Bio Statement Examples
Marta Patiño Douce, Ph.D.
Dr. Patiño Douce was born in Buenos Aires, the capital
of Argentina, where she completed most of her studies. She received her M.S.
in geology from the Universidad de Buenos Aires in 1977, and an M.S. in petroleum
engineering from the Instituto del Petroleo de Buenos Aires in 1978. She then
worked for private industry in uranium mineral exploration, where she headed
the laboratory of water geochemistry. Later, she returned to the Universidad
de Buenos Aires to pursue a Ph.D. in geology, which she finished in 1990. That
same year, Dr. Patiño was designated Adjunct Assistant Professor at the
University of Oregon.
Dr. Patiño, shown here taking a break from the desert
heat at “The Window,” a gap in the volcanic formation of the Chisos
Mountains in Big Bend National Park, Texas, is an igneous petrologist and geochemist.
Her studies have focused on the origin and distribution of uranium and rare-earth
elements in granitic magmas. The National Atomic Energy Commission of Argentina
funded her research in an area of the Mid-Paleozoic Achala Batholith, a granitic
pluton in the Sierras Pampeanas of Argentina.
Dr. Patiño considers traveling and camping along the Pacific Northwest
coast one of her favorite leisure activities (her travels are the source of
most of the photographs in this course guide). Fabric printing and reading science
fiction are other activities she enjoys. She is also a fervent fan of the Atlanta
Braves baseball team.
Dr. Patiño currently devotes all her time to undergraduate
teaching, which she thoroughly enjoys. Since arriving at the University of Georgia
in 1992, Dr. Patiño has taught courses on physical and historical geology,
environmental geology, rocks and minerals, gemology, and the geology of national
parks. She strongly encourages open communication with students—distance
education students are just a phone call or an e-mail away. Dr. Patiño
can be reached at [phone] or at [e-mail].
Glen Riecken, Ph.D.
Dr. Riecken is Professor of Marketing and Chair of the Department
of Management and Marketing at Georgia Southern University. A graduate of the
University of Saskatchewan (B. Comm, 1969), the University of Oregon (M.B.A.,
1970) and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Ph.D., 1979),
Dr. Riecken joined the Georgia Southern faculty in 2000.
Over his academic career, he has been active in various capacities
with several professional organizations, including the Academy of Marketing
Science, the Atlantic Marketing Association, and the Association of Marketing
Theory and Practice, and he has acted as a consultant for marketing issues with
several organizations. Dr. Riecken has written for numerous publications, such
as Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Consumer Research,
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, International Journal
of Advertising, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Nonprofit
& Public Sector Marketing, Marketing Intelligence and Planning,
Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, and International Journal
of Retailing. He has also presented conference papers at professional meetings
of the American Marketing Association, the Academy of Marketing Science, the
Southern Marketing Association (Society for Marketing Advances), Decision Sciences
Institute, and the Atlantic Marketing Association.
You can reach Dr. Riecken at [phone] or [e-mail].
