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Dr. Nancy Nicholson & Raynyday Maximillian (Morgan)
Educational Background:
Undergraduate:
Woodrow Wilson Fellow 1963
Bachelor’s Degree: Botany, Phi Beta Kappa
Pomona College, Claremont, California
Graduate:
Doctor of Philosophy: Biology, Sigma Xi
Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
Professor Emerita, Miami University, Ohio
Research Interests:
Interdisciplinary Instruction (theory, practice)
Complex Systems, Nonlinear Systems, Physiological Ecology (Climate Change)
Biodiversity
Computer Modeling, Animation techniques, Multimedia, Web Design
Biomechanics (computer modeling, video analysis)
Equines, Canines, Ostriches
Carnosaurs (that’s big, fast, meat-eating dinosaurs)
Equestrian Experience:
•United States Dressage Federation "L" Graduate (passed with distinction)
••"Western" riding (learned in the California tradition of “Doma Vaquera” prior to the current AQHA style: California was settled by riders who knew the Iberian tradition of dressage known as "Doma Vaquera" (in contrast to "Doma Classico")
• Saddle Seat (Arabians and Saddlebreds)
••Dressage Experience (since 1979 - competed at Training through Fifth Levels)
Currently competing at Second Level through Prix St Georges
Breeds ridden in competition:
Arabians
Quarter Horses
Aztecas* (current)
Saddlebred - QH cross
Hanoverians
Thoroughbreds
Lipizzaners
Trakehners
Morgans (current)
Württemberger/Hanoverian
*in this case: Andalusian (bullfight lineage) x American Quarter Horse (cutting horse Doc Bar lineage)
Significant Awards (excluding regional or local groups)
United States Dressage Federation (USDF)
-Qualified Rider
-Bronze Medalist
-Eight years of Year End Awards (Horse of Year, Freestyle, Breed Awards for Hanoverians, Morgans)
American Morgan Horse Association (AMHA)
-Bronze Medallion (Dressage) - two horses
-Silver Medallion (Dressage) - two horses
-Third Level Reserve Champion - one horse
American Horse Show Association Zone Awards (now USEF)
-Three championships (Training through Third Level)
-Two reserve championships (Training through Third Level)
-Four placings 3rd - 6th
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Selected Papers and Presentations:
•1996 "Computer Animation as a Technique for Studying the Mechanics of Equine Transitions Between Gaits,"
Third International Workshop on Animal Locomotion (Saumur, France)
•1997 five multimedia presentations to riding clubs (videotapes, computer animations, poster session)
•2004-11 biomechanics presentations to riding clubs
•2000 "Some Equine Ribcage Dynamics: Timing of Shape Changes in the Gallop"
Fourth International Workshop on Animal Locomotion (Vienna, Austria)
Books:
Books 1985-2006:
•Biomechanical Riding and Dressage: A Rider's Atlas
•Chemical Cycles and the Global Environment: Assessing Human Influences (updating for new data on climate)
Contributed Chapters and Figures
•Marine Algae of California (Abbott & Hollenberg 1992 Stanford University Press)
Contributions for Phaeophyta (brown algae)
•Future of the Western Hemisphere (paperback, Kindle) Thorhaug, et. al. Chapters on Water, Climate Change
Technical illustrations
•Felger, R. S. & M. B. Moser. 1985, reprinted 1991. People of the Desert and Sea: Ethnobotany of the Seri Indians.
University of Arizona Press. Tucson. 480 pages. Contributions for marine flora and Technical illustrations
Books in progress:
•Biomechanical Riding and Dressage II: Conversations with a Riding Master
•Chemical Cycles and the Global Environment: Assessing Human Influences
Revision for climate change data
Selected papers:
• Santa Barbara Oil Spill In Perspective (California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations) Vol. XVI July 1970-June 1971, pp. 130-149.
• Translocation of Photosynthate in the Brown Alga Nereocystis.
Nancy L. Nicholson and Winslow R. Briggs
American Journal of Botany Vol. 59, No. 1 (Jan., 1972), pp. 97-106
A tribute to Lawrence R. Blinks: Ions, light, and algae. Remembering Lawrence R. Blinks, Botanical Society of America, Botany 2006 Chico, California
• 2006, 2008 - Greenhouse Conditions In An Icehouse World: Assessing Human Influences, Botanical Society of America, Chico, California, Vancouver, British Columbia
• 2012 (in preparation) Asteroid at Chicxulub: 65 Million Years Later, Its Meaning For Biogeography Of The Caribbean. Botanical Society of America. Botany 2012, Columbus, Ohio
Presentations and Invitations (Equestrian)
• April 4 – Gave clinic at Majestic Farm on Relative Elevation and Self Carriage (demonstration with Rosita Del Rio and instruction)
• Develop Gaited Dressage tests from USDF Intro through USEF Third Level Test Two in format with biomechanically correct icons on test fronts to assist judging.
USDF and USEF have given permission for the use of these tests. (http://www.qcdcdressage. com/QCDC/QCDCGaitedDressage.html)
• Develop web site for evaluation of training methods and tack that result in salivation as a response to bitting, bridle design and riding technique. Request from Dr. Gerd Heuschmann study group. (web address for study site available on request)
• Invited to be on board for an educational group affiliated by the Xenophon Society (http://www.xenophon-classical-riding.org/) and that sponsors clinics by Dr. Gerd Heuschmann, DVM who trained as a Bereiter (master rider) in Germany before qualifying for veterinary study at Munich University. There he specialized in equine orthopedics for two years before accepting a post as the head of the breeding department at the German Equestrian Federation, which he eventually left to start his own practice in Warendorf. He has been an active member of the “hyperflexion” (previously referred to as Rollkur) debate, weighing in at the 2005 USDF National Symposium and the 2006 FEI Veterinary and Dressage Committees’ Workshop. (http://www.equestrianeducationals.com/gerd-clinics.html).
• Classical equitation consultant for Horses For Life Magazine (several articles on biomechanics) ((http://horsesforlife.com/)
• Presentations for Dressage Company (Cincinnati, OH) (third in an annual series)
• 2009 Rollkur: A False Practice (video frame analysis of Olympic warm-ups and rides) (Power Point presentation available on request)
• 2008 Poisonous Pasture Weeds (Demonstration and pasture walk to identify toxic plant species) Available illustrated summary on http://www.dressageco.com/
• 2007 Selecting a Dressage Horse: Biomechanics & Conformation Available illustrated summary on http://www.dressageco.com/
• Champions Center Horsemanship Series 2010-2011 (three clinic sessions)
Invited articles in magazines 2011
Topline Ink magazine
Forward Riding: Strategy and Tactics for Development I
Horse As Athlete: Strategy and Tactics for Development II
In The Arena: Biomechanical Exercises
Greener Pastures: Ecological Strategies for Management
Mid-South Horse Review Biomechanics for Riding
Walking in relation to piaffe (walk in place). Walk is the foundation gait and is frequently misunderstood in terms of the aids that keep its energy and beauty during all levels of training.
Rosita Del Rio (Azteca) demonstrates deep stretch in free walk to high collection in piaffe. Piaffe is a capture of the moment from walk when the foreleg is at mid stance and its diagonal pair is in braking mode. Note the soft rein contact throughout the changes in position, the soft tail, high poll, nose ahead of the vertical, allowing a comfortable performance of this high school air.. - Raab & Pancero photos.
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