CURRICULUM VITAE

Contact Information

• Name: James Edward Washington III

• Address: Houston, Texas

• E-mail: jurassicjames65@gmail.com

• Personal Website: jurassicjames.com

• Personal Portfolio: jurassicjames.com/portfolio/

• YouTube Page: Jurassic James 65

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• Linkedin Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-washington-8b08a0159/

• Museum Profile: http://www.hmns.org

Mission Statement

To contribute to the greater body of scientific research in the fields of paleontology and geology; to raise science literacy by giving people a deeper understanding and appreciation of the natural world using Earth Science.

Institutional Affiliations

Children’s Museum in Indianapolis

• Paleontological field (summer) volunteer.

Houston Gem and Mineral Society

• Presenter.

Education

Undergraduate:

Associate of Arts

• College: Lone Star College Systems: North Harris 

• Honor’s Credit: Biology, Advisor: Geology Department Head Prof. Tom Hobbs

• Activities: Geology Club President (2012) Vice President (2009-2011)

• Completed: December 2012

High School:

Channelview High School Diploma

• Location: Channelview, Texas

• Activities: JROTC Staff-Battalion Adjutant (S-1) and Operations Officer (S-3)

• Activities: JROTC Drill Team and Color Guard Rifle Commander 

• Activities: Mentor in P.A.L.S. Program

Professional Experience

Houston Museum of Natural Science

Deparement: Visitor Services

• Customer Service Senior Lead, Discovery Guide and Gallery Attendant Trainer: September 2016 – August 2022

• Concierge and Discovery Tour Guide and Lead: May 2012 – September 2016

• Customer Service Representative: July 2011 – April 2012

• Marketing: Social Media contributer and personality

• Marketing: Blog contributor and scientific advisor

Lone Star College-North Harris

Department: The Learning Center

• College Geology Tutor: January 2008 – December 2014

• Supplemental Instructor-Physical and Historical Geology: August 2007 – May 2011

Paleontological Experience

Upper Carboniferous Period (Pennsylvanian):

Palo Pinto Roadcut Exposure

•  Site: Palo Pinto County, Texas.

• Dates: July 2019, December 2019, June 2020, September 2020, October 2021, February 2023.

• Excavated: Invertebrate cnidaria, bryozoans, brachiopods, bivalves, gastropods, cephalopods, trilobites, and crinoids.

Lower Permian (Kungurian Series):

Early Periman Red Beds

• Site: Craddic Ranch-Seymour, Texas.

• Age: 280 Million Years Old.

• Dates: September 2013, November 2017, December 2019, and Feb 2023.

• Excavated: Dimetrodon, Diplocaulus, Capterhynus, Eryops and Orthocanthus shark.

• Under the direction of: Dr. Robert Robert Bakker (HMNS Curator of Paleontology), Mr. David Temple (HMNS Associate Curator), and Chris Flis (Director of The WMNH).

Middle to Late Jurassic (Sundance Formation):

Shallow Marine Limestone

• Site: Crosby Ranch in (Northwestern) Wyoming.

• Date: July 2023.

• Excavated: Belemnite (internal shells), ammonites, oysters.

• Under the direction of: Sean (Curator of Natural Sciecnes) and Jessica Taylor (Head Lab Prepper) Childrens’ Museum of Indianapolis.

Late Jurassic (Morrison Formation):

Terrestrial Flood Plain

• Site: Crosby Ranch in Northern Wyoming.

• Date: June 2022 and July 2023.

• Excavated: Theropod shed teeth, microfossils, sauropodmorpha fossils, and tracks.

• Under the direction of: Lauran Rooney (Curator of Paleontology) and Jessica Taylor (Head Lab Prepper) of the Children’s Museum in Indianapolis.

Lower Cretaceous (Comanchean Series):

Dinosaur Valley State Park (Research)

•  Site: West of Glen Rose, Texas.

• Dates: October 2016, October 2017 and December 2019.

• Took records and mapping of: Acrocanthosaurus and Sauropod tracks.

Leander River Theropods tracks (Research)

•  Site: Leander Theropod Track.

• Date: September 2017.

• Took record of: Early Cretaceous Leander River Theropod tracks.

Exposures west of Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas

• Site: West of Fort Worth, Texas (North of I-20).

• Dates: January 2021.

• Excavated: Early Cretaceous invertebrate gastropods, bivalves, ammonite cast.

