Academic Training:
University of California at Berkeley: B.A. (1980), M.A. (1982)
University of California at Los Angeles: Ph.D. (1985)
Discipline: Geography
Specialties: Geographic education; geomorphology (weathering); remote sensing and digital image processing

National and International Recognition:

Guggenheim Fellowship, 1996-97
Fellow, Arizona-Nevada Academy of Sciences, 1996
Wiley Award, For Geomorphological Research, British Geomorph. Research Group, 1993 (with R. Hooke)
Fellow of the Geological Society of America, 1992
Castleton Award, For Excellence in Rock Art Research, American Rock Art Research Association, 1991
G.K. Gilbert Award, For Geomorphological Research, Geomorphology Specialty Group of the AAG, 1988
Presidential Young Investigator Award , National Science Foundation, 1987
Kirk Bryan Award , Geol. Soc. America, For Geomorphological Research, 1986 (with T.M. Oberlander)
National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1980-1984

Funded Research: over 35 sponsored projects, supported by the National Science Foundation, National Geographic Society, NASA, American Chemical Society, Arizona Humanities Council, NATO Scientific Affairs Division, Texas Advanced Research Program, Barringer Crater Company, Texas State Organized Research Fund

Book: Rock Coatings, Elsevier (1998)

Other Publications: Over 100 refereed articles, book chapters, and other papers. Recent examples:

Gordon, S.J. and Dorn, R.I. 2005. Localized weathering: Implications for Theoretical and Applied Studies. Professional Geographer, v. 57: 28-43.

Dorn, R. 2004. Experimental approaches to dating petroglyphs and geoglyphs with rock varnish in the California Deserts: Current status and future directions,  The Human Journal & Ancient Life in California Deserts , ed. M.W. Allen and J. Reed, Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, 211-224.

Dorn, R.I. 2003. Boulder weathering and erosion associated with a wildfire, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Arizona. Geomorphology,  v. 55: 155-171

Dorn, R.I. 2002. Analysis of Geomorphology Citations in the Last Quarter of the 20th Century. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, v. 27: 667-672.

Dorn, R.I., 2001, Chronometric Techniques -- Rock Engravings. in Handbook of Rock Art Research, ed. DS Whitley, Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. pp. 167-189.

Brady, P.V., Dorn, R.I., Brazel, A.J., Clark, J., Moore, R.B., Glidewell, T., 1999, Direct measurement of the combined effects of lichen, rainfall, and temperature on silicate weathering. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 63, 3293-3300.

Whitley, D.S., Dorn, R.I., Simon, J.M., Rechtman, R., Whitley, T.L., 1999, Sally's Rockshelter and the archology of the vision quest. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 9: 221-247.

Dorn, R.I. 1996. Climatic Hypotheses of Alluvial-Fan Evolution in Drylands are Not Testable, in The Role of the Philosophy of Science in Geomorphology, ed. B. Rhoads and C. Thorn, Binghamton Geomorphology Series, Chapman & Hall, 191-220.

Present Research Activities: rock coatings and rock art conservation; rock weathering

Biographical Sketch: Ronald I. Dorn has been a Professor of Geography at Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona since 1988. He served previously on the faculty at Texas Tech University. He is co-coordinator of the Arizona Geographic Alliance. He has been President and Secretary/Tresurer of the Geomorphology Specialty Group and as chair of the Nystrom Committee of the Association of American Geographers. He is married and has two children.