Research Interests:
Sequence stratigraphy, paleobiology and paleoecology, carbonate petrology and
sedimentology, and petroleum geology.
Society Memberships
Geological Society of America, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists,
the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the Society for Sedimentary
Research, and the Paleontological Society
Career-Related Skills:
Teaching: 18 semesters and 6 summer sessions experience teaching
introductory level earth science and physical geology courses; 4 semesters experience
teaching historical geology and environmental geology; 1 semester teaching experience
in oceanography, and paleontology; 1 summer session teaching geology field camp
and an introductory course on the field geology of Colorado and Utah; 3 intersession
courses teaching field geology in the Bahamas; and 15 semesters of experience
in laboratory courses and substitute lecturing.
Sequence Stratigraphy: attended the Exxon sequence stratigraphy
school and field trip (summer 1991) and advanced sequence stratigraphy
school and field trip (summer 1998), and have experience with both subsurface
and outcrop applications in carbonates and siliciclastics.
Paleontology: experience with the biostratigraphy and paleoecology
of Paleozoic conodonts, brachiopods, bivalves, and trace-fossils.
Computers: experience with MS-DOS, MAC, Windows, and UNIX operating
systems; BASIC, FORTRAN, and HTML programming; image analysis; and extensive
experience with statistical analysis, spread sheet, graphics, graphical
presentation, image analysis, and word processing software.
Subsurface Methods: experience in core analysis, well log correlations,
well log calibration using cores, and basic seismic interpretation and
calibration using well logs.
Geologic Mapping and Field Work: experienced at both geologic and facies
mapping; 16 summers of field experience mapping and describing sections in Nevada,
Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas, Indiana, Kentucky, Wisconsin, and Iowa.
Quantitative Methods: experience with various multivariate statistical
methods including cluster analysis, PCA, NMDS, DCA, and CA.
Professional Experience:
Associate Professor: Department of Anthropology and Earth
Science, Minnesota State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN. August 2006 - present
Assistant Professor: Department of Anthropology and Earth Science, Minnesota
State University Moorhead, Moorhead, MN. August 2001 - 2006
Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Geology, University
of Akron, Akron, OH. August 2000 - August 2001
Visiting Assistant Professor: Department of Geography and
Geology, University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, Whitewater, WI. August 1999
- May 2000
Instructor: Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana University,
Bloomington, IN. Summer Sessions 1995, 1997, 1999
Instructor: Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology,
Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN. August 1994 - January 1999
Associate Instructor: Department of Geological Sciences, Indiana
University, Bloomington, IN. August 1989 - December 1993
Summer Intern: Exxon Company U.S.A., Southwestern Division, Operations
Geology, Midland, TX. Summer 1991
Summer Research Assistant: Indiana Geological Survey, Bloomington,
IN. Summer 1990
Research Assistant: Kansas Geological Survey, Lawrence, KS. May
1987 - August 1989