Steven C. Wallace PhD

Address:

Steven Christopher Wallace
Department of Geosciences
East Tennessee State University
PO Box 70357
Johnson City, TN 37614
Office: (423)-439-3646
Fax: (423)-439-6905
wallaces@etsu.edu

Education:

• 2001  Ph.D., under Dr. Holmes A. Semken in Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• 1997  M.S., under Dr. Richard J. Zakrzewski in Geology, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas
• 1995  B.S., in Geology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio

East Tennessee State University

• 2008-Present Associate Professor, Geosciences
• 2006-2008 Associate Professor, Physics, Astronomy and Geology
• 2005-Present Director of the Don Sundquist Center of Excellence in Paleontology, Gray Fossil Site.
• 2003-2006 Assistant Professor, Physics, Astronomy and Geology
• 2001-2003 Assistant Professor, Geography, Geology and Geomatics

• 2000 Summer  Lecturer, Earth History and Resources, (*Full responsibility for all aspects of the course, including the supervision of two TA's)
• 2000 Spring  Lecturer, Evolution of the Vertebrates, (*Full responsibility for all aspects of the course)

• 1999 Summer  Adjunct Faculty Member, Kirkwood Community College, Iowa City, Iowa.

• 1999 Spring  Teaching Assistant, Field trip to Big Bend National Park - Paleontologist, Field Supervisor and Lecturer
• 1998-2001  Research Assistant
• 1998 Spring  Teaching Assistant, Evolution and the History of Life, laboratory and discussion
• 1997 Fall   Teaching Assistant, Earth History and Resources, laboratory and discussion

Fort Hays State University

• 1996/97 Spring  Teaching Assistant, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology laboratory
• 1995/96 Fall  Teaching Assistant, Mineralogy laboratory

• X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Bowling Green State University
• Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), Bowling Green State University
• Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Hitachi models N-2460 and S-4000, University of Iowa
• Web page design and maintenance, Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa
• Reflex microscope (Prior S2000), data collection and analysis, University of Iowa
• Use of portable drill rig for soil profiling, University of Iowa and the Illinois Geological Survey

• 2008-Present Assisting Dr. Blaine Schubert, who is now directing the excavations of Pleistocene deposits in Saltville, VA

• 2001-Present Directing the ongoing excavation of the Miocene-aged Gray Fossil Site in Gray, TN

• 2007, 2008 Excavated with Dr. Richard Hulbert at Haile 7G over Spring Break

• 2002-2004 Reestablished, and directed excavations of Pleistocene deposits in Saltville, VA.

• 2004-Present  Have begun locating and collecting Pleistocene fossil material from local caves for the East Tennessee Museum of Natural History (Gray Fossil Site)

• 2000  Summer Worked with Jack Horner’s summer field crew to excavate Tyrannosaurus rex specimen

• 1998  Summer Excavated the Wapsipinicon Local Fauna (Empty and Dutch Creek fissures)

• 1995-97  Collected vertebrate fossils for the Sternberg Museum in Hays, Kansas

• 1996 Summer  Excavated Mosasaur (Tylosaurus proriger)

• 1994 Summer  Geology Field Camp, Bowling Green State University

Professional societies:

• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)
  
• American Society of Mammalogists (ASM)
• American Quaternary Association (AMQUA)
• Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (SVP)
• National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)

• Distinguished Service Award, College of Arts and Sciences, ETSU, 2007

• Senator, ETSU Faculty Senate, Fall 2003-6
• Samuel Calvin award for Outstanding Ph.D. Geoscience Student (academic year 1999/2000)
• Graduate Student Representative to the faculty, 1999-00
• First place - student poster, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology annual meeting, 1999
• Award in recognition of Outstanding Student Research, Iowa Microscopy Annual Meeting, Fall 1998
• Sternberg Geology Club, Fort Hays Sate University, Hays, Kansas, 1995-97
• Graduated Cum Laude Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
• Sigma Gamma Epsilon

