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The Faculty of the Geosciences department offers courses in Geology and Geography, with individual specializations spanning across each field. For additional information on a faculty member, please select their name from the list below.

Geosciences Faculty

Dr. Stephen Boss - Associate Professor - Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Geophysics, Marine Geology, Lacustrine Geology, Earth Systems, Sustainability Studies

Dr. J. Van Brahana - Professor - Ph.D., University of Missouri - Physical Hydrogeology, Groundwater Flow, Karst Hydrogeology

Dr. Malcolm K. Cleaveland - Emeritus - Ph.D., University of Arizona - Dendrochronology, Paleoclimatology, GIS

Dr. Jack Cothren - Assistant Professor - Ph.D., Ohio State University - Geospatial Methodologies

Dr. Fiona M. Davidson -Associate Professor and Director of European Studies - Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Political Geography, European Studies, Urban Planning

Dr. Ralph K. Davis -Professor and Chair - Ph.D., University of Nebraska - Hydrogeology, Contaminant Transport, Water Resources Management

Dr. John C. Dixon -Professor - Ph.D., University of Colorado - Geomorphology, Weathering and Soils, Geoarcheology, Alpine Geography

Dr. Thomas O. Graff - Associate Professor and Vice-Chair - Ph.D., University of Kansas - Human Geography, Retail Site Locational Analysis

Dr. M J Guccione -Professor - Ph.D., University of Colorado - Quaternary Geology, Fluvial Geomorphology, Geomorphic expression of Paleoseismic Events

Dr. Sonja Hausmann- Assistant Professor - Ph.D., University of Bern, Switzerland - Paleolimnology, Paleoclimatology,  Climatic Reconstruction, Europe & Canada

Dr. John G. Hehr - Professor - Ph.D., Michigan State University - Meteorology, Climatology, Paleoclimatology, Global Change

Dr. Ronald Konig - Professor - Ph.D., Cornell University -Physical Geology and Structural Geology of Northern Arkansas

Dr. Fred Limp - University Professor and Leica Chair in Geospatial Imaging- Ph.D., Indiana University - Computer applications, Economic anthropology, Midwestern archeology

Dr. H.C. MacDonald- Emeritus, Ph.D., University of Kansas, Remote Sensing

Dr. Walter Manger - Emeritus - Ph.D., University of Iowa - Paleontology, Regional stratigraphy & sedimentology 

Dr. Glen Mattioli -Professor - Ph.D., Northwestern University - Volcanology, GPS, Geodesy, Volcanic Caribbean geology

Dr. Thomas R. Paradise -Professor & Director, Middle East Center/Program - Ph.D., Arizona State University - Hazards, Historic Preservation, Geomorphology, Middle East & Mediterranean

Dr. David W Stahle -Distinguished Professor - Ph.D., Arizona State University - Global Change, Dendrochronology, Paleoclimatology, Ancient Forests

Dr. Kenneth Steele - Emeritus - Ph.D., University of North Carolina - Geochemistry, Ground Water Chemistry, Stream Water Quality, Hydrogeology

Dr. Fang-Zhen Teng - Assistant Professor - Ph.D., University of Maryland - Isotope Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Dr. Jason Tullis - Assistant Professor - Ph.D., University of South Carolina - Remote Sensing and Biogeography

Dr. Doy L. Zachry- Professor - Ph.D., University of Texas - Stratigraphy

Geosciences Adjunct Faculty

Dr. Falko Fye - Adjunct Assistant Professor - Geography

Dr. Pamela Jansma - Adjunct Professor, Geosciences - Ph.D., Tectonics

Dr. Doug Oliver - Adjunct Assistant Professor

Erik D. Pollock - Adjunct Instructor - Stable Isotope Research and Methods

Dr. Frederick L. Paillet - Adjunct Professor - PhD, University of Rochester - Surface and Borehole Geophysics; Hydrogeology

Lynne Hehr - Adjunct Assistant Professor

Geosciences Research Faculty

Dr. Malcolm K. Cleaveland - Emeritus - Ph.D., University of Arizona - Dendrochronology, Paleoclimatology, GIS

Dr. Phillip D. Hays - Associate Research Professor

Dr. Jessica Black - Post Doctoral  Researcher

Geosciences Staff

Ms. Teresa Center - Administrative Assistant II, Department of Geosciences

Ms. Lisa Milligan - Secretary II, Department of Geosciences

Ms. Jo Ann Kvamme - Program Coordinator, Environmental Dynamics Program