Regular Faculty
Darren Larsen, Chair
Associate Professor, Geology
B.A., Colby College, M.S., P.h.D., University of Colorado Boulder, P.h.D., University of Iceland
Darren Larsen’s research interests lie at the nexus between paleoclimatology and geomorphology, where he uses a range of tools, field observations, and analytical techniques to answer questions in these highly interdisciplinary fields.
Christopher Oze
Professor, Geology
B.A., Whitman College; Ph.D. Stanford University
Chris Oze teaches Introductory Geology, Field Geology, Hard Rock Geology and Geochemistry.
Margaret Rusmore
Michael G. Gibby ’68 and Barbara J. Gibby ’68 Professor of Science, Geology
B.S., UC Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Margi Rusmore teaches Introductory Geology, Introduction to Field Methods, Structural Geology, Advanced Mapping and Senior Seminar.
James Sadd
Professor, Environmental Science
B.S., University of Southern California; M.S., University of Texas; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Dr. Sadd teaches courses in Geographic Information Systems in which students evaluate many types of information using spatial analysis and statistical tools.
Non-Tenure Track Faculty
Ann Blythe
Visiting Associate Professor, Geology
B.S., Ph.D., Cornell University; M.S., University of Pennsylvania
Ann Blythe teaches Introductory Geology, Introduction to Field Methods, Geomorphology, and Sedimentology and Stratigraphy.
Nevin P. Kozik
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.S., University of California, Riverside; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
My research interests involve the connections and feedbacks between biology and their surrounding
environmental conditions. I am particularly interested in how biodiversity may be affected by major…
Nikki M. Seymour
Visiting Assistant Professor, Geology
B.A., M.S., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D, Colorado State University
I find it incredible that we can walk on tracts of the lower crust or that one continent can be subducted beneath or be stitched to another! The details of processes that melt, metamorphose, and…