Women, Rocks, and Professors: The Memories of a University Professor

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Women, Rocks, and Professors: The Memories of a University Professor is written by John J.W. Rogers and published by PublishAmerica. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1462685013 (ISBN 10) and 9781462685011 (ISBN 13).

This autobiography covers the life of a university Professor of Geology. It describes his education and his career at Rice University and the University of North Carolina. During his career, he travelled to do geologic work in all continents except Antarctica. The book also discusses his heavy involvement in the education of women, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, following his introduction to the education of women during the late 1960s when he was in charge of a women's residential college at Rice university. Many episodes on campus and during travel were both strange and hilarious. The book emphasizes the humor in the author's life by describing these episodes both from the author's viewpoint and the perspective of other people involved.