ASHLEY V. YORK Ph.D. Candidate

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1 ASHLEY V. YORK Ph.D. Candidate Curriculum vitae Clark University Worcester, Massachusetts Phone: EDUCATION Ph.D. Geography (in progress) Dissertation: Ice ocean atmosphere trends and linkages to glacier variability, West Greenland. Committee: Karen Frey (primary), John Rogan, J. Ronald Eastman, Sarah B. Das (WHOI) M.A. Geography (May 2016) M.S. Applied Geospatial Sciences (August 2013) Thesis: A comparison of geodetically derived mass balances among small glaciers, Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Committee: Erik Schiefer (primary), Ray Huang, Mark Manone B.S. Geography, minor Statistics (December 2010) RESEARCH AND TEACHING EXPERIENCE Research Assistant (in progress) Research Project: Collaborative Research: Investigating the Influence of Sea Surface Variability on Ice Sheet Mass Balance and Outlet Glacier Behavior using Records from Disko Bugt, West Greenland (NSF # ; Lead PI: S. B. Das, WHOI). Advisor: Karen Frey Instructor (Summer 2017) School of Professional Studies Courses: GEOG 104: Earth System Science Instructor (Fall 2016) Courses: GEOG 104: Earth System Science Instructor (Spring 2013) 1

2 Courses: GSP 241: World Regional Geography East (online) Teaching Assistant (Fall 2011 Spring 2013) Courses: GSP 435: Programming for GIS (Spring 2013); GSP 432: Community and Urban GIS (Fall 2012); GSP 150: Physical Geography (Fall 2011 Spring 2012) Research Assistant (Fall 2010 Summer 2011) Research Project: Reconstructing past and predicting future climate scenarios using the Thornthwaite Model, Thomas Creek and Walker watersheds, California/Nevada. Advisor: Doug Boyle PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Diversity and Inclusion Certificate Program (Fall 2017 Spring 2018) Seminar in College Teaching (Summer 2016) Higher Education Consortium of Central Massachusetts Worcester State University: Worcester, Massachusetts Polar Geospatial Boot Camp (July 2014) University of Minnesota: Minneapolis, Minnesota Calibration and Validation for Ocean Color Remote Sensing (July 2013) University of Maine, Orono: Darling Marine Center, Walpole, Maine Research Project: Technical report, WETLabs ac s absorption and beam attenuation meter International Summer School in Glaciology (June 2012) University of Alaska, Fairbanks: McCarthy, Alaska Research Project: Determining long term glacier volume and mass changes from SPIRIT SPOT 5 HRS DEMs, ICESat laser altimetry, and DEMs generated from historic air photos, Barnes Ice Cap, Canada. Advisor: Alex Gardner, NASA JPL Colorado Ecosystem Field Studies (June 2009) University of Colorado, Boulder: Boulder, Colorado Research Project: The glacial cycle and glacial geomorphology in Colorado FIELD AND LAB EXPERIENCE National Ice Core Lab (June 2014, June 2015) Denver, Colorado Duties: Ice core processing and imaging Department of Chemistry (Summer Fall 2014) Wheaton College: Norton, Massachusetts Duties: Mass spectrometry of ice core and snow pit samples 2

3 Disko and Uummannaq Bay, Greenland (April 2014) Duties: Snow pit sampling, ice core drilling, ground penetrating radar SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS International Association of Cryospheric Sciences Early Career Travel Award To attend: International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. Wellington, New Zealand, February $750 Pruser Dissertation Enhancement Award (2016) $1,000 Graduate Travel Award (2016) $300 Libbey Fund Enhancement Award (2016) $3,000 Graduate Student Government Travel Award (2013) $700 College of Social & Behavioral Science Travel Award (2013) $140 Graduate General Scholar ( ) Westfall Scholar (2010) $700 Chris Exline Geography Scholar Rich Taylor Scholar Coulter Mackay School of Mines Scholar Hellman Engineering Scholar Golf Association Scholar Millennium Scholar ( ) PUBLICATIONS York, A., K. E. Frey, S. B. Das, & S. Jamali (in prep), Seasonal behavior of marine terminating glacier termini as an indicator of long term trends, Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland Anticipated submission: Journal of Glaciology, March 2018 York, A. & K. E. Frey (in prep), Trends and relationships between sea ice, sea surface temperatures, and primary production, West Greenland, Anticipated submission: Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, May 2018 York, A., K. E. Frey & J. Rogan (in prep), Land terminating glacier retreat, Disko Island and Nuussuaq Peninsula, West Greenland, Figures 2.1, 7.1, 9.1, Berry, K. & E. Mollard. Social Participation in Water Governance and Management: Critical and Global Perspectives. UK and USA: Earthscan,

