Teaching
Angelo State University
2016- 2017
Fall:
GEOL 1403 Physical Geology
GEOL 4312 Carbonates
GS 1181-F04 Geological Hazards and the Media
Spring:
GEOL 1404 Historical Geology
GEOL 3402 Sedimentology
2015- 2016
Fall:
GEOL 1401 Physical Geology
GEOL 4402 Stratigraphy and Sedimentation
Spring:
GEOL 1402-060 Historical Geology (Majors)
PS 1102 Physical Science Lab
Summer I:
GEOL 3600 Field Geology
Summer II:
GEOL 1401 Physical Geology
University of Manitoba
2013- 2014
Lecturer/instructor Level 2
GEOL1410 Natural Disasters and Global Change (Fall: Section G80; course evaluation; Winter: Sections D01 & D02)
GEOL 2390 Environmental Geology (Winter: Section D01)
GEOL 4870 Honours Thesis (co-advisor J. Harrison)
2011- 2012
Lecturer/instructor Level 2:
GEOL1410 Natural Disasters and Global Change (Section G80; course evaluation)
2006-2013
Teaching Assistant: GEOL 4520 Petroleum Geology; GEOL 4890 Basin Analysis (to 2009) ; GEOL 1360 Environmental Earth Science (to 2009)
2010-2011
Instructor
GEOL 1410 Natural Disasters and Global Change (Winter: Section G-80; course evaluation); Winter Section D01; course evaluation) GEOL 2390 Environmental Geology (Winter: Section D01; course evaluation)
2005-2010
Content Specialist for GEOL 1360 (Environmental Earth Science), GEOL 1410 (Natural Disasters and Global Change); Course note editor GEOL 2390 (Environmental Geology); and marker for GEOL 2570 and GEOL 1360.
2007-2008
Instructor:
GEOL 1440 Introduction to the Dynamic Earth (Section A01; course evaluation)
2005-2006
Teaching Assistant: MBIO 2280 Microbial Ecology; MBIO 4470 Fermentations
University of New Brunswick
1994-1997
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Courses: Plant ecology, mycology, microbiology, molecular cell biology, seaweed biology, physiology, introductory genetics and introductory zoology.
October 1995- Biology 3285 ‑ Introductory Mycology , one week of lectures covering; fungal endophytes, isolation of fungi from plant tissues and surface disinfection techniques. University of New Brunswick in Saint John.
October 1995‑ Introduction to Microbiology (lab), four pre‑laboratory lectures. University of New Brunswick, Saint John.
Outreach & Invited Presentations
2016: ASU Campus representative, SEPM
2016: ASU Campus representative, Geological Society of America
April 2016: Reading Program; Santa Rita Elementary School Kindergarten class
Spring 2016: Geology mentor; Gifted and Talented Program, Santa Rita Elementary School.
March 2016: Landslide hazards; Girl Scout STEM Conference, ASU
January 2016: Judge, Science Fair, Santa Rita Elementary School
January 2016: Geology display; Science Night; Santa Rita Elementary School
December 2015: Physics and Geosciences Department, Angelo State University, San Angelo Geological Society monthly seminar series: Modern and Late Holocene Dolomite.
September 2015: Geology exhibit (with Dr. Satterfield); Concho Valley Archeological Fair;
October 2012: Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba: Seminar Series: Modern and Holocene lacustrine dolomite: Advances from Manito Lake, Saskatchewan.
October 2011: Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba: Seminar Series: Lacustrine carbonates in saline lakes of the northern Great Plains.
October 2007: Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba: Seminar Series: The Ups and Downs of Lake levels in the Prairies.
June 2007: English Language Learning Centre University of Manitoba. Lecture on Sedimentary Geology.
March 2007: Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba: Seminar Series: Unraveling the microbialite web: formation and diagenesis of laminated and massive carbonate sediments in saline lakes of western Canada and southern Australia.
March, 2006: Microbiology Department, University of Manitoba; Seminar Series: Microbial bioremediation of U-contaminated sites.
December, 2005: Microbiology Department, University of Manitoba; Seminar Series: Composition and structure of microbial communities of Hamlin Pool, Shark Bay, Western Australia.
November, 2005: Geological Sciences Department, University of Manitoba: Seminar Series: A review of 75 years of lacustrine dolomite research.
November, 1998.University of New Brunswick in Saint John, Department of Biology, The endophytic fungi of Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry) and Vaccinium angustifolium (blueberry) from New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,
July, 1996: Endophytic fungi of cranberry and blueberry. Oral presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Botanical Association in Charlottetown, P.E.I.
November, 1994: Biology Department, University of New Brunswick, Saint John, The ecology and botany of Shampers Bluff, New Brunswick,
September, 1994: Kingston Peninsula Historical Society, Flora of the Kingston Peninsula.