Member Profile

William Prothero

Title:: Professor Emeritus
MERLOT Reviewer:: Geoscience

Primary Discipline:: Science and Technology / Geoscience

Personal Website:: http://earthednet.org/
Professional Website:: http://learningwithdata.org/

Member Type:: Faculty
Last Login:: November 10, 2010
Member Since:: July 25, 2008

Contributions

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Affiliations

Primary Affiliation:: University of California System - Santa Barbara (Education, 4 Year/4 Year + Grad, CA, United States)
Secondary Affiliation:: Earth Education Online (Education, High School, CA, United States)

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Members from William’s institution

University of California System - Santa Barbara

Materials from William’s discipline

Science and Technology / Geoscience

Members in William’s discipline

Science and Technology / Geoscience

Skills & Interests

Academic Support Services / Virtual Immersive Environments (Expert)
I develop software to allow students to use Earth data for engaging in authentic science activities.
Science and Technology (Expert)
I specialize in Earth sciences and the development of educational software.

Education History

Ph.D. Physics (07/1967)
University of California, San Diego

Positions

Faculty, Dept. of Earth Science (07/1976 – 07/2005) University of California, Santa Barbara
Researcher, Institute for Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP) (07/1970 – 07/1976) University of California, San Diego