Educational Background:

Ph. D. in Geology, University of Minnesota.
Dissertation Title: Strain Analysis, Rheological Constraints, and Tectonic Model for an Archean Polymictic Conglomerate: Superior Province, Ontario, Canada. (Peter Hudleston, advisor)

  • Includes a synthesis of field work, mathematical strain theory, rheological and microstructural study, and analogue modelling. Developed a theoretical kinematic model that explains oblique lineations within transpression, used deformed polymictic conglomerates to study deformation in rheologically complex rocks, and created a tectonic model that describes the accretion of a portion of the Superior Province.

    • B. S. with High Distinction and honors in Geology, minor in Mathematics University of Iowa.
    Honors Thesis Title: Middle Devonian faults and joints, Coralville Spillway, east-central Iowa; a brittle manifestation of the Acadian Orogeny in the Midcontinent. (Jim Faulds, advisor)

  • Mapping and analysis of small faults and joints.

    • Professional Background:

    Assistant Professor 2003-present, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.

    Classes taught:

  • Introduction to the Earth
  • Structural Geology
  • Structural Styles Around the World
  • Advanced Structural Geology
  • Directed Fieldtrip: Geology of Dinosaur National Monument and the Colorado Plateau

    • Assistant Professor 2002-2003, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

    Classes Taught:
  • Structural Geology
  • Dynamic Earth
  • Field Geology

    • Visiting Assistant Professor 2001-2002, Oberlin College.

    Classes Taught:
  • Structural Geology
  • Dinosaurs
  • Evolution of the Earth
  • Geology Gone Wrong

    • Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant 1995-2001, University of Minnesota.

    Classes Assisted:
  • Structural Geology
  • Geodynamics
  • Petrology
  • Introductory Geology
  • Introductory Field Camp, Montana
  • Advanced Field Camp, Idaho
  • Volcanoes
  • Dinosaurs
  • Oceanography
  • Planet Earth
  • Graduate Level Seminar: Analogue Modelling
  • Graduate Level Field Trip: Regional Geology of Washington State

    • Intern, 1995 USGS Raleigh, NC.

  • Helped with the National Water Quality Assessment Program.

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant, 1993-1995 University of Iowa

  • Structural Geology and Paleomagnetism with Jim Faulds
  • Coral Paleontology with Nancy Budd
  • Pesticides in Karst systems with Bob Libra (Iowa Geological Survey)

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