Keith A. Sverdrup is a Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) where he has taught oceanography for 18 years and conducts research in tectonics and seismicity. He is a recipient of UWM's Undergraduate Teaching Award. Keith received his B.S. in geophysics from the University of Minnesota and his Ph.D. in earth science with a dissertation on seismotectonics in the Pacific Ocean basin from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He has written the student study guides for the previous three editions of An Introduction to the World's Oceans, as well as the student study guides for each edition of Alyn and Alison's successful Fundamentals of Oceanography.
Keith has been active in educational programs of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) and the American Institute of Physics (AIP) for many years. He was a member of AGU's Education and Human Resources Committee for 12 years (chairing it for four years), and also chaired both AGU's Excellence in Geophysics Education Award Committee and the Editorial Advisory Committee for Earth and Space. Keith served as a member of AIP's Physics Education Committee for six years. He is a member of American Geophysical Union, American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, National Association of Geology Teachers, National Science Teachers Association, and Sigma Xi.
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