I find teaching and mentoring students to be one of the most rewarding aspects of my career. I have focused on developing geoscience courses that are aimed at serving a range of student and departmental needs. The courses that I teach regularly include introductory through upper-level undergraduate to graduate courses.

• GEOL 1010, Introduction to Geology, 3 credits. Introductory geology for majors and nonmajors.

• GEOL 2005, Introduction to Earth Materials, 4 credits including 2-hr lab. Co-developed. Introduces the classification, origin, and use of solid earth materials. Is part of the required core curriculum for all GEOL majors. I teach this course every spring semester.

• GEOL 3090, Developing Scientific Writing Skills, 3 credits. Developed. Promotes scientific writing and communication skills by reading scientific papers, writing and revising, and peer review. Satisfies the Arts & Sciences upper-division core curriculum writing requirement.

• GEOL 4215/5215, Geochronology and Thermochronology, 2 or 3 credits. Developed. Provides an overview of geochronologic and thermochronologic methods used to constrain tectonic, magmatic, metamorphic, sedimentary, and geomorphic processes. Mix of lecture and discussion. I teach this course approximately every other year.

• GEOL 5216, Geochronology Reading Seminar, 1 credit. Weekly discussion of new and classic papers relevant to the semester’s selected geochronology theme.

• GEOL 5003, Graduate Writing, 2 credits. Developed in response to graduate student demand. Aimed at improving writing, editing, and reviewing skills, while meeting student writing goals. Discussion of materials about effective writing, along with peer-editing of text that students are producing for their graduate research endeavors. I teach this class every fall semester.