• PI
  • $500 - Vice President of Research, University of Iowa Central Electron Microscope Facility, 1997-98
  • $2,500 - Student Research Grant from the Paleobiological Fund, 1998
  • $500 - Vice President of Research, University of Iowa Central Electron Microscope Facility, 1998-99
  • $200 - Field Research Grant from the Department of Geoscience, University of Iowa 1999
  • $1,500 - Vice President of Research, University of Iowa Central Electron Microscope Facility, 2000-01
  • $5,270 - Reserach Development Grant, East Tennessee State University, 2002
  • $8,000,000 - Tennessee Department of Transportation Enhancement Grant, 2002-2007
  • $1,200 - Research Development Grant, East Tennessee State University, 2005
  • $5,747 - Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Preparator’s Grant, 2005-2006
  • $5,000 - Griffin Foundation 2007, Seed Money
  • $20,000 - Griffin Foundation 2007, Workshop on the micro-biota of the Gray Site
• Co-PI
  • $500 - National Speleological Society Research Grant, 2006
  • $1884 - Missouri Department of Conservation, 2006

Peer-Reviewed Papers and Abstracts (in chronologic order):

• DeSantis, L.R.G., and Wallace, S.C., In Press, Neogene forest refugium from the Appalachians of Tennessee, USA: Evidence from acient mammals and stable isotopes: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Special Issue).

• Hulbert, R.C., Wallace, S.C., Klippel, W.E., and Parmalee, P.W., In Press, Cranial morphology and systematics of an extraordinary sample of the late neogene dwarf tapir, Tapirus polkensis (Olsen): Journal of Paleontology.

• Wallace, S.C., In Press, Schmelzmuster (enamel microstructure) and morphometric analyses of Microtus ochrogaster and M. pinetorum from the Wapsipinicon Local Fauna, Jones County, Iowa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

• Wallace, S.C., 2008, Preliminary report on mammals of the Late Pleistocene Wapsipinicon Assemblage, Jones County, Iowa, pp. 105-121 in Farley, G.H., and Choate, J.R., eds., Unlocking The Unknown: Papers Honoring Dr. Richard J. Zakrzewski: Fort Hays Studies, Special Issue Number 2, 153 p. 

• Wallace, S. C., 2008, First ailurine post crania: A nearly complete skeleton of Pristinailurus bristoli: Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology Proceedings, p. 27.

• Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., 2007, Notes on the Late Pleistocene Vertebrate Fauna from Guy Wilson Cave, Northeastern Tennessee: Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 24, p. 185-187

• Wallace, S.C., and Wang, X, 2007, First Mandible and Lower Dentition of Pristinailurus bristoli, with Comments of Life History and Phylogeny: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 27, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 162.

• Nye, A., Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., 2007, Pleistocene Peccaries from Guy Wilson Cave, Sullivan County, Tennessee: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 27, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 125.

• Gao, Y., Whitelaw, M. J., Gregg, C., and Wallace, S.C., 2006, Rebuilding a Geology Program at East Tennessee State University Through Outreach, Scholarship, and Recruiting Activities: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 7, p. 566.

• Wallace, S.C., 2006, Differentiating Microtus xanthognathus and M. pennsylvanicus lower first molars using discriminant analysis of landmark data: Journal of Mammalogy, v. 87. no. 6, p. 1261-1269.

• Wallace, S.C., and Schubert, B.W., 2006, Potential New Irvingtonian Microtine Fauna from Sullivan County, Tennessee: Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 23, p. 181-183.

• Wallace, S.C., and Schubert, B.W., 2006, Postcrania of Bristol’s Red Panda, Pristinailurus bristoli from the Southern Appalachians: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 26, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 136.

• Shaver, W., Schubert, B., and Wallace S., 2006, The Cave of Sloths: A Description of the Megalonyx jeffersonii remains from ACb-3 Cave, Colbert County, Alabama: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 26, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 124.

• Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., 2006, Amphibians and Reptiles of the Mio-Pliocene Gray Fossil Site and their Paleoecologic Implications: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 26, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 122.

• Wallace, S.C., 2006, A New Population of Teleoceras (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae) from the Southern Appalachians (Gray, Tennessee): GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 3, p. 85.

• Sheets, H.A., Farlow, J. O., Schubert, B.W., and Wallace. S.C., 2006, A Paleoecology Comparison Study Of Anurans From The Gray Fossil Site, Washington County, Tn, And The Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, IN: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 3, p. 85.

• Hulbert, R.C., and Wallace, S.C., 2006, Phylogenetic Relationships and Morphology of Tapirus polkensis (Olsen) from the Late Neogene of the Southeastern United States: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 3, p. 85.

• Desantis, L.R.G., and Wallace, S.C., 2006, Evidence of a Forest Refugium at a Neogene Fossil Site, Gray, TN: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 38, no. 3, p. 85.

