University Marketing Communications | November 10, 2026
Dr. Julie Bloxson, pictured left, associate professor in Stephen F. Austin State University’s Department of Earth and Aviation Sciences, received the Gordon H. Wood, Jr. Memorial Award from the Eastern Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists at its annual meeting in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in October. Bloxson’s mother, Mary Spencer, pictured right, attended the ceremony. The award is presented in recognition of outstanding contributions to the geology of coal and other energy minerals and to the goals of the association’s Energy Minerals Division in the Eastern Section.
