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FRANKS, SHARON

Academic Proposal Development

Degrees:

• B.A., Dartmouth College
• Ph.D., Oregon State University

Research Interests:

• Ocean, Earth and Atmospheric science
• Proposal Development
• Broader Impact (NSF)

Courses Recently Taught:

• SIO286: Marine Sci, Econ & Policy

Mentoring:

• Tran, Anthony Minh (Undergrad; 2008-2009)
• Sayce, Kelly (Graduate; 2006-2007)

Franks, S. and R. Waters (2008) Your Ph.D. is a Phlexible Degree, 2008 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Orlando Link to publication

Franks, S., J. McDonnell, C. Peach, E. Simms and A. Thorrold (2006) Education and Public Outreach: A Guide for Scientists, Oceanography, 19 (4), Link to publication

Franks, S.E.R., C.L. Peach, J. McDonnell and A. Thorrold, (2005) Broader Impact: Guidance for Scientists about Education and Outreach, Eos Transactions 86 (12), American Geophysical Union, p. 121, 129

Preuss, P., C. F. Kennel and S. E. R. Franks (2002) Transforming the walls of academia into bridges: Building partnerships among research universities, industry, and government, in: As the Walls of Academia Are Tumbling Down, W. Z. Hirsch and L. E. Weber eds., Economica, Ltd. London, pp. 130-145

Dynes, R.C., S. E. R. Franks and C. F. Kennel (2001) Three successful modes of research governance: Lessons from the past, issues of the present, implications for the future, in Governance in Higher Education: The University in a State of Flux, W. Z. Hirsch and L. E. Weber eds., Economica, Ltd. London, pp. 167-181

Kennel, C. F. and S. E. R. Franks (1999) Information Age Challenges to Research Libraries: Crisis in the University of California Library System, in: Challenges facing higher education in the new millennium, W. Z. Hirsch and L. E. Weber eds., American Council on Education, Oryx Press, Phoenix, Arizona pp. 129-133

Franks, S. E. R. and J. L. Cohen (1994) You can be a woman oceanographer, Cascade Pass, Inc., Culver City, CA, 38 pp

Franks, S.E.R. (1992) Temporal and spatial variability in the Endeavour Ridge neutrally buoyant, hydrothermal plume: Patterns, forcing mechanisms, and biogeochemical implications. Ph.D. thesis, Oregon State University, 323 pp

Thomson, R.E., S. Roth and J. Dymond (1990) Near-inertial motions over a mid-ocean ridge: effects of topography and hydrothermal plumes. Journal of Geophysical Research, 95, C5, pp. 7261-7278

Roth, S.E. and J. Dymond (1989) Transport and settling of organic material in a deep-sea hydrothermal plume: Evidence from particle flux measurements. Deep-Sea Research 36 pp. 1237-1254

Dymond, J. and S.E. Roth (1988) Plume dispersal of hydrothermal particles: a time-series record of settling flux from the Endeavour Ridge using moored sensors. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 52, pp. 2525-2536