Outreach and Teaching Services
Outreach
Participated in a 20week long online outreach event "I'm a Geoscientist Get me out of here!" developed by the European Geoscience Union.
Interviewed by Yahoo News, ABC New York, Channel 9 News, Time Magazine, Stillwater News Press, and O'Colly about earthquakes in Oklahoma.
Editor, author, and manager of geoscience education blog in Spanish: "Ciencias Terrestrres, geología y Puerto Rico". http://geolpr.wordpress.com. More than 4,000 visitors per month mostly from U.S.A., Puerto Rico, and Latin America.
Teaching Experience
Oklahoma State University
Geology and Human Affairs (GEOL 1014), Instructor
Fall 2010: 158 undergraduate students; 10 lab sections
Fall 2012: 252 undergraduate students; 11 lab sections
Fall 2013: 220 undergraduate students; 10 lab sections
Fall 2014: 234 undergraduate students; 10 lab sections
Fall 2015: 230 undergraduate students; 10 lab sections
Spring 2017: 160 undergraduate students; 9 lab sections
Structural Geology (GEOL 3014), Instructor
Spring 2012: 24 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students; 2 lab sections
Spring 2013: 32 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students; 2 lab sections
Fall 2014: 36 undergraduate students and 1 graduate students; 2 lab sections
Fall 2016: 40 undergraduate students and 2 graduate students; 2 lab sections
Plate Tectonics (GEOL 4213), Instructor
Spring 2011: 23 undergraduate students
Spring 2016: 23 undergraduate students
Geologic Field Investigation (GEOL 4030/5030), Instructor
Spring 2016: 7 undergraduate and 4 graduate students
Geology Colloquium (4300/5300), Instructor
Spring 2012: 7 undergraduate students and 3 graduate students
Special Problems in Earth Science (4990), Instructor
Spring 2013: 1 undergraduate student
Fall 2013: 1 undergraduate student
Fall 2014: 1 undergraduate student
Spring 2015: 3 undergraduate students
Summer 2015: 1 undergraduate student
Fall 2015: 3 undergraduate students Spring 2016: 2 undergraduate students
Fall 2016: 2 undergraduate students Senior Honors Thesis (4993), Instructor
Spring 2014: 1 undergraduate student
Advanced Methods in Structural Geology (GEOL 5223), Instructor
Fall 2011: 8 graduate students
Fall 2012: 6 graduate students
Spring 2014: 5 graduate students
Spring 2015: 10 graduate students
Master Thesis (GEOL 5000), Instructor
Fall 2012: 1 graduate student
Spring 2013: 1 graduate student
Summer 2013: 1 graduate student
Fall 2013: 1 graduate student
Summer 2015: 1 graduate student
Fall 2015: 1 graduate student
Spring 2016: 1 graduate student
Advanced Studies in Geology (GEOL 5990), Instructor
Spring 2013: 1 graduate student Fall 2016: 1 graduate student
Spring 2017: 2 graduate students
University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez
GEOL 3025, Earth Sciences -Spring 2009
GEOL Undergraduate Seminar - Spring 2009
Universidad del Este
Science workshops for intermediate school teachers - Fall 2007
University of Pittsburgh
Physical Geology Laboratory Spring 2008
Structural Geology Laboratory - Fall 2003, Fall 2004, Fall 2005
Intelligent Life in the Universe Recitation -Summer 2005
Geology Recitations - Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005
Environmental Geology Recitation - Summer 2004
Geography Recitations -Summer 2003 Florida International University
History of Life Laboratory - Fall 2002
Structural Geology Laboratory (1)-Spring 2001
Intro to Earth Science Laboratory (2)-Fall 2000, Summer 2001, Fall 2001, Spring 2002, Summer 2002
TEACHING SERVICES
Academic Advising
Undergraduate Students
B.S. Students
Spring 2013: Louis Steigerwald
Fall 2013: Louis Steigerwald
Fall 2014: Tiara Johnson
Fall 2015: Jonathan Woods, Rob Baker
Spring 2016: Amy Pritt, Wesley Prater
Fall 2016: Wesley Prater, Reagan Francisco
Spring 2017: Emily Elifritz Research project for CIED 4713 (Education Methods)
Fall 2012: Ashley Bagwell Honors Contracts in GEOL 1014
Fall 2010: Demitri A. Johnson-Cantu
Fall 2012: Spencer Pogue, Matt Falcon, and Kelsie Hoelscher
Fall 2014: Bre Waterman and Alex Beckman
Graduate Students
M.S. Students
Erin Roehrig, Fall 2011-Fall 2013
Luelseged Emishaw, Spring 2014-Fall 2015
Sam Dawson, Fall 2014-Fall 2016
Bryan Clappe, Fall 2015-Spring 2016
Inés Barrios Galindez, Fall 2015-Present
Steven Johnston, Fall 2016-Present
Professional Services to Teaching
M.S. Committee Memberships
Byron Waltman's thesis committee, Fall 2010
Robert Reynolds' thesis committee, Fall 2011
Brandi Michaels' thesis committee, Spring 2012 to present
Haifa Al Salmi's thesis committee, Fall 2013 to Summer 2014
Jingyao Meng's thesis committee, Spring 2014 to Fall 2015
Kitso Matende's thesis committee, Spring 2014 to Spring 2015
Shawna Smith's thesis committee, Fall 2014 to Spring 2016
Taylor Thompson's thesis committee, Fall 2014 to Spring 2016
Kari Dayton's thesis committee, Spring 2015 to present
Tucker Steen’s thesis committee, Fall 2016 to present
Folarin Kolawole’s thesis committee, Fall 2016 to present
Ph.D. Committee Memberships
Eric Akoko's thesis committee, Spring 2011 to Spring 2012
Tim Sickbert's thesis committee, Spring 2011 to present
Farag Mewafy's thesis committee, Fall 2012 to Fall 2013
Andrew Katumwehe's thesis committee, Fall 2012 to Spring 2016
Zelalem Demissie's thesis committee, Fall 2014 to present
Jingyao Meng's thesis committee, Fall 2015 to present Liang Xue’s thesis committee, Fall 2016 to present