Gale Bishop (l.) in the field with colleagues (l. to r.) Gordon Bell, Phil Bjork, and Nancy Marsh, Limon, Colorado, March 1997. Cretaceous sea turtle nest on right side of photograph.
Dr. Gale A. Bishop was born in Jamestown, North Dakota in 1942 and grew up in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He received a B.S. in Geology (1965) and an M. S. in Geology (1967) from S. D. School of Mines and Technology in Rapid City and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin (1971).
Teaching
Dr. Gale A. Bishop taught at Georgia Southern University from
1971 to 1999. He taught Physical and Historical Geology and numerous
courses including Invertebrate Paleontology, Scientific Photography,
Earth Science, Introduction to Research, Stratigraphy, Micropaleontology,
Geomorphology, Oceanography, Principles of Geology, and Field
Geology and Paleontology. Bishop and colleague Nancy Marsh established
The St. Catherines Sea Turtle Conservation Program in 1990 and
initiated this holistic approach to integrating teaching, research,
and service in 1992; they continue teaching an annual Sea Turtle
Conservation Program on St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Bishop
has taught on the Independent Studies Faculty at the University
of Georgia since 1997 and has served as Director of the Museum
of Geology, South Dakota School of Mines since February, 2001.
His current educational emphasis is integrating emerging electronic
technologies into Museum curricula and into science education.
Research
Bishop's research has included the geologic history of the
decapod crustaceans (shrimps, lobsters, and crabs) from the Cretaceous
of North America and, since 1987, the ecology and traces of ghost
shrimp, nesting sea turtles, accumulation of heavy mineral placers,
and the evolution of barrier islands. Bishop has published seventy
seven papers and continues to be active in grantsmanship to support
his research and facilitate Museum activities. He serves as a
Research Associate of the American Museum of Natural History.
Service
Bishop has served as an Associate Editor of the Journal of
Crustacean Biology, was a Curator in the Georgia Southern University,
and is a leader in the reform of science education. He brokered
the gift of the Georgia Southern Mosasaur from the School of Mines
Museum of Geology in 1979 and chaired the ad hoc committee
that recommended the establishment of the Georgia Southern University
Museum, which he served as first Director from 1980 to1982. Bishop
and Dr. Richard Petkewich subsequently negotiated the award of
the Vogtle Whale to Georgia Southern, and with colleague Jim Darrell,
collected the specimen in 1983.
Work Experience
Bishop has industrial experience with E. I. DuPont, Shell
Oil Company, Homestake Gold Mine, and the S. D. Geological Survey.
Bishop taught at Georgia Southern from 1971-1999 and at the School
of Mines from 2001-Present. He is a Registered Professional Geologist
in Georgia and Wyoming.
Recent and Significant Publications:
Bishop, G.A., N. A. Brannen Marsh, and Fredric L. Pirkle.
2000. Fossilized Cretaceous Sea Turtle Nest from Colorado.
Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation
and Biology, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-443: 101-103.
Bishop, G. A. and A. B. Williams.* 2000. Fossil crabs from
Tepee Buttes; Submarine seeps of the Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale,
South Dakota and Colorado, USA. Journal of Crustacean Biology
v. 20, (Spec. Iss. 2): 286-300.
Booth, R.K., Rich, F.J., Bishop, G.A.* 1999. Palynology and
depositional history of Late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal
sediments from St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Palynology
23: 67-86.
Booth, R.K., Rich, F.J., Bishop, G.A., and Brannen, N.A.*, 1999.
Evolution of a freshwater barrier-island marsh in coastal Georgia,
USA: Wetlands, v. 19, no. 3, p. 570-577.
Marsh, N. B. and G. A. Bishop. 1999. The St. Catherines/Eisenhower
Natural History Science Education Model. Georgia Journal of
Science, 10 ms.
Bishop, G. A. and N. B. Marsh, 1999. The St. Catherines/Eisenhower
Natural History Science Education Model. 1999 Sigma Xi Forum
Proceedings: Reshaping undergraduate Science and Engineering Education:
Tools for Better Learning, p 143-144.