Upper Cretaceous:

Brazos River Marlin, Texas

• Site: West of Marlin, Texas.

• Dates: January 2021.

• Excavated: Late Cretaceous oyster Exogyra ponderosa.

Late Cretaceous Post Oak Creek in Sherman, Texas

• Site: Post Oak Creek in Sherman, Texas.

• Dates: September 2020 and October 2021.

• Excavated: Invertebrate bivalve (oyster: Lopha), and Shark teeth.

Eocene Epoch:

Quaternary (The last ice age):

Pleistocene Epoch and Cretaceous disconformity

•  Site: Shoreline of High Island, Texas.

• Dates: October 2020, April, 2021, May 2021, September 2021, January 2022, April 2022.

• Excavated: Mastodon upper tibia. Crustacean burrows.

Prepatory Lab Experience

Lone Star College: North Harris Geology lab

• Date: January 2008 to May 2013.

• Prepped: Mineral, rocks, and fossils specimen.

• Under the direction of: Prof. Tom M. Hobbs (Department Head).

Conference Presentations

PERMIAN FEST 2023: Dinosaur in Pop Culture

• Dates: February 2023

• Host: Whiteside Museum of Natural History

• Locality: Seymour, Texas

• Venue: City Hall Lecture Hall

Donations and uncredited contributions

Uncredited contributions:

• Scientific consultant in the spring of 2023 for the film: A holographic adventure Dinosaur Discoveries.

• Edit multiple exhibit labels and consulted on content for museum exhibits.

• Select samples from Education collections for touch display in museum exhibits.

• Identify specimen in paleontological, mineralogical, and malacological collection.

Notable Lectures

Dinosaurs in Pop Culture

• Date: 26 February 2023

• Host: Whiteside Museum of Natural History

• Venue: City Hall, Seymour, Texas

Based on a true story: Monsters and Myths of the Fossil Record

• Date: 21 September 2021

• Host: Adult Education

• Venue: Houston Museum of Natural Science Giant Screen Theater

Sex in the fossil Record II

• Date: May 2019

• Host: Adult Education

• Venue: Houston Museum of Natural Science Burt Baker Planetarium

Dinosaurs in Hollywood

• Date: June 2018

• Host: Adult Education

• Venue: Houston Museum of Natural Science Burt Baker Planetarium

Sex in the Fossil Record

• Date: May 2015

• Host: Adult Education

• Venue: Houston Museum of Natural Science Burt Baker Planetarium

Notable Presentations

Pacific Rim: The science of Kaiju

• Date: June 2019

• Host: Come for the Movie Stay for the Facts

• Venue: Houston Museum of Natural Science Giant Screen Theater (Formerly Imax)

Introduction to Fossils

• Date: June 2017

• Venue: Kids-N-Play, Houston, Texas

• Host: Private owners

The Inaccuracy of the Dinosaurs of Jurassic Park

• Time/Date: 5:30pm on Thursday, 11th June 2015

• Venue: Jurassic World Premiere at Studio Movie Grill

• Host: Steve Zito Company iGlobal

Notable Speeches

Hall of Paleontology

• Venue: Houston Gem and Mineral Society

• Locality: Southwest Houston Headquarters

• Hosted by: Society Chair Dr. Neal Immega

Paleontology as a career

• Date: 18 May 2017

• Venue: Scanlan Oaks S.T.E.A.M Day

• Locality: Fort Bend County, Texas

• Host: Teacher Mrs. Lansangan

Notable Media Events

The Houston Chronicle

• Date: 03 January 2017

• Host: Front page article by Kim Maguire.

• Type: Article about tours and classes conducted at HMNS

Houstonia Magazine

• Date: Published on 15 June 2015, 8:00am

• Article: Is Jurassic World Dino-Mite: An HMNS paleontology guide on the latest prehistoric blockbuster.

• Host: Nick Esquer Arts and Culture Editor (Written interview).

Fieldtrips and Excursions

Jessie Jones Park: Gulf coast geology and ecology

• Conducted two to three times a year from 2008 to present.

• Topics include: Soil horizons, swamp environments, flood zone, point bar, cut bank, levees, drainage and environmental awareness.

Fossil Digs in North Texas

• Conducted during the fall of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.

• Topics include: Dinosaur Valley State Park, Dinosaur World, Mineral Wells, Jacksboro Spillway, Fort Worth Cretaceous exposure and Perot Museum in Dallas.

