Courses
Fall - EES 220, Mineralogy & Petrology I; FYW, To Walk the Land
Spring - EES 221, Mineralogy & Petrology II; FYS Sustainability of Natural Resources
(Other courses taught less frequently: EES 112, Environmental
Science; EES 110, Earth Systems; EES 52, Geochemistry; EES 56, Regional Tectonics).
Current Research and Interests
Petrology, bedrock mapping, and geologic history of the
southern Appalachian Mountains (Southern Appalachian Mapping Project).
Actively involved in the environmental movement at Furman
for over 20 years as an educator and advocate of a sustainable campus. Co-Chair of Sustainability Planning Council.
Professional Experience
Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
1994-present.
Associated Colleges of the South, Environmental Fellow,
1999-present.
Chair, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences,
Furman University, 1994-2009.
Associate Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental
Sciences, Furman University, 1987-1993.
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth & Environmental
Sciences, Furman University, 1979-1987.
Research Assistant, Department of Geology, University of
Massachusetts, 1975-1979.
Field Investigator, Nain Anorthosite Project, University of
Massachusetts, 1975-1981.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Geology,
University of Massachusetts, 1975-1976; 1978.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth Sciences,
University of New Orleans,
1972-74.
Society Affiliations
Geological Society of America
Mineralogical Society of America
Carolina Geological Society, Past President (1999-2000)
Council on Undergraduate Research, Past Councilor
Selected Publications Since 1995
[Student authors in bold]
Dennis, A. J., Butler, J. R., Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A.,
and Sargent, K. A., 1995, Geology of the western part of the Carolina
terrane in northwestern South Carolina; 1995 Carolina Geological Society
Field Trip: South Carolina Geology, v. 37, p. 1-29.
Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., and Sargent, K. A., 1995,
Geology of Masters' kiln and history of the marble occurrences in
Laurens and Union Counties, South Carolina: South Carolina Geology v.
38, p. 29-36.
Ranson, W. A., Garihan, J. M., Sargent, K. A., and Andersen,
C. B., 1995, A field-based laboratory for Introductory physical
geology: Teaching geology by doing geology: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts
with Programs, v. 27, n. 6, p. A-147.
Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W. A., Vaughan, C., Perry,
E., and Palmer, J., 1997, Structural control of erosional
topography across the Blue Ridge front in the Zirconia 7.5-minute
quadrangle, Inner Piedmont SC-NC: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with
Programs, v. 29, n. 3, p. A-18.
Ranson, W. A., Williams, I. S., and Garihan, J. M., 1999,
Shrimp zircon U-Pb ages of granitoids from the Inner Piedmont of South
Carolina: Evidence for Ordovician magmatism involving mid to late
Proterozoic crust: Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, v. 31, n.
6, p. A-167.
Ranson, William A., 2000, Margarite-corundum phyllites from
the Appalachian orogen of South Carolina: Mineralogy and metamorphic
history: American Mineralogist, v. 85, p. 1617-1624.
Crenshaw, B. A., Garihan, J. M., Ranson, W.
A., and Carroll, A. D., 2000, Geology of part of the
Table Rock 7.5-minute quadrangle and outlying pavement exposures,
western Inner Piedmont, Pickens and Greenville Counties, South Carolina:
Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, n. 2, p. A-13.
Ranson, William A. and Garihan, John M., 2000, Mafic and
ultramafic rock occurrences within the Poor Mountain Formation, Table
Rock quadrangle, western Inner Piedmont, SC-NC: Geol. Soc. America
Abstracts with Programs, vol. 32, n. 2, p. A-67.
Garihan, J. M., and Ranson, W. A., 2001, Geologic transect
across the Table Rock and Eastatoe Gap 7.5-minute quadrangles, western
Inner Piedmont, Pickens and Greenville Counties, SC-NC: Geol. Soc.
America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, n. 2, p. A-3.
Blackwell, S., MacLean, J., Garihan, J.,
Ranson, W., Howard, S., and Clendenin, C. W., 2001, Geology of the
Taylors 7.5-minute quadrangle, Inner Piedmont, Greenville County, SC:
Geol. Soc. America Abstracts with Programs, vol. 33, n. 2, p. A-4.
Garihan, John M. and Ranson, W. A., 2001, Geologic map of
the Cleveland 7.5-minute quadrangle, Greenville and Pickens counties,
South Carolina: SC Dept. of Natural Resources, Geological Survey,
Open-file report, 1:24,000 scale.
Ranson, William A. and Garihan, John M., 2001, Geology of
the Inner Piedmont in the Caesars Head and Table Rock State Parks area,
northwestern South Carolina: 2001 Carolina Geological Society Field
Trip, in Garihan, John M., Ranson, William A., and Clendenin, C. W.
(editors), 2001, Geology of the Inner Piedmont in the Caesars Head and
Table Rock State Parks area, northwestern South Carolina. SPECIAL ISSUE
devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society: South
Carolina Geology, vol.43.
Garihan, John M., Ranson, William A., and Clendenin, C. W.
(editors), 2001, Geology of the Inner Piedmont in the Caesars Head and
Table Rock State Parks area, northwestern South Carolina. SPECIAL ISSUE
devoted to the 2001 Field Trip of the Carolina Geological Society: South
Carolina Geology, vol.43.