Meet Us
Staff
Dr. Amy Wagner
Chair, Geology Department
- Location: Placer Hall 2003A
- Phone: (916) 278-5136
- amy.wagner@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Office Hours: Mon 2-3:30 & Tues 3-4:30, online
- Specialty & Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Alex Gama
Departmental Coordinator
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-4691
- alexandragama@csus.edu
- Pronouns: She/Her
Professors
Dr. Katie E. Ardill
Assistant Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1017
- Phone: (916) 278-5635
- ardill@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemistry, Geologic Mapping
Dr. Kurtis C. Burmeister
Assistant Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1010
- Phone: (916) 278-5635
- k.burmeister@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Office Hours: Please email for appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Geoscience Education, Field Geology, Field Safety
Dr. Julie Griffin
Assistant Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1016
- Phone: (916) 278-7200
- griffin@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tues & Thurs, 3-4:30pm
- Specialty & Interests: Phanerozoic Paleoclimate, Sedimentary Geochemistry
Dr. Brian Hausback
Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1001
- Phone: (916) 278-6521
- hausback@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Volcanology
Dr. Kevin Cornwell
Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1019
- Phone: (916) 278-6667
- cornwell@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Geomorphology
Dr. Amelia (Paukert) Vankeuren
Assistant Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1017
- Phone: (916) 278-7385
- vankeuren@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Groundwater Quality, Water-Rock Interaction
Dr. David Shimabukuro
Graduate Coordinator, Associate Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6382
- dhs@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Alpine Tectonics & Ophiolites, Groundwater Resources
Dr. Steven Skinner
Associate Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1000
- Phone: (916) 278-4331
- steven.skinner@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, Geophysic
Lecturers
Dr. Joe Domagalski
Lecturer
- Location: Placer Hall 3009I
- Phone: (916) 278-3007
- joseph.domagalski@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Aquatic Geochemistry, Groundwater, Surface Water Chemistry
Geneviève Sparks
Lecturer
- Location: Placer Hall 1007
- Phone: (916) 278-4692
- g.sparks@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Mine-Impacted Watersheds
Christina Stout
Lecturer
- Location: Placer Hall 1018
- Phone: (916) 278-6811
- christina.stout@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemsitry, Magmatic Processes, Volcanology
Teaching Assistants
Jo Black
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 132
- joblack@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
- Office Hours: TBD
- Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Structural Geology, Ophiolites
Sam Grandy
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 132
- samuelgrandy@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Office Hours: TBD
- Specialty & Interests: Volcanology, Tectonics, Structural Geology
Patrick McCarthy
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 132
- pmccarthy@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/his/him
- Office Hours: TBD
- Specialty & Interests: Metamorphic Petrology, Structural Geology, Geomorphology
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. David Dralle
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Location: USFS Pacific SW Research Station
- Phone: (530) 902-6321
- david.dralle@usda.gov
- Specialty & Interests: Ecohydrology
Emeritus
Dr. Tim Horner
Emeritus Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6337
- hornertc@csus.edu
Dr. Barbara Munn
Emeritus Lecturer
- Location: Placer Hall 1018
- Phone: (916) 278-6811
- bjmunn@csus.edu
- Website
Dr. Judi Kusnick
Emeritis Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-4690
- Kusnickj@csus.edu
Dr. Greg Wheeler
Emeritus Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1019
- Phone: (916) 278-4692
- wheelergr@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Metallic Ore Deposits