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Education<\/h2>\n
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  • 2003 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado Boulder, CO<\/li>\n
  • 1999 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0M.S., Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO<\/li>\n
  • 1996 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B.A., Geology Amherst College, Magna Cum Laude, Amherst, MA<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Professional Experience<\/h2>\n
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    • 2014-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences<\/li>\n
    • 2012- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Associate Professor, Western Carolina University<\/li>\n
    • 2011-2013 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Geology Program Coordinator<\/li>\n
    • 2006-2012 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Assistant Professor, Western Carolina University<\/li>\n
    • 2008 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Instructor, N.C. Summer Ventures Program (high school students)<\/li>\n
    • 2003-2006 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Mendenhall Post-Doctoral Fellow –USGS Geologic Division<\/li>\n
    • 1998-2003 \u00a0 \u00a0Student Hydrologist, U. S. Geological National Research Program
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      Awards Received<\/h2>\n
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      • 2014\u00a0\u00a0Finalist Board of Governor’s Teaching Award<\/li>\n
      • 2011\u00a0\u00a0 WCU College of Arts and Sciences Teaching Award (one per year)<\/li>\n
      • 2009 Chancellor\u2019s Engaged Teaching Award, Western Carolina University<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Grants\/Contracts<\/h2>\n

        Western Carolina University (WCU), 2014<\/p>\n

        Provost\u2019s External Funding Support Grant<\/p>\n

        \u201cA \u201cSignificant Nexus\u201d: How Does a Drainage Gully in a Headwater Watershed Affect Downstream Water Quality?,\u201d $9996<\/p>\n

        PI: J.P. Gannon (WCU), Co-PIs:\u00a0 Mark Lord (WCU), David Kinner<\/p>\n

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        National Science Foundation, 2011<\/p>\n

        \u201cTesting the Benefits of Undergraduate Research-Based Learning at Various Curricular Levels Using\u00a0Authentic Research Questions in Hydrogeomorphology\u201d, $199,099<\/p>\n

        PI: David Kinner, Co-PI: Mark Lord (WCU)<\/p>\n

        Western Carolina, (WCU), 2011
        \n\u201cGroundwater Recharge in Different Landscape Elements, Western North Carolina\u201d, $43,800
        \nPI: David Kinner, CO-PI: Mark Lord, Collaborators: Jerry Miller, Ben Tanner<\/p>\n

        Western Carolina Faculty Research Grant, 2010
        \n\u201cExamining shallow flowpaths in a landslide initiation zone\u201d, $4,000<\/p>\n

        National Science Foundation, Travel Grant, 2007
        \n\u201cDetermination of Sediment Sources and Transport Pathways Using Multivariate Geochemical Fingerprinting, in Mgeni and Berg Catchments, South Africa\u201d, $13,559
        \nCo-PIs: Jerry R. Miller (WCU) Kumud Acharya (Desert Research Institute)<\/p>\n

        U.S. Geological Survey, Central Region Hazards Team, 2007
        \n\u201cDebris flow research\u201d, $15,434.16<\/p>\n

        Publications<\/h2>\n

        Journal Articles<\/h3>\n

        Tanner, B.R., Kinner, D.A., Griffith, A.D., Young, R.S., and Sorrell, L.M.<\/span>, 2011, Presence of Arundinaria gigantea (river cane) on numerous non-wetland sites suggests improper classification of the species: Wetland Ecology and Management,<\/i> v. 19, p. 521-532.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., and Moody, J.A., 2010, Spatial variability of steady-state infiltration into a two-layer soil system on burned hillslopes: Journal of Hydrology<\/i>, v.381, p.322-332.<\/p>\n

        Latham, R.S., Wooten, R.M., Billington, E.D., Gillon, K.A., Witt, A.C., Bauer, J.B., Fuelmmeler, S.J., Douglas, T.J., Kinner, D., and Waters-Tormey, C., 2010, The Hunters Crossing weathered rock slide, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA, in,\u00a0 Calcaterra, D., and Parise, M., eds.,\u00a0 Weathering as a predisposing factor to slope movements:\u00a0 Geological Society, London: Engineering Geology Special Publications<\/em>, v. 23, p. 149-166.<\/p>\n

