2008 Woodie Awards
Four ISU faculty receive 'Outstanding Researcher' awards for '07
University Relations
Issue date: 4/25/07 Section: News
His recent innovative work involves state of the art techniques such as detrital zircon geochronology in the study of drainage in the Snake River and its tributaries over the last 5 million years.
Link has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, 10 books and 17 geologic maps. A fellow geologist writes, "If someone asks 'Who knows Idaho geology?' my opinion is that Paul Link's name is likely to be number one on everyone's list."
Swetnam is a professor of English. Her doctorate in English is from the University of Michigan. Her research and publications focus on Western American culture and literature.
She has established herself as one of the most important writers in this field, dispelling myths (like the assumption that all Western literature is about cowboys and Indians) and bringing a wide range of writers, especially women writers, to public awareness.
In a soon-to-be-published book, she explores historical support for books and reading in the region, correlating grassroots interest in Carnegie libraries with local social and political values. She is also a creative writer. Her first book-length essay collection won an Idaho Library Association prize; her second has just been published by Loyola, Chicago.
Link has authored more than 80 peer-reviewed articles, 10 books and 17 geologic maps. A fellow geologist writes, "If someone asks 'Who knows Idaho geology?' my opinion is that Paul Link's name is likely to be number one on everyone's list."
Swetnam is a professor of English. Her doctorate in English is from the University of Michigan. Her research and publications focus on Western American culture and literature.
She has established herself as one of the most important writers in this field, dispelling myths (like the assumption that all Western literature is about cowboys and Indians) and bringing a wide range of writers, especially women writers, to public awareness.
In a soon-to-be-published book, she explores historical support for books and reading in the region, correlating grassroots interest in Carnegie libraries with local social and political values. She is also a creative writer. Her first book-length essay collection won an Idaho Library Association prize; her second has just been published by Loyola, Chicago.
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