Amanda Henck
achenck@u.washington.edu

Education

BSE with honors, Environmental Engineering, Princeton University
PhD candidate, Geosciences, University of Washington

Honors

• Inducted to the Society of Sigma Xi, 2002
• Graduate School Top Scholar, 2003
• Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship (declined for NSF fellowship), 2005
• NSF Graduate Research Fellow, 2005
• J Hoover Mackin Award, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology division, Geological Society of America, 2006
• Robert Fahnestock Award, Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology division, Geological Society of America, 2006
• University of Washington Earth and Space Science Department Student Research Project Award, 2005, 2006 and 2007
• Fulbright, 2009

1. A study of the short and long term rates of erosion in the Three Rivers Region, Yunnan, China. The erosion rates will be analyzed for human impacts on erosion. The data will also be used to determine if there is a relationship between erosion and tectonics in the region. (dissertation research)


2. A study of the impact of land use on erosion in a Yangjuan, Sichuan, China, a small minority village in the southwestern part of the province.


3. A study of anthropogenic hillslope terraces in Jiuzhaigou National Park, China.

As a requirement of my IGERT fellowship, I designed, conducted and evaluated a pedagogical internship embracing environmental challenges, cultural and national perspectives, and interdiciplinarity. Poster

Presentations and Abstracts
Chen, R., FQ Ge, DJ Jian, LJ Jiang, Y Wang, QX Yang, ZF Zhu, ZY Ma, MK Tang, T Zeng, C Zhang, ZY Zeng, HL Lu, YX Li, Y Luo, G Chen, XX Hu, J Li, X Liao, X Qiao, CB Yi, Y Tang, J Combs, A Robbins, L Urgenson, T Hinckley, S Breslow, B Grub, J Taylor, YW Yuan, R Olmstead, S Widder, A Henck, and A Elliott, 2008. The future of Jiuzhaigou: Learning from the past. Presented at the Conference for Sustainability IGERTS, Fairbanks. (note: I presented this paper, although I am not first author as authors are listed organized by department).

Chen, R., FQ Ge, DJ Jian, LJ Jiang, Y Wang, QX Yang, ZF Zhu, ZY Ma, MK Tang, T Zeng, C Zhang, ZY Zeng, HL Lu, YX Li, Y Luo, G Chen, XX Hu, J Li, X Liao, X Qiao, CB Yi, Y Tang, J Combs, A Robbins, L Urgenson, T Hinckley, S Breslow, B Grub, J Taylor, YW Yuan, R Olmstead, S Widder, A Henck, and A Elliott, 2008. Using interdisciplinary methods to understand Jiuzhaigou terracettes. Presented at the Conference for Sustainability IGERTS, Fairbanks. (note: I presented this paper, although I am not first author as authors are listed organized by department).

Dryer, D, L Gaulke, A Henck, T Nguyen, B Wheat, 2005a, Assessing the oxygen dead zone in the Hood Canal. Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.

Dryer, D, L Gaulke, A Henck, T Nguyen, B Wheat, 2005b, Assessing the oxygen dead zone in the Hood Canal. International Conference on Environment and Livelihoods in Coastal Zones: Managing Agriculture-Fishery-Aquaculture Conflicts, Bac Lieu, Vietnam.

Gaulke, L, A Henck, T Nguyen, S Frister, 2005. Three pedagogical internships focusing on the internationalization of science education. IGERT Project meeting, Washington DC.

Feathers, J. K, Casson, M. A., and Henck, A., 2008, Application of pulsed OSL to fine-grained samples. Presented at the 12th International Conference on Luminescence and Electron Spin Resonance Dating, Beijing.

Harrell, S., and Henck, A., 2008. Epistemologies of erosion: is a tree beside the water really like your mother's brother?. Presented at the Colloquium on Epistemology and the Anthropological Study of the Environment, Seattle.

Henck, A, D Montgomery, B Hallet, C Liang, S Frister, 2006. Patterns of Erosion in the Three Rivers Region, China. Eos Trans. AGU, 87(36), West. Pac. Geophys. Meet. Suppl., Abstract H25A-03.