        Moody, J.A., Kinner, D.A., and Ubeda, X., 2009, Linking Hydraulic Properties of Fire-affected Soils to Infiltration and Water Repellency: Journal of Hydrology<\/em>, v. 379 (3-4), p.291-303.
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        Griffith, A.D., Kinner, D.A., Tanner, B.R., Moore<\/span>, A., Mathews, K.G., and Young, R.S., 2009, Nutrient and physical soil characteristics of river cane stands, Western North Carolina: Castanea<\/i>, v. 74 (3), <\/strong>\u00a0p. 224-235.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., and Moody, J.A., 2008, Infiltration and Runoff Measurements on Steep Burned Hillslopes Using a Rainfall Simulator with Variable Rain Intensities: USGS Scientific Investigations Report<\/i>, 2007-5211, 64 p.<\/p>\n

        Mixon, D. M., Kinner, D.A., Stallard, R.F. and Syvitski, J.P.M., 2008, Geolocation of man-made reservoirs across terrains of varying complexity using GIS, Computers and Geosciences<\/i>: v. 34, n. 10, p. 1194-1197.<\/p>\n

        Coe, J., Kinner, D.A., and Godt, J., 2008, Initiation conditions for runoff-generated debris flows at Chalk Cliffs, Central Colorado, USA:\u00a0 Geomorphology<\/i>, v. 96. n.3-4, 270-297.<\/p>\n

        Moody, J.A., Martin, D.A., Haire, S., and Kinner, D.A., 2008, Linking Runoff Response to Burn Severity after a Wildfire:\u00a0 Hydrological Processes<\/i>, v. 22, n. 13, p. 2063-2074.<\/p>\n

        Svenning, J.C., Engelbrecht, B. M. J., Kinner, D. A., Kursar, T. A., Stallard, R., F. and Wright, S. J., 2006, The relative roles of environment, history and local dispersal in controlling the distributions of common tree and shrub species in a tropical forest landscape, Panama: Journal of Tropical Ecology<\/i>, 22, 575-586.<\/p>\n

        Moody J.A. and Kinner, D.A., 2006, Spatial structures of stream and hillslope drainage following gully erosion after wildfire:\u00a0 Earth Surface Processes and Landforms<\/i>, v. 31 (3), 319-337.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., and Moody, J.A., 2005, Drainage networks after wildfire, International Journal of Sediment Research<\/i>, v. 20, no. 3, p. 194-201.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., Mitasova, H., Stallard, R.F., Harmon, R.S., and Toma, L., 2005, GIS database and stream network analysis for the Chagres River Basin, Republic of Panama, in<\/i> Harmon, R.S., ed., The Rio Chagres, Panama – A multidisciplinary profile of a tropical watershed: Water, Science and Technology Library, v. 52, p. 83-85.
        \nStallard, R.F., and Kinner, D.A., 2005, Estimation of landslide importance in hillslope erosion within the Panama Canal watershed, in<\/i> Harmon, R.S., ed., The Rio Chagres, Panama – A multidisciplinary profile of a tropical watershed: Water, Science and Technology Library, v. 52, p. 281-295.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., and Stallard, R.F., 2004, Identifying storm flow pathways in a rainforest catchment using hydrological and geochemical modeling: Hydrological Processes<\/i>, v. 18, no. 15, p. 2851-2876.<\/p>\n

        Svenning, J-C., Kinner, D.A., Stallard, R.F., Engelbrecht, B.M., and Wright, S.J., 2004, Ecological determinism in plant community structure across a tropical forest landscape: Ecology, v. 85, no. 9, p. 2526-2538.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., 2003, Delineation of the Boulder Creek watershed and its subwatersheds, in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, chapt. 2, p. 27-39.<\/p>\n

        Murphy, S.F., Barber, L.B., Verplanck, P.L., and Kinner, D.A., 2003, Environmental setting and hydrology of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Chapter 1 in Murphy, S.F., Verplanck, P.L., and Barber, L.B., eds., Comprehensive water quality of the Boulder Creek Watershed, Colorado, during high-flow and low-flow conditions, 2000: U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 03-4045, p. 5-26.<\/p>\n

        Presentations<\/span><\/h3>\n

        Bartl, E.<\/u>, Mountjoy, B.<\/u>, Hartigan, S.<\/u>, Gatlin, J.<\/u>, Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Gannon, J.P., 2015, Hydrogeologic traits and setting of headwaters stream bound by alluvial and colluvial deposits with a disturbance history typical of the southern Appalachians: \u00a0A case study: \u00a0GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2., pg 16.<\/p>\n

