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FACULTYMembers of the geosciences faculty are all dedicated, published scholars whose teaching and research interests span the entire range of geological sciences. Included among the members of this department is a New York State Professor of the Year and a former president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. David Bailey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geosciences(dbailey@hamilton.edu) Bailey earned his Ph.D. from Washington State University. His dissertation focused on geochemistry and petrogenesis of Miocene volcanic rocks in the Powder River Volcanic Field, NE Oregon. He is a recipient of National Science Foundation ILI and CCLI Grants, and is a Research Associate of the New York State Museum. His current research focuses on the history of igneous and tectonic activity in the northeastern United States, and on the mineralogy of New York State. He is the author of numerous peer reviewed papers, conference abstracts, and field trip guides.
Cindy Domack, Ph.D., Professor of Geosciences(cdomack@hamilton.edu) Domack specializes in paleontology, oceanography, and coastal geology. She is also interested in meteorology. She received the Excellence in Teaching Award for her work at Hamilton. Domack's research has centered on micropaleontology, and she has published papers for Paleobiology and the Journal of Geoscience Education. A member of the Hamilton College faculty since 1985, Domack earned her Ph.D. in geology from Rice University.
Eugene Domack, Ph.D., J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies(edomack@hamilton.edu) A member of the Hamilton College faculty since 1985, Domack earned his Ph.D. in geology at Rice University. Specializing in the sediments, paleoenvironments, and glacial geology of the Southern Hemisphere, Domack has been the chief scientist aboard many research vessels to Antarctica. Over the last 15 years Domack has led more than 100 undergraduates to Antarctica as part of his NSF sponsored research program. He has published many articles for journals such as Nature, Antarctic Science, Marine Geology, and Geological Society of America Bulletin, and has also edited the book, The Earth's Glacial Record. Domack has been awarded many grants for Antarctic study by the National Science Foundation, who also presented him with the Antarctic Service Award in 1981. In January 2007 he was appointed to the newly endowed J. W. Johnson Family Professorship of Environmental Studies.
Robin Mattheus, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences(cmattheu@hamilton.edu) Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences Christopher Mattheus earned a Ph.D. in marine sciences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His dissertation topic was “The Role of Sea Level and River Discharges on Coastal Morphologies Over Varying Timeframes: A Look at late Pleistocene to Modern Valleys, Bay-head Deltas and Marshes.” He completed undergraduate and graduate work at the University of Alabama.
Todd Rayne, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geosciences(trayne@hamilton.edu) Rayne's area of interest is hydrogeology and environmental geology. He received his doctorate in geology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and before that he worked in the petroleum and environmental consulting industries. Rayne's current research involves using numerical models to predict the impacts of urbanization on ground water flow systems. He also is involved with modeling ground water flow through fractured aquifers and wellhead protection studies. He is the author of two solution manuals for hydrogeology textbooks and has published papers in Hydrogeology Journal, Nordic Hydrology, and Northeastern Geology and Environmental Science.
Barbara Tewksbury, Ph.D., Upson Chair of Public Discourse, Professor of Geosciences(btewksbu@hamilton.edu) A member of the Hamilton College faculty since 1978, Tewksbury earned her Ph.D. in geology from the University of Colorado. Specializing in structural and planetary geology and plate tectonics, Tewksbury has published papers for many journals including the Journal of Structural Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, and Journal of Geoscience Education. She has received many grants from the National Science Foundation to run workshops to promote reform in geoscience education and to instruct geoscience faculty in effective and innovative teaching methods in the geosciences. She was named New York State Professor of the Year Award in 1997 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Tewksbury's current research involves investigation of deformation in Proterozoic metamorphic rocks of the Grenville Province in northern New York State. She was the president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers and is currently the president of the American Geological Institute.
Caroline Lavoie, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences(clavoie@hamilton.edu) Caroline Lavoie is a post-doctoral research associate in geosciences. She completed her doctoral work at CEN, Laval University, in Canada. Lavoie's areas of research are quaternary geomorphology, marine geology and glacial geology.
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