MARSHA S. BOLLINGER
Dalton Endowed Chair, Environmental Sciences and Studies
Professor of Geology 

313B Sims Science Building bollingerm@winthrop.edu
Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC  29733 803-323-4944

For information about the Environmental Program at Winthrop University (majors, courses, activities), visit www.winthrop.edu/envstudies.

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Geology, University of South Carolina, August 1986.
  • MS in Geology, University of South Carolina, May 1983.
  • BS in Geosciences: Geology and Geochemistry; Marine Sciences. Pennsylvania State Univ., May 1979.

HONORS: 1999 Recipient of Kinard Award for Excellence in Teaching, Winthrop University

TEACHING:  I teach primarily within the Environmental Program at Winthrop University focusing on ENVS 101 (Introduction to Environmental Issues) and ENVS 520 (Senior Seminar in the Environment).  I occasionally teach GEOL 220 (Oceanography).  In the past I have taught many general education geology courses (Physical Geology, Earth Science, The Violent Earth, Marine Geology, Introductory Geochemistry, for instance).

PUBLICATIONS

  • Charette, M.A., R. Splivallo, C. Herbold, M. Bollinger, and W.S. Moore. (2003) Salt marsh submarine groundwater discharge as traced by radium isotopes, Marine Chemistry, 84, 113-121.
  • Bollinger, M.S. and P. Phillips, 2003. A campus environmental audit: springboard for action, Proceedings of Greening of the Campus V. Ball State University.
  • Richardson, D.S. and M.S. Bollinger, 2000, Instructor's Manual with Tests for Introductory, Oceanography, Ninth Edition (Thurman, H.V. and E.A. Burton), Prentice Hall.
  • Bollinger, M.S. and W.S. Moore, 1993, Evaluation of salt marsh hydrology using radium as a tracer, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 57:2203-2212.
  • Sharma, P., L.R. Gardner, W.S. Moore, and M.S. Bollinger, 1987.  Sedimentation and bioturbation in a salt marsh as revealed by Pb-210, Cs-137, and Be-7 studies, Limnology and Oceanography, 2:313-336.
  • Bollinger, M.S. and W.S. Moore, 1984.  Radium fluxes from a salt marsh, Nature, 309:444-446. 

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (with published abstracts)

  • Dillard, K., Bollinger, M.S., Brock, J., Armbruster, A., Revving up recycling in the dorms, panel presentation at Carolina Recycling Conference, Charlotte, NC, March 2004.
  • Bollinger, M.S. and P. Phillips, 2003. A campus environmental audit: springboard for action, poster presented at Greening of the Campus V Conference, Muncie, IN, Sept. 2003.
  • Bollinger, M.S., H.E. Spencer, and Y.P. Cruz, SAT-M Scores and Grades in Introductory Biology and Chemistry, poster presented at 6th Nat'l Conf. on Students in Transition, Nov. 1999, St. Louis, MO
  • Bollinger, M.S. and J. Chism, Science safari for girls: building self-esteem through science and math, Women Succeeding in the Sciences, April 1997, Sweet Briar College, VA
  • Bollinger, M.S., 224 Ra in the pore water of a salt marsh, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 1988, San Francisco, CABollinger, M.S., Dissolved radium in the tidal creeks of two salt marshes: the importance of groundwater, Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, January 1988, New Orleans, LA
  • Bollinger, M.S., Radium isotopes in salt marsh and estuarine environments, Dissertations Symposium in Chemical Oceanography, February 1987, Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Bollinger, M.S., W.S. Moore, and T.M. Church, Biological cycling of radium in an estuary, Ocean Sciences Meeting, American Geophysical Union, January 1986, New Orleans, LA

SELECTED RESEARCH SUPPORT

  • Long-term monitoring of Winthrop Lake, Research proposal, Winthrop Univ. Research Council, June 2005 - May 2006, $1200.
  • Senior seminar in the environment, Instructional improvement grant, Winthrop Univ. Research Council, summer 2003, $1500.
  • Influence of rain events on water quality of small lakes, Research proposal, Winthrop Univ. Research Council, June 2003 - May 2004, $1250.
  • Improving Recycling in Residence Hall: A Partnership, grant proposal to the SC Sustainable University Initiative, June 2003 - May 2004, $4700.
  • An environmental audit at Winthrop University, SC Sustainable Universities Initiative, co-principal investigator, June 2002 - May 2003, $6024.
  • Science safari for girls, SC Commission on Higher Education, Eisenhower grants program, project director, July 1995 - August 1997, $64,000.
  • Science safari for girls, American Association of University Women, Community Action Grant, Rock Hill Branch, project director, July 1994 - June 1995, $1500.
  • Estuarine adaptations and the ecological role of wading birds in South Carolina coastal ecosystems, SC Cutting Edge Program, co-principal investigator, July 1989 - June 1990, $45,525.
  • Determination and removal of toxic heavy metals from wastewaters in SC, SC Cutting Edge Program, co-principal investigator, October 1988-June 1989, renewed July 1989 - June 1990, $34,900.
  • The effects of frequency of flooding in a salt marsh on pore water turnover rates, Research Opportunity Award, a supplement to NSF Long-Term Ecological Research grant, Univ. of SC, 5/88 - 5/89, $15,533.