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| Dr.
Jeffrey K. Greenberg
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Professor of Geology
On faculty since 1986
Office Phone: (630) 752-5866
Email: Jeffrey.K.Greenberg@wheaton.edu
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PhD, Geology, Univ. of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, 1978
MS, Geology/Geophysics, Univ. of Kentucky,
1975
BS, Geology, Florida State Univ., 1973
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Professional and Personal Interests
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Dr.
Greenberg has served on Wheaton’s faculty for over sixteen
years. He is married and the father of five children, the older
four being adopted. His prior employment was with the University
of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History
Survey in Madison.
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Membership in Professional Societies
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- Geological Society of America (Fellow)
- Affiliation of Christian Geologists
- Association of Geoscientists for International Development
- National Association of Geology Teachers
- Geological Association of Canada (Fellow)
- American Scientific Affiliation (Fellow)
- Junior Teacher of the Year, Wheaton College (1991)
- Phi Beta Kappa
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Research
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Greenberg’s
research interests are very broad and have shifted from igneous
petrology and tectonics to applied geophysics and geochemistry,
Precambrian continental development, and more recently to the
relevance of geoscience to issues in international community
development. He began investigative work with undergraduate
studies of ultramafic rock bodies in the southern Appalachians.
This interest matured into a master’s thesis project at
the University of Kentucky utilizing geophysical and structural
analysis of a region in south-central Virginia. While at UK,
he completed various surveys of the gravity fields over counties
and igneous rock-bodies. His doctoral studies at the University
of North Carolina included thesis work on the suite of “Younger
Granites” in the Eastern Desert of Egypt as well as a research
assistantship cataloguing the potential of uranium resources
in crystalline rocks of the eastern U.S. He also served as a
cooperating petrographer for Ebasco consultants investigating
the characteristics of andesitic volcanic rocks from the western
Philippines. Greenberg’s post doctoral activities in Wisconsin
continued to focus on investigations of igneous geology and
the tectonics of complex crystalline terranes. Over an eight-year
tenure with UW, he added a public-policy component to his work
and produced several geologic maps of northern Wisconsin. Also,
he is coauthor of the Wisconsin state bedrock geology map. Before
leaving Wisconsin for Wheaton College, Greenberg undertook responsibility
for state consultation on matters of natural-resource issues.
His teaching duties in Wisconsin were few, including some lecturing
to undergraduates at UW and Edgewood College and seminar/research
advising of graduate students.
While on staff at Wheaton College, Greenberg found it necessary
to change emphasis from research to teaching, institutional
service, and administration. He has taught twenty-one different
courses at various times over the sixteen years. In addition
to Department Chair, he has twice chaired the Faculty Development
Committee, sat on Faculty Council, advised the student Earthkeepers
and Voice For Life groups, and established the college’s
Environmental Science degree program. Efforts in “scholarship”
have included a scaled-down project with the origin of granites
(article published in a Special Paper of the Geological Association
of Canada and leadership in a field conference for the International
Geological Correlation Project). He retains a keen interest
in the full natural and human scope of Florida’s Everglades.
This area is seen as a tremendous case study of the interaction
among many aspects of Creation. In 1993, Greenberg made a study
of the Everglades system as the heart of his sabbatical leave.
Other writing projects have emphasized geoscience education,
issues of faith and the environment, and issues of faith and
sciences. Various investigative activities with students include
supervision of HNGR (Human Needs and Global Resources program)
interns on natural-resource projects, study problems in the
South Dakota Black Hills (geologic mapping of complex metamorphic
terranes, petrography of basaltic sill magmas, and provenance
analysis of heavy-mineral suites from stream sediment), analysis
of clay mineral components from Yucatan pottery, and investigation
of geologic conditions around two Superfund sites in northern
Illinois. All of these studies have been presented in one form
or another at meetings of professional scientists.
Greenberg is a member of a local evangelical church in Wheaton,
where he and his wife serve on the ministry team for the young
professional/college age group. He is quite interested in the
application of earth-science knowledge in missions and community
development work. He has been a frequent guest instructor for
YWAM (Youth With a Mission) at their University of the Nations
base in Kona, Hawaii.
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Individual: Tectonic history of Precambrian terranes, Granite
petrogenesis
With Students: Studies of Black Hills geology, Integrated
investigation of groundwater
Selected papers published and/or presented:
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., 2003. Geological Framework of an
Evolving Creation. In, Perspectives on an Evolving Creation,
Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, in press.
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., 2003. An Evolving Creation and
Environmental Issues. In, Perspectives on an Evolving
Creation, Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, in press.
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., 2002. Indoor Field Study for Structural
Geology Course. Journal of Geol. Education. 50(5),
in press.
- Noetzel, Lacy D., Engblom, Josiah N. and Greenberg, Jeffrey
K., 2001. Provenance and Drainage Dynamics of Black Hills,
SD Streams, Interpreted from Heavy Mineral Suites. Geol.
Soc. Amer. Abs./ Prog., North-Central Sect. 33(A-51).
- Mickelson, John E., Moore, Joel, and Greenberg, Jeffrey
K., 2000. Composition and Tectonic Character of Paleoproterozoic
Basaltic Sills from the Eastern Black Hills, SD. Geol.
Soc. Amer. Abs/Prog., North-Central Sect. 32(A-52).
- Greenberg Jeffrey K., 2000. Missionary Interns from Wheaton
College, IL. Geosci. and Develop. 6(28).
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., 1991. Anorogenic granite associations
as products of progressive continental evolution. Mid-Proterozoic
Laurentia-Baltica, Gower, C.F., and others (Eds.). Geol.
Assoc. Canada, Spec. Paper 38: 447-457.
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., and Brown, B.A., 1986. Bedrock
geologic map of Portage County, Wisconsin; Wisconsin Geol.
And Nat. Hist. Survey, County Map Series, scale 1:100,000.
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., and Brown, B.A., 1983. Middle Proterozoic
to Cambrian rocks in central Wisconsin: Anorogenic sedimentary
and igneous activity; Field guide for the 17th
Northcentral Geol. Soc. Amer. Meeting, Madison, 50 p.
- Greenberg, Jeffrey K., 1981. Characteristics and origin
of Egyptian younger granites. Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull.
Pt. I, 92:224-232; Pt. II, 92:749-840.
Next faculty: Dr. James Clark
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