Linda B. McCollum

Geology Professor Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University, 130 Science Building, Cheney, WA 99004-2439

Phone: (509)359-7473 
Email: lmccollum@ewu.edu

1980, Ph.D. in Geology, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY. Dissertation: "Distribution of Marine Faunal Assemblages in a Middle Devonian Stratified Basin, Lower Ludlowville Formation, New York." Advisors: Gordon Baird, James Beerbower, Nick Donnelly, Paul Enos, Don Kissling. 

1977-1978, Intercampus Doctoral Fellowship, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY. Advisors: Peter Bretsky, A. R. "Pete" Palmer. 

1974, M.S. in Geology, University of California, Davis, CA. Thesis: "Functional Analysis of the Fenestellidae (Bryozoa)." Advisors: Richard Cowen, James Valentine, Jere Lipps. 

1972, B.S. in Geology, University of California, Davis, CA. 

1993-2000	Chair, Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University
1992-present	Professor, Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University
1987-1992	Associate Professor, Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University
1983-1987	Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Eastern Washington University
1980-1983	President, Cordilleran Geological Survey, Inc., Reno, Nevada. Affiliate of Gulf Oil Exploration and Production Co., Houston, Texas
1979-1980	Assistant Professor, Department of Geology, Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas

Teaching Specialization:

Environmental geology, world resources and population
Paleoenvironmental studies and the history of life
Stratigraphy, paleobiology, and petroleum geology
Undergraduate student involvement in scientific research
Mining in the Pacific Northwest (Capstone course)
Dinosaur ecology and paleogeography (Summer course)

Research:

Cambrian and Devonian stratigraphy and biotas
Biotic evolution rates and extinction events 
Ancient carbonate platforms and slope deposits
Tectonics and mountain building processes, western U.S.
Geologic mapping in Spokane and Lincoln Counties, WA 

Courses Taught:

Geology 100, Geology for nonscientists (5 credits) 
Geology 112, Historical geology (5 credits)  
Geology 115, Investigating Earth Science (5 credits)  
Geology 220, Environmental Geology (4 credits) 
Geology 308, Life in the geologic past (5 credits) 
Geology 380, World Resources and Population (5 credits) - which is an International Studies Course
Geology 397, Age of dinosaurs (3 credits) 
Geology 408, Invertebrate paleontology (4 credits) 
Geology 411, Stratigraphy (4 credits) 
Geology 421, Field Camp (12 credits) 
Geology 442, Petroleum Geology (4 credits)
Geology 496, Fire, fossils and faults (3 credits)
Geology 496, Geology of the Southwest (2 credits)
Geology 497, Geology of the Western United States (3 credits) 
Geology 497, Cambrian Research (3 credits) 
Geology 497/597, Dinosaur Odyssey (3 credits) 
Geology 497/597, Jurassic Odyssey (3 credits) 
Geology 571, Micropaleontology (4 credits) 
Geology 572, Paleoecology (4 credits) 
Geology 573, Clay Mineralogy and Shales (4 credits) 
Geology 539, Evolution and Extinction in the Fossil Record (4 credits) 
Geology 539, Controversies in Cordilleran Tectonics (4 credits) 
Geology 539, Cordilleran Tectonics and Metallogenesis (4 credits) cotaught with Felix Mutschler 
Geology 599, Independent studies, including 5 students on a field trip to Nevada, Fall 1986 (2 credits) 
Geology 600, Thesis 
SCED 390, Science Education Methods (6 credits)-cotaught 
Integrative Studies 400, Senior Capstone - Mining in the Pacific Northwest 

Courses Taught at Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas, 1970-80:

2nd digit is semester hour credits 

Geology 1401, Physical geology 
Geology 1402, Historical geology 
Geology 3408, Stratigraphy and sedimentation 
Geology 3411, Invertebrate paleontology 
Geology 4401, Sedimentary petrology 
Geology 5304, Special topics 
Geology 6301, Thesis 

Short Courses Attended:

Fall 1984, American Association of Petroleum Geologists Fall Education Conference, held in Houston, Texas. This three day intensive course on recent trends in petroleum geology was in large part directly applicable to GEOL 442, Petroleum geology. 

Fall 1985, Geological Society of America, Mollusca, held in Orlando, Florida. Recent understanding of molluscan biology, geography, and distribution in the geologic record were emphasized in this course, which led directly to content revision in GEOL 572, Paleoecology. 

