Dr. Chris Evans - University of Wisconsin / Parkside Education Ph. D., 1987 Soil Genesis and Morphology, University of Wyoming M.S., 1984 Soil Genesis and Morphology, Purdue University B.S., 1976 Soil Science, Michigan State University Professional Experience 6/00 - present, Professor and Chair of Geology, University of  Wisconsin-Parkside 6/93 - 5/00 Associate Professor of Pedology, University of New Hampshire 10/87 - 6/93 Assistant Professor of Pedology, University of New Hampshire 9/84 - 10/87 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wyoming 9/81 - 8/84 Graduate Research Assistant, Purdue University and Supervisor, National Soil Erosion Laboratory 5/78 - 8/81 Soil Scientist, State of Indiana 5/77 - 5/78 Supervisor, Soil Characterization Laboratory, Purdue University Courses GEOL 103 Intro to Environmental Geology GEOL 301 Geomorphology GEOL 320 Soils GEOL 420 Glacial Geology GEOL 440 Contaminants in Terrestrial Systems GEOL 445 Environmental Sampling, Monitoring, and Assessment GEOL 470 Remediation Science and Technology GEOL 490 Lead Astray: Contamination in Urban Environments Research Publications Langley Turnbaugh, S.J., and C.V. Evans. In review. A Hierarchical Evaluation of Soil Quality in Disturbed Systems. Submitted to J. Soil and  Water Cons. Morton, L.S., C.V. Evans, G. Harbottle, and G.O. Estes. 2001. Pedogenic  Fractionation and Bioavailability of U and Th in Naturally Radioactive  Spodosols. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. in press. Langley Turnbaugh, S.J., and C.V. Evans. 2000. A Radio-pedologic view of Ca/Al ratios in naturally radioactive soils. Soil Science 165 (10):  813-824. Brannaka, L. K., and C. V Evans. 1997. Suitability of Non-hydric soils for wetland mitigation. Report to the New England Transportation Consortium, NETCR 5, Project #95-2, 53 pp. New England Transportation  Consortium, Univ. of Conn., Storrs, CT. Evans, C.V., L. S. Morton, and G. Harbottle. 1997. Pedologic assessment of radionuclide distributions: Use of a radio-pedogenic index.  Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61: 1440-1449. Evans, C.V. 1997. Anthraquic conditions in non-agricultural  soils: A proposal and case study. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 61: 556-559. Harbottle, G., and C. V. Evans. 1997. Gamma-Ray methods for  determining natural and anthropogenic radionuclides in environmental and soil  science. Radioactivity and Radiochemistry 8 (1): 38 - 46. Evans, C.V., and D.L. Mokma. 1996. Sandy wet Spodosols: Water tables, chemistry, and pedon partitioning. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J.  60: 1495-1501. Morton, L.S., and C.V. Evans. 1996. Soil radioactivity and the soil  survey: Field data collection for series interpretations. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 60: 531-536. Harbottle, G., and C.V. Evans. 1994. Applications of the Compton-suppression well counter to environmental research. Trans. Am. Nuclear Soc., 71:30-31. Langley Turnbaugh, S.J., and C.V. Evans. 1994. A determinative soil  development index for pedo-stratigraphic studies. Geoderma 61:39-59. Strain, M.R., and C.V. Evans. 1994. Map unit development for sand- and gravel-pit soils in New Hampshire. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58:147-155. Evans, C.V., and W.A. Bothner. 1993. Genesis of altered Conway Granite (grus) in New Hampshire, USA. Geoderma 58: 201-218. Freeland, J.A., and C.V. Evans. 1993. Genesis and profile development of Success soils, northern New Hampshire. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 57:183-191. Evans, C.V., and D.C. Roth. 1992. Conceptual and statistical modes to  characterize soil materials, landforms, and processes. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 56:  214-219. Evans, C.V., and D.P. Franzmeier. 1988. Color index values to  represent wetness and aeration in some Indiana soils. Geoderma 41:  353-368. Evans, C.V., and D.P. Franzmeier. 1986. Saturation, aeration and color patterns in a toposequence of soils in north-central Indiana. Soil Sci.  Soc. Am. J. 50: 975-980. Book Chapters Evans, C.V., D.S. Fanning, and J.S. Short. 2000 . Human-Influenced Soils.  Chap. 2 in R.B. Brown, J.L. Anderson, and J.H. Huddleston, eds., Managing Soils  in a Growing Urban Area. Am. Soc. Agron. Monograph. pp. 33 – 67. Evans, C. V., and J. A. Freeland. 2000. Ch. 11A Wetland soils of basins and  depressions of glacial terrains. pp. 251-266. in Richardson, J.L., and M.J. Vepraskas (eds.). Wetland Soils: Their Genesis, Morphology, Hydrology, Landscapes, and Classification. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. Mokma, D. L., and C. V. Evans. 1999. Spodosols. Chapter 6.9 of Pedology, L.P.  Wilding, (ed.) In M.E. Sumner, (editor-in-chief), Handbook of Soil  Science. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. pp. E307 – E321. Evans, C.V. 1996. Preliminary Investigations of Hydric Soil Hydrology and  Morphology in New Hampshire. In Wakely, J.S., Sprecher, S.W. and Lynn, W.C.,eds., Preliminary Investigations of Hydric Soil Hydrology and Morphology in  the United States. Tech. Rpt., WRP-DE-13, U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Exp. Stn., Vicksburg, MS. Memberships and Professional Service Soil Science Society of America Geological Society of America Southeastern Wisconsin Lead Reduction Task Force Root-Pike Rivers Watershed Initiative Network