The HistoryMakers video oral history with Dawn Wright.
| Format | Video (Streaming) |
| Publication | Chicago, Illinois : The HistoryMakers, [2016]. |
| Description | 1 online resource (8 video files (3 hr., 42 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color. |
| Supplemental Content | https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ecu.edu?url=https://da.thehistorymakers.org/storiesForBio;ID=A2012.204 |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Wright, Dawn J., 1961- interviewee. |
| Other author/creator | Crowe, Larry F., interviewer. |
| Other author/creator | Hickey, Matthew, director of photography. |
| Other author/creator | HistoryMakers (Video oral history collection), production company. |
| Variant title | History Makers video oral history with Dawn Wright |
| Portion of title | Dawn Wright |
| Abstract | Oceanographer and professor Dawn Jeannine Wright was born on April 15, 1960 and raised in Maui, Hawaii. She received her B.S. degree in geology in 1983 from Wheaton College and earned her M.S. degree from Texas A&M University in Oceanography in 1986. Following her work as a marine laboratory specialist, she received her Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1994. She began her work at Oregon State University in 1995, where she became a professor in the Department of Geosciences in September 2002. She was an expert on the Geographic Information System, and her work focused on mapping the ocean floor around the globe. Her work was used in the studies of geophysical features and processes occurring at the bottom of the ocean. She received several awards in recognition of her work both as a teacher and as a leading scientist in her field. |
| Credits | Videographer, Matthew Hickey. |
| Performer | Larry Crowe, interviewer. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded Los Angeles, California 2012 November 27. |
| Source of description | Vendor-supplied metadata. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Interviews. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Oral histories. |
| Genre/form | Internet videos. |
| Genre/form | Nonfiction films. |
| Stock number | A2012.204 HistoryMakers |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |