JAMES L. CULLEN
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Department of Geological Sciences
Salem State University
Salem, MA 01970
978-542-6283
jcullen@salemstate.edu
Assistant Professor, 1981-1987; Associate Professor, 1987-1991;
Chairperson, 1989 - 1998, 2003; Professor, 1991 - present, Department
of Geological Sciences, Salem State College.
Education
B. A., Geology, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 1972.
Ph.D., Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, 1983.
Fields of study: Marine Geology/Micropaleontology/Paleoclimatology/
Stratigraphy.
Thesis advisor: John Imbrie, Department of Geological Sciences,
BrownUniversity.
Professional
Affiliations
Geological Society of America, National Assoc. of Geoscience Teachers, Phi Kappa Phi,
American Geophysical Union, Sigma Xi, National Center for Science Education, Inc.,
Council on Undergraduate Research
Professional
Activities
Reviewer numerous proposals submitted to Division of Ocean Sciences and Division of
Atmospheric Sciences, National Science Foundation.
Reviewer numerous scientific research papers for journals Marine Micropaleontology,
Paleoceanography, Marine Geology, Quaternary Research, and for Ocean
Drilling Program.
Coordinator, Undergraduate Research Program, School of Arts and Sciences, Salem
State College, 1998- 2002.
Chairperson of the following Salem State College Committees: All-College Committee,
1990-1992; 1997-present; Academic Policies Committee, 1984-1990; Student
Scholarship Committee, 1988-1990. Promotions Committee, 1998-2000, 20052007, Tenure Committee, 2007-present
Member, Executive Board, Salem Chapter MSCA, 1989-present.
Member, Executive Committee, Massachusetts Bay Marine Studies Consortium, 19901993.
Member, Masters Thesis Committees, Department of Geology & Geophysics, Boston
College; GIS Program, Department of Geography, Salem State College; Ph.D.
Thesis Committees, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University.
Invited lectures: Department of Geology, Boston University; Department of Earth and
Environmental Sciences, Wesleyan University; Department of Geological
Sciences, Brown University; UMass, Boston, UMass, Amherst, Darwin Festival,
Salem State College
Councilor, Geosciences Division, Council on Undergraduate Research, 2001- present.
Member, Technical Advisory Panel for the National Ocean Sciences Bowl (NOSB),
CORE (Consortium of Ocean Research and Education), Washington, D.C. 20002003
Research
Interests
Application of paleontologic, geochemical, and sedimentological data to problems in
paleoecology, paleoclimatology, and paleoceanography.
Dissolution of deep-sea carbonates.
Application of multivariate statistical techniques to paleontologic and stratigraphic data.
Plankton evolution.
Cenozoic deep-sea stratigraphy.
Research
Experience
Visiting Professor, Research, Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University,
1992-1993.
Research Supervisor, four undergraduate research/lab assistants, Marine Geology
Laboratory, Department of Geological Sciences, Salem State College, 1987present.
Guest Investigator, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, June-August, 1984, JulyAugust, 1994, 1996
Research Scientist, Brown University, August, 1986.
Visiting Scientist, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, June-August, 1985, June-July,
1986.
Research Assistant, CLIMAP, Brown University, 1975-1981.
Research
Grants
(external)
“Variations in Surface and Deep Water Conditions in the Northeastern Atlantic Ocean
over the Past 0.5 Million Years”, JOI. USSAC, Science Support Program for ODP
Post cruise Studies, 1996-1998.
“Variations in Surface Water Conditions in the Western Equatorial Atlantic Ocean over
the Past One Million Years,” JOI, USSAC, Science Support Program for ODP
Post cruise Studies, 1994-1996.
Supplement to “Development and Testing of a Global Data Base of Planktonic
Foraminifers for Estimating Past Environmental Variability”, NSF Award AT9115414; Research Opportunity Award, 1992-1993.
“Variations in Surface Water Conditions in the Equatorial Indian Ocean, Late Pliocene to
Recent,” JOI, USSAC, Science Support Program for ODP Post cruise Studies,
1987-1989.
Field
Experience
Member, Scientific Party, KNR166-2, R/V Knorr, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;
gravity, piston coring, Florida Margin, January-February, 2002.
Member, Scientific Party, KNR159-5, R/V Knorr, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution;
gravity, piston, multicoring, Brazil Margin; October-November, 1998
Co-Leader, Collaborative Undergraduate Field Course on Carbonate Environments,
Caribbean Marine Research Center, Lee Stocking Island, Bahamas, January,
1998, 1999
Sedimentologist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 162, JOIDES Resolution, sediment coring,
North Atlantic Gateways II, July - September, 1995.
Sedimentologist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 154, JOIDES Resolution, sediment coring,
Ceara Rise, Equatorial Atlantic Ocean, January - March, 1994.
Member, Scientific Party, EW93/02, R/V Maurice Ewing, Flemish Cap, Gardar and Bjorn
Drifts, subpolar North Atlantic; seismic surveying, giant gravity and piston coring,
May -June, 1993.
Member, Scientific Party, EW92/09, R/V Maurice Ewing, Ceara Rise, western Equatorial
Atlantic Ocean; seismic surveying and giant piston coring, August-September,
1992.
Participant, NSF Undergraduate Faculty Enhancement Programs, ”Modern Carbonate
Environments, Diagenesis, Soil Formation, and Pleistocene Analogs”, San
Salvador Island, Bahamas, June-July, 1991; “Tectonic Development of the
Appalachian Orogen, July-August, 1992.
Member, Scientific Party, Cruise 205, Leg 2, R/V Oceanus, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution; gravity, piston, box coring, plankton towing, grab sampling, Northwest
Providence Channel, Bahamas, December, 1988.
Sedimentologist, Ocean Drilling Program Leg 115, JOIDES Resolution; hydraulic piston
coring, crustal drilling, Mauritius to Sri Lanka, Equatorial Indian Ocean, May-July,
1987.
Member, Scientific Party, Cruise 110, Leg 2, R/V Knorr, Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution; gravity, piston, box coring, Ceara Rise, western Equatorial Atlantic,
October-November, 1984
Leader, Departmental Field Trips to: South Florida, March, 1983, March 1987; southern
Colorado Plateau, March, 1988; Egypt, March 1990; Hawaii
Member, Scientific Party, TR173, R/V Trident, Graduate School of Oceanography,
University of Rhode Island, piston and Kasten coring, western Mediterranean
Sea and eastern North Atlantic, September-October, 1975.
Member, Scientific Party, TR100, TR101, R/V Trident, Graduate School of
Oceanography, University of Rhode Island; gravity coring, dredging, western
North Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic Ridge, June-August, 1971.
Reconnaissance geology and detailed field mapping, Honduras, Central America, with
Dr. G. S. Horne, Wesleyan University, January-June, 1971.
Teaching
Experience
Assistant, Associate, and Full Professor, Salem State College, 1981-present; courses:
Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Environmental Geology, Submarine
Geology, Geochemistry, Paleontology, Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, Geology
of North America, First-Year Seminar, numerous Directed Studies.
Visiting Professor, Tufts University, September-December, 1991,1993; course: Historical
Geology/Paleontology; January - May, 1995; course: Stratigraphy.
Visiting Assistant Professor, January-June, 1986, Visiting Associate Professor, JanuaryJune, 1990, Bowdoin College; courses: Historical Geology, Geology of Ocean
Basins and Margins, Senior Research
Lecturer, Boston University, 1984-1985; courses: Paleontology, Stratigraphy,
Sedimentology.
Adjunct Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering, Merrimack College, January-June,
1984; course: Introductory Geology.
Teaching Assistant, Brown University, 1976-1977, 1981; courses: Stratigraphy and
Sedimentation, Physical Oceanography, Historical Oceanography, Introduction to
the Oceans..
Assistant Teacher, R. E. Bell Middle School, Chappaqua, New York, 1972-1974, General
Science and Mathematics.
Publications
Papers (since 1990):
Benway. H.B., McManus, J.F., Oppo, D.W., and Cullen, J.L., 2010. Hydrographic
changes in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic during the last
deglaciation,
Quaternary Science Reviews, v. 29, pp. 3336-3345.
Oppo, D., McManus, J.F., and Cullen, J.L., 2003. Deepwater variability in the Holocene
epoch, Nature, v. 422, pp. 277-278
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., Cullen, J. L., and Healey, S. L., 2003. Marine Isotope
Stage (MIS 11): Analog for Holocene and future climate? In "Geophysical
Monograph 137, Earth's Climate and Orbital Eccentricity: The Marine Isotope
Stage 11 Question." (A. Droxler, R. Poore, L. Burckle, and L. Osterman, Eds.),
pp. 69-85. AGU
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D., Keigwin, L., Cullen, J., and Bond, G., 2002. Thermohaline
circulation and prolonged interglacial warmth in the North Atlantic, Quaternary
Research, v. 58, pp. 17-21.
Oppo, D., Keigwin, L., McManus, J. F., and Cullen, J.L., 2001. Evidence for millennial
scale variability during Marine Isotope Stage 5 and Termination II,
Paleoceanography, vol. 16, pp. 280-292.
Flower, B.P., Oppo, D., McManus, Venz, K.A., Hodell, D., and Cullen, J.L., 2000. North
Atlantic intermediate deep-water circulation and chemical stratification during the
past 1 m.y., Paleoceanography, vol. 15, pp. 388-403.
McManus, J. F.,Oppo, D., and Cullen, J. L., 1999. A 0.5 million-year record of
millennial-scale climate variability in the north Atlantic, Science, vol. 283 pp. 971974.
Oppo, D. W., McManus, J. F., and Cullen, J. L., 1998. Abrupt climate events 500,000 to
340,000 years ago: Evidence from subpolar north Atlantic sediments, Science,
vol. 279 pp. 1335-1338
Cullen, J.L. and Curry, W. B., 1997. Variations in foraminifer faunas and carbonate
preservation at ODP Site 927: Evidence for changing surface water conditions in
the western tropical Atlantic Ocean during the middle Pleistocene. In:
Shackleton, N.J., Curry, W.B., Richter, C., and Bralower, T.J. (Eds.) Proceedings
of the ODP, Scientific Results, v. 154, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling
Program), pp. 207-228.
Curry, W. B. and Cullen, J. L., 1997. Carbonate production and dissolution
in the western equatorial Atlantic during the last 1 myr, In: Shackleton, N.J.,
Curry, W.B., Richter, C., and Bralower, T.J. (Eds.) Proceedings of the ODP,
Scientific Results, v. 154, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), pp.
Cullen, J. L. and Droxler, A. W., 1990. Late Quaternary variations in planktonic
foraminiferal faunas and pteropod preservation in the equatorial Indian Ocean. In
Backman, J., Duncan, R. A., Peterson, L. C., et al., Proceedings of the ODP,
Scientific Results, V.115, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), pp. 579588.
Curry, W. B., Cullen, J. L., Backman, J., 1990. Carbonate accumulation in the Indian
Ocean during the Pliocene: Evidence for a change in productivity and
preservation at about 2.4 Ma. In Backman, J., Duncan, R. A., Peterson, L. C., et
al., Proceedings of the ODP, Scientific Results V.115, College Station, TX
(Ocean Drilling Program), pp. 509-518.
Droxler, A. W., Haddad, G. S., Mucciarone, D. A., and Cullen, J. L., 1990. Late PliocenePleistocene periplatform aragonite cycles and supercycles in induced CaCO3
preservation and dissolution at intermediate water depths. In Backman, J.,
Duncan, R. A., Peterson, L. C., et al., Proceedings of the ODP, Scientific Results
V.115, College Station, TX (Ocean Drilling Program), pp. 539-578.
Abstracts (since 1999):
Benway. H.B., McManus, J.F., Oppo, D.W., and Cullen, J.L., 2010. Hydrographic
changes in the eastern subpolar North Atlantic during the last
deglaciation, Abstract PP13B-1513, presented at 2010 Fall Meeting,
AGU, San Francisco, Calif. 13-17 Dec.
McManus, J F., Oppo, D W., Benway, H.M., Major, C.O., and Cullen, J L, 2006. High
latitude influence on millennial-scale climate variability, Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP11A-02 invited
McManus, J F., Oppo, D W., Cullen, J L, and Huybers, P., 2005. The AtlanticPacific Salinity Contrast and Sea Level During Marine Isotope Stage 11,
Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP34B-05,
* Lac, D, Cullen, J L, and Martin, A., 2004. Testing the Reliability and Sensitivity of
Foraminiferal Transfer Functions Based on the Modern Analog Technique (MAT),
Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract OS43A-09.
* Michaud, J R, Cullen, J L, McManus, J F, and Oppo, D W., 2004. Evidence for
Millennial-Scale Climate Variability in the Surface Waters Above ODP Site 980,
NE Atlantic Ocean During the Last Glacial Interval (MIS 4-2), Eos Trans. AGU,
85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GC21A-06
* Arvin, T A, Cullen, J L, Oppo, D W, and McManus, J F., 2004. A Detailed Record of
Changing Surface Water Conditions From Sediments Deposited During
Marine Isotope Stage 11, ODP Site 980, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, Eos Trans.
AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl., Abstract GC21A-12.
* Watkins, T B., Cullen, J L., Oppo, D W, and McManus, J F., 2004. Holocene Evidence
for Centennial-scale Climate Variability From Records of Surface Water
Changes, NE Atlantic Ocean, Eos Trans. AGU, 85(17), Jt. Assem. Suppl.,
Abstract GC21A-14.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., Cullen, J. L., and Federici, L. ,2003. Marine Isotope Stage
1 (MIS 11): Analogue or Anomaly? XVI INQUACongress Program with Abstracts,
126.
Oppo, D W., McManus, J F, and Cullen, J L., 2003. Holocene North Atlantic Deepwater
Carbon Isotope Variability, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
PP41D-06.
