I help run the Scanning Electron Microscope and am in charge of the Rock Room . I also get to play with the department web page and the department computers. Other aspects of my job include sample and map curation and preparation of display cases. Teaching The best part of my job involves coordinating and helping teach the laboratory classes for introductory geology classes, environmental geology and physical geology . These laboratory classes are geared towards the practical hands on side of geology.
Students get a chance to involve themselves in the many aspects of geology.
Field work includes trips to learn about the glacial history of the Connecticut Valley and the dynamics of fluvial systems. Laboratory exercises are as varied as debating the importance of different energy resources and looking at cool rocks. I am really a hard rock geologist though I find all geology fun. The Shoshone Falls rhylolite lava flow outcrops along the canyons of the Snake River, near Twin Falls, Idaho. Looking east at the Perrine Bridge and at lobes of the rhyolite.