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College of Letters and Science >
Department of Earth Sciences
FACULTY AND STAFF
TENURE TRACK FACULTY
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Joseph M. Ashley,
Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1971
Research Interests: Physical and Cultural Geography, Defining
Physiographic Boundaries at the Sectional Level
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Stephan G.
Custer, Ph.D., University of Montana, 1976
Research Interests: Focused on a variety of topics with the theme
“water:” ground water, streams, snow, and water quality
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Todd Feeley, Ph.D.,
University of California-Los Angeles, 1993
Research Interests: Behavior of Magma in and on the Earth’s Crust, to
understand the origin and evolution of magmas in crustal reservoirs
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Michael
H. Gardner, Ph.,D., Colorado School of Mines, 1993,
Associate Professor of Geology--stratigraphy, sedimentology, subsurface
geology, ancient ocean systems
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David R. Lageson,
Ph.D., University of
Wyoming, 1980
Research Interests: Active Tectonics and Neotectonics of the
intermountain seismic belt, particularly adjacent to the Yellowstone
hotspot
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Jian-yi Liu, Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota, 1992
Research Interests: Urban and economic geography with a regional
specialty in East Asia and China
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William W. Locke,
Ph.D., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1980
Research Interests: Volcano-Tectonism, Fault Scarp Evolution, Soil
Development, Fluvial Terrace Systems, Glacial Geology, and Climates
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David W. Mogk, Ph.D.,
University of Washington, 1984
Research Interests: Evolution of Precambrian Crust in SW Montana,
Petrogenesis of Continental crust, Geochemical Evolution of the crust
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James G.
Schmitt, Ph.D., University of Wyoming, 1982
Research Interests: Relations between tectonics and sedimentation;
depositional systems; sediment provenance
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Mark
Skidmore, Ph.D., University of Alberta, Canada, 2001
Research Interests: Biogeochemistry
and Geomicrobiology of Glaciated Systems
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David J.
Varricchio, Ph.D., Montana State University, 1995
Research Interests: Paleoecology of dinosaurs using taphonomic and
anatomic evidence. Fieldwork currently includes sites in Montana,
Idaho, Nevada and China.
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Cathy Whitlock,
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1983
Research Interests: Quaternary environmental change, Vegetation, fire,
and climate history of the western U.S. and southern South America
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William K.
Wyckoff, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1982
Research Interests: Historical and Cultural Geography of the Rocky
Mountain West |
RESEARCH ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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David W. Bowen, Ph.D., University of Colorado
Research Interests: Sedimentary Basins and the Stratigraphy of
Basin-Fill Deposits
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RESEARCH ASSISTANT PROFESSORS
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Frankie
Jackson, Ph.D. Montana State University,
2007
Research interests: Taphonomy,
Dinosaur eggshell
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Colin Shaw,
Ph.D., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 2001
Research Interests: Structural geology, metamorphic petrology, field
mapping, microstructural analysis, thermochronology
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REGENTS PROFESSOR
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John R. Horner,
Honorary Doctorate, University of Montana
Research Interests: Curator of Paleontology, Museum of the Rockies,
Systematics of Paleobiology, Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs |
ADJUNCTS & AFFILIATES
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Karl Birkeland, Ph.D., Arizona State
University, 1997
Research Interests: Snow and Avalanches, Avalanche Scientist with the
U.S. Forest Service National Avalanche Center
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Stuart Challender, M.L.A., Utah State
University, 1986
Research Interests: Geography, President, Bridger GeoPlan, Inc.
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John Childs, Ph.D., University of
California, Santa Cruz, 1982
Research Interests: Economic Geology
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Phil Higuera,
Ph.D. University of Washington, Seattle, 2006
Research interests :Spatial and
temporal patterns of vegeration change in forested mountainous
landscapes, direct and indirect impacts of climate change on vegetation
communities
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Rick
Lawrence, Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1998
Research Interests: Forestry
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Kenneth L. Pierce, Ph.D., Yale University,
1964
Affiliate Professor of
Geology
Research Interests: Quaternary Geology, Geomorphology
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Russell Stands-Over-Bull, Ph.D.,
Colorado School of Mines, 1999
Research Interests: President/Chief Geologist for Arrow Creek
Resources, Inc., Petroleum Geology, Coal Geology
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EMERITUS
SUPPORT STAFF
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Gail
Weidenaar, Administrative Officer |
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Kelli Heck, Administrative Assistant
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