Background
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Academic Appointments
2020-Current Postdoctoral Fellow, Drs. Patrick Belmont and Brendan Murphy, Dept. of Watershed Sciences, USU
2018-2020 Postdoctoral Scholar, Dr. Isaac Larsen, Dept. of Geosciences, UMass
2013-2018 Research Assistant, Dr. Douglas Edmonds, Dept. of Geological Sciences, IU
Education:
Ph.D. (2018), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Dissertation: Floodplain Morphodynamics: The Origin and Function of Floodplain Channels
Adviser: Dr. Doug Edmonds
M.S. (2015), Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Thesis: Mapping Floodplain Morphological Variability: Implications for Controls on Floodplain Channel Development
Adviser: Dr. Doug Edmonds
B.S. (2011) , Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL
Senior Thesis: Stratification Under Combined Flows: Description and Implications for Storm Deposits
Adviser: Dr. Jim Best
Teaching Experience
Instructor, Utah State University
WATS-3700: Fundamentals of Watershed Sciences, Spring 2023 (co-taught with Dr. Adrienne Ernst)
WATS-3700: Fundamentals of Watershed Sciences, Spring 2022 (co-taught with Dr. Patrick Belmont)
GEOG-1000: Introduction to Physical Geography, Fall 2021
GEOG-1005: Introduction to Physical Geography Lab, Fall 2021
Associate Instructor, Indiana University
COLL-C 105: Billion Dollar Weather Disasters, Spring 2015
GEOL-G 334: Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy, Fall 2013
Guest Lecturer
GEO-SCI 697G: Advanced Geomorphology; University of Massachusetts, Spring 2019
Topic: Depositional Sedimentary Systems
COLL-C 105: Billion Dollar Weather Disasters, Indiana University, Fall 2013
Topic: Flooding Processes
Other
Eureka!, University of Massachusetts/Girls Inc., Co-Workshop Leader, Summer 2019
Topic: Earth from the Inside Out!
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Indiana University, ArcGIS Workshop Instructor, Spring 2014
Topics: Introduction to ArcMap; Python Scripting for ArcGIS
Outreach
Journal Reviewer
Water Resources Research; Geophysical Research Letters; Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface; Earth Surface Processes and Landforams
Outstanding Student Presentation Award Judge (OSPA), AGU
Judge at AGU conference
Eureka!, University of Massachusetts/Girls Inc., 2019
Workshop instructor, 2019
Sigma Gamma Epsilon, Indiana University, 2012-2018
Crossroads Geology Conference Co-Chair, 2014-2016
Instructor for ArcGIS workshops