Faculty/Staff Grad. Students

WWU Geology Graduate Students

This is our departmental graduate student directory. It is maintained by the grad students themselves, who post their own information. If you don't find what you need here, you might contact our department office, or possibly get in touch with the listed faculty advisor. In the listings below, names are linked to websites if present.
Note that 4-digit phone numbers are of the form (360) 650-xxxx, and some of these cannot be dialed directly from off-campus.

Name (click for website)	Email	Advisor	Thesis Title	Office	Phone
Troy Baggerman		DeBari	Generation and geochemistry of andesite lava flows on Mt. Baker, WA	ES 52
Sam Bruno		Babcock	Petrologic and Dynamic examination of the Ring Creek Lava flow British Columbia, Canada	ES56	3606504127
Nigel Davies		Clark	Holocene glacial chronology of the Wind River Range, Wyoming	052	4157
Susan Dickerson		Mitchell	Modeling the effects of climate change forecasts on streamflow in the Nooksack River basin	052	3606504157
Rachel Dunham		Crider	Kink band development in the Darrington Phyllite, NW WA	ES 056
Aaron Fitts		Hirsch	Metamorphic and Structural Evolution of the Northwest Chelan Block, North Cascades, WA	ES 110	207-650-6191
Casey Hanell		Mitchell	Effects of timber harvest on groundwater response to precipitation events near Kalaloch, Olympic Peninsula, WA	ES 056	x5718
Julia Labadie		Schermer	The structural and tectonic history of the Mt. Formidable region, North Cascades, WA	ES 67	x 4198
Erica Martell		Mitchell	Hydrogeology of Lummi Island	ES 52	X5709
Brandon Mijal		Clark	Holocene Glaciation of the Sawtooth Range, Central Idaho	52	4157
Nicole (Nikki) Moore		DeBari	Origin and geochemical evolution of mafic magmas, Mount Baker, Washington: probes into mantle and crustal processes	ES 067	x 4198
Devin O'Reilly		Mitchell	Saltwater intrusion modeling on Guemes Island, Wash.	ES 056	x4127
Melissa Park		Clark	Glacier mass balance and ice flow dynamics in the active crater of a glaciated volcano: Mt. Baker, Washington	052	4157
Ben Paulson		DeBari	Along Strike Variations in Magmatic Arcs: Insights from the Bonanza Group Volcanics	ES 56	5718
Lori Riggleman		DeBari	Measuring the effectiveness of teaching inquiry-based physical science concepts in introductory geoscience classes for deepening student understanding.
Elizabeth Siedlecki		Schermer	Holocene displacement on the Boulder Creek fault, Kendall, WA and related seismic hazards	ES 67	x 4198
Niki Thane		Mitchell		ES 67	x 4198
Jen Wright		Hirsch	Measurement of Metamorphic Kinetics through combined HRXCT, EPMA, and Sm-Nd dating	ES 52	x4157