Geological Sciences

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Ellensburg
Lind 108B

509-963-2702
Fax 509-963-2821
http://www.cwu.edu/~geology
See Web site for how this major could be used for educational and career purposes.

Faculty and Staff
Chair
Wendy A. Bohrson, Ph.D.

Professors
Lisa L. Ely, Ph.D., geomorphology, paleohydrology, and quaternary geology
Jeffrey Lee, Ph.D., active and regional tectonics,  structural geology
M. Meghan Miller, Ph.D., crustal deformation, active tectonics, GPS, geodesy, remote sensing
Charles M. Rubin, Ph.D., paleoseismology, earthquake hazards, active tectonics

Associate Professors
Wendy A. Bohrson, Ph.D., volcanology, isotope geochemistry, igneous petrology
Carey Gazis, Ph.D., environmental geochemistry, stable isotope geochemistry, hydrogeology
Timothy I. Melbourne, Ph.D., seismology, continental dynamics

Assistant Professors
Chris Mattinson, Ph.D., minerology and petrology
Beth Pratt-Sitaula, Ph.D., earth science education and geomorphology

Faculty Research Associates
Frank Ramos, Ph.D., geochemistry

Adjunct Lecturers
Marie Ferland, marine stratigraphy, quaternary geology and climate change, sedimentology
Alexander Glass, paleontology, public science literacy
Nick Zentner, M.S., scientific instructional technician supervisor

Emeritus Professors
Robert Bentley, Ph.D., structural geology, igneous and metamorphic petrology, regional geography of the Pacific Northwest
James R. Hinthorne, Ph.D., mineralogy, geochemistry, spatial information systems

Staff
Vicki Potts, B.A., secretary senior
V. Marcello Santillan, M.S., scientific programmer and GPS data analyst
Craig Schrivner, Ph.D., systems analyst
Nick Zentner, M.S., instructional technician supervisor

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