Faculty and Staff

Thomas I. Wilch
Chair and Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Trustees' Professor in the Sciences

B.A., Macalester College, 1987; M.S., University of Maine, 1991; Ph.D., New Mexico Tech, 1997. At Albion since 1998.

Dr. Wilch teaches upper-level courses in Glaciers and Climate Change, Geomorphology, Volcanology, Regional Field Geology, and Field Camp.

William S. Bartels
Professor

A.B., Rutgers College, 1977; M.S., University of Michigan, 1981; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1987. At Albion since1986.

Dr. Bartels teaches upper-level courses in  Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, Paleontology, Vertebrate Paleontology, Regional Field Geology, and Field Camp.

Beth Z. Lincoln
Professor

A.B., Smith College, 1973; Ph.D., UCLA, 1985. At Albion since 1981.

Dr. Beth Lincoln teaches upper-level courses in Structural Geology and Regional Field Geology.

 

Timothy N. Lincoln
Professor

B.S., University of Massachusetts at Amherst, 1972; Ph.D., UCLA, 1978.  At Albion since 1981.

Dr. Tim Lincoln teaches upper-level courses in Groundwater, Geochemistry, Ore Deposits, and Regional Field Geology.

Carrie A. Menold
Associate Professor

B.S., University of Michigan, 1999; Ph.D., UCLA, 2006. At Albion since 2006.

Dr. Menold teaches upper-level courses in Mineralogy, Petrology, Igneous and Metamorphic Geochemistry, Regional Field Geology, and Field Camp.

Mick McRivette
Visiting Assistant Professor

B.S., UC San Diego; Ph.D., UCLA, abd. Affiliated with Albion since 2007.

Mick McRivette has directed and taught our summer field camp course, and taught courses in introductory geology, Structural Geology, and Remote Sensing and GIS.

Carol Caswell
Department Secretary

With the department since 2004.

Office: 154 Putnam
Phone: 517-629-0276
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Faculty Emeriti

Russell G. Clark, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
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B.A., Amherst College, 1966; M.S., Michigan State University, 1968; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1972. Joined Albion faculty in 1973; retired in 2006.

Dr. Clark taught courses in Mineralogy, Petrology, Geographic Information Systems, and Remote Systems.

Lawrence D. Taylor
Professor Emeritus

Office: 105 Stockwell Library
Phone: 517/629-0308
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B.A., Dartmouth College, 1954; M.A., Dartmouth College, 1958; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1962. Joined Albion faculty and founded the Geology Department in 1964; retired in 1998.

Dr. Taylor taught courses in Environmental Geology, Geomorphology, and Glaciers and the Pleistocene.