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Geology

  • Phone: (507) 222-4407
  • Fax: (507) 222-4400

Faculty

Clint Cowan
Clinton Cowan ’83
Professor of Geology
Office: Mudd Hall 60
Phone: x7021

Carleton, B.A.; Michigan (Ann Arbor), M.Sc.; Queen's University (Canada), Ph.D. Dr. Cowan's main teaching responsibilities are sedimentology and stratigraphy, introductory geology and paleontology. He also teaches a seminar in chaos and non-linear dynamics in the earth sciences. His research interests are in Lower Paleozoic carbonate rocks, and modern carbonate environments

Cam Davidson
Cameron Davidson
Professor of Geology
Phone: x7144

Wisconsin (Madison), B.S.; Princeton, Ph.D. Dr. Davidson's main teaching responsibilities are Introduction to Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Structural Geology. His current research focuses on the tectonometamorphic evolution of south-central and Southeast Alaska. Link to Cam's homepage

Bereket Haileab
Bereket Haileab
Chair of Geology
Professor of Geology
Phone: x5746

Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, B.S.; University of Utah, M.S., Ph.D. Dr. Haileab's main teaching responsibilities are mineralogy and petrology. His research interests are in volcanic ashes and Hominid evolution in East Africa. Bereket's home page

Mary Savina
Mary Savina ’72
Charles L. Denison Professor of Geology
Director of Archaeology
Off Campus: Spring 2013
Phone: x4404

Carleton, B.A.; California (Berkeley), M.A., Ph.D. Dr. Savina teaches geomorphology, geology of soils, hydrology, and environmental geology. She is active in the Archaeology and Environmental Studies programs and is also the geology department liaison for students seeking teacher certification in earth sciences. Her professional work centers on geological education and on the archaeology of Greece.

Sarah Titus
Sarah Titus
Associate Professor of Geology
Office: Mudd Hall 64
Phone: x4419

Oberlin College, B.A; University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.S.; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Ph.D. Dr. Titus teaches introduction to geology, tectonics, structural geology and geophysics. Her current research is focused on deformation across large strike-slip faults including the San Andreas fault in central California. Sarah's web page.

Bob Tipping ’81
Visiting Instructor in Geology
Phone: x7923

Emeriti Faculty

Ed Buchwald
McBride Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies, Emeritus
Phone: x4407

Staff

Jon Cooper on the Jurassic Coast of England
Jonathon Cooper
Technical Director in Geology
Phone: x4401

Western Washington University, B.S. has experience in geological field work, thin-section and sample preparation, and geological analytical techniques.

Nice fish, eh?
Ellen Haberoth
Administrative Assistant in Geology
Science Initiative Administrative Assistant
Phone: x4407
Zach Stewart ’12
Educational Associate in Geology
Phone: x4407
Amanda Yourd ’11
Geology Teaching Assistant
Research Assistant
Josh Davis
Geology Research Associate
Research Associate in Mathematics
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science