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usgs_staff_profile:

 meta:
   status_code: 200
   timestamp: '2023-10-02T16:15:29.672396'
   url: https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/carolyn-driedger-mastin
 profile:
   abstracts:
   - '"Mount St. Helens Revisited: Lives Changed, Lessons Learned and Legacies of
     the 1980 Eruptions" June, 2021 USGS Public Lecture https://www.usgs.gov/news/state-news-release/media-advisory-mount-st-helens-revisited-live-online-public-lecture"Mount
     St. Helens Revisited: Lives Changed, Lessons Learned and Legacies of the 1980
     Eruptions" June, 2021 USGS Public Lecture'
   affiliations:
   - American Geophysical Union (AGU)
   - Geological Society of America (GSA)
   - National Association for Interpretation (NAI)
   - International Association of Volcanology and Chemistry of the .Earth's Interior
     (IAVCEI)
   - Chair of the Cities and Volcanoes Executive Committee, 2017-present
   - International Glaciological Society (IGS)
   - Volcano hazard interagency-working groups (Baker, Glacier Peak, Rainier, St.
     Helens/Adams, Hood, Central Oregon)
   education:
   - M.S. Shippensburg State University of Pennsylvania, 1978
   - B.S. Bloomsburg State University of Pennsylvania, 1975
   - Secondary School Teaching Credentials, 1977
   email: cmastin@usgs.gov
   expertise_terms:
   - communication
   - volcano hazards
   - volcanic activity
   - surface water (non-marine)
   - lahars
   - Mount St Helens
   - Mount Rainier
   honors:
   - Department of Interior Meritorious Service Award 2023
   - USGS Shoemaker Lifetime Achievement Award 2016
   - Mount St. Helens Response Achievement Award 2005
   - USGS Shoemaker Communications Award 2001
   - National Park Service Achievement Award for promoting inter-agency cooperation
     1992
   intro_statements:
   - Addressing volcano hazards effectively entails more than doing good science.
     It requires ongoing and long-term conversations with communities at risk. In
     my career, I have developed and maintained inter-agency partnerships among scientists,
     emergency officials, news media, educators, and park staffs in WA and OR.
   name: Carolyn (Driedger) Mastin
   name_qualifier: null
   orcid: 0000-0002-4011-4112
   organization_link: https://www.usgs.gov/observatories/cvo
   organization_name: Cascades Volcano Observatory
   personal_statement: My science career began with research on glaciers, principally
     those gracing our Cascade Range volcanoes; at Columbia Glacier AK; and later
     on glacier-related floods and debris flows. During this time, witnessing the
     May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens and taking part in the response set
     the course for several fascinating scientific projects. It also provided a front-row
     seat for observation and reflection upon the role of scientists in society.
     I learned that scientists must use the same degree of creativity and care with
     public communication that they use with their scientific research. Long-term
     and ongoing conversations pre-crisis can improve crisis response.  As CVO's
     Outreach Coordinator, I work in partnership with public officials, emergency
     planners, media, park interpreters, and educators to advance the cause of volcano
     preparedness.  Some earlier career choices have informed current work, including
     several years of teaching in a US public school and a private school in Kathmandu,
     Nepal, and working for the National Park Service.  My education continues daily
     through partnership projects and communications with the media, officials, and
     the public.
   professional_experience:
   - USGS Professional History USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, WA 1990
     - present
   - -Urban Hazards Initiative
   - -Volcano hazards communications, with current focus on inter-agency partnerships
     and community outreach
   - -Mount Rainier curriculum development and ongoing teacher workshops
   - -Volcano Science Center Communications Work Group
   - USGS Washington Water Resources District Office, Tacoma, WA 1987 - 1990
   - -Mount Rainier debris flow studies.
   - USGS National Research Program Project Office - Glaciology, Tacoma, WA 1978
     - 1987
   - -Photogrammetric remapping of IGY long-term study glaciers
   - -Field mapping of IGY study glaciers for glacier-climate studies
   - -Columbia Glacier ice-marginal and sub-glacial hydrology
   - -Response at Mount St. Helens eruptions
   - -Snowmelt-volcanic ash interactions
   - -Ice-radar studies at Cascade volcanoes
   title: Emeritus/USGS-CVO Outreach Coordinator (1995-2022)