Department of Geology and Geography

Faculty and Staff

The faculty of the Department consists of thirteen members from diverse backgrounds in the sciences and diverse regions of origin. The faculty is dedicated to quality educational experiences and demand a high level of performance from students in all their classes. All faculty members are actively involved in teaching and mentoring students, and being role models for the students enrolled in Geology and Geography courses.


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 Resources for faculty

 Faculty Handbook
(392 kb, pdf, read only)

Deadlines

Digital Measures 

Recruiting Presentation 

COST Deadlines

Seminar Schedule


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 Professors
Dallas D. Rhodes, Ph.D., Chair
Fredrick J. Rich, Ph.D.

 Associate Professors
Pranoti M. Asher, Ph.D.
Jonathan H. Geisler, Ph.D.
James S. Reichard, Ph.D.
Charles H. Trupe, Ph.D.
R. Kelly Vance, Ph.D.
Mark R. Welford, Ph.D.

 Assistant Professors
Brian Bossak , Ph.D.
Tom Chapman, Ph.D.
Wei Tu, Ph.D.
Robert Yarbrough, Ph.D.

  Adjunct faculty
Michael S. Kelley, Ph.D.

 Temporary Faculty
Musa Hussein, Ph.D. 
Adam J. Parrillo
Sherry D. Rich
Alessandro Zanazzi, Ph.D.

 Staff
Sarita N. Warren, Administrative Secretary
Jessica van der maas, Laboratory Coordinator

 Associated Faculty
Clark R. Alexander, Jr., Ph.D., Director, Applied Coastal Research Laboratory and Professor of Geology, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Nancy Brannen Marsh, Ed. S., Instructor

 Emeritus Faculty
Gale A. Bishop, Ph.D.
James H. Darrell, II, Ph.D.
Daniel B. Good, Ph.D.
H. Stan Hanson, Ph.D. (Deceased)
Vernon J. "Jim" Henry, Jr., Ph.D.

Former Faculty
Denise Battles Ph.D. Dean of the College of Natural and Health Sciences at the University of Northern Colorado.
Keith Bosak- Assistant Professor, College of Forestry and Conservation, University of Montana

Eleanor Camann - Geology Faculty at Red Rocks Community College, Lakewood, CO eleanor.camann@rrcc.edu

Sam Couch Ph.D. - Owner, Rising Road Tours LLC
Jason Dittmer - Lecturer position at the University College of London
Anthony M. Foyle, Ph.D., Faculty Member at Behrend College, Erie, PA
Richard Hulbert Ph.D. Research/curatorial position at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, FL.
John C. Jacobs - Faculty Member at Northwest Missouri State University.
Susan K. Langley, Ph.D. - GIS work in GA
Soren C. Larsen, Ph.D. - Faculty Member at University of Missouri
Jonathan Leib, Ph.D. - Faculty Member at Florida State University
Nancy Leathers, Ph.D. - at Kansas State University, GIS work.
Craig W. Oyen, Ph.D. Deceased in Sept. 2005
Mathieu Richaud- tenure track position at California State University Fresno
Don Thieme, Ph.D. - is teaching at Valdosta State University in Valdosta http://valdosta.edu/~dmthieme/
Zingyou Zhang, Ph.D. - Health Geographer/Biostatistician at The Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and
Primary Care, American Academy of Family Physicians, Washington, D.C.

 Richard M. Petkewich Memorial Page