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Interests
    Marine paleomagnetism, Pacific Apparent Polar Wander, True Polar Wander, Indian Ocean tectonics

Education

2000	Ph. D.	[Geophysics]	Northwestern University
1996	M. S.	[Geophysics]	Northwestern University
1993	B. A.	[Geology]	Oberlin College (minors: Computer Science, Religion)

Field Experience
    2000: Paleomagnetist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 191 [July-Sept]
    1995: Paleontological dig for Late Cretaceous dinosaurs in northern South Dakota
    1994: Paleontological dig for Mesozoic dinosaurs near Sundance, Wyoming
                for the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
    1993: Core logger and drill rig assistant, USGS-WRD, Minnesota District

Teaching Experience
    04/2006-: Chemeketa Community College, McMinnville Campus, Adj. Prof.
    Summer 2005:     Portland State University, Dept. of Geology, Asst. Prof., Astrogeology
    09/2004-06/2005: Portland State University, Dept. of Geology, Asst. Prof., FRINQ
    Summer 1998: Columbia College of Chicago, Dept. of Science & Math,
            Part-time Professor, Planetary Geology
    1994-1999: Northwestern University, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Teaching Assistant
            A11: Global Environmental Change [1994]
            A10: The Earth as a Planet [1995]
            A07: Plate Tectonics [1996-1998]
            A11: Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change [1999]

Professional Affiliations

1998-:	Member of the Geological Society of America
1996-:	Member of the American Geophysical Union

Professional Activities

2006:	Anonymous Reviewer, National Science Foundation proposal
2005:	Anonymous Reviewer, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors
2004:	Anonymous Reviewer, Physics of Earth and Planetary Interiors
2004:	Signed Reviewer, Computers and Geosciences
2003:	Signed Reviewer, Computers and Geosciences
2001:	Session Chair, American Geophysical Union fall meeting
1998-:	Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) help list responder

Employment

04/2006-:	Adjunct Professor, Chemeketa Community College
2004-2005:	Research Assistant Professor, Portland State University
2000-2002:	Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Rice University
1996-2000:	Research Assistant, Dept. of Geology & Geophysics, Rice University
Summer 1998:	Part-time Professor, Dept. of Science & Math, Columbia College of Chicago
1994-1996:	Research Assistant, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University
1993-1999:	Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geological Sciences, Northwestern University
Summer 1993:	Intern at USGS-WRD, Mounds View, Minnesota
Summer 1992:	Intern at USGS-WRD, Mounds View, Minnesota

Work in Progress
    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., 32 Ma Paleomagnetic Pole for the Pacific plate
            determined from magnetic anomaly skewness
    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., Cross-Ridge comparisons of magnetic anomaly
            skewness in the Pacific
    Gordon, R. G., Horner-Johnson, B. C., Petronotis, K. E., and Acton, G. D., Apparent Polar
            Wander of the Pacific Plate and Pacific Hotspots: Implications for Hotspot Fixity and True Polar Wander

Submitted

Publications
    Horner-Johnson, B. C., Gordon, R. G., and Argus, D. F., 2007. Plate kinematic evidence for the existence
           of a distinct plate between the Nubian and Somalian plates along the Southwest Indian Ridge
           J. Geophys. Res., 112, B05418, doi:10.1029/2006JB004519.

    Andrews, D. L. Gordon, R. G., and Horner-Johnson, B. C., 2006. Uncertainties in plate reconstructions
           relative to the hotspots; Pacific-hotspot rotations and uncertainties for the past 68 million years.
           Geophys. J. Int., 166, 939-951, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03029.x.

    Royer, J.-Y., Gordon, R. G., and Horner-Johnson, B. C., 2006. Motion of Nubia relative to Antarctica
            since 11 Ma: Implications for Nubia-Somalia, Pacific-North America, and India-Eurasia motion
           Geology, 34, 501-504, doi: 10.1130/G22463.1.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C., Gordon, R.G., Cowles, S. M., and Argus, D. F., 2005. The angular velocity of
           Nubia relative to Somalia and the location of the Nubia-Somalia-Antarctica triple juction,
           Geophys. J. Int., 162, 221-238, doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02608.x.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Sager, W. W., 2004. Data report: Magnetic properties of ODP Leg 191
            Site 1179 sediments. In Sager, W. W., Kanazawa, T., and Escutia, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 191.
            Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/191_SR/008/008.htm.

