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Thom Wilch, Associate Professor of Geology

Thomas I. Wilch
Chair and Professor

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 Glacial Geology and Climate Change, Geomorphology, and Volcanology.
 

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, and Vertebrate Paleontology. 
 

Beth Lincoln, Professor of Geology

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 Geophysics. 

 

 

Tim Lincoln, Professor of 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, and Ore Deposits. 

 

 

 

Michael McRivette
Visiting Assistant Professor
 

B.S., University of California, San Diego; (PhD; abd) UCLA.

At Albion since 2008.

 

Mick McRivette teaches courses in Introductory Geology, Earth Resources and Geological Hazards.
 

 

 

Carrie Menold, Assistant Professor of Geology

Carrie A. Menold
Assistant Professor
 

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

 

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

 

 

Chris Ven de Ven, Assistant Professor of Geology and Director of the GIS and Digital Map Laboratory

Christopher M. Van de Ven
Assistant Professor
 

B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1997; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2003.  At Albion since 2004. 

 

Dr. Van de Ven teaches upper-level courses in Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing, and Environmental and Engineering Geology.


 

Departmental Staff

Carol Caswell, Department Coordinator

Carol Caswell
Department Secretary

With the department since 2004. 

Office: 154 Putnam
Phone: 517-629-0276
Email. ccaswell@albion.edu

 

Trish Rising, Geology Technician

Trish Rising
Geology Technician

With the department since 2006.

Office: 029 Palenske
Phone: 517-629-0461
Email:  trising@albion.edu

 

Emeriti Faculty

Russell G. Clark, Jr.
Professor Emeritus
Email: rgclark@albion.edu

 

B.A., Amherst College, 1966; M.S., Michigan State University, 1968; Ph.D., Dartmouth College, 1972

He joined Albion faculty in 1973 and retired in 2006.

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

 

Lawrence D. Taylor
Professor Emeritus

Email: ltaylor@albion.edu

B.A., Dartmouth College, 1954; M.A., Dartmouth College, 1958; Ph.D., The Ohio State University, 1962

He joined Albion faculty and founded the Geology Department in 1964; he retired in 1998.

 

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

 

  "Jack" John W. Parker
Professor Emeritus


B.S., 1949, Case-Western Reserve University; M.S., 1951, University of Michigan; Ph.D., 1966, University of Texas. On staff 1966-1986. Emeritus since 1986.

 

Dr. Taylor taught courses in Stratigraphy and Paleontology. 

 


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