Meet Us
Staff
Dr. Amy Wagner
Professor, Department Chair
- Location: PLR 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-5136
- amy.wagner@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Office Hours: Mondays 2:30 - 4:00 pm, Thursdays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Claire Shudde
Department Coordinator
- Location: PLR 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-4691
- shudde@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
Professors
Dr. Kurtis C. Burmeister
Associate Professor
- Location: PLR 1010
- Phone: (916) 278-5635
- k.burmeister@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Field Safety, Geoscience Education
Dr. Julie Griffin
Associate Professor
- Location: PLR 1016
- Phone: (916) 278-7200
- griffin@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 2:30 - 4:00 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Phanerozoic Paleoclimate, Sedimentary Geochemistry
Dr. Lisa Hammersley
Professor
- Location: PLR 1017
- Phone: (916) 278-1779
- hammersley@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10 - 11 am, Thursdays 12 - 1 pm
Dr. Erik Haroldson, PG
Assistant Professor
- Location: PLR 1001
- Phone: (916) 278-6811
- erik.haroldson@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 10 am - 12 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Economic Geology, Earth Materials, Geoscience Education
Dr. Conor McDowell
Assistant Professor
- Location: PLR 1019
- Phone: (916) 278-1241
- mcdowell@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 12 - 3 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Surface Processes, Fluvial Geomorphology, Sediment Transport
Dr. David Shimabukuro
Professor
- Location: PLR 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6382
- dhs@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Alpine Tectonics & Ophiolites, Groundwater Resources
Dr. Steven Skinner
Professor
- Location: PLR 1000
- Phone: (916) 278-4331
- steven.skinner@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, Geophysics
Dr. Amelia (Paukert) Vankeuren
Professor, Graduate Coordinator
- Location: PLR 1018
- Phone: (916) 278-7385
- vankeuren@csus.edu
- Website
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30 am - 12:00 pm, Wednesdays 10:00 - 11:30 am
- Specialty & Interests: Groundwater Quality, Water-Rock Interaction
Lecturers
Dr. Joe Domagalski
Lecturer
- Location: PLR 1007
- joseph.domagalski@csus.edu
- Office Hours: By appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Aquatic Geochemistry, Groundwater, Surface Water Chemistry
Kristin Hawkins
Lecturer
- Location: PLR 1009
- kristinhenry@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Available upon request
Christina Stout
Lecturer
- Location: PLR 1009
- Phone: (916) 278-3919
- christina.stout@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00 - 4:00 pm
- Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemsitry, Magmatic Processes, Volcanology
Teaching Assistants
Jake Bisgard
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 131
- jbisgard@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:30 - 11:45 am
Annemarie Burkhart
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 131
- aburkhart@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30 - 11:00 am
Bruce Iqbal
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 131
- bahroziqbal@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Thursdays 12 - 1 pm
Micayla Manley
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 131
- mlmanley@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Joey Scrivner
Teaching Associate
- Location: SQU 131
- jscrivner@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Mondays 10 - 11 am
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. Kevin Cornwell
Professor
- Location: PLR 1007
- Phone: (916) 278-6667
- cornwell@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Geomorphology
Dr. Brian Hausback
Professor
- Location: PLR 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6521
- hausback@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Volcanology
Dr. Greg Wheeler
Emeritus Professor
- Location: PLR 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6337
- wheelergr@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Metallic Ore Deposits