Fall 1986, Geological Society of America, Geologic Applications of Fossil Radiolaria, held in San Antonio, Texas. In the decade since I completed my training in micropaleontology, advances in the study of radiolaria have been great. Most micropaleontology texts do not adequately cover this group, which has become increasingly important in dating oil-bearing oceanic strata. Therefore, with university support, I availed myself of the opportunity to take a comprehensive one day course, offered under the auspices of the Geological Society of America. The course has allowed me to greatly update GEOL 571, Micropaleontology.

Fall 1987, Geological Society of America, Fossil Procaryotes and Protists, Phoenix, Arizona. Discussion of recent advances in microfossil biostratigraphy, evolution, and biology were the subjects of this course, which updates GEOL 571, Micropaleontology. 

Spring 1988, American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Clay Mineralogy, held in Houston, Texas. Short course was needed to update data used in GEOL 573, Clay mineralogy and shales. 

Fall 1989, Geological Society of America, The Age of Dinosaurs, held in St. Louis, Missouri. Discussion of recent advances in vertebrate paleontology useful in preparing a popular course on dinosaurs, GEOL 397. 

Fall 1991, Geological Society of America, Analytical Paleontology, held in San Diego, California. Discussion of quantitative methods useful in analyzing paleontological and biostratigraphic data, useful in updating GEOL 314, Historical Geology, and GWOL 408, Invertebrate Paleontology. 

Summer 1992, International Conference on Arctic Margins, Workshop on Dinosaur Biogeography, Anchorage, Alaska. Discussion of recent advances in the paleogeography of dinosaurs in the Arctic region. Contained the most up to date information. Used in Geology 397/497/597. 

Summer 1993, Writing Enriched Curriculum IV Workshop. 

Winter 1994, Writing in Science Retreat, Thinking/Writing Group, State Board of Community and Technical Colleges. 

Fall 1994, A half-day workshop sponsored by the National Science Foundation entitled "Preparing Successful Grant Proposals to Fund Curriculum Innovation in the Geosciences." 

Fall 1994, Geological Society of America, "Major Features of Vertebrate Evolution," held in Seattle, Washington. Discussion of the origin and diversification of the major vertebrate groups. This one-day short course was aimed at bringing the latest advances in cladistic analysis to professors teaching Historical Geology (GEOL 314) and Dinosaur (GEOL 497/597) classes. 

Spring 1995, Attended the first field conferences of the Lower Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group of the International Geological Correlation Program Project 366. This 10-day field conference was held in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco, north Africa. 

Summer 1995, Liberal Arts Reform Workshop, 4 weeks. 

Spring 1996, Chautauqua Short Course on Evolution of Evolution at the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California. Ideas on interdisciplinary course with evolution as the unifying theme. 

Summer 1996, Attended second field conference of the Lower Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group of the International Geological Correlation Program Project 366. This nine-day field course was held in central Spain and addressed central issues of correlation between Europe, Africa, and North America. 

Winter 1997, Attended three-day workshop on Chairing the Academic Department, San Diego, California, as required by the College. 

March 1997, Workshops on Developing Courses for the Web, Presentations and Multimedia, and Multimedia Authoring Programs. 

Summer 1997, Attended Second International Trilobite Conference in Ontario, Canada.  This conference included a six-day field excursion to the Canadian Rocky Mountains followed by a four-day meeting. 

Summer 1998, Attended four-day NAGT workshop on Innovative Teaching in the Geosciences, Williamsburg, Virginia. 

Summer 1998, Attended fourth field conference of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, an eight-day field conference in Sweden. 

Summer 1999, Co-leader of the fifth field conference of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, a ten-day field conference in the western U.S.

Spring 2000, Three-day short course on Promoting the Geosciences to Decision-Makers and the Public, hosted by the American Geological Institute and the U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA.

Summer 2000, Attended sixth field conference of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, an eight-day field conference in the Andes Mountains in Argentina.

Summer 2001, Attended seventh field conference of the International Subcommission on Cambrian Stratigraphy, Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group, a ten-day field conference in South China.  

Summer 2002, Attended and presented a paper at the First International Palaeontological Congress in Sydney, Australia.

Summer 2005, Attended and presented a paper at the 4th International Conference on the Cambrian System in Nanjing, China.

Fall 2005, Attended a conference on Global Oil Depletion and its Implications for the Pacific Northwest, Spokane, WA

Graduate Students:

Major advisor for 7, all of whom have completed M.S. degree. 

Committee member for 3, all of whom have completed M.S.  

Outside committee member for five students, all have completed the M.S. degree. 

