BACKGROUND JIM HIBBARD EDUCATION
PH.D. 1988  CORNELL UNIVERSITY - Geological Sciences
DEFORMATION PATHS IN AN ACCRETIONARY PRISM: THE TERTIARY SHIMANTO 
COMPLEX, SHIKOKU ISLAND, JAPAN
 
M.SC. 1976 MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND - Geological Sciences
THE SOUTHWESTERN EXTENSION OF THE DUNNAGE MELANGE AND ITS RELATIONSHIP 
TO NEARBY GROUPS
 
B.A. HONORS 1973 COLGATE UNIVERSITY - Geology
 
POSITIONS HELD
PROFESSOR (2001- ) DEPT. OF MARINE, EARTH, AND ATMOSPHERIC 
SCIENCES, NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY
 
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR (1994-2001) MEAS, NCSU
 
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR (1988-1994) MEAS, NCSU
 
PROJECT GEOLOGIST (1977-1983) NEWFOUNDLAND GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
 
RECENT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Associate Editor (2000- )
Geological Society of America Bulletin
 
Panel Member (1999-2001)
National Science Foundation Tectonics Division
 
Member (1994-1997)
Geological Society of America Research Committee
 
Chief Editor (1995) 
Current Perspectives in the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen; Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 41. 
 
Chief convener (1994)  
Geological Association of Canada Nuna Conference:New Perspectives in the Appalachian-Caledonian Orogen;  
Grand Falls, Newfoundland, August 12-16. 
 
Co-leader (1992) 
NSF Faculty Enhancement Program Workshop: Tectonic Development of the Appalachian Orogen 
 
Co-convener (1991) 
Muroto International Conference on Accretionary Prisms, Tokyo and Muroto, Japan