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Constance M. Soja
Professor of Geology


Ph.D. University of Oregon

Teaching Specialties: Evolution; History of Life; Paleontology; Seminar on Reefs; Darwin & the Victorian Age of Discovery; The Sixth Extinction; Tectonics and Earth History

Research Interests: Paleontology & sedimentology of Paleozoic reefs in Alaska, Australia, Russia, and Mongolia; dinosaur eggs

Distinctions: Several NSF grants; Colgate Picker fellowships; Pew grants; GSA and numerous other awards and grants; Past-President and Trustee: Paleontological Research Institution (Ithaca, NY)

Recent Publications:
(*indicates student author)

Soja, C.M. 2012. Reefs as the centralizing theme in an undergraduate paleontology course. Paleontological Society Special Paper: in press.

Pellegrini, A.F.A.,* Soja, C.M., and Minjin, C. 2012. Post-tectonic limitations on Early Devonian (Emsian) reef development in the Gobi-Altai region, Mongolia. Lethaia, v. 45:46-61. Click here to view pdf version

Soja C.M. 2011. The last good buy: Birds in the new age of extinction. American Paleontologist, v. 19 (4):10-16. [cover story and feature article]

Soja, C.M., Minjin, C., Myrow, P., and Over, D.J. 2010. Paleozoic paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the Gobi-Altai terrane, Mongolia. In de Wet, A.P., and Heister, L. Keck Geology Consortium. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Keck Research Symposium in Geology:182-199. Click here to view pdf version

Soja, C.M. 2009. Keck-Mongolia Field Guidebook 2009. 119 p.

Reitman, N.,* Gillikin, D.P., Chuluun, M., Myrow, P., Over, J. and Soja, C.M. 2010. Paleoecology and chemostratigraphy of the Amansair and Tsagaanbulag Formations, Gobi-Altai terrane, Shine Jinst, Mongolia. G.S.A. Abstracts with Programs: Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 136. Click for Abstract

Amo, Z.,* Over, J., Minjin, C., Myrow, P. and Soja, C.M. 2010. Givetian (Middle Devonian) Opsiconidion (Phylum Brachiopoda, Class Inarticulata, Order Acrotretida) from the Govialtai Formation, Shine Jinst region, southern Mongolia. G.S.A. Abstracts with Programs: Vol. 42, No. 1, p. 65. Click for Abstract

Soja, C.M. 2009. Darwin in Colgate University’s Geology, Core, and UK study abroad curricula. G.S.A. Abstracts with Programs, v. 41 (7):368.

Soja, C.M. 2009. Applying terrane analysis in Alaska to unraveling the Paleozoic paleobiogeography of Mongolia. G.S.A. Abstracts with Programs, v. 41 (5):11.

Soja, C.M.  2008.  Silurian-bearing terranes of Alaska.  In Blodgett, R.B., and Stanley, G.D. (eds.), The terrane puzzle: New perspectives on paleontology and stratigraphy from the North American Cordillera. Geological Society of America Special Paper 442:39-50. Click here to view pdf version

Soja, C.M., and Krutikov, L.*  2008.  Provenance, depositional setting, and tectonic implications of Silurian polymictic conglomerates in Alaska's Alexander terrane. In Blodgett, R.B., and Stanley, G.D. (eds.), The terrane puzzle: New perspectives on paleontology and stratigraphy from the North American Cordillera. Geological Society of America Special Paper 442:63-75. Click here to view pdf version

Soja, C.M. 2007. Silurian metazoan bioherms and biostromes, southeastern Alaska (Alexander terrane). In Vennin, E., Artez, M., Boulvain, F., and Munnecke, A (eds.), Facies from Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, v. 195:157-159.

Soja, C.M., Newton, A., * Antoshkina, A.I., and White, B. 2007. Silurian skeletal stromatolite reefs, southeastern Alaska (Alexander terrane) and Ural Mountains, Russia. In Vennin, E., Artez, M., Boulvain, F., and Munnecke, A (eds.), Facies from Palaeozoic reefs and bioaccumulations. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, v. 195:161-163.

Antoshkina, A.I., and Soja, C.M. 2006. Late Silurian reconstruction indicated by migration of reef biota between Alaska, the Urals, and Siberia (Salair). GFF (Geologiska Fˆreningens i Stockholm Fˆrhandlingar), 128:75-78. Click here for PDF version

Soja, C.M. 2005. Fossil microbial reefs. McGraw-Hill 2005 Yearbook of Science & Technology: 117-119.

Soja, C.M. 2005. The Silurian of Siberia's Salair region. Vestnik, No. 2 (122):26-27.
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Soja, C.M., Mitchell, M.,* Newton, A.J.,* Vendetti, J.,* Visaggi, C.,* Antoshkina, A.I., and White, B. 2003. Paleoecology of sponge-?hydroid associations in Silurian microbial reefs. Palaios, 18:225-235.

Soja, C.M., and Huerta, D. 2001. Debating whether dinosaurs should be "cloned" from ancient DNA to promote cooperative learning in an introductory evolution course. Journal of Geoscience Education, 49:43-49. Click here to download PDF version

Soja, C.M., and Huerta, D. 2000. Should dinosaurs be "cloned" from ancient DNA? Click here for version on University of Buffalo Case Studies in Science Collection website.

Soja, C.M., and Huerta, D. 2000. Case teaching notes for "Should dinosaurs be 'cloned' from ancient DNA?" Click here for case teaching notes on University of Buffalo Case Studies in Science Collection website.

Soja, C.M., White, B., Antoshkina, A., Joyce, S.,* Mayhew, L.,* Flynn, B.,* and Gleason, A.* 2000. Development and decline of a Silurian stromatolite reef complex, Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. Palaios, 15:273-292. Click here for online version of this paper.

Soja, C.M. 1999. Using an experiment in burial taphonomy to delve into the fossil record. Journal of Geoscience Education, 47:31-38. Click here for PDF version

Soja, C.M., and Antoshkina, A.I. 1998. Reply to a Comment on 'Coeval development of Silurian stromatolite reefs in Alaska and the Ural Mountains: implications for paleogeography of the Alexander terrane'. Geology, 26:383-384.

Savage, N.M., and Soja, C.M. 1998. Lower to Middle Devonian (latest Emsian to earliest Eifelian) conodonts from the Alexander terrane, southeastern Alaska. Short Notes on Alaskan Geology (1997), Alaska Division of Geology and Geophysics, Professional Report 118:125-129.

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