MASTERS THESES COMPLETED (Chairperson)

Schneck, W. M., 1986, Lithostratigraphy of the McCoy Creek Group and Prospect Mountain quartzite (Upper Proterozoic and Lower Cambrian), Egan and Cherry Creek Ranges, White Pine County, Nevada:  EWU, M.S. thesis, 109 p. 

Ansell, M. W., 1987, Carbonate petrology and depositional environments within the Cambrian Emigrant Formation, northern Last Chance Range, California:  EWU, M.S. thesis, 70 p. 

Mork, A. R., 1987, Geology of Boulder Mountain quadrangle, Cache County, Utah: EWU, M.S. thesis, 69 p. (Published in 1990 by Utah Geological and Mineral Survey as Geologic Map 125, including 8 page text) 

Jones, M. E., 1989, Stratigraphy and sedimentology of the lower member of the Upper Devonian Pilot Shale, White Pine County, Nevada:  EWU, M.S. thesis, 106 p. 

Johnson, D. C., 1990, Biostratigraphy and microfacies analysis of the upper Paleozoic Antler Peak Limestone, Edna Mountains, north-central Nevada:  EWU, M.S. thesis, 75 p. 

Drumheller, J., 1991, Carbonate petrology and depositional environments within the Middle to Upper Cambrian formations of eastern Elko County, Nevada:  EWU, M.S. thesis, 82 p. 

Eddy, J. D., 1996, Middle Cambrian biostratigraphy and depositional environments of the Pioche Shale near Delamar, Nevada:  Eastern Washington University, M.S. thesis, 114 p.

Publications:

McCollum, L. B., 1977, Functional analysis of the Fenestellidae (Bryozoa): Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 9, no. 3, p. 299. 

McCollum, L. B., 1983, Continental suspect terranes in the western United States: American Association of Petroleum Geologists and Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, Pacific Section, 58th Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. 109. 

McCollum, L. B., 1984, An example of a prograding carbonate shelfbreak on a lower Paleozoic continental margin, western U.S.: Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists, First Annual Midyear Meeting, Abstracts, p. 53. 

McCollum, L. B., 1984, Continuation of the Sonora-Mojave megashear in the Great Basin of the western United States: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 587. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1984, Comparison of a medial shelf sequence with an outer shelf margin sequence, northern Great Basin: Utah Geological Association 1984 Field Conference, Publication 13, p. 35-44. 

Satkoski, J. J., Mutschler, F. E., McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1984, Tectonic setting of Mesozoic alkaline rock-related precious metal systems of the North American Cordillera: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 16, no. 6, p. 644. 

McCollum, L. B., 1985, Mesozoic transcurrent faulting in the Great Basin and its relationship to orogenesis: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 4, p. 255. 

McCollum, L. B., Buchanan, J. P., and McCollum, M. B., 1985, Devono-Mississippian sedimentary environments at the type Antler orogen at Battle Mountain, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 7, p. 657. 

Schneck, W. M., and McCollum, L. B., 1985, Upper Proterozoic and lower Phanerozoic fluvial deposits in the central Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 17, no. 4, p. 264. 

Ansell, M. W., and McCollum, L. B., 1986, An early Middle Cambrian outer shelf paleoenvironment, eastern California: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 2, p. 82. 

McCollum, L. B., 1986, Is the Ledyard Member of the Ludlowville Formation, Hamilton Group, a typical black shale?: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 1, p. 53. 

McCollum, L. B., 1986, A stratigraphic comparison of lower Paleozoic rocks between the Esmeraldia and Waucobia continental terranes, California and Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 2, p. 155. 

Jones, M. E., and McCollum, L. B., 1987, Depositional environments within the Upper Devonian Pilot Basin, White Pine County, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 18, no. 5, p. 82.

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1987, Carboniferous continental slope to ocean basin deposits adjacent to the Antler orogenic belt of western North America: Eleventh International Congress of Carboniferous Stratigraphy and Geology, China Association for Science and Technology, Beijing, China, Abstracts, p. 202-203. 

McCollum, L. B., 1987, Stratified basin or shallow shelf as an explanation for the Devonian shale sequence in eastern North America: Second International Symposium on the Devonian System, Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Abstracts, p. 160. 

McCollum, L. B., 1987, Depositional changes within a Cambrian outer passive margin sequence, northern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 5, p. 320. 

McCollum, L. B., Jones, D. L., and Repetski, J., 1987, The Scott Canyon Formation, Battle Mountain, Nevada: A structural amalgamation of the Ordovician Valmy Formation and Devonian Slaven Chert: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 19, no. 7, p. 764. 

