• MS, Environmental Systems Geology, Humboldt State University. 2017.
• BS, Geology, Humboldt State University. 2014.

I have been a consulting geologist for the last 8 years and my teaching focuses on helping students apply the skills that they have learned during their academic careers to projects similar to what they may encounter in their professional careers.

I am a licensed professional geologist in California specializing in integrated water management. This ranges from stream and habitat restoration to drinking water solutions for disadvantaged communities. My work includes assessing groundwater storage and availability, water quality for various uses, soil and groundwater contamination, and resiliency and sustainability planning. This requires both desktop-based evaluation as well as field investigations. This allows me to work with and assist cities, counties, and service districts as they evaluate how to best provide sustainable water services to their communities. My work is highly multidisciplinary, and I am continuously working on teams that include engineers, geologists, environmental planners, biologists, and spatial analysts. I enjoy my career in geology because it has allowed me to work on a variety of projects and engage with people and geology across the Pacific Northwest.

Fall 2024:

GEOL 109/L: General Geology & Lab 

GEOL 306/L: General Geomorphology & Lab 

• Ph.D., Geology, University of Oregon, 1999
• M.S., Environmental Science-Geology, Humboldt State University, 1987
• B.A., Geology, Humboldt State University, 1982

GEOL 106 - Earthquake Country

GEOL 109 - General Geology

GEOL 110 - Field Geology of the Western US.

GEOL 235 - Field Methods I

GEOL 306 - Geomorphology

GEOL 334 - Structural Geology

GEOL 457 - Engineering Geology

GEOL 475- Geology Field Camp

GEOL 485 - Senior Seminar

GEOL 553 - Quaternary Stratigraphy

GEOL 554 - Advanced Field Methods

GEOL 555 - Neotectonics

GEOL 700 - Finding Faults in Humboldt County

• Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 1979 (Geophysics)
• M.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1973 (Geophysics)
• B.A. University of California, Berkeley, 1968 (Geophysics)

• PhD, Earth Sciences, Dartmouth, 2014
• MS, Geology, Northern Arizona University, 2002
• BA, Geology, Mount Holyoke College, 1998

GEOL 109 - General Geology

GEOL 210 - Earth Systems History

GEOL 332 - Sedimentary Geology

GEOL 380 - Special topics in Geology

GEOL 435 - Advanced Field Methods

GEOL 475 - Field Camp

GEOL 452/552 - Glacial Geology

GEOL 453/553 - Quaternary Stratigraphy

GEOL 700 - Communicating Science

• Ph.D., Geological Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder, 2018
• B.A., Colgate University, 2013

I teach courses from general geology and geologic field methods, to more specialized courses like structural geology and fault mechanics. 

SCI 100 – Becoming a STEM Professional in the 21st Century

GEOL 109 – General Geology

GEOL 335 – Field Methods I

• (U-Th)/He thermochronometry method development
• Appalachian Mountain collisional to rift dynamics
• Archean-Phanerozoic burial and exhumation history of southern Africa
• Developing and using virtual field experiences to enhance accessibility and spatial reasoning in the geosciences

• Ph.D., Geology, 1977, University of California, Santa Cruz

• MS, Environmental Systems, Humboldt State University, 1999; BA, Geology, Humboldt State University, 1995

I have been a consulting geologist for over 25 years, and my teaching focuses on applied field methods for contemporary practice with strategies and advice for entering the professional world.

I am a licensed professional geologist specializing in fluvial and hillslope geomorphology. My work emphasizes projects that focus on flow and sediment management needs to restore geomorphic processes on regulated rivers, including sediment supply and sediment yield analyses; developing sediment management plans designed to help mitigate physical and biological impacts resulting from streamflow and sediment regulation; and developing and implementing monitoring programs to evaluate sediment mobility, transport, and associated geomorphic changes. My professional background also includes engineering geology (hillslope processes, slope stability, fault trenching, drilling, soils sampling and testing) and environmental geology (soil, surface water, and groundwater sampling; contaminant fate and transport analysis). 

• Ph.D, Geology, University of Washington, Seattle, 1972
• M.S., Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1969
• B.A., Geology, University of Nevada, Reno, 1967

• Ph.D. in Geochemistry, California Institute of Technology, 1965
• B.Sc. in Mining Geology, University of the Witwatersrand, 1956