Fall 2025

Section 0561 of GEOL1L
Geology Lab -- : Sep 02 - Dec 12 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that the course meets on campus 3 hours per week on the specified days and times, and 0.5 hours are provided online via Canvas. This is a short course that begins 2 weeks late and does not meet during finals week; please refer to the schedule of classes for specific calendar information.

Section 0927 of GEOL1
The Earth -- : Sep 03 - Dec 12 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that the course meets on campus 3 hours per week on the specified days and times, and 0.5 hours are provided online via Canvas. This is a short course that begins 2 weeks late and does not meet during finals week; please refer to the schedule of classes for specific calendar information.

Section 1408 of GEOL11
Geology of California -- : Sep 02 - Dec 12 2025
Asynchronous delivery of material via Canvas. This is a late-start class; please note the start and end dates.

Section 1563 of GEOL1L
Geology Lab -- : Sep 04 - Dec 11 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that the course meets on campus 3 hours per week on the specified days and times, and 0.5 hours are provided online via Canvas. This is a short course that begins 2 weeks late and does not meet during finals week; please refer to the schedule of classes for specific calendar information.

Section 3165 of GEOL1
The Earth -- : Sep 02 - Dec 12 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that the course meets on campus 3 hours per week on the specified days and times, and 0.5 hours are provided online via Canvas. This is a short course that begins 2 weeks late and does not meet during finals week; please refer to the schedule of classes for specific calendar information.

Summer 2025

Section 8087 of GEOL1
The Earth -- : Jun 16 - Jul 27 2025
Asynchronous delivery of material via Canvas.

Spring 2025

Section 4410 of GEOL20
Natural Disasters -- : Jan 27 - May 16 2025
Asynchronous delivery of material via Canvas. This is a late-start class; please note the start and end dates.

Section 4936 of GEOL1
The Earth -- : Jan 27 - May 16 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that some hours meet on campus during specified days and times, and some hours are asynchronous online with material provided via Canvas. This is a late-start class; please note the start and end dates.

Section 4937 of GEOL1L
Geology Lab -- : Jan 28 - May 16 2025
Course will meet on campus one day per week. Students will do one half hour of independent online preparatory work prior to coming to class each week.

Section 5450 of GEOL1
The Earth -- : Jan 28 - May 16 2025
This is a blended section, meaning that some hours meet on campus during specified days and times, and some hours are asynchronous online with material provided via Canvas. This is a late-start class; please note the start and end dates.

Section 7235 of GEOL1L
Geology Lab -- : Jan 29 - May 16 2025
Course will meet on campus one day per week. Students will do one half hour of independent online preparatory work prior to coming to class each week.

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M.S. Geology, UCLA, 2002
B.S. Geology, Tulane University, 1997

Chautauqua Courses (University of Dayton, OH)
2013: Glaciers of Alaska
2013: The 1964 Alaska Earthquake
2016: Contrasting Volcanism at Mt. Shasta and Medicine Lake Volcanoes
2016: Contrasting Volcanism at Mt. Lassen and Crater Lake
 
 
 
Academic Experience

2004-Present: Faculty, Santa Rosa Junior College, Santa Rosa, CA
2002-2004: Adjunct Faculty, Cuesta College, San Luis Obispo, CA

A California native, I am from the San Francisco Bay Area. I have lived in CA most of my life, with a short stint in New Orleans for my undergraduate education. Within California, I have lived in LA, San Luis Obispo, and the Bay Area.

I have traveled throughout California, and have extensive field knowledge of the geology of this diverse and exciting state. Part of the reason I came back to CA is the nature of the rocks and landforms here.  Numerous earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and many other phenomena have shaped the California landscape and inspired me to pursue geology as a career.

I love what I do so much that I have started my own geo-tour company called Rock Star GeoTours (www.rockstargeotours.com)! We do short field excursions in various places, so far in Sonoma County only, but I have a vision to expand throughout California. The more people I can get excited about geology, the better!

Come take a geology class - you'll see how much fun geology can be. It's interesting, exciting, inherently relevant to life in California, and did I mention interesting and exciting??

 

 

Professional Involvement and Community Service
NAGT (National Association of Geoscience Teachers), Far Western Section
Seminars: Pepperwood Preserve, Stewards of the Coast and Redwoods, Landpaths