Teaching and Mentorship

Mentorship

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Current Students

Leta McCullough

Leta studies thrust faults on Mars to determine how these faults differ from those on Mercury. Her work is critical to understanding how planetary surfaces have been shaped by tectonics.

Alumni

Allison Bohanon

Allison studied fault patterns in Earth-analogue basalts and relates those fracture patterns to fluid flow.

Where is she now?

Fall 2022 Allison will be joining the faculty at UT Martin as a laboratory instructor, having published 2 papers during her MS.

Desiree' Cunningham

Desiree' studied fault zone properties and how these properties are affected by folding.

Where is she now?

Fall 2022 Desiree' will be working on an MS in Volcanism at Central Washington University, having co-authored a paper and presented her work nationally as a BS.

Jon studied reactivation features on Mars and in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas to locate evidence that mountain systems are recycled.

Where is he now?

Fall 2023 Jon will be starting a PhD at U of Toronto continuing to study reactivation on early Earth and other planets.

Jonathan Rich

teaching

We learn to be geologists by thinking like geologists, acting like geologists, and feeling like geologists. My goal is to create learning environments where students have the opportunity to practice being who they want to be, whether that's a future scientist, teacher, or geologist.