McCollum, L. B., 1988, A shallow epeiric sea interpretation for an offshore Middle Devonian black shale facies in eastern North America, in McMillan, N. J., Embry, A. F., and Glass, D. J., eds., Devonian of the world, v. 2, Sedimentation: Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists Memoir 14, p. 347-355. 

McCollum, L. B., Robison, R. A., and Rees, M. N., 1988, Paleobiogeography of the Middle Cambrian outer shelf of the Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 3, p. 212. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1988, Cambrian paleogeography of the Great Basin: Geological Society of American Abstracts with Programs, v. 20, no. 7, p. A121. 

McCollum, L. B., 1988, A shallow epeiric sea interpretation for an offshore Middle Devonian black shale facies in eastern North America: Nineteenth Annual Appalachian Petroleum Geology Symposium, West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey Circular C-42, p. 50. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1989, The Antler orogeny: A transpressional orogen within a transcurrent fault system: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 21, no. 5, p. 114. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1989, Carboniferous continental slope to ocean basin deposits adjacent to the Antler orogenic belt of western North America: XI Congres International de Stratigraphie et de Geologie du Carbonifere Beijing 1987, Compte Rendu 4: 237-244. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1990, Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary in North America (abs.): Third International Symposium on the Cambrian System, Novosibirsk, U.S.S.R., p. 136. 

McCollum, L. B., 1991, Revised stratigraphy, sedimentology, and paleoecology of the Ledyard Member, Ludlowville Formation, Middle Devonian Hamilton Group, New York: New York State Museum Bulletin 469, p. 107-129. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1991, Paleozoic rocks of the Osgood Mountains, Nevada, in Raines, G. L., Lisle, R. E., Schafer, R. W., and Wilkinson, W. H., eds., Geology and ore deposits of the Great Basin, symposium proceedings: Geological Society of Nevada, Reno, Nevada, p. 735-738. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1991, Cambrian paleogeography of the Great Basin (abs.): American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, no. 2, p. 374. 

McCollum, L. B., and Miller, D. M., 1991, Cambrian stratigraphy of the Wendover area, Utah and Nevada: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1948, 43 p. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1991, The Adam Peak allochthon: A composite terrane in the Osgood Mountains and Hot Springs Range, Nevada: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 23, no. 5, p. A130. 

McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1994, Biostratigraphy of Lower to Middle Cambrian strata in an onshore-offshore transect across the southern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 71. 

Walkley, J. A., Doherty, R. C., Downey, T. M., Moar, T. A., Salter, R. B., and McCollum, L. B., 1994, Results of undergraduate research on the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary extinction: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 2, p. 101-102. 

McCollum, L. B., 1994, Faunal extinction and replacement at the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary, southern Great Basin: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 26, no. 7, p. 54. 

McCollum, L. B., 1995, Earliest Middle Cambrian faunal recovery: Geological Association of Canada/Mineralogical Association of Canada Annual Meeting, Abstracts, p. A-68. 

Sundberg, F. A., and McCollum, L. B., 1997, Oryctocephalids of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval from California and Nevada: Journal of Paleontology, v. 71, p. 1065-1090. 

McCollum, L. B., 1998, Recognition of maximum flooding surfaces in the Lower to Middle Cambrian, mixed siliciclastic-carbonate lithofacies:  Key to regional chronostratigraphic correlations in the southern Great Basin:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 5, p. 54. 

Eddy, J. D., and McCollum, L. B., 1998, Early Middle Cambrian Albertella Biozone trilobites of the Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada:  Journal of Paleontology, v. 72, p. 862-885. 

McCollum, L. B., 1999, Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval in the cratonal sections from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 6, p. 80. 

Montanez, I. P., Tambo, K., Osleger, D. A., McCollum, L. B., and McCollum, M. B., 1999, Cambrian carbon cycling and extinction events as recorded by North American Cordilleran platform carbonates:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 6, p. 80. 

Sundberg, F. A., and McCollum, L. B., 1999, Biostratigraphic correlation of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval in the Cordilleran region of Laurentia:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 30, no. 6, p. 80. 

McCollum, L. B., and Sundberg, F. A., 1999, Biostratigraphy of the traditional Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary in the outer shelf Emigrant Formation, Split Mountain, Esmeralda County, Nevada, in Palmer, A. R. (ed.), LAURENTIA 99; V Field Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group (ICSC), p. 29-34. 