• Wallace, S.C., 2005, Eurasian taxa from a new late Cenozoic terrestrial fossil site in the southern Appalachians, and the probably occurrence of forest refugium: National Science Teacher Association, Nashville, TN, December 2005, Abstracts with Programs, p. 54.

• Wallace, S.C., and Hulbert, R., 2005, Morphology and systematics of the Hemphillian (Miocene) Gray Fossil Site Tapir: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 127.

• Nave, J.W., Ali, T.A., and Wallace, S.C., 2005, Developing a GIS Database for the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, based on modern Surveying: Surveying and Land Information Science, v. 65, No. 4, p. 259-264.

• Hulbert, R., and Wallace, S.C., 2005, Phylogenetic analysis of Late Cenozoic Tapirus (Mammalia, Perissodactyla): Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 72.

• Grawe, L.R., and Wallace, S.C., 2005, Anomalous paleoecology of a Neogene fossil site, Gray, TN, USA: Utilizing stable isotope analyses to interpret canopy density: GSA Abstracts with Programs v. 37, no. 7, p. 340.

• Desantis, L.R., and Wallace, S.C., 2005, Anomalous paleoecology of a Neogene fossil site, Gray, TN: Utilizing stable isotope analyses of fossil tooth enamel to reconstruct past environments: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 25, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 51.

• Wallace, S.C. and Schubert, B.W., 2005, The Gray Fossil Site: A Late Miocene Sinkhole Deposit in the Southern Appalachians: National Speleological Society Convention Abstracts p. 102.

• Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., 2005, Some Remarkable New Paleontological Finds from Tennessee Caves: National Speleological Society Convention Abstracts p. 101.

• Wang, X., and Wallace, S.C., 2004, Two new immigrants from the old world: the earliest and most primitive red panda (“Parailurus”) and a new Eurasian badger (Arctomeles) from late Miocene/early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site, eastern Tennessee: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 24, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 126. 

• Wallace, S.C., Wang, X., and Schubert, B.W., 2004, Hypo- And Hyper-Carnivores from the late Miocene/ early Pliocene Gray Fossil Site: Indications of a connection between the forested biomes of North America and Eurasia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 24, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 126. 

• Wallace, S.C., and Wang, X., 2004, Two new carnivores from an unusual late Tertiary forest biota in eastern North America: Nature, v. 431, no. 7008, p. 556-559.

• Wallace, S.C., 2004, Reconstructing the Past: Applications of Surveying and GIS to Fossil Localities: Proceedings of the Annual meeting for the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors, Nashville, TN, p. 1-12.

• Nye, A., Stout, G., and Wallace, S.C., 2004, A customized attribute information database for museum collection, storage, and analysis: Gray Fossil Site: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 24, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 98-99. 

• Wallace, S.C., 2003, New mustelid from the Gray Fossil Site (Miocene), Washington Co., Tennessee: a new species among many?: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 107. 

• Nave, J.W., and Wallace, S.C., 2003, New technology for an old site: using survey grade GPS and total stations to establish a permanent control network and topographic map of the Pleistocene-age site in Saltville, Virginia: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 23, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 82.

• Semken, H.A., Jr., and Wallace, S.C., 2002, Key to Arvicolinae (Microtine) and Arvicoline-like first lower molars from the Late Quaternary of eastern North America: Journal of Archaeological Science, v. 29, no. 1, p. 23-31.

• Nave, J.W., Burdick, K.M., and Wallace, S.C., 2002, New applications of modern land surveying techniques for precise location of Miocene fossils at Gray, Tennessee: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 92.

• Lippincott, K, Wallace, S.C., Winham, K., and Winham, R.P., 2002, A canid foot bone bead: workshop at a bison hunting camp: The Wyoming Archaeologist, v. 46, n. 2, p. 62-72.

• Burdick, K.M., Wallace, S.C., and Nave, J.W., 2002, State of the art GIS applications at the Miocene age fossil site in Gray, Tennessee: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 40.

• Wallace, S.C., Nave, J.W., and Burdick, K.M., 2002, Preliminary report on the recently discovered Gray Fossil Site (Miocene), Washington Co., Tennessee: With comments on observed paleopathologies – The advantages of a large sample: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 22, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 117.

• Wallace, S.C., 2001, Microtus pinetorum and M. ochrogaster from the Wapsipinicon Local Fauna, Jones County, Iowa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 21, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 111.