    Sager, W. W. and Horner-Johnson, B. C., 2004. Paleomagnetism of Basaltic Rocks Cored at ODP
           Site 1179: Implications for Paleolatitude and the Mid-Cretaceous Pacific Paleomagnetic Pole
           In Sager, W. W., Kanazawa, T., and Escutia, C. (Eds.), Proc. ODP, Sci. Results, 191 [Online].
           Available from World Wide Web: http://www-odp.tamu.edu/publications/191_SR/002/002.htm.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., 2003. Equatorial Pacific magnetic anomalies identified
            from vector aeromagnetic data, Geophys. J. Int., 155, 547-556.

    Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. Leg 191 summary. In Kanazawa, T., Sager, W.W., Escutia, C.,
            et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 191, 1-49 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program,
            Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA.

    Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. Explanatory notes. In Kanazawa, T., Sager, W.W., Escutia, C.,
            et al., Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 191, 1-49 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program,
            Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA.

    Shipboard Scientific Party, 2001. Site 1179. In Kanazawa, T., Sager, W.W., Escutia, C., et al.,
           Proc. ODP, Init. Repts., 191, 1-159 [CD-ROM]. Available from: Ocean Drilling Program,
            Texas A&M University, College Station TX 77845-9547, USA.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C., Spectral and skewness studies of Pacific plate marine magnetic
            anomaly 12R: Implications for anomalous skewness and the motion of the Pacific plate
            and hotspots, Ph. D. thesis, Northwestern University, Evanston, 286 pp, 2000.

Abstracts from Conferences
    Horner-Johnson, B. C., Cowles, S. M., Gordon, R. G., and Argus, D. F., Current plate motion
            across the Southwest Indian Ridge: Implications for the diffuse oceanic plate boundary
            between Nubia and Somalia, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un.,  82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
            T11A-0841, 2001.

    McCarthy, F. M. G. and the ODP Leg 191 Scientific Party, Palynomorphs record enhanced sea
            surface productivity associated with anomalous CaC0₃ preservation events in the abyssal
            North Pacific - cause of Northern Hemisphere glaciation?,  American Assoc. of Stratigraphic
            Palynologists 2001 Meeting.

    McCarthy, F. M. G.,  Ohlenschlaeger Pederson, R., Arney, J., Horner-Johnson, B. C., Downey,
            W. S., and the ODP Leg 191 Scientific Party,  Anomalous CaC0₃ preservation in the abyssal
            North Pacific - a link with Northern Hemisphere glaciation?, Geol. Assoc. Canada 2001 Meeting.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., Cross-Ridge Comparisons of Magnetic Anomaly
            Skewness in the Pacific, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., vol. 79, no. 17, S62, 1998.

    Horner-Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., Equatorial Pacific Magnetic Anomalies Identified
            From Vector Aeromagnetic Data, Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., vol. 79, no. 17, S62, 1998.

    Gordon, R. G., Petronotis, K. E., Acton, G. D., Johnson, B., and Vasas, S.,Apparent polar wander
            of the hotspots: the view from the Pacific, Ann. Geophy., Vol. 16, Supplement 1, Part 1,
            C56, 1998.

    Gordon, R. G., Petronotis, K.E., Acton, G. D., Johnson, B., and Vasas, S., Pacific plate apparent
            polar wander from 81 Ma to 32 Ma from skewness of marine magnetic anomalies,
            Eos Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., vol. 78, no. 46, F183, 1997.

    Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G. , Rapid motion of the Hawaiian hotspot relative to the
            paleomagnetic axis since 32 Ma: Implications for true polar wander, Eos Trans. Am.
            Geophys. Un., vol. 78, F187, 1997.

    Johnson, B. C. and Gordon, R. G., Recent Pacific plate standstill?: A 32 Ma paleomagnetic
            pole for the Pacific plate determined from anomaly skewness and implications for motion
            of the Pacific hotspots relative to the spin axis since Mid-Tertiary time, Eos Trans. Am.
            Geophys. Un., vol. 77, no. 46, F157, 1996.

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