        Mountjoy, B.<\/u>, Cato, M.<\/u>, Padgett, M., Ferri, K., Fuller, J., Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Walsh, D., 2015, Managing a hydrologic research station at Western Carolina University: \u00a0An undergraduate perspective: \u00a0GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2, p. 96<\/p>\n

        Stephens, C.<\/u>, Keever, M.<\/u>, Beck, H.<\/u>, Hudspeth, R.<\/u>, Lord, M., Gannon, J.P., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2015, Hydrogeomorphic influences on hyporheic exchange in a headwater stream in Cullowhee, N.C.: \u00a0GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, n. 2, pg. 95.<\/p>\n

        Williams, G.<\/u>, Waters-Tormey, C., Kinner, D. A., 2015, Fold-related structures: implications for variability in groundwater storage and recharge, in the Blue Ridge, Western North Carolina:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 47, No. 2, p. 78.<\/p>\n

        Williams, G.<\/u>, Waters-Tormey, C., Kinner, D. A., 2014, Relationships between fracture patterns and Km-scale structures In low-porosity rock as inferred from geomorphology: implications for fluid\/gas storage and permeability:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, p. 97.<\/p>\n

        Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Crow, R., 2014, How collaborative research in traditional courses supports students, faculty, the institution and science: Geological Society of America Abstracts With Programs, Vol. 46, No. 6, p.600.<\/p>\n

        Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2013, An approach\u00a0for group, undergraduate research experiences in courses across the geology curriculum: \u00a0American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #ED23E-04.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Crow, R., 2013, Student perceived benefits of group geology undergraduate research experience: \u00a0GSA Abstracts With Programs, v. 45, n. 7, p. 365.<\/p>\n

        Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2013, An approach\u00a0for group, undergraduate research experiences in courses across the geology curriculum: \u00a0American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2013, abstract #ED23E-04.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Crow, R., 2013, Student perceived benefits of group geology undergraduate research experience: \u00a0GSA Abstracts With Programs, v. 45, n. 7., p. 365.<\/p>\n

        Ferri, K., Bright, J., Printz, S., Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2013, Heterogeneity of groundwater- stream water interactions in a headwaters Southern Appalachian watershed, Cullowhee, North Carolina, Clemson Hydrogeology Symposium, April 4, 2013, Clemson, S.C.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D., 2013, Testing the benefits of undergraduate research-based learning at various curricular levels using authentic research questions in hydrogeomorphology, TUES\/CCLI PIs conference, Washington, D.C., January 23-25, 2013.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D., Lord, M., and Crow, R., 2012, Benefits of small group authentic research courses in traditional courses across the Geology curriculum: GSA Abstracts With Programs, v. 44, n. 7, p. 429.<\/p>\n

        Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2012, Hydrometric and geochemical characteristics of groundwater, Western North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 44, n. 4, p. 65.<\/p>\n

        Hiatt, C. ,Kinner, D., Lord, M., Tanner, B.R., Campbell, T., and Padgett, M., 2011, Hydrogeologic properties of different geomorphic settings in a small disturbed watershed, Western North Carolina: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 5, p. 116.<\/p>\n

        Tanner, B.R., Kinner D., Parris, J.E., Reinke, R., and Moser, E.,2011, Paleoenvironmental record at Panthertown Bog (NC), an early Holocene peat-accumulating wetland in the Southern Appalachians, v. 43, n. 5, p. 618.<\/p>\n

        Savitsky, L., Waters-Tormey, C., Kinner, D.A., and Campbell, T., 2011, Groundwater flow through fractures in crystalline rock in the Coweeta Group at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory, NC: GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 6.<\/p>\n

        Hiatt,<\/span> C.,<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0Burnette, M.C., <\/span>\u00a0Roberts, W.B., <\/span>Lord, M., Kinner, D., and Campbell, T., 2011, Analysis of groundwater-surface water interaction in a headwaters stream system in the Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, N.C., Part A: Physical setting in different hydrogeomorphic reaches:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 82.<\/p>\n

        \u00a0<\/span>Allen E.D.,<\/span> MacIntyre, A.M.,<\/span> Dobyne, J.A.,<\/span> Padgett, M.C.,<\/span> Lord, M., and Kinner, D., 2011, Analysis of groundwater-surface water interaction in a headwaters stream system in the Southern Appalachians, Cullowhee, N.C., Part B: Hydrology in different hydrogeomorphic settings:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 43, n. 2, p. 82.<\/p>\n