Sundberg, F. A., Yuan, J., McCollum, L. B., and Zhao, Y., 1999, Oryctocephalus indicus as an international index fossil near the base of the traditional Middle Cambrian (abstract), in Palmer, A. R. (ed.), LAURENTIA 99; V Field Conference of the Cambrian Stage Subdivision Working Group (ICSC), p. 62. 

Sundberg, F. A., McCollum, L. M., Yuan, J., and Zhao, Y., 1999, The near-synchronicity of trilobite extinctions at the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary of eastern Gondwana and Laurentia:  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, no. 7, p. 465. 

Sundberg, F. A., Yuan, J., McCollum, L. B., and Zhao, Y., 1999, Correlation of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary of South China and Laurentia:  Acta Sinica Paleontologica, v. 38, p. 102-107.

Sundberg, F. A., and McCollum, L. B., 2000, Ptychopariid trilobites from the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval, Pioche Shale, southeastern Nevada:  Journal of Paleontology, v. 74, p. 604-630. 

McCollum, L.B., and Sundberg, F.A., 2000, The Cambrian Emigrant Formation:  A highly condensed outer shelf sequence, Esmeralda County, Nevada.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p. 456.

Beaver, Neil A., Jr., Larsen, Jeremy C., Newton, James B., Schulz, Carl, and McCollum, L. B., 2000, Results of undergraduate research on the early Middle Cambrian biostratigraphy of the Monola and Emigrant Formations, western Great Basin.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 32, no. 7, p.456.

Beaver, N.A., Jr., Boothe, B.S., Hoover, R.L., Koenig, M.C., Newton, J.B., McCollum, L. B., and Sundberg, F.A., 2001, Stratigraphy of the Middle Cambrian Susan Duster Limestone Member, Pioche Shale, eastern Nevada.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 3, p. 48.

Sundberg, F.A., McCollum, L.B., and McCollum, M.B., 2001, Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval, southern Great Basin.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 33, no. 3, p. 72.

Zhao, Y.L., Yuan, J.L., McCollum, L.B., Sundberg, F.A., Yang, R.D., Gui, Q.J., Zhu, L.J., and Yang, X.L., 2001, A potential GSSP for the Lower and Middle Cambrian boundary near Balang village, Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, China.  Acta Palaeontologica Sinica, v. 40, supp., p. 130-142.

Sundberg, F.A., and McCollum, L.B., 2002, Kochiella Poulsen, 1927, and Hadrocephalites new genus (Trilobita: Ptychopariida) from the early Middle Cambrian of western North America.  Journal of Paleontology, v. 75, p. 76-94.

McCollum, L.B., and Sundberg, F.A., 2002, Correlation of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval in the circum-Pacific region based on oryctocephalid trilobites.   First International Palaeontological Congress, Geological Society of Australia Abstracts No. 68, p. 242.

McCollum, L.B., Sundberg, F.A and Montanez, I.P., 2002, Just how complete is the sedimentary record at biomere extinctions? An example from the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary in Laurentia. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 414.

Montanez, I.P., Nest, D.L., Gragg, L., McCollum, L.B., McCollum, M.B., and Osleger, D.A., 2002, Carbon cycling perturbation through the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary interval and olenelloid biomere extinction as revealed by carbon isotopes of organic matter and carbonates.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 413.

Hollingsworth, J.S., McCollum, M.B., McCollum, L.B., and Fritz, W.H., 2002, Outer shelf to slope deposits of the Lower Cambrian Poleta Formation, western Great Basin, Nevada.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 34, no. 6, p. 138.

Sundberg, F.A., and McCollum, L.B., 2003, Trilobites of the lower Middle Cambrian Poliella denticulata Biozone (new) of southeastern Nevada. Journal of Paleontology, v. 77, p. 331-359.

Sundberg, F.A., and McCollum, L.B., 2003, Early and Mid Cambrian trilobites from the outer shelf deposits of Nevada and California, USA.   Palaeontology, v. 46, part 5, p. 945-986.

Hamilton, M.M., Derkey, R.E., and McCollum, L.B., 2003, Early Middle Cambrian (Glossopleura Biozone) trilobites in a steptoe surrounded by Columbia River Basalt near Spokane, Washington.  Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 35, no. 7, p. 159.

Twitchett, R.J., Feinberg, J.M., O'Connor, D.D., Alvarez, W., and McCollum, L.B., 2005, Early Triassic Ophiuroids: Their Paleoecology, Taphonomy, and Distribution. Palaios, v. 20, p. 213-223.

