Dr. Stephen Van Horn (1999):

Associate Professor, Department Chair
Ph. D. University of Connecticut

Courses offered

Environmental Geology, Structural Geology, Geography, and GIS.

Primary research / teaching specialties

• GIS applications
• Environmental Geology
• Contact metamorphism
• Structural control of igneous intrusions

Current research interests

• GIS planning on city development
• Water chemistry at the Wilds (a reclaimed coal mine)
• Dike emplacement mechanisms
• Garnet zoning and P-T-t pathways.

Dr. Eric Law (1984):

Associate Professor
Ph. D. Case Western Reserve University

Courses offered:

Introduction to Geology, Mineralogy, Petrology, Landscape Evolution

Primary research / teaching specialties

• Petrography and Petrology
• Geomorphology
• Geochronology
• Geology simulation

Recent research interests

• Origin of calcite sand crystals
• Diagenesis of Berea Sandstone
• Crystal habit of smithsonite
• Emplacement of kimberlite diatremes
• Lamprophyre dikes from Vermont
• Origin of stylolites in the Columbus Limestone
• Slates from Taiwan
  
  

Dr. David Rodland (2008):

Assistant Professor
Ph. D. Virginia Tech

Courses offered

Introduction to Geology, Environmental Geology, Earth History, Oceanography, Paleontology, Sedimentology and Physical Stratigraphy.

Primary research / teaching specialties

• Paleoecology
• Taphonomy and time-averaging
• Paleoenvironmental reconstruction

Current research interests

• Ecology and paleocology of brachiopods
• Time-averaging of encrusting communities
• Sclerochronology in freshwater bivalves
• Biotic recovery from mass extinction