William (Bill) Hoyt

Education

Ph.D.  University of Delaware, 1982, Geology

M. S.  State University of New York at Albany, 1976, Marine Geology

A. B.  Middlebury College, 1974, Environmental Studies (Geology)

Contact Information

• E-mail: william.hoyt@unco.edu
• Phone:  (970) 351-2487
• Fax:  (970) 351-4197
• Office:  Ross Hall 3235B
• Office hours:  By appointment

Courses Taught

• OCN 110 Our Ocean Systems
  (on campus, online)
• OCN 200 General Oceanography
  (on campus)
• OCN 301 Physical and Chemical Oceanography (on campus)
• OCN 302 Geological and Biological Oceanography (on campus)
• GEOL 410/510 Groundwater Hydrology (on campus)
• GEOL 450/550 Sedimentology/Stratigraphy (on campus)
• ESCI 584 Earth Science Field Experiences (field courses)
• ESCI 575 Earth Systems Science Education (field courses)

Research and Professional Activities

A marine geologist and sedimentologist by training, I have continued to be active in studies of coral reefs, both ancient and modern.  In more recent years, I have focused my attention on earth systems and science education as it applies to K-12 settings, with grants mostly from NSF, EPA, and the Colorado Department of Education. 

Overall in my career, I have been involved in acquiring and administering about $5 million in external grants and contracts.  I currently serve as Secretary of the Poudre Learning Center, Chair of the Friends of Union Colony Schools, and I have been an officer for many state, regional, and national professional organizations.  I am happy to have served on 11 doctoral committees, 31 masters committees, and have supervised 6 undergraduate Honors theses.

Selected Publications

Hoyt, W.  H., 2006, So…You Want to Teach?, The Professional Geologist, American Institute of Professional Geologists, v. 43, no.1, p. 69-71.

Hoyt, W. H., 2006, Promise of the oceans:  geological, biological, chemical & physical resources, American Institute of Professional Geologists 43rd Annual Meeting “SUSTAINABILITY” Proceedings, St. Paul, MN, 9/06, p. 22.

Hoyt, W. H., 1998 (Chief Scientist), Cruise Report Westward-156, Scientific Activities Undertaken Aboard the SSV Westward, Key West-Bermuda-Rum Cay-Key West, Sea Education Assoc., Woods Hole, MA   39p.

Mayer, V. J., Fortner, R. W., and Hoyt, W. H., 1995, Using Cooperative Learning as a Structure for Earth Systems Education Workshops, Journal of Geological Education, v. 43, p. 395-400.

Hoyt, W. H., 1995 (editor), Prosperity and Professional Geology, proceedings of Annual Meeting, American Institute of Professional Geologists, 283p. Also published on GeoRef.

Mayer, V. J., Hoyt, W. H. (and 10 other authors), 1992, The role of planet Earth in the new Science Curriculum, Journal of Geological Education, v. 40, p. 66-73.

Hoyt, W. H., 1991, Migrating east Australian barriers and reefs under Greenhouse scenario, in Kraus, N. C., Gingerich, K. J., and Kriebel, D. L., eds., Coastal Sediments '91, American Society of Civil Engineers, v. 2, p. 1329-1342.

Precht, W. F., and Hoyt, W. H., 1991, Reef facies distribution patterns, Pleistocene (125 Ka) Falmouth Formation, Rio Bueno, Jamaica, W.I., American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, v. 75, no. 33, p. 656.

Hoyt, W. H., Kraft, J. C., and Chrzastowski, M. J., 1990, Prospecting for submerged archaeological sites on the continental shelf; Southern mid-Atlantic Bight of North America in Lasca, N. P., and Donahue, J., eds., Archaeological geology of North America:  Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America, Centennial Special Volume 4, p. 147-160.

Hoyt, W. H., 1987, A geologist's perspective of the 1982 Estes Park flood:  proceedings of Conference "What We Have Learned Since the Big Thompson Flood", Natural Hazards Research and Applications Information Center, Special Publication 16, Boulder, Colorado, p. 213-219.

Hoyt, W. H., 1984, Processes of Sedimentation and Geologic History of the Cape Henlopen/Breakwater Harbor Area, Delaware, University of Delaware Sea Grant Publication, DEL-SG-19-82 with 110 illustrations, 11 tables, 13 appendices, 343 pp.

Hoyt, W. H. and J. M. Demarest, 1981, A versatile twin-hull barge for shallow-water vibracoring:  Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, v. 51, no. 2, p. 656-657.

Wilke, S., Demarest, J., Hoyt, W., and Struckenrath, 1981, Holocene Geologic History of the Patuxent Estuary and its Archaeological Implications:  Geophysical Reconnaissance International, Maryland Historical Trust Manuscript Series Number 20, 60 pp.

Mason, D. L., Folger, D. W., Haupt, R. S., McGirr, R. R., and Hoyt, W. H., 1975, Distribution of pollutants from a new paper plant in Southern Lake Champlain, Vermont and New York:  Environmental Geology, v. 1, p. 341-347.