The Petroleum Club of Shreveport, 15th floor
Cost: $20, Children 10 and under $8
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Biography
Vince Cronin is a certified professional geologist and a licensed geologist in Texas. His current day job is as a professor of structural geology at Baylor University, but he has work experience in engineering geology and petroleum geology. The current focus of Dr. Cronin's research with his students is to locate seismogenic faults. He has been a member of AEG and AAPG for more than three decades and is co-head of the US Section of the International Association for Promoting Geoethics (www.geoethics.org). He is also the current editor and primary revision author for the AGI/NAGT Laboratory Manual in Physical Geology, which is used by more than a million physical geology students each year.
Abstract
Society asks geoscience for reliable information about Earth and it processes, history, resources, and hazards. Because of the intrinsic value of this information and its effect on the safety, health, and welfare of the public, geoscience is formally recognized as a profession in much of the United States and the world. There is an ethical dimension of our work as geoscientists that extends well beyond research integrity, spanning a very broad array of issues. This presentation touches on some of the concepts, vocabulary, and examples of geoethics, and invites the audience to contribute perspectives and concerns.