• Wallace, S.C., 2001, Confirmation of Microtus montanus (mountain vole) from the late-Wisconsinan Jones Local Fauna, Meade Co., Kansas: Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 18, p. 117-119.

• Wallace, S.C., and Winham, K., 2000, Feature 42: Bone beads, bead debris and modified bone, In, Winham, R.P., Albanese, J., Gillen, T.V., Goss, J., Hannus, L.A., Lippincott, K., Lueck, E.J., Palmer, L., and Winham, K., Excavations at the Harrier Nest site (48CA1366) along the Belle Fourche River in Campbell County, Wyoming: Archeological Contract Series 157, Archeological Lab, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, SD.

• Wallace, S.C., 2000, Four New AMS ¹⁴C Dates on Microtus xanthognathus with comments on Midwestern paleoecology: Current Research in the Pleistocene, v. 17, p. 138-139.

• Technical illustration for Hill, E., 2000, The Embodied Sacrifice: Cambridge Archaeological Journal, v. 10, no. 2, p. 317-326.

• Technical illustration for Baker, R.G., and Mason, J.A., 1999, Arctic plant macrofossils from a full glacial deposit of southeastern Minnesota: Quaternary Research, v. 52, no. 3, p. 388-392.

• Semken, H.A. Jr., Behrends, S.A., Wallace, S.C. and Slaughter, R.W., 1999, Comparison of paleoecological interpretations derived from two juxtaposed, contemporaneous micromammal faunas collected from cultural and non-cultural associations; Great Plains of North America: XV INQUA Congress in Durban, South Africa, Book of Abstracts, p. 163.

• Wallace, S.C., 1999, Schmelzmuster as a character within Microtus (Mammalia: Rodentia): with comments on the phylogeny of M. pennsylvanicus: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 17, supplement to no. 3, Abstracts, p. 82.

• Wallace, S.C., 1999, Use of discriminate analysis to identify two enigmatic microtines on the Great Plains of North America: XV INQUA Congress in Durban, South Africa, Book of Abstracts, p. 193.

• Wallace, S.C., 1997, Preliminary report on the fossil mammals from the Rhinoceros Hill West local fauna, Miocene (Hemphillian), Wallace County, Kansas: Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science, Abstracts, v. 16, p. 44.

• Peterson, C.L., Whittaker, W., and Wallace, S.C., 1997, Phase II archaeological testing of site 13JH743, Napoleon Park, City of Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa: Contract Completion Report 563, Office of the State Archaeologist, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, 120 p.

Pending Articles:

• Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., Submitted, Giant short-faced bears, mammoths, and large carcass scavenging in the Saltville Valley of Virginia: Boreas.

• Nave, J.W., Duncan, J., and Wallace, S.C., Submitted, Student Responses to Experiential Education at the Gray Fossil Site: Journal of Geoscience education.

Non-Peer Reviewed Articles

• Wallace, S.C., 2007, Why is it called the “Rhino Pit”?: Now and Then Magazine, v. 23, no. 1.

• Lundquist, J. and Wallace, S., 2007, The Gray Fossil Site: A unique fossil site and museum opens to visitors in the mountains of East Tennessee: Smoky Mountain Living, v. 7, no. 2, p. 38,39,71.

Papers Presented, But Without Abstract:

• Wallace, S.C., 2006, The Gray Fossil Site & ETSU Center for Excellence in Paleontology: Annual meeting for the Appalachian Branch of the American Association for Laboratory Animal Science, VA Campus, ETSU.

• Wallace, S.C., 2005, The Gray Fossil Site: A Late Miocene Forest Refugium in the Southern Appalachians: Kentucky Paleontological Society, May meeting, Lexington, KY.

• Wallace, S.C., 2005, New Species of Eurasian Badger & Lesser Panda from a Late Tertiary Forest Biota in Eastern Tennessee: AZA Eastern Regional Workshop, Knoxville, TN.

• Wallace, S.C., 2002, Paleoecological Interpretation of the Gray Fossil Site (Miocene), Washington Co., Tennessee: Keynote speaker for the Tennessee Academy of Science Annual meeting.

• Slaughter, R.W. and Wallace, S.C., 2000, Freaks and squeaks: abnormalities in late Holocene vole teeth from eastern Iowa: Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology Annual Midwest Regional meeting, Rock Island, Illinois.