Marsh, N. B. and G. A. Bishop. 1998. Web Resources for Heavy
mineral sands: A model for relevant science education. in
F. J. Rich and G. A. Bishop, eds., Geology and Natural History
of the Okefenokee Swamp and Trail Ridge, Southeastern Georgia-Northern
Florida, Georgia. 33ed Annual Georgia Geological Society Field
Trip. Guidebook 18(1): 90-94.
Hulbert, R. C., Jr., R. M. Petkewich, G. A. Bishop, D. Burkey
and D. P. Alshire.* 1998. A Middle Eocene protocetid whale
(Mammalia: Cetacea: Archaeoceti) and associated biota from Georgia.
Journal of Paleontology 72(5):: 907-927.
Bishop, G. A. and F. J. Rich. 1998. Introduction. In F. J. Rich
and G. A. Bishop, eds., Geology and Natural History of the
Okefenokee Swamp and Trail Ridge, Southeastern Georgia-Northern
Florida, Georgia. 33ed Annual Georgia Geological Society Field
Trip. Guidebook 18(1): i-ii.
Bishop, G. A. and N. B. Marsh. 1998. Electronic Earth Science
Education: An Integrated, Holistic Approach. University System
of Georgia Rock Eagle Annual Computing Conference, Rock Eagle
Proceedings, 13-20.
Bishop, G. A. and N. B. Marsh. 1998. Accumulation, Distribution,
and Radioactivity of heavy mineral sands on St. Catherines Island,
In F. J. Rich and G. A. Bishop, eds., Geology and Natural History
of the Okefenokee Swamp and Trail Ridge, Southeastern Georgia-Northern
Florida, Georgia. 33ed Annual Georgia Geological Society Field
Trip. Guidebook 18(1): 9-26.
Bishop, G. A., R. M. Feldmann, and F. Vega.* 1998. The Dakoticancridae
(Decapoda, Brachyura) from the Late Cretaceous of North America
and Mexico. Contributions to Zoology; 67(4): 237-255.
Feldmann, R. M. F. J. Vega, S. P. Applegate, and G. A. Bishop.*
1998. Early Cretaceous arthropods from the Tlayúa Formation
at Tepexi de Rodriguez, Puebla, México. Journal of
Paleontology 72(1): 79-90.
Bishop, G. A. and N. B. Marsh. 1998. Bridging the Funding Gap:
Bringing Technology into the Classroom. University System
of Georgia Rock Eagle Annual Computing Conference, Rock Eagle
Proceedings, 3-9.
Bishop, G. A. Book Review: Palaios; Larson, N. L., S. D. Jorgensen,
R. A. Farrar, and P. L. Larson. 1997. Ammonites and other Cephalopds
of the Pierre Seaway. Geoscience Press, Inc. (Tucson, AZ.),
148 p, paperback. Palaios 13, (2): 214.
Bishop, G. A. and N. B. Marsh. 1996. Pushing the Envelope:
Technology Integration into the Classroom. University System
of Georgia Rock Eagle Annual Computing Conference, Rock Eagle
Proceedings, 5-12.
Stuart, M. A., F. J. Rich, and G. A. Bishop.* 1995. Survey
of nitrate contamination in shallow domestic drinking water wells
of the Inner Coastal Plain of Georgia. Ground Water, 33(2):
284-290.
Bishop, G. A. 1987. Positive taphonomic feedback in North American
Tethyan Cretaceous decapod-worm associations. In Shallow Tethys
2, K. McKenzie(ed.). Rotterdam: Balkema Press, p. 319-329,+ 5
pls.
Bishop, G. A., and A. B. Williams. 1986a. The fossil lobster
Linuparus canadensis, Carlile Shale (Cretaceous, Turonian),
Black Hills. National Geographic Research 2(3): 372-387.
Bishop, G. A. 1986b. Taphonomy of the North American decapods.
Journal of Crustacean Biology 6(3): 326-355.
Bishop, G. A. 1986c. Occurrence, preservation and biogeography
of the Cretaceous crabs of North America. In Crustacean Issues
4: Crustacean Biogeography, R.H. Gore and K.L. Heck (eds.) Rotterdam:
Balkema Press, pp. 111-142.
Bishop, G. A.. 1981a. Occurrence and fossilization of the Dakoticancer
Assemblage, Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale, South Dakota.
In Communities of the Past, Gray et al. (eds.). Hutchinson Ross
Publishing Company, pp. 383-413.
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