Chris teaches introductory geology, historical geology, paleontology, sedimentology, regional geology of North America. Chris also teaches the professional development classes in geowriting, research methods and geoscience seminar. Chris also holds an adjunct position in the Department of Kinesiology, where he teaches beginning, intermediate, and advanced karate as well as coaching martial arts classes.

Dr. Dewey has served as the sole advisor for the Mississippi State University General Sciences degree for more than twenty years. The General Sciences degree program is an interdisciplinary degree track that leads to the Bachelor of Science degree granted through the College of Arts and Sciences (not the Department of Geosciences). Students with a General Sciences degree have obtained employment in the public and private sector, in industry, federal, state, and local government, in the military, and also gone on to graduate-level work in such diverse fields as any of the core science areas, biomedical engineering, agriculture, business, and law.

General Science Requirements

Education

Ph.D. (Geology), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 1983
M.Sc. (Geology), University College, London, 1979
Dip. U.C. (Micropalaeontology), University College, London, 1979
B.Sc. (Geology), Second Class Honors, Bedford College, University of London, 1978

Experience

Associate Professor of Geology, Mississippi State University, 1989–present.
Assistant Professor of Geology, Mississippi State University, 1984–1989.
Assistant Professor of Geology, University of Saskatchewan, 1983–1984.
Instructor of Geology, St. Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia, 1982–1983.

Selected Publications

2010 Dewey, C. P., Coaching for Martial Artists: The Masterclass Text. Fifth Estate Publishing, Birmingham, Alabama, 248 pp.

2009 Dewey, C. P., Ostracodes as a tool for understanding environmental distribution in the Carboniferous strata of the Eastern United States. Carboniferous Geology and Biostratigraphy of the Appalachian and Black Warrior Basins. In: Greb, S.F., and Chesnut, D.R., Jr., eds., Kentucky Geological Survey, Ser. 12, Special Publication 10, pp.98-101. INVITED

2009 Dewey, C.P., Seeing and Being. Collected Poems. Fifth Estate Publishing, Birmingham, AL, 88p. ISBN 978193358073

2009 Peterson, E.L. and Dewey, C.P., Balancing the Two Cultures in the Educational Supermarket. Oxford Round Table: The Two Cultures, St. Anne's College, University of Oxford, England, Journal of Forum on Public Policy vol. 4 pp.37-46. INVITED

2009 Dewey, C.P., Paradox of Being. Collected Photographs and Poems. 2nd Edition. Fifth Estate Publishing, Birmingham, AL, 99p. ISBN 9781933580777

2007 Dewey, C.P., Journey into Being. Collected Photographs and Poems. Fifth Estate Publishing, Birmingham, AL, 96p. ISBN 1933580372

2007 Dewey, C.P., and Beasley, R.W., There were two paths in the forest: Teaching Geosciences in Mississippi. Oxford Round Table: Science and Faith, Exeter College, University of Oxford, England, July 2006. Journal of Forum on Public Policy, Winter 2007 Edition.
http://www.forumonpublicpolicy.com/papersw07.html#religion INVITED

2006 Tibert, N. and Dewey, C. P., Velatomorpha, a new healdioidean ostracode genus from the early Pennsylvanian Joggins Formation, Nova Scotia, Canada. Micropaleontology, vol. 52, no. 1, pp.51-66.

2004 Dewey, C.P., Ostracodes as a tool for understanding paleoenvironmental change in Permo-Carboniferous strata. Combined Northeastern and Southeastern Geol. Soc. Amer. Section meeting, Tyson's Corner, Washington, D.C., Abstracts with Programs, vol. 36, no 2, March 2004. INVITED.

2001 Dewey, C. P., Ostracodes as a tool for understanding environmental distribution in the Carboniferous strata of the Eastern United States. In Wagner, R., ed., Carboniferous of the World, Volume IV. Available at http://www.uky.edu/KGS/coal/webcoal/pages/ostracodesdewey.html. INVITED

1993 Dewey, C. P., Palaeoecology of ostracodes from a Lower Carboniferous chemosynthetic community. In: McKenzie, K. G. & Jones, P. J., eds. Ostracoda in the Earth and Life Sciences, Balkema Press, Rotterdam, pp. 77-89.

1993 Dewey, C. P. & Puckett, T. M., Ostracodes as a tool for understanding the distribution of shelf-related environments in the Chesterian strata of the Black Warrior basin in Alabama. In: Pashin, J. C., ed. New Perspectives on the Mississippian System of Alabama. 30th Annual Alabama Geological Society Field Trip Guidebook, November 11-13, 1993, pp. 61-68. INVITED.

1990 Dewey, C. P., Puckett, T. M., & Devery, H. B., Palaeogeographic significance of ostracode biofacies from Chesterian strata of the Black Warrior Basin in northwest Alabama. In: Whatley R. and Maybury C., eds., Ostracoda and Global Events. Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 527-540.

1989 Dewey, C. P., Lower Carboniferous ostracodes from the Maritimes Basin of eastern Canada. Maritime. Seds. and Atlantic. Geol. vol. 25, pt.1, pp. 63-71. (BY REQUEST).

1987 Dewey, C. P., Palaeoecology of a hypersaline Carboniferous ostracod fauna. Jour. of Micropalaeontol. vol. 6, pt.2, pp. 29-33.

Offices Held

Chris is a member of numerous professional organizations and is the general science advisor for the MSU College of Arts and Sciences. In addition, Dr. Dewey is active as a martial artist. He holds multiple black belt ranks in Judo, Ju Jitsu, and Hapkido, holds offices in several regional and national organizations, and serves on the Boards of Directors for two national martial arts organizations.

Chris is also a member of Toastmasters International, is a certified speaker, and has served TI in leadership positions from the club level to the Area Governor level.

At the local level, Chris serves on the Board of Directors for Green Starkville and is a member of the Starkville Downtown Business Association as well as Greater Starkville Development Partnership.

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