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Geology Department College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics

Meet Us

Staff

Dr. Amy Wagner

Associate Professor, Department Chair

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  • Office Hours: Wednesday 1 p.m. - 3p.m, Thursday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Alex Gama

Departmental Coordinator

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Liane Phe

IST I, Motorpool Manager

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Professors

Dr. Steven Skinner

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, Geophysics

Dr. Kurtis C. Burmeister

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Please email for appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Geoscience Education, Field Geology, Field Safety

Dr. Julie Griffin

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tues & Thurs, 3-4:30pm
  • Specialty & Interests: Phanerozoic Paleoclimate, Sedimentary Geochemistry

Dr. Brian Hausback

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Volcanology

Dr. Kevin Cornwell

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Geomorphology

Dr. Amelia (Paukert) Vankeuren

Assistant Professor, Graduate Coordinator

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  • Specialty & Interests: Groundwater Quality, Water-Rock Interaction

Dr. David Shimabukuro

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Alpine Tectonics & Ophiolites, Groundwater Resources

Dr. Conor McDowell

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mon & Tues 11-12pm, Wed 10-11am

Lecturers

Dr. Joe Domagalski

Lecturer

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  • Specialty & Interests: Aquatic Geochemistry, Groundwater, Surface Water Chemistry

Geneviève Sparks

Lecturer

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  • Specialty & Interests: Mine-Impacted Watersheds

Christina Stout

Lecturer

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  • Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemsitry, Magmatic Processes, Volcanology

Kristin Hawkins

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Thursdays 5:30 p.m-6:30 p.m

Teaching Assistants

Ethan Dreger

Teaching Associate

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 1p.m-2 p.m

Erica Sanborn

Teaching Associate

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Jo Black

Teaching Associate

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Adjunct Faculty

Dr. David Dralle

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Ecohydrology

Emeritus

Dr. Tim Horner

Emeritus Professor

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Dr. Barbara Munn

Emeritus Lecturer

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Dr. Judi Kusnick

Emeritis Professor

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Dr. Greg Wheeler

Emeritus Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Metallic Ore Deposits
Total Members: 23