Kevin DowningKevin F. Downing, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor at DePaul University’s college for adult learners, the School for New Learning. His research interests include the investigation of Miocene fossil mammals in the western United States and Pakistan, th character of small mammal diversity and paleoecolgy through volcanic disturbances and global cooling maxima, the record of stratigraphic and paleogeographic change during the Himalayan Orogeny, and the application of 3-D virtual laboratories for geological instruction in distance learning settings. He was one of the three faculty tasked with establishing the Distance Education program for adults at DePaul, is the author of several science course guides for the DE program, and regularly teaches online science courses. Dr. Downing has published widely in paleontology and stratigraphy, and has presented papers on the application of 3D learning objects to online geoscience education. Dr. Downing received B.S. degrees in Astronomy and Geology from the University of Illinois at Urbana, a Master of Science in Teaching degree in Geology from the University of Florida, and a Ph.D. in Geoscience with emphasis in Paleobiology from the University of Arizona. Read More Read Less
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