McCollum, L.B., and Sundberg, F.A., 2005, The use of Oryctocephalus indicus as a "Lower-Middle" Cambrian boundary GSSP:  A status report.  Acta Micropalaeontologica Sinica 22 (Supplement), p. 113-114

Manuscript Submitted:

McCollum, L.B., McCollum, M.B., Derkey, R.E., and Hamilton, M.M., Geology of the northwestern Columbia Plateau: A view from the steptoes. IN Fire, Rocks, and Ice. University of Washington Press

1984	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University (Grant no. 0-21345). Lower to Middle Cambrian boundary extinctions; $2000
1986	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Upper Paleozoic Continental slope in northern Nevada; $3750
1987	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Middle Paleozoic continental slope in northern Nevada; $8158
1988	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Carboniferous continental slope in northern Nevada; $4890
1989	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Cambrian extinctional event; $4810
1990	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary; $5008
1991	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Paleozoic geology of the Osgood Mountains; $4990
1992	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Geologic maps of Eden Valley and Adam Peak quadrangles, Osgood Mountains; $7453
1993	National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions (Grant no. EAR-928892). Pattern of extinction and replacement at the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary event in the Great Basin, western U.S.; $49,285
1995	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Polaroid MP-4+ camera system; $5,000
1995	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Middle Cambrian faunal diversification and soft bodied fossils; $7,470
1996	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Earliest Middle Cambrian Trilobite Faunas of the Pioche Shale; $7,500
1997	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Middle Cambrian Trilobite Faunas of the Carrara Formation; $7,498
1998	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. International Correlation of the Lower-Middle Cambrian Boundary; $7,490
1999	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Correlation of Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary, U.S. and South China; $7,241
1999-2002	National Science Foundation Research in Undergraduate Institutions (Grant no. EAR-9973180). International correlation of Lower to Middle Cambrian trilobite faunas between South China and the U.S.; $110,000
2003	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. New Cambrian fossil locality at Clear Lake, Washington; $10,000
2004	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Middle Cambrian trilobite fauna from Pend Orielle Lake, Idaho; $10,000
2005	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washington University. Geologic map and trilobite faunas of the Medical Lake quadrangle; $10,000
2006	Northwest Institute for Advanced Studies, Eastern Washinton University. Sequence stratigraphy of the Lower-Middle Cambrian boundary, southern Great Basin; $10,000

University

Teacher Education Committee member, 1983-1993 

Program Review Committee member, 1985-1987 

Geology Curriculum Committee member, 1983-1985, 1991-1992 

Editor, Geology Alumni Newsletter, 1983-1988 

Geology Graduate Admissions Committee, 1983-1984 

Co-leader of the incoming graduate student October field excursion, 1983 and 1986 

Chair, EWU Geology alumni annual reunion at Northwest Mining Association convention, 1986 

Professional Admission to Teaching Program interviewer, 1984, 1985, 1987, and 1994-2000 

Secondary advisor for Earth Science majors, 1985-1995

Primary advisor for Earth Science majors, 1995-present

Reviewer, Northwest Institute grant proposals, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1998

Promotion Committee for Associate Professor, 1989, 1991 

Promotion Committee for Full Professor, 1992 

Departmental Chair, 1993-2000

Library IMC Committee, 1989-1992

Academic Senate, 1991-1994; 2001-present 

SM&T Promotion Committee, 1998-present

Natural Science Subcommittee of the General Education Coordinating Committee, 2000-present

Professional Affiliations:

1980-1991	American Association of Petroleum Geologists
1983-present	Geological Society of America
1975-present	International Paleontological Association
1972-present	Paleontological Society
1982-present	Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists
1983-present	Utah Geological Association
1993-1997	Clay Minerals Society
1994-present	Geological Society of Nevada
1996-present	Cambrian Stage Subcommission, International Geological Correlation Program 366

Reviewer:

1983-present

Reviewing and editing technical manuscripts for university textbook in paleontology (Merrill Publishing - received monetary compensation), Geological Society of America Memoir, American Association for the Advancement of Science, several NSF Proposals in Stratigraphy and Paleontology Program of the Division of Earth Sciences

Organizer and Symposium Chairperson:

1988	Geological Society of America meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada. Paleogeography of the Great Basin I and II.
1989	Geological Society of America meeting, Spokane, Washington. Upper Paleozoic orogenies of western North America.
1999	Geological Society of America meeting, Berkeley, California. Cambrian of the Cordillera.

Updated on November 1, 2005.