I am a Fixed-Term Assistant Professor of Earth Science at Montana State University Billings in Montana. MSUB does not have a geology program, but we have degree options that allow a wide range of intro to mid-level geology courses to be taught. MSUB caters to many hardworking non-traditional, returning, and first-generation students, and the low student:faculty ratio coupled with immediate access to world class geology allows for one-on-one experiences and early research opportunities for students that might get overlooked in larger programs.

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Aside from MSUB, I have over 13 semesters of academic and non-academic classroom and field teaching in Ohio, Montana, New Mexico, and Yellowstone.

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Teaching Positions

Fixed-Term Assistant Professor of Earth Science, MSUB: August 2022–Present

Adjunct Professor, New Mexico Tech Earth and Environmental Science Dept.: July 2020–2022

Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of New Mexico: Fall 2016 and 2019–2020

Field Instructor, Yellowstone Association Institute (now Yellowstone Forever): July 2016

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Montana State University: 2011–2014​​

Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Cleveland State University: 2010–2011

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Academic Teaching Experience

MSUB

• Geo101: Intro to Physical Geology (F22; Sp23; F23)

• Geo102: Intro to Physical Geology Lab (F22; Sp23; F23)

• Geo205/Geo491: Mineralogy/Mineral Chemistry (F23)

• Geo211: Earth History & Evolution (Sp23)

• Geo212: Earth History & Evolution Lab (Sp23)

• Geo309: Sedimentation & Stratigraphy (F22)

• Geo490: Undergraduate Research (Sp23; F23)

• Geo498: Undergraduate Internship (Sp23)

• SCIN103: Integrated Science II for Elementary Ed (Sp23)

• SCIN104: Integrated Science II for Elementary Ed Lab (Sp23)

 

University of New Mexico

• EPS307L: Structural Geology (Sp20)

• ENVS1130L: The Blue Planet (Sp20)

• EPS310L: New Mexico Field Geology (F19)

• GEOL1110L: Physical Geology (F19)

• EPS105L: The Blue Planet ​(F16) 

 

Montana State University

• GEO315: Structural Geology (S13; Sp14)

• ERTH102: Field Excursions to Observe Dynamic Earth Processes (Summer 2013)

• ERTH101: Earth Systems Science Lab (F12; F13; lead TA F13)

• GEO101: Physical Geology Lab (F11; Sp12) 

 

Cleveland State University

• GEO101: Introduction to Geology (Sp10; F10; Sp11)​

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Non-Academic Teaching Experience

Yellowstone Association

• Roadside Geology of Yellowstone Country (July 2016)

Other

Montana State University AAPG Student Chapter field trip (organizer and leader): Paradise Valley, Montana: Oct. 2014