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Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead (July 12, 1904 – June 17, 1985) was an American geologist and micropaleontologist who was a professor of geology at Smith College in Massachusetts, a Shell Oil Company paleontologist, and a scientist whose micropaleontology specialty was research on foraminifera.

Early life and Education
Caroline Ella Heminway Kierstead was born in Corning, New York to parents Herbert A. and Ella May (Daley) Heminway, on July 12, 1904.

Kierstead attended many institutions throughout her life. In 1925, she graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a major in Philosophy and Psychology, and a minor in Geology. She then took her masters at Cornell University, and graduated in 1928. From there, she went on to claim a Ph.D in 1941 at Indiana University. Aside from her major degrees, she also studied at the University of Colorado, Syracuse University, and the University of Wyoming.

Career
In 1928, Kierstead joined the faculty of Geology at Smith College in Massachusetts, where she spent most of her teaching career, ascending from a simple instructor to a full professor at 1964. She also served as a dean for the class of 1944. Furthermore, she was elected as chairman of the Geology department at the college in 1946, and served until 1952. Kierstead retired from her post at Smith college in 1969.

In 1943, Kierstead took a leave of absence from her job, and, bringing along two Smith College graduates, took a job at the Shell Oil Company, Where she would work as a paleontologist until 1945.