Scott Harris
Assistant Professor
Education
University of Delaware Ph.D. 2000
University of Virginia M.S. 1992
College of William and Mary B.S. 1988
Research Interests
Coastal Plain and Continental Shelf Stratigraphy, Landscape Evolution, Geoarchaeology
Courses Taught
GEOL 101 Dynamic Geology
GEOL 103 Environmental Geology
GEOL 272 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
GEOL 399 Tutorial
GEOL 491 Senior Thesis
GEOL 499 Bachelors Essay
EVSS 645 Coastal Issues and Processes
EVSS 680 Case Studies in Environmental Issues
Honors and Awards
2009 Best Paper and Presentation. 10th Biannual International Coastal Symposium, Lisboa, Portugal.
2007 Million Dollar Club for external funds brought to the University (former appointment at CCU)
2004 Keynote speaker for the Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Sciences
Publications
Pyszka, Kimberly; Hays, Maureen; and Harris, Scott, 2010. The Archaeology of St. Paul’s Parish Church, Hollywood, South Carolina, USA. Journal of the Society for Church Archaeology (UK)
Levine, N.S., Kaufman, C., Katuna, M., Harris, S., Colgan, M., 2009. Folly Beach, SC: an endangered barrier island in: Kelly, J, Endangered Barrier Islands. GSA Special Paper - Penman Series.
Harris, M. Scott; Wright, Eric E.; Fuqua, Lauren; and Tinker, Trent P., 2009. Comparison of Shoreline Erosion Rates Derived from Multiple Data Types: Data Compilation for Legisslated Setback Lines in South Carolina (USA). Journal of Coastal Research, Special Issue 56, pg. 1224-1228. ISSN 0749-0258.
Schwab, W.C.; Gayes, P.T.; Morton, R.A.; Driscoll, N.W.; Baldwin, W.E.; Barnhardt, W.A.; Denny, J.F.; Harris, M. S.; Katuna, M.P.; Putney, T.R.; Voulgaris, G.; Warner, J.C.; and Wright, E.E., 2009. Coastal change along the shore of northeastern South Carolina—The South Carolina Coastal Erosion Study, editor: Walter A. Barnhardt, USGS Circular 1339, 79 pp. (http://pubs.usgs.gov/circ/circ1339/)
Harris, M. Scott; Tinker, Trent; and Wright, E., 2007, Online Beach Profile Management and Analysis System (PMAS), Journal of Coastal Research Special Publication 50.
Baldwin, Wayne E.; Morton, Robert A.; Putney*, Thomas R.; Katuna, Michael P.; Harris, M. Scott; Gayes, Paul T.; Driscoll, Neal W.; and Denny, Jane F., 2006. Migration of the Pee Dee river system inferred from ancestral paleochannels underlying the South Carolina Grand Strand and Long Bay Inner Shelf. Geological Society of America Bulletin
Hippensteel, Scott P; Martin, Ronald E; Harris, M Scott, 2005. Records of prehistoric hurricanes on the South Carolina coast based on micropaleontological and sedimentological evidence, with comparison to other Atlantic coast records; discussion. Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol.117, no.1-2, p.250-253.
Harris, M. Scott; Gayes, Paul T.; Kindinger, Jack L.; Flocks, James G.; Krantz, David E.; and Donovan, Patricia, 2005. Quaternary Geomorphology and modern coastal development in response to an inherent geologic framework: and example from Charleston, South Carolina. Journal of Coastal Research, v. 21(1), p.49-64.
Putney, Thomas R; Katuna, Michael P; Harris, M Scott, 2004. Subsurface stratigraphy and geomorphology of the Grand Stand, Georgetown and Horry Counties, South Carolina. Southeastern Geology, vol.42, no.4, p.217-236.
