Dr. Ellingson's research includes multi-wavelength studies of galaxy cluster to map their galaxy, gas and dark matter distributions. Recent interdisciplinary work includes astronomical visualizations of Mayan codices and astronomical surveys of pre-Incan sites. She also serves as an astronomical consultant to the National Park Service and planetarium show producer on the astronomical practices of the Ancestral Puebloans.
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extragalactic astronomy, observational astronomy, astronomy education, historical and cultural astronomy, skyscape archaeology
The CNOC2 field galaxy redshift survey.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences.
167-183.
1999
ASTR 2000 - Ancient Astronomies of the World
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020
Documents the numerous ways in which observational astronomy and cosmology have been features of ancient cultures. Includes naked eye astronomy, archaeoastronomy, ethnoastronomy, concepts of time, calendrics, cosmogony, and cosmology.
ASTR 6000 - Seminar in Astrophysics
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Spring 2024
Students will attend the APS colloquium, interact with colloquium speakers, summarize colloquium research topics, and evaluate colloquium presentations. May be repeated up to 4 total credit hours.
PSCI 4028 - Special Topics
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Summer 2025
Offers subjects not covered by existing courses. Offered when the department approves a special topic. May be repeated up to 12 total credit hours for different topics.