Henck, A, M D Mulligan, S Frister, A Scanlon, R Chen, T Hinckley, S Harrell, 2006. Taking environmental science out of the classroom and into Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 38, No. 7, p. 220.

Henck, A, J. O. Stone, D. R. Montgomery, B. Hallet, 2007. Patterns of Erosion in the Three Rivers Area, Eastern Tibet. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6, p. 183.

Koons, P, B Hallet, A Henck, Liu YP, P Zeitler, 2005. Topographic Expression of Crustal Velocity Curls: An Example from Eastern Himalaya to Burma. Eos Trans. AGU, v. 87 no. 47, Fall Meeting Suppl., Abstract T51F-07.

Montgomery, D, B Hallet, Liu YP, N Finnegan, A Gillespie, M Kuharic, A Henck, A Anders, & H Greenberg, 2004. Evidence for Holocene megafloods down the Tsangpo River Gorge, Southeastern Tibet. Eos Trans. AGU, v. 85 no. 47, Fall Meeting Suppl. Abstract T34B-02.

Taylor, J., A Henck, YX Li, HL Lu, and QX Yang, 2008. Interdisciplinary, international research at the Asano Archaeological Site, Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China. Presented at the Society of American Archaeologists, Vancouver.

Publications
Feathers, J.K., M.A. Casson, A Henck, M.L. Chithambo, (in revision). Application of pulsed OSL to fine-grained samples. Radiation Measurements.

L.S. Gaulke, X. Weiyang, A. Scanlon, A Henck, T. Hinckley. Evaluation Criteria for Implementation of a Sustainable Sanitation and Wastewater Treatment System at Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan Province China, in revision Henck, A, 2002. Geomorphology of steep, forested headwater basins in the northeast. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University. 117 p. B.S. thesis.

Henck, A, G Grant, & J Smith, in preparation. Why aren't there step-pools in New Hampshire?.

Henck, A., Huntington, K. W., Stone, J., Montgomery, D. R., and Hallet, B. (in preparation). Spatial controls on erosion in the Three Rivers Region, southwest China. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms.

Henck, A., and Liang, C. (in preparation). A database of daily Chinese hydrology and weather records. Water Resources Research.

Henck, A., Montgomery, D. R., and Liang, C. (in preparation). The anthropogenic effects on erosion in Yunnan and Tibet, China.

Henck, A., Mulligan, M. D., Frister, S., Scanlon, A., Chen, R., and Hinckley, T. M. (in review). Taking environmental science out of the classroom and into Jiuzhaigou National Park, Sichuan, China. Journal of Geoscience Education.

Henck, A., Taylor, J., Lu, H. L., Li, Y. X., Yang, Q. X., Grub, B. L., Breslow, S. J., Robbins, A., Elliott, A., Hinckley, T. M., Combs, J., Urgenson, L. S., Widder, S., Hu, X. X., Ma, Z. Y., Yuan, Y. W., Jian, D. J., Liao, X., and Tang, Y. (in review). Hillslope terraces and swidden agriculture in northern Sichuan, China. Quaternary Research.

Trac, CJ, S Harrell, T Hinckley, A Henck. 2007. Reforestation programs in Southwest China: reported success, observed failure, and the reasons why. Journal of Mountain Science 4(4): 275-292.

Urgenson, L. S., Harrell, S., Hinckley, T. M., Hagmann, R. K., Grub, B. L., Henck, A., Chi, P. M., and Shepler, S. J. (in preparation). Social-ecological dynamics of a forested watershed in SW China. Society and Ecology.

Highlights

• Group project on the possible causes of the oxygen dead zone in the Hood Canal, Washington.
• Study abroad at Sichuan University during 2005-2006 academic year and collaboration with the Department of Hydrology and Water Resources.
• Research on anthropogenic impacts on erosion and sediment yield to rivers in large and small mountainous basins in Southwest China.
• IGERT Fellow – Multinational Collaborations on Challenges to the Environment
• TA and research advisor for the UW-SU undergraduate exchange program.
• Ongoing work to take a group of high school students from Hong Kong to Jiuzhaigou National Park in Northern Sichuan for a two-week environmental field course during summer 2005.
• Attended excellent conference on "Preparing for Academic Careers" (download Report with sources)