        Burnette, M.C.,<\/span> and Kinner, D.A., 2010, Measurement of shallow hydraulic conductivity profiles in potential landslide hazard initiation zones of the mountains of western North Carolina:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, n. 5, p. 611.<\/p>\n

        Griffith, A., Tanner, B.R., Kinner, D.A., Young, R.S., 2010, Restoration of Arundinaria Gigantea (Rivercane) to the Ocunaluftee River Floodplain, Cherokee, NC:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 5, p. 593.<\/p>\n

        Tanner, B. R., Kinner, D.A., Barbour, S., and Young, R., 2010, Radiocarbon dates reveal a high elevation, early Holocene wetland deposit in the southern Appalachian Mountains: \u00a0GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 42, no. 1, p. 188<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., Moody, J.A., and Jorgensen, D., 2009, Correlation of area and point measurements of rainfall intensities in a burned area subject to debris flows. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 715.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D.A., Waters-Tormey, C, Latham, R.S., Douglas, T.J., Wooten, R. M., and\u00a0Jacobsen, P., 2009, Development, mass movement and weathering profiles: a slow moving weathered rock slide in western North Carolina. GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 41, no. 7, p. 626.<\/p>\n

        Tanner, B.R., Kinner, D.A., Griffith, A.W., and Young, R.S., 2008, Presence of Arundinaria gigantea<\/i> on non-hydric soils suggests improper classification of the species, EOS Transactions of AGU, 89(53), Fall Meeting Supplement.<\/p>\n

        Griffith, A., Mathews, K., Kinner, D., Tanner, B. and Young R., 2008, The chemical and physical soil properties of Arundinaria gigantean in western North Carolina: \u00a069th<\/sup> Meeting of the Association of Southeastern Biologists, April 16 \u2013 19, 2008, Spartanburg South Carolina.<\/p>\n

        Moore, A.W.,<\/span> and Kinner, D.A., 2008, Infiltration and moisture movement in native river cane stands, western North Carolina: \u00a0<\/i>GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 40, no. 4, p. 74. GSA Southeastern Meeting, Student Presentation.<\/p>\n

        Griffith, A., Kinner, D., McDowell, K.<\/span>, Tanner, B., and Young, R., 2007, Soil characterization for rivercane (Arundinaria Gigantea (Walter Muhl.)) restoration in Western North Carolina:\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6, p. 243.<\/p>\n

        Griffith, A., Dewald, L., Kinner, D., Mathews, K., Tanner, B., and Young, R., 2007 The Rivercane (Arundinaria gigantea<\/i>) Restoration Project: Protecting a resource through scientific investigation and community education, 18th<\/sup> Annual Southeastern Man and the Biosphere Conference, October 22-24th<\/sup>, 2007, Johnson City, TN.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D. A., and Moody, J.A., 2007, Infiltration and connectivity at multiple scales in burned watersheds.\u00a0 GSA Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, no. 6.\u00a0 p.180. GSA Fall Meeting 2007, Invited<\/b>.<\/p>\n

        <\/b>McDowell, K. L.<\/span> , Griffith, A. D. , Kinner<\/strong>, D. A., Tanner, B. R., and Young, R. S., 2006 Restoration of River cane Arundinaria Gigantea in Western, NC: A step towards the identification of ideal environmental conditions, GSA Abstracts with Programs, 39(2), p. 29.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D. A., 2005, Using multiple rain rates to examine spatial variability in infiltration: GSA Abstract with Programs, v. 37 no. 7, p. 35.<\/p>\n

        Moody, J. A., and Kinner, D. A., 2004, Gully erosion after wildfire, 3rd<\/sup> International Gully Symposium, Oxford MS, April 28-May 1, 2004.<\/p>\n

        Kinner, D. A., Moody, J. A., and Martin, D. A., 2003, Effects of surface sealing, soil moisture evolution and rainfall intensity on runoff from hillslope plots burned by wildfire:\u00a0 EOS Transactions of the AGU, v. 84, no. 46.\u00a0\u00a0 Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract H32A-0522.<\/p>\n

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        Education 2003 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado Boulder, CO 1999 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0M.S., Geology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 1996 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B.A., Geology Amherst College, Magna Cum Laude, Amherst, MA Professional Experience 2014-\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences 2012- \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Associate Professor, Western Carolina […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":0,"parent":8,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/87"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/faculty.wcu.edu\/dkinner\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}