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Originally from Portland, OR, I went to Beaverton High School<\/a>. Then I earned a B.A. from Pomona College<\/a> in Claremont, CA where I double-majored in Geology <\/a>and Mathematics<\/a>. After skiing for a year in Steamboat Springs, CO, and working at the coffee shop at Off the Beaten Path Bookstore<\/a>, I went to the University of Washington<\/a>, Seattle to earn a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences<\/a>. After finishing my PhD, I decided it was okay to move off the west coast and east of the Mississippi River and have been at Vanderbilt University since 2009.<\/p>\n

Here at Vanderbilt, I’m a Principal Senior Lecturer in Earth and Environmental Sciences<\/a> where I teach and do research in glacial geology and geomorphology. As a geomorphologist, I like all landscapes, and my research is primarily in glacial geology. I focus mostly on the glacial history of Antarctica, but I’ve worked in mountains all over the world: the Rockies (CO), the Sierra Nevada (CA), the Brooks Range (AK), the Alps (Italy), the Southern Alps (New Zealand), the Himalaya (Nepal), the Andes (Peru), and Iceland. I utilize a variety of geochronologic techniques, including exposure dating with cosmogenic nuclides (such as\u00a010<\/sup>Be,\u00a026<\/sup>Al, and\u00a021<\/sup>Ne) and lichenometry to study questions about the timing of glaciations and the rates at which geomorphic processes occur. My work involves a balance of field-based studies, laboratory analysis, and numerical modeling. Increasingly, I am using additional geochemical techniques such as the Chemical Index of Alteration (CIA) and U-Pb ages of detrital zircon in glacial tills to look at the provenance of tills and the flow patterns glaciers through time.<\/p>\n

From 2015-24, I had the pleasure of serving as an Associate Dean for the College of Arts & Science<\/a>. In that role I had\u00a0 oversight of the College Scholars Program<\/a>, Merit Scholarships<\/a>, Departmental Honors programs, the Immersion Vanderbilt<\/a> initiative, Study Abroad, Internships, and served as the liaison to Undergraduate Admission<\/a> and the Athletics Department<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have also had the pleasure of being the faculty head<\/a> of Memorial House<\/a> from 2018-2020. My family and I lived in an apartment in the house, with about 80 first-year students. This is all part of the Martha Rivers Ingram Commons <\/a>first-year living-learning environment. Additionally, I have served as a faculty VUceptor<\/a> for first-year students for 11 years<\/p>\n

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