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H.L. (Len) Vacher

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
RefCourseSecCourse TitleCRDayTimeLocation
53355GLY 6971013Thesis: Master's
2-19


TBA TBA
53885GLY 7912013Directed Research
1-30


TBA TBA
56078GLY 7980013Dissertation: Doctoral
2-19


TBA TBA

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