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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: Tuesdays 1 – 3 pm; Wednesdays 1:30 – 2:30 pm, or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Tim Williams

IST I, Motorpool Manager

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Claire Shudde

Department Coordinator

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  • Location: Placer Hall 2003
  • Phone: (916) 278-4691
  • Pronouns: she/her

Professors

Dr. Kurtis C. Burmeister

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mondays 1 - 2 PM, Fridays 9 - 11 AM, or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Field Safety, Geoscience Education

Dr. Julie Griffin

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 1- 2:30 pm or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Phanerozoic Paleoclimate, Sedimentary Geochemistry

Dr. Erik Haroldson

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mondays 10am - 12pm, Thursdays 11:30am - 12:30am, or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Economic Geology, Earth Materials, Geoscience Education

Dr. Brian Hausback

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Volcanology

Dr. Conor McDowell

Assistant Professor

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12 - 1:30 p.m.
  • Specialty & Interests: Surface Processes, Fluvial Geomorphology, Sediment Transport

Dr. David Shimabukuro

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:30 - 5:30 pm
  • Specialty & Interests: Alpine Tectonics & Ophiolites, Groundwater Resources

Dr. Steven Skinner

Associate Professor

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  • Office Hours: Mondays 1 - 3 pm, Thursdays 9 - 10 am, or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, Geophysics

Dr. Amelia (Paukert) Vankeuren

Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays and Thursdays 10:30 am - 12 pm
  • Specialty & Interests: Groundwater Quality, Water-Rock Interaction

Lecturers

Mark Deblois

Lecturer

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Dr. Joe Domagalski

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: By appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Aquatic Geochemistry, Groundwater, Surface Water Chemistry

Kristin Hawkins

Lecturer

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Christina Stout

Lecturer

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  • Office Hours: Wednesdays 12 – 3 pm or by appointment
  • Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemsitry, Magmatic Processes, Volcanology

Teaching Assistants

Danielle McCarthy

Teaching Associate

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  • Office Hours: Mondays 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM, Wednesdays 8:45 – 9:45 AM

Joey Scrivner

Teaching Associate

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  • Office Hours: Tuesdays 10 - 11 AM, or by appointment

Adjunct Faculty

Dr. David Dralle

Adjunct Assistant Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Ecohydrology

Emeritus

Dr. Kevin Cornwell

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Geomorphology

Dr. Tim Horner

Emeritus Professor

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Dr. Judi Kusnick

Emeritis Professor

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Dr. Barbara Munn

Emeritus Lecturer

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Dr. Greg Wheeler

Emeritus Professor

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