Macdonald, Jerry (Paul)
MACDONALD, Jerry (Paul)
MACDONALD, Jerry (Paul). American, b. 1953. Genres: Natural history. Career: Teacher of earth science at a junior high school in Las Cruces, NM, 1975-81; New Mexico Museum of Natural History, Las Cruces Branch, paleontological field researcher, 1985-87; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, instructor in sociology, 1987; New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, teacher of sociology, 1989-. Paleozoic Trackways Project, director, 1987-90; U.S. Department of the Interior, adjunct research scientist for Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico District, 1987-94; Smithsonian Institution, research collaborator in paleobiology at Natural History Museum, 1989-; New Mexico Museum of Natural History, adjunct curator of paleontology, 1991-. Publications: Earth's First Steps: Tracking Life before the Dinosaur, 1994. Author and producer of "Mankind on the Brink," a multimedia presentation, 1977. Contributor to scientific bulletins and journals. Address: P.O. Box 2864, Las Cruces, NM 88004, U.S.A.