Geology of West Texas and New Mexico

• Conducted annually from 2008 to 2012

• Topics include: Uvalde petroliferous limestone, Kanippa basalt, Big Bend National Park, Davis Mountains, Guadalupe Mountains, Carlsbad Caverns American Talc mine and Cavern of Sonora.

College Level Geologic Classes Tutored

Sophomore Level

• Historical Geology

• Geology of Texas

• Paleontology

VIP tours guest toured at the museum

• City Council Member Ellen Cowen

• Philanthropist Andrea Johnson

• A number of private anonmyous donors

Class Curriculum written and taught

Geology:

•  Introduction to Minerals

• The Rock Cycle

• The Ten Evidences of Plate Tectonics

• Volcanoes, Igneous Rocks and Metamorphism

• Sedimentary Rocks and the Environments that make them

 Biology

• Intro to Malacology.

• Sea shell classifications.

Archaeology:

•  Minerals and Rocks of Ancient Egypt

• Minerals and Rocks of the Americas

Museum Curriculum taught

Outreach Presentation:

•  Earth Science on Wheels:

  • • Dinosaur Discovery

    • Focus on Fossils

    • Fossil Sort

    • Water Cycle

• Wildlife on Wheels:

  • • Invertebrates

• Bugs on Wheels:

  • • The Basics of Bugs

    • Little Bodies Big Jobs

    • Adaptation Exploration

    • Magic of Metamorphosis

• Science on Stage:

  • • Motion Commotion

    • Exploring Energy

    • Cool Chemistry

Scouts:

•  Family Life

• Environmental Science

• Soil and Water Conversation

• Communication

• Citizen of the Community

• Citizen of the World

Virtual Tours with live Q&A

• Early Civilizations: Human/Paleontology and Ancient Egypt-01 October 2020

• Prehistoric Survivors: Paleontology and Malacology-22October 2020

• Effect of Plate Tectonics on Life on Earth-19 November 2020

• Origin and Evolution of Minerals-14 January 2021

• Effect of Plate Tectonics of Life on Earth-18 February 2021

• Earliest Life on Earth-11 March 2021

• Terrestrial Life Debuts-8 April 2021

• Dinosaurs of the Triassic and Jurassic-6 May 2021

• Dinosaurs of the Cretaceous-10 June 2021

• Reign of the Mammals-8 July 2021

• Ice Age Survivors: Texas Wildlife-12 August 2021

• Ice Age Survivors: African Wildlife-9 September 2021

• Early Humans: In the Hall of Paleontology-7 October 2021

• Prehistoric Sea Survivors: Malacology-4 November 2021

• Early Civilization: Ancient Egypt-9 December 2021

Exhibit Halls Toured at HMNS

Special Exhibits:

• Ramses and athe gold of the Pharaohs

• Body Worlds

• Pompeii

• Mars by Luke Jerram

• Stonehenge: Ancient Mysteries and Modern Discoveries

• The Art of the Brick

• Moon by Luke Jerram

• Life in Stone

• Tourmaline Treasures

• Vanishing Arts: Highlights from the Beasley-Hwang Collection

• Knights

• Curator’s Choice: Recent Acquisitions of the Houston Museum of Natural Science

• Art of the Gunsmith: From Columbus to Napoleon

• Microsculpture: The Insect Photography of Levon Biss

• Death by Natural Causes

• The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes

• Amber Secrets: Feathers from the Age of Dinosaurs

• Mummies of the World

• Biophilia: A Dialogue with Art

• Gems of the Sea: The Guido T. Poppe Collection

• Gladiators: Heroes of the Colosseum

• Amending America: The Bill of Rights

• Gemstone Carving

• La Virgen de Guadalupe: Empress of the Americas

• Mapping Texas: From Frontier to the Lone Star State

• Samurai: The Way of the Warrior

• Spies, Traitors, Saboteurs: Fear and Freedom in America

• China’s Lost Civilization: The Mystery of Sanxingdui

• Battleship Texas

• Magna Carta

• Knights

• Trains over Texas

• Out of the Amazon: Life on the River

• Bulgari: 130 Years of Masterpieces

• The Cave Paintings of Lascaux

• Maya 2012: Prophecy becomes History

• Gems of the Medici

• Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition

• Warriors, Tombs and Temples

• Discovering the Civil War