TEACHING
a. Courses taught
i. Generalized.
GEOL 100 Introductory Physical Geology - lecture
(spring 1998, fall 1998, fall 1999, fall 2000, fall 2002 - average enrollment 120)
GEOL 120 Environmental Geology – lecture
(fall 2003 – enrollment 100)
GEOL 123 (cross listed with METO 123 and GEOG 123) Causes and Implications of Global Change – co-teaching lecture + lab course (University World Course) (spring 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 – average enrollment 150)
GEOL 124 Biogenesis: How to Make a Habitable Planet – lecture and discussion sections (University Marquee Course)
(fall 2008 – enrollment 60)
GEOL 124 Evolution of Life and Environment on Planet Earth – lecture and discussion sections (University I-Series Course, Carillon Community since 2014)(fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 –
average enrollment 35)
GEOL 224 Observations and Measurements of the Natural World – lecture and laboratory (Scholarship in Practice)
(spring 2015 – enrollment 24)
GEOL 342 Principles of Sedimentation and Stratigraphy - lecture + lab course
(spring 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016; fall 2018 - average enrollment 18)
GEOL 436 Principles of Biogeochemistry – lecture
(fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2017 – average enrollment 7)
GEOL 444 Low Temperature Geochemistry – lecture + lab course
(fall 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 – average enrollment 8)
GEOL 479H Senior Honors Seminar (spring 2018)
GEOL 489H Senior Honors Seminar (spring 2001)
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet – lecture and lab course (Freshman Innovation and Research Experince program (spring 2016 – enrollment 8)
ii. Specialized.
GEOL 789B Recent Advances in Geology: Biogeochemistry - weekly semester seminar
GEOL 789R Geoscience Communications – weekly semester seminar
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet – lecture and lab course (Freshman Innovation and Research Experince program (spring 2016 – enrollment 8)
iii. Independent Study, Tutorial, Internship Supervision.
GEOL 499 – Undergraduate Special Research Projects
Josh Long (2004) “Drill Core Log Correlation and Stratigraphy of Lower Mississippian Strata Exposed at Sideling Hill, Washington County, Maryland”.
Benjamin Breeden (2008) “Time‐series Elemental and Isotopic Analysis of a Drill Core of the New Albany Shale (Late Devonian) in Pike County, Indiana”.
Tyler Newton (2013) “Sulfur isotope time-series analyses of the Ediacaran Khatyspyt Formation, arctic Siberia”.
GEOL 799 – Master's Thesis Research
b. Course or Curriculum Development
i. Complete revision of courses listed in catalog.
GEOL 100 Introductory Physical Geology
GEOL 124 Biogenesis: How to Make a Habitable Planet
GEOL 124 Evolution of Life and Environment on Planet Earth
GEOL 432 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
GEOL 479H Senior Honors Seminar
ii. New Courses.
GEOL 224 Observations and Measurements of the Natural World
GEOL 436 Biogeochemistry
GEOL 444 Low Temperature Geochemistry
GEOL 789B Recent Advances in Geology: Biogeochemistry
GEOL 789R Geoscience Communications
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet
i. Generalized.
GEOL 100 Introductory Physical Geology - lecture
(spring 1998, fall 1998, fall 1999, fall 2000, fall 2002 - average enrollment 120)
GEOL 120 Environmental Geology – lecture
(fall 2003 – enrollment 100)
GEOL 123 (cross listed with METO 123 and GEOG 123) Causes and Implications of Global Change – co-teaching lecture + lab course (University World Course) (spring 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 – average enrollment 150)
GEOL 124 Biogenesis: How to Make a Habitable Planet – lecture and discussion sections (University Marquee Course)
(fall 2008 – enrollment 60)
GEOL 124 Evolution of Life and Environment on Planet Earth – lecture and discussion sections (University I-Series Course, Carillon Community since 2014)(fall 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 –
average enrollment 35)
GEOL 224 Observations and Measurements of the Natural World – lecture and laboratory (Scholarship in Practice)
(spring 2015 – enrollment 24)
GEOL 342 Principles of Sedimentation and Stratigraphy - lecture + lab course
(spring 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016; fall 2018 - average enrollment 18)
GEOL 436 Principles of Biogeochemistry – lecture
(fall 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2012, 2017 – average enrollment 7)
GEOL 444 Low Temperature Geochemistry – lecture + lab course
(fall 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010 – average enrollment 8)
GEOL 479H Senior Honors Seminar (spring 2018)
GEOL 489H Senior Honors Seminar (spring 2001)
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet – lecture and lab course (Freshman Innovation and Research Experince program (spring 2016 – enrollment 8)
ii. Specialized.
GEOL 789B Recent Advances in Geology: Biogeochemistry - weekly semester seminar
GEOL 789R Geoscience Communications – weekly semester seminar
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet – lecture and lab course (Freshman Innovation and Research Experince program (spring 2016 – enrollment 8)
iii. Independent Study, Tutorial, Internship Supervision.
GEOL 499 – Undergraduate Special Research Projects
Josh Long (2004) “Drill Core Log Correlation and Stratigraphy of Lower Mississippian Strata Exposed at Sideling Hill, Washington County, Maryland”.
Benjamin Breeden (2008) “Time‐series Elemental and Isotopic Analysis of a Drill Core of the New Albany Shale (Late Devonian) in Pike County, Indiana”.
Tyler Newton (2013) “Sulfur isotope time-series analyses of the Ediacaran Khatyspyt Formation, arctic Siberia”.
GEOL 799 – Master's Thesis Research
b. Course or Curriculum Development
i. Complete revision of courses listed in catalog.
GEOL 100 Introductory Physical Geology
GEOL 124 Biogenesis: How to Make a Habitable Planet
GEOL 124 Evolution of Life and Environment on Planet Earth
GEOL 432 Sedimentation and Stratigraphy
GEOL 479H Senior Honors Seminar
ii. New Courses.
GEOL 224 Observations and Measurements of the Natural World
GEOL 436 Biogeochemistry
GEOL 444 Low Temperature Geochemistry
GEOL 789B Recent Advances in Geology: Biogeochemistry
GEOL 789R Geoscience Communications
FIRE 162 Once and Future Planet