Professional Vita
Kent M. Hups
Education
B.S., Business Administration, Geology, 1996, Metropolitan State
University and The University of Colorado at Denver, Denver, Colorado
Colorado Teaching Certification 2004
Honors and Awards
2004 Mile High Teacher award, Denver Public Schools
2015 Rocky Mountain Associates of Geologists Excellence in Earth Science Teaching Award
Association Memberships
Dinosaur trackers research group Friends of Dinosaur Ridge
Associations
Research Associate, Earth Sciences Department, Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Professional Publications
- A zone of sauropodomorph footprints in the Basal Wingate sandstone (latest Triassic) of Western Colorado and Eastern Utah: Is
Eosauropus a common Ichnogenus in this region? (Sullivan et al., eds., 2011, Fossil record 3. New Mexico Museum of Natural History
and Science, Bulletin 53)
- The first report of an Anklyosaur track from the Jurassic Morrison formation, Colorado
- A partial skeleton of Goniopholis from the brushy basin member of the Morrison Formation (upper Jurassic), Cactus Park Colorado, and distributions of large Neosuchians, (Foster and Lucas 2006 Paleontology and Geology of the upper Jurassic, New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin 36)
- Mesozoic Vertebrate Tracksites From The Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area of Western Colorado: Implications for Paleoecology and Management. (Lockley and Lucas 2014 Fossil Footprints of Western North America, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 62)
- A Bonanza of New Tetrapod Tracksites From the Cretaceous Dakota Group, Western Colorado: Implications for Paleoecology. (Lockley and Lucas 2014 Fossil Footprints of Western North America, New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science Bulletin 62)
Research Experience
1993-1996
Lab Coordinator and Head preparator , University of Colorado at Denver Paleontology Lab
1991-Present
Involved in the excavation, preservation and curation of all Anklyosaur and Sauropod material removed from DENCA BLM quarries
1996-Present
Permittee of, Hups quarry and HupsLowell quarry, located within the Dominquez Escalante National Conservation Area Western Colorado. The
duties include but not limited to: documented yearly reports to the BLM and acting repository, detailed maps and documentation of all material removed and the supervision of volunteers while on site,
2011
Involved with research, excavation and mapping of the Snow Mass fossil site as department associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2013-2016
Involved with research, excavation and mapping of the Utah Kaparowitz formation fossil site as research associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2014
Involved with research, excavation, mapping and publication of the Bisti and Ah-shi-sle-pah wilderness areas in New Mexico as Earth Science research assistant and research associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2016
Involved with research, excavation, mapping of fossil material from the Puercan NAML formation in Colorado as research associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
2017
Involved with research, excavation, mapping of fossil material from the Puercan NAML formation in Colorado as research associate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Current Research
My current research is the phylogeny of Polacanthids specifically in the Jurassic. This research is based upon material recovered from the Hups Quarry, the Mygatt Moore quarry and from numerous locations located near Como Bluff Wyoming, I am also currently engaged in the study of lower Jurassic and Triassic ichnofossils, specifically tracks, and involved with the ongoing research of Jurassic plant material (short shoots) located within the Morrison formation.
Teaching Experience
Assisted in the development and scaling on the Teen Science Scholars program for Denver Museum of Nature & Science 2015 to present
Member of the STEM advisory team (Liaison to STEM lab and STEM Launch) 2013-present
Science instructor for Adams 12 Five Star Schools from 2009 to present.
Member of the STEM advisory team, Northglenn High School 2011 to present
Science instructor for Denver Public Schools 2002 to 2009. Member of the Earth Science and Biology Curriculum redesign team.
Field test team for the Earth Science Curriculum for Denver Public School district implementation. Inquiry-based learning used as foundation for Earthcomm classroom activities
Member of the Denver Public Schools Science/Math Leadership Cadre
Member of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science Youth & Teacher Advisory Council
Member of the Denver Museum of Nature Urban Advantage Advisory Council
Member of Teacher Advisory Board for Digital Learning Sciences/Digital Library for Earth System Education§
Listed as “Highly Qualified” in General Science, Earth and Space Science, and Business with NCLB
Science Department Chair Manual High School. Duties included: monitoring the science budget, maintaining department stocked with required equipment based on current curriculum, and establishing protocol for teacher collaboration and teacher professional development
Member of DPS Biology Curriculum redesign team
Member of DPS Field Test Team, Biology Curriculum for district implementation
Worked collaboratively with teachers from other content areas to develop literacy strategies to increase understanding for all students
Program design
Designed specialized program that allowed students to work on fossil material removed from active quarries. The student's are required to record data from their research and then input their data into active research, working along real scientists. This program is in conjunction with the B.L.M. and the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. This program addresses appropriate Colorado State and National state high school science standards.
Professional Presentations
Using Augmented Reality in High School Classrooms to Comprehend Surface Geological Map Features, Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 2017 Seattle Washington https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2017AM/webprogram/Paper299920.html
Using Augmented Reality in High School Classrooms to Comprehend Surface Geological Map Features. University of Colorado STEM Symposium, Boulder Colorado 2017
Using partnerships to bring upper level research to High School STEM science classrooms, National Science Teacher Association, national STEM Forum Denver, Colorado 2016
Using Problem Based Learning o bring upper level research to High School STEM science classrooms, National Science Teacher Association, national STEM Forum Denver, Colorado 2016
Bringing Graduate level research to High School STEM science classrooms, University of Colorado STEM Symposium, Boulder Colorado 2014
Obsessions with Dreadnaughts, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, Golden Colorado 2009
Discovery of a Jurassic Goniopholis, Geological Society of America, Grand Junction Colorado 2006
Sue the most infamous Trex in the world, Friends of Dinosaur Ridge, Golden Colorado 1996
Kent M. Hups