my service in the Peace Corps. Both of these quadrangles have now been published. For more information on tehse maps and Honduran geology visit: http://www.ig.utexas.edu/research/projects/honduras/index.html

Upon my return to the U.S., I married Kristine Strenge. Kristine had also served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras. In 1992, I attended Rutegers University in New Jersey and completed two additional years of graduate course work under the direction of Mike Carr. During my time at Rutgers I also managed three research trips to Honduras and Nicaragua to collect volcanic samples for chemical analysis, and a conference focusing on Santa Maria Volcano in Guatemala.

In 1994, I was hired by Black Hawk College in Moline, Illinois to teach Physical Geology, Historical Geology, two courses of Physical Geography, Regional Geography and Descriptive Astronomy. I am currently an actively involved in developing WWW resources for my courses and Internet-based courses at Black Hawk College. All of my material can be found at: http://www.bhc.edu/academics/science/harwoodr/index.htm

Northern Arizona University

College of Engineering, Forestry and Natural Sciences