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GEOLOGY : ENVIRONMENTAL DYNAMICS : EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE TEACHING 

Faculty

Marshall Chapman
Associate Professor of Geoscience
Office: Lappin Hall 425G
Phone: 606-783-5397
E-mail: m.chapman@moreheadstate.edu

B.A. (Religion), University of the South; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Teaches introduction to geoscience, mineralogy, petrology, volcanoes. Research interests: mixing of magmas, magma chamber dynamics, bimodal volcanic deposits.


Eric Jerde
Associate Professor of Geoscience
Office: Lappin Hall 123
Phone: 606-783-5406
E-mail: e.jerde@moreheadstate.edu

B.A., St. Cloud State University; M.S., Washington State University; Ph.D., UCLA. Teaches introduction to geoscience, structure and tectonics, geomorphology, oceans and atmospheres, biogeochemical cycles, planetary geology. Research interests: geochemical evolution of magmas, continental rifting, geological mapping.


Charles E. Mason
Professor of Geoscience
Office: Lappin Hall 425C
Phone: 606-783-2166
E-mail: c.mason@moreheadstate.edu

B.S., Morehead State University; M.S., George Washington University. Teaches introduction to geoscience, historical geology, paleontology, geologic history of plants and animals, geologic field methods. Research interests: Mississippian-age ammonoids, particularly in the Borden Formation of Kentucky.


John C. Philley, (retired)
Professor of Geoscience
E-mail: jcphilley@adelphia.net

B.S., Millsaps College; M.S., Ph.D., The University of Tennessee. Teaches introduction to geoscience. Research interests: Mississippian limestone deposits of northeastern Kentucky.


Steven K. Reid
Associate Professor of Geoscience
Office: Lappin Hall 223
Phone: 606-783-5293
E-mail: s.reid@moreheadstate.edu

B.S., Old Dominion University; M.S., University of Idaho; Ph.D., Texas A&M University. Teaches introduction to geoscience, physical geology, sedimentation and stratigraphy, environmental geology, hydrogeology. Research interests: sedimentology, stratigraphy, sediment pollution in streams, metals in surface and ground water.

 

 

The exceptional educational foundation provided by Morehead State has allowed me and others in my graduating class the opportunity to have highly successful careers in the competitive environmental engineering industry. Firms with which MSU Geology graduates in my class have been employed comprise some of the largest environmental engineering firms in the world, including Bechtel National, Shaw Group Inc., Jacobs Engineering, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), and AMEC. I would highly recommend the MSU Geology program to anyone interested in a career in the environmental industry.
-Paula Bond

DEPARTMENT OF EARTH & SPACE SCIENCE