Tom Paradise

Thomas R. Paradise
Headshot of Tom Paradise
Nationality American
Title Distinguished professor
Academic background
Alma mater Arizona State University
Academic work
Discipline Geomorphology
Institutions University of Arkansas

Thomas R. Paradise is an American geomorphologist and professor of geosciences at the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences of the University of Arkansas.[1][2]

Paradise is known for his work on the Nabatean city of Petra in Jordan, which he has studied since the late 1980s,[1] and has published work on the deterioration of architectural stone.[3] He was the lead researcher and presenter on Petra: Lost City of Stone, broadcast by PBS in 2015.[4][5]

Early life and education

Paradise grew up in North Beach and Telegraph Hill, San Francisco. He obtained his BS in geosciences and mining in 1979 from the Mackay School of Mines (part of the University of Nevada). After graduation, he spent a year, in 1980, with the Gemological Institute of America, and in 1983 he worked with the Gemological Institute in London.[2]

In 1990 he completed his MS in physical geography and cartography at Georgia State University, and in 1993 he obtained his PhD in geomorphology and cultural heritage management from Arizona State University.[2]

Career

From 1993 Paradise served as a professor in environmental studies and geography at the University of Hawaii at Hilo. He has been a professor of geosciences at the University of Arkansas since 2000.[2]

Selected works

  • (2011). Arkansas: An Illustrated Atlas. Little Rock: The Butler Center and Arkansas Studies Institute.
  • (1996). with J. Juvik and S. Juvik. Atlas of Hawaii. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.

References

  1. 1 2 Naomi Lubick (June 2004). "Petra: An Eroding Ancient City". American Geosciences Institute.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Dr. Thomas R. Paradise". University of Arkansas. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  3. ↑ Paradise, Thomas R. (2011). "Architecture and Deterioration in Petra: Issues, Trends and Warnings", in Corner, Douglas C. Tourism and Archaeological Heritage Management at Petra: Driver to Development or Destruction?. Springer Science & Business Media, p. 104 (author biography).
  4. ↑ "GeoHog Times" (PDF). University of Arkansas Geosciences. Fall 2016.
  5. ↑ Evin, Florence (18 April 2015). "Pétra, mille nuances de grès", Le Monde.
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