Joanne Kluessendorf
Title
WESM Director, Adjunct Professor 
Educational Background
- Undergraduate:
- B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Graduate:
- Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Fossil Konservat Lagerstätte from Waukesha, Wisconsin (U.S.A.), predictability of North American Fossil Konservat Lagerstätten, and some insights into ichnofacies”
Areas of Expertise
- Silurian & Devonian geology (worldwide with specialty in Wisconsin)
- Paleontology, including Fossil Konservat Lagerstätten & ichnology
- Carbonate sedimentology, especially Paleozoic reefs & carbonate platforms
- Sequence & litho -stratigraphy
- History of lime & stone industry
- Museum studies
Membership
- Geological Society of America (Fellow)
- North-Central Section, Geological Society of America
- Paleontological Society (Collections Committee & Education Committee member)
- Society of Sedimentary Geology
- SEPM-Great Lakes Section
- Association for Women Geoscientists
- Geological Curators Group
- Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections
- Society of Mineral Museum Professionals
- Wisconsin Federation of Museums (board member)
- Midwest Museums Association
- Wisconsin Academy of Science, Arts & Letters (Fellow)
- Wisconsin Geological Mapping Committee (board vice-chair)
- Niagara Escarpment Resources Network
- Fox Valley Museum Consortium
- Sigma Xi
- Phi Beta Kappa
- UWC Geography & Geology Department
Other Interests
- Regional history, history of science, geotourism, travel, photography