Education:

Ph.D. Geology (1987) University of California, Santa Cruz. Dissertation: "Strains, Metamorphism, and Structural Evolution of Tectonostratigraphic Terranes in the Western Metamorphic Belt, Sierra Nevada, California."

M.S. Geology (1981) University of Maine at Orono. Thesis: "A Comparison and Application of Strain Analyses in Southeastern Maine."

B.S. Geology (1978) University of Washington. Senior Thesis: "The Structure and Petrology of the Leech River Formation, Vancouver Island, British Columbia."

Professional Experience:

Full Professor (2002-present). Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Associate Professor (1993-2002) Department of Earth Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Assistant Professor (1989-1993) Department of Geological Sciences,University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.

Post-Doctoral Research (1987-89) University of California, Santa Cruz and Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia. Project Title: "Developing and Using Criteria for Recognizing Pre-Deformational I- and S-Type Intrusives in Metamorphic Belts."

Teaching Experience:

University of Southern California (1989-present). Taught Structural Geology, Field Techniques, Structural Evolution of Arcs, Strain Analyses, Microstructures & Deformation Mechanisms, Planet Earth, Nature of Scientific Inquiry, Seminars on Tectonics & Structural Geology, and Writing & Time Management.

Supervising M.S. and Ph.D. students: ~9 of these students have won GSA and/or USC awards for their research projects.

Supervised 7 undergraduate Senior projects, University of California,
Santa Cruz (1984-1988). Five of these projects received University grants or awards for excellence.

Teaching Assistant: University of California, Santa Cruz, 1982-84. Taught labs in Introductory Geology, Mineralogy, Petrography, and Structural Geology.

Lecturer: San Jose State University, 1981-82. Taught classes in Introduction to Geology, Field Techniques, Map and Aerial Photo Interpretation, Structural Geology, and Geologic Writing.

Teaching Assistant: University of Maine at Orono, 1978-80. Taught labs and lectured in Physical Geology, Optical Mineralogy, Petrography, and Structural Geology.

Instructor Adult Education Class: San Jose State University, 1982. Taught general geology of Baja California.


Other Experience:

Co-editor: Geological Society of America, Structural and Tectonics
Division Newsletter: 1990-1995.

Penrose Conference Convener September 9-13, 1992. Conference title: "Application of strain analyses: from microstructures to orogenic belts."

Penrose Conference Convener September 10-15, 1988. Conference
title: "Criteria for establishing the relative timing of pluton emplacement and regional deformation."

Special Associate Editor, J. Structural Geology (1994): Applications of Strain: from Microsctructures to Orogenic Belts.

Special Editor, Geol. Society of America, Special Publications (In preparation), The Geology of Baja California: A Volume in Honor of Dr. Gordan Gastil.

Awards:

Raubenheimer Award (1993): For Outstanding Junior Faculty,
College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, University of Southern California.

Hutton Symposium “Pewter Computer” award for contributions to email discussion.

Invited 1991: Geological Society of America Short Course "Contact Metamorphism"
Talks organized by Derrill Kerrick, Penn State, for the 1991 National Meeting. I co-wrote a Chapter on "Aureole Tectonics" for the course reader, and lectured during the course.

1991: Southern California Consortium, Participated in Geology video course which became PBS special. Lectured on Structural Geology.

1992: U.S.G.S., Anchorage, Alaska: 2-day short course on establishing timing of regional deformation using relationships around plutons.

1996: University of Darmstadt and Geissen University, Germany. Week-long short course on magmatic systems.

1996 Hutton Meeting, Summary Talk on Pluton Roofs.

1996: 3 month French scholorship supported a short course on magmatic systems (Orleans Universite), invited talks (Montpellier), and field work.

1999: Two invited talks at Australian geological Society meeting, in Symposia in honor of Dr. Ron Vernon.

2001: 1 month French scholarship supported invited talks (Orleans Universite) on Cordilleran tectonics and magmatic systems.

2002 : Invited speaker to proposed Penrose in honor of Dr. Ramsay.

1989-2001: Average of 3 invited talks per year at Universities throughout the United States.

Membership in Professional Organizations:

Geological Society of America.

American Geophysical Union.

International Association of Structural/Tectonic Geologists.

National Association of Geoscience Teachers.

Graduate Students:

Ph.D:
Markus Albertz (2d year)
Helge Alsleban (1st year)
Tom Brudos (Never finished; employed by environmental firm)
Ken Fowler (1996; Now employed by Exxon)
Geoff Pignotta (3d year)
Keegan Schmidt (2000; now tenure-track, Lewis & Clarke College, Idaho)
Paul Wetmore (3d year)
Aaron Yoshinobu (1999; now tenure-track at Texas Tech, University)
Hao Yu (Co-PI; never finished; now employed by firm in Pasadena)

M.S:
Gunilla Andreasson (Just finishing)
Melissa Boysun (1st year)
Any Crossland (1994, attempting music career)
David Farris (1st year)
Paul Godin (went into Law)
Samantha Goldfarb (1995; was employed in Canada)
Michael Potter (2001; offered environmental job in Indiana)
Nick Taylor (1993; now tenured, Minneapolis Comm. College, Minnesota)
Semele Yuan (1996, environmental job in Hong Cong)

Other USC Student Committees:
Kim Bishop (Ph.D., 1993)
Chris Carlson (Ph.D., 2002)
Marek Cichanski (Ph.D., 1996)
Dave Mayo (Ph.D., 1994)
Hacob Mkrtchian (Ph.D., 1995)
Ling O'Conner (Ph.D., 1998)
Cong Wong (Ph.D., 1997)
Todd Battey (M.S. 1991)
John Bendixen (M.S. dropped out)
Ken Fowler (M.S. 1992)
Mary Parke (M.S., 1999)
Brooks Ramsdall (M.S. 1999)

Other non-USC Student Committees:
Carlo Deitl (1998; Ph.D., Heidleburg, Germany)
Doug Tinkham (in progress, Ph.D., Univ. Alabama)
Bekka Chase (1998; M.S. Univ. Alabama)
Le Anne Teruya (in progress M.S., San Jose State Univ.)

Supervision, of Post-Docs,& others.
Dr. James Faulds (now with Nevada Survey), Postdoc
Dr. Jorn Kruhl (Germany) Visiting Researcher
Dr. Scott Johnson (Macquarie University, Australia), Visiting Researcher
Mr. Matz Jonsson (Uppsula University, Sweden) Senior thesis.
Dr. Chris Kopf (Univ. Minnesota) Postdoc
Dr. Hermann Lebit (ETH, Switzerland), Postdoc
Dr. Paul Lennox (Sydney, Australia), Sabbatical Leave Visit
Dr. Catalina Luneburg (ETH, Switzerland), Postdoc
Dr. Jerome Onezime (University Orleans, France) Postdoc
Dr. Eckhardt Stein (Darmstaadt, Germany), Postdoc
Dr. Ron Vernon (recently appointed Senior Research Scientist USC).