4 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS York, A. and K. E. Frey. Changes at the Edge: Trends in sea ice cover, ocean temperature, and primary productivity, West Greenland. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Timescales, Processes and Glacier Dynamics. Buffalo, New York, 3-8 June York, A., K. E. Frey & S. B. Das. Regional and individual fjord influences on marine terminating glacier retreat, Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on The Cryosphere in a Changing Climate. Wellington, New Zealand, February York, A., K. E. Frey & S. B. Das. Sea ice and ice mélange constraints on marine terminating glacier retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bay, West Greenland Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, California, December York, A., K. E. Frey & S. B. Das. Analyzing the effects of sea ice variability on marine terminating glacier retreat, central West Greenland. International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Interactions of Ice Sheets and Glaciers with the Ocean. La Jolla, California, July Trusel, L. D., S. B. Das, M. B. Osman, M. J. Evans, A. York, K. E. Frey, B. Noël, & M. R. van den Broeke. Variability and rise in west Greenland surface melting over the last several decades. International Partnerships in Ice Core Sciences (IPICS). Hobart, Australia, 7 11 March York, A., K. E. Frey & S. B. Das. Identifying potential seasonal and historical drivers of marine terminating glacier retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, California, December Trusel, L. D., S. B. Das, B. Smith, P. Kuipers Munneke, M. J. Evans, K. E. Frey, M. Osman & A. York. Investigating a newly discovered firn aquifer on Disko Ice Cap, west Greenland: Insights from ground observations, remote sensing, and modeling Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, California, December York, A., K. E. Frey, & S. B. Das, Marine and land terminating glacier retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland, International Glaciological Society: International Symposium on Contemporary Ice Sheet Dynamics. Cambridge, England, August York, A., K. E. Frey, S. B. Das, M. J. Evans, A. S. Gardner, J. Rogan, B. E. Smith, L. D. Trusel, & L. N.C. Young. Calculating glacier terminus retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland. New England Glaciology Meeting. Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 7 8 April York, A., K. E. Frey, S. B. Das, M. Evans, A. Gardner, B. Smith & L. Trusel. Assessing the influence of sea ice conditions on outlet glacier retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland Gordon Research Conference: Polar Marine Sciences. Lucca (Barga), Italy, March York, A., K. E. Frey, S. Das, M. Evans, A. Gardner, B. Smith & L. Trusel. Assessing the influence of sea ice conditions on outlet glacier retreat in Disko and Uummannaq Bays, West Greenland Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, California, December Das, S., M. Evans, K. E. Frey, M. Osman, B. Smith, L. Stevens, L. Trusel, A. York & M. Bingham. Using coastal ice cap records to investigate maritime climate and ice sheet processes in West Greenland Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting. San Francisco, California, December

5 York, A. & Erik Schiefer. A comparison of geodetically derived mass balances among small glaciers in the Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. NESTVAL. Worcester, Massachusetts, 19 October York, A. & Erik Schiefer. A comparison of geodetically derived mass balances among small glaciers in the Southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada. Association of American Geographers Conference. Los Angeles, California, 9 13 April INVITED PRESENTATIONS Department of Social Science & Policy Worcester Polytechnic Institute: Worcester, Massachusetts ENV 1100 Introduction to Environmental Studies (17 November 2017; 17 September 2015) Department of Earth, Environment, and Physics Worcester State University: Worcester, Massachusetts GE 200 Geography Literature Seminar (6 November 2017) GEOG 102 Weather and Climate (27 March 2017) GEOG 119 Arctic in the Anthropocene (11 September 2017; 21 September 2016; 17 November 2015) Association of Polar Early Career Scientists (APECS) Polar Research Symposium (18 March 2014) GSP 320 Intro to Remote Sensing (14 February 2013) GSP 150 Physical Geography (17 April 2012) DEPARTMENTAL SERVICE Admissions Committee Member, elected (Spring 2017) Clark University Geography Students (CUGS) Representative, elected (Fall 2015 Summer 2016) Remote Sensing and GIS Brigade (RGB) specialty group, founder (Fall 2015) Clark Graduate Student Association (GSA) Geography Representative, elected (Spring 2015) Monadnock Magazine, editor (Spring 2014) Colloquium and Atwood Committee Member, elected (Fall 2013 Spring 2015) SELECTED MEDIA Geography Ph.D. candidate uncovers the cold, hard facts about glaciers, ( phd candidate uncovers cold hard facts about glaciers), 14 March Updated March