McManus, J F., Oppo, D W., Cullen, J L., Huybers, P., and Federici, L., 2003. Analogue
or Anomaly? Ocean Drilling Evidence From Marine Isotope Stage 11, Eos Trans.
AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U12B-06.
McManus, J F., Hoffmann, S S., Oppo, D W., Johnsen, S J., Cullen, J L, and Cosier, S.,
2003. The Last Interglacial in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, Eos
Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract, PP31D-03, Invited.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W. and, Cullen, J. L., 2003. Amplitude, duration, and stability
of Pleistocene interglacial climates, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 5,
12939.
*Costanza, B. M., Cullen, J. L., Oppo, D. W., McManus, J. F., 2003. Holocene evidence
for millennial-scale climate variability at ODP site 984, northeast Atlantic Ocean,
Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 5, 12574.
*Pouliot, J. A., Cullen, J. L., McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., 2003. Using planktic f
oraminifer faunal data to document millennial-scale climate variability in the north
Atlantic Ocean over the past 250,000 years, Geophysical Research Abstracts, v.
5, 13138.
*Foley, C, Cullen, J.L., Oppo, D., McManus, J., 2002. Evidence for Sub-Orbital (5-10
kyr) and Millennial (1-2 kyr) Scale Climate Variability during Marine Isotope Stage
5 from Detailed Records of Surface Water Changes at ODP Site 980, Northeast
Atlantic Ocean, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(19), Spring Meet. Suppl., Abstract GS41A12.
McManus, J. F., Cosier, S., Cullen, J. L., Oppo, D. W., and Keigwin, L. D. 2002. North
Atlantic climate, ocean circulation, and continental glaciation during MIS 5.
DEKLIM-EEM Workshop abstracts volume, 55-56.
McManus, J. F., Federici, L., Oppo, D. W., and Cullen, J. L., 2002. Interglacial climate
and duration: Past and future. EOS 83, F902-903.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., and Cullen, J. L. 2002. The deep-sea record of MIS 11.
INQUA Commission on Stratigraphy Workshop "MIS 11 and Its Terrestrial
equivalents.
*Shenker, Joshua and Cullen, J.L., 2001. Millennial scale climate variability during warm
Interglacials: Evidence from ODP Site 980 sediments, Northeast Atlantic Ocean,
Council of Undergraduate Research’s Fifth Annual Undergraduate Research
Posters on Capitol Hill, Washington, D. C., March 29, 2001
Cullen, J.L., Oppo, D., and McManus, J.M., 2001. Holocene evidence for
millennial-scale climate variability from records of surface water changes,
northeast Atlantic Ocean, 7th International Conference on Paleoceanography,
Sapporo, Japan, September 16 - 22, 2001.
Cullen, J.L., Oppo, D., and McManus, J.M., 2001. Holocene evidence for millennial-scale
climate variability from records of surface water changes, NE Atlantic Ocean,
Abstracts with Programs, 2001 GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, v.33, no. 6, p.
A-215, Invited.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., and Cullen, J. L. 2001. Similar Pleistocene Interglacial
Climates. In "Seventh International Conferenceon Paleoceanography.", pp.,
Sapporo, Japan, September 16 - 22, 2001.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D. W., Cullen, J. C., and Huybers, P. 2001.Orbital Theory, Marine
Isotope Stage 11, and the Holocene Problem. Eos Trans. AGU, 82(47),
Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract U12A-0009
*Broderick, K., Cullen, J.L., Oppo, D. and McManus, J., 2000. Holocene evidence for
millennial-scale climate variability from detailed foraminiferal oxygen isotope
records at ODP Site 980, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, presented at the Annual
North
Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, May 30 - June 3, 2000,
Washington, D.C.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D., Hodell, D., Cullen, J.L., and Healey, S, 1999. The North
Atlantic deep-sea record of Late Quaternary climate variability on millennial timescales, Proceedings, INQUA Congress, Durban, South Africa.
McManus, J. F., Oppo, Keigwin, L., and Cullen J., 1999. Influence of thermohaline
circulation on the duration and demise of Optimum climate conditions in the
Atlantic region during the last Interglacial, Proceedings, INQUA Congress,
Durban, South Africa
McManus, J. F., Oppo, D., and Cullen, J. L., 1999. Marine Isotope Stage 11 (MIS 11) as
an analog for the current Holocene interglacial, presented at Annual Fall Meeting,
American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA, December 6 - 10, 1999.
*Healey, S., Cullen, J.L., McManus, J. and Oppo, D.1999. Holocene Evidence for
Millennial-scale Climate Variability from Detailed Records of Surface Water
Changes at ODP Site 980, Northeast Atlantic Ocean, presented at the Annual
Spring Meeting, American Geophysical Union, May 31 - June 4, 1999, Boston,
MA
*denotes undergraduate student, Salem State College