• Wallace, S.C., 1999, Of mice and morphometrics - Quaternary Brown Bag Lecture Series, Department of Geology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.

• Wallace, S.C., 1998, Distinction between species of Microtus based on Schmelzmuster (enamel microstructure): Iowa Microscopy Annual Meeting, Iowa City, Iowa, Abstracts. [Given award in recognition of outstanding student research.]

Current papers and research:

• Schubert, B.W., and Wallace, S.C., In Prep, New specimens of the Tremarctine bear Plionarctos with comments on the status of the genus (Intended for American Museum Novitates or Journal of Systematic Paleontology).

• Wallace, S.C., In Prep, Biogeography, morphometrics, and schmelzmuster analysis of selected micromammals from the Late Quaternary Wapsipinicon Local Fauna (Empty Fissure and Dutch Creek Fissure local faunules), Jones County, Iowa. (Intended for Quaternary Research)

• Wallace, S.C., In Prep., Schmelzmuster as a character within both extinct and extant Microtus (Mammalia: Rodentia) (intended for the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology).

• Wallace, S.C., In Prep., Agriotherium schneideri (Mammalia: Ursidae) from Rhinoceros Hill West (Late Hemphillian), Wallace County, Kansas (intended for the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology).

• Technical illustrations for Schiavitti, V.W. and Loendorf, L.L., In Prep, “Archaeological Investigations at the Pinion Canyon Maneuver Site, Las Animas County, Colorado”.

Papers Reviewed:

• Gasparini, G., Soibelzon, E., Zurita, A., and Miňo-Boilini, A., 2008, The Tayassuidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Tarija Valley, Bolivia. Paleofaunistic update: Alcheringa.

• Stefen, C. and Mors, T., 2006, The Beaver Anchitheriomys from the Miocene of Central Europe: Journal of Paleontology. (second review)

• Stefen, C. and Mors, T., 2005, The Beaver Anchitheriomys from the Miocene of Central Europe: Journal of Paleontology. (first review)

• Mihlbachler, M.C., 2005, Sexual dimorphism in Miocene rhinoceroses, Teleoceras proterum and Aphelops malacorhinus, from Florida: Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History.

• Renaud, S., Michaux, J., Aguilar, J-P., Schmidt, D.N., and Auffray, J-C., 2004, Morphological evolution, ecological diversification and climate change.

• Martin, T., 2004, Incisor schmelzmuster diversity in South America’s oldest rodent fauna: Journal of Mammalian Evolution Clemens Special Volume.

• Mors, T., and Kalthoff, D., 2002, A new species of Karydomys (Rodentia, Mammalia) and a systematic re-evaluation of this rare Eurasian Miocene Cricetid by: Paleontology.

Grant Proposals Reviewed:

• van der Meulen, A.J., 2002, Evolution, palaeoecology and spatial distribution of Miocene long-haul and short-haul species of the Ochotonidae (Lagomorpha, Mammalia) from North-Central Spain: NWO Council for the ALW [Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research = Nederlandse Wetenschappelijke Organisatie (NWO) Council for Life Sciences = Aard-en Levenswetenschappen (ALW)].

Other Professional Service:

• Co-organized (and initiated) the first annual meeting of the Southeastern Association of Vertebrate Paleontology, held at the Natural History Museum and Gray Fossil Site in Washngton Co., TN,  June 18th-21st, 2008.

• Served as a co-moderator at the 64^th annual meeting of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology in Denver Colorado (Technical Session V on Thursday morning, Nov. 4, 2004).

• Co-chaired the session titled “Paleontology, Paleoecology, and Paleoenvironments of the Gray Fossil Site, Gray, Tennessee” at the Southeastern Section meeting for GSA (Geological Society of America) in Knoxville, March 2006.

Completed MS Theses Supervised,  (* Chair)

• *Callahan, Joshua, 2008, Erosion and Trail Building: A Case study of the East Tennessee State University Trail System: East Tennessee State University.

• Ritchie, Doug, 2007, Factors that affect using the global positioning system and global navigation satellite system in an urban and forested environment: East Tennessee State University.

• *Nye, April, 2007, Pleistocene Peccaries from Guy Wilson Cave, Sullivan County, Tennessee: East Tennessee State University.

Hobbies:

• Technical illustrating, pencil drawing
• Collecting fossil specimens for museum collections
• Collecting (salvage permit) of vertebrate specimens for reference collection
• Camping, fishing, hiking

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