H.L. (Len) Vacher

H.L. (Len) Vacher
Professor

Contact

Office: SCA 504
Lab: SCA 539
Phone: 813/974-5267
Email: vacher@usf.edu

Education

Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1971

Research

Quantitative and mathematical literacy in geoscience education.

  Current Courses

Honors and Award

Neil Miner Award, National Association of Geoscience Teachers, 2004

Recent Publications

Selected publications:

Geology of national parks project: http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/ssac/national_parks/

Spreadsheets across the curriculum project: http://serc.carleton.edu/sp/ssac_home

Vacher, H.L., and Lardner, E., 2010. Spreadsheets across the curriculum, 1: The idea and the resource. Numeracy 3(2), Article 6. DOI: 10.5038/1936-4660.3.2.6

Vacher, H.L., and Chavez, T., 2009. Quantitative literacy on the Web of Science, 2: Mining the health numeracy literature for assessment items. Numeracy 2(1), Article 5. DOI: 10.5038/1936-4660.2.1.5

Vacher, H.L., and Chavez, T., 2008. Quantitative literacy on the Web of Science, 1: The bibliography and its role in the history of this journal. Numeracy 1(2), Article 2. DOI: 10.5038/1936-4660.1.2.2

Fratesi, S.E. and Vacher, H.L., 2008. Scientific journals as fossil traces of sweeping change in the structure and practice of modern geology. Journal of Research Practice, 4(1), Article M1. Available at: http://jrp.icaap.org/index.php/jrp/article/view/128/106

Florea, L. J., Vacher, H.L., Donahue, B., and Naar, D., 2007, Quaternary cave levels in peninsular Florida, Quaternary Science Reviews, 26: 1344-1361.

Florea, L. J., and Vacher, H.L. 2007. Eogenetic karst hydrology: Insights from the 2004 hurricanes, peninsular Florida: Ground Water, 45(4):. 439-446.

Hughes, J. D., Vacher, H. L., and Sanford, W. E., 2007. Three-dimensional flow in the Florida Platform: Theoretical analysis of Kohout Convection at its type locality. Geology, 35(7): 663-666.

Vacher, H.L., Hutchings, W.C. and Budd, D.A., 2006, Metaphors and models: The ASR bubble in the Floridan aquifer. Ground Water, 44: 44-54.

Florea, L.J., and Vacher, H.L., 2006 Springflow hydrographs: Eogenetic vs. telogenetic karst: Ground Water, 44: 352-361.

Vacher, H.L. and T.M. Quinn (editors), 1997. Geology and Hydrogeoology of Carbonate Islands. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 948 pp.

Computational Geology series (1998-2005) in the Journal of Geoscience Education: http://www.nagt.org/nagt/jge/columns/compgeo.html