Research Interests
- Physical volcanology
- Volcanic evolution of large, ignimbrite-producing calderas
- Petrogenesis of intermediate to silicic magmas
- Petrogenesis and geochemistry of continental, volcanic-arc systems
- Geoscience education/pedagogy; addressing student misconceptions in geoscience classes
Degrees
- PhD, Washington State University
- M.S., Boise State University
- B.A., Franklin and Marshall College
Awards
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award (2023)
- UCSD Panhellenic Chapters Outstanding Faculty Award (2018)
- Sixth College Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award (2012)
- Scripps Institution of Oceanography Undergraduate Teaching Award (2011)
- Teacher of the Year, College of the Environment and Life Sciences, University of Rhode Island (2009)