Teaches:
Physical Geology w/Lab (GEY 1111, 4 credits)
Historical Geology w/Lab (GEY 1112, 4 credits)
Rock and Mineral ID (GEY 1018, 1 credit)
Environmental Geology w/Lab (GEY 1135, 4 credits)
Introduction to Global Positioning Systems (GEY 1042, 1 credit)
General Oceanography w/Lab (GEY 1155, 4 credits)
Field Geology in Hawaii and elsewhere (GEY 2228, 4 credits)
After earning an international affairs degree from Georgetown and working as a park ranger at Cape Cod National Seashore as well as in fields as diverse as radio and the travel industry, I decided that my lifelong love of geology was really what I wanted to pursue. I returned to school and then earned my doctorate in order to become a professor. I am a coastal geologist, and my dissertation research was a study of barrier island dynamics in the southern Outer Banks. I loved the field work, and developed skills in RTK-GPS, GIS, and boating as well as science. I also taught part-time at Carteret Community College and at Duke University’s Marine Lab while in graduate school.
For three years after earning my PhD I was a member of the Department of Geology and Geography at Georgia Southern University, where I conducted research on the Georgia coast and taught upper-level classes in Sedimentary Geology and Coastal Geology as well as some of the same courses I teach here. Then I decided to move to a position with a greater emphasis on teaching and to a location where I have family. Red Rocks was the obvious choice. I’ve been here since 2008. I like the small class sizes and wonderful students, and have great colleagues in the Science Department. Although I miss the coast, the geology of Colorado is pretty spectacular and it has been great learning and teaching about it.