Monday November 16th 2026 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Location SMSU Room 327 Cost / Admission Contact honors@pdx.edu Share Facebook Twitter Add to Google Calendar The University Honors College is hosting a guest seminar by Ellen Morris Bishop. Her talk explores how Indigenous knowledge and oral traditions augment the geological understanding of our landscapes. Ellen’s passion is connecting non-geologists with geologic processes, rocks, and landscapes. Her research focused on the evolution of eastern Oregon’s accreted terranes. She is an award-winning photographer and writer, with books that include In Search of Ancient Oregon and Living with Thunder: Exploring the Geologic Past, Present, and Future of the Pacific Northwest (Oregon State University Press, 2025.) presentation