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Geosciences Faculty

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Graduate Faculty

Michael L. Williams, Professor and Head of the Department of Geosciences, B.S., Amherst, 1978; M.S., Arizona, 1982; Ph.D., New Mexico, 1987.

Richard F. Yuretich, Professor and Graduate Program Director for Geosciences, B.A., New York, 1971; M.A., Princeton, 1973; Ph.D., 1976.

Richard W. Wilkie, Professor and Graduate Program Director for Geography, B.A., Washington, 1960; M.A., 1963; Ph.D., 1968.

David F. Boutt, Assistant Professor,B.S., Michigan State, 1997; M.S., 1999; Ph.D., New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2004.

Raymond S. Bradley, Distinguished Professor, B.Sc., Southampton (England), 1969; M.S., Colorado, 1971; Ph.D., 1974.

Julie Brigham-Grette, Professor,  B.S., Albion, 1976; M.S., Colorado, 1980; Ph.D., 1985.

Laurie Brown, Professor, A.B., Middlebury, 1968; M.S., Wyoming, 1972; Ph.D., Oregon State, 1974.

Stephen J. Burns, Associate Professor, B.A., Rice, 1980; M.S., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1983; Ph.D., Duke, 1987.

Christopher D. Condit, Associate Professor, A.B., William and Mary, 1970; M.S., Northern Arizona, 1973; Ph.D., New Mexico, 1984.

Michele L. Cooke, Associate Professor, B.S.E., Princeton, 1989; M.S., Stanford, 1991; Ph.D, 1996.

Robert M. DeConto, Associate Professor, B.A., Colorado, 1987; M.S., 1993; Ph.D., 1996.

Piper R. Gaubatz, Associate Professor, B.A., Princeton, 1984; M.A., California at Berkeley, 1986; Ph.D., 1989.

Julie Graham, Professor, B.A., Smith, 1968; Ph.D., Clark, 1984.

James A. Hafner, Professor, A.B., Miami of Ohio, 1963; M.A., Michigan, 1965; Ph.D., 1970.

John F. Hubert, Professor, B.A., Harvard, 1952; M.S., Colorado, 1954; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1958.

Michael J. Jercinovic, Assistant Professor, B.S., New Mexico, 1979; Ph.D., 1988.

R. Mark Leckie, Professor, B.S., Northern Illinois, 1978; M.S., 1980; Ph.D., Colorado, 1984.

Lynn Margulis, Distinguished Professor, B.A., Chicago, 1957; M.S., Wisconsin, 1960; Ph.D., California at Berkeley, 1965.

William D. McCoy, Associate Professor, B.A., New York at Albany, 1972; M.A., Utah, 1977; Ph.D., Colorado, 1981.

George E. McGill, Research Professor,  B.A., Carleton College, 1953; M.S., Minnesota, 1955; Ph.D., Princeton, 1958.

Stearns A. Morse, Research Professor,  B.A., Dartmouth, 1952; M.S., McGill, 1958; Ph.D., 1962.

Steven T. Petsch, Assistant Professor,  B.S., Pennsylvania State, 1994; Ph.D., Yale, 2000.

Rutherford H. Platt,  Professor, B.S., Yale, 1962; J.D., Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., 1971.

J. Michael Rhodes, Five College Professor, B.Sc., Bristol, England, 1959; M.Sc., Australian National University, 1966; Ph.D., 1970.

Sheila J. Seaman, Associate Professor, B.A., Bryn Mawr, 1979; M.S., Arizona, 1983; Ph.D., New Mexico, 1988.


Faculty Emeriti

Randolph W. Bromery, Commonwealth Professor Emeritus (1992).

Joseph H. Hartshorn, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1987).

George E. McGill, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1996).

Stearns A. Morse, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1998).

Ward S. Motts, Associate Professor Emeritus of Geology (1995).

Peter Robinson, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1999).

Donald U. Wise, Professor Emeritus of Geology (1992).