Erika Elswick

Senior Lecturer, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Director, Analytical Geochemistry Lab

Instructor, EAS X429e

• eelswick@indiana.edu
• 812-855-2493
• Multidisciplinary Science Building II Room 428

Jim Handschy

Professor of Practice, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Executive Director, IU Judson Mead Geologic Field Station

Instructor, EAS X429

• jwhandsc@iu.edu
• 406-600-1821
• Geological Sciences GY521

Peter Hennings

Research Scientist and Lecturer

Instructor, X498t Structural Geology

• peter.hennings@beg.utexas.edu
• 512 471 0156

Dr. Peter Hennings is a Research Scientist at The University of Texas Jackson School of Geosciences Bureau of Economic Geology where he is Principal Investigator of the Center for Integrated Seismicity Research and a Lecturer in the Department of Geological Sciences.

Jess King

Lecturer, University of Hong Kong

Instructor, EAS X429c (X498c), Crystalline Concentration

• jessking@hku.hk

My research interests lie mostly in classic geology, both structural and petrological, with application to tectonic evolution of continental collision zones - the Himalayan and Alpine orogen in particular.

Madeline (Maddie) Lewis

Instructor, X429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains

• mjlewis@caltech.edu

Madeline (Maddie) Lewis completed her PhD in Geochemistry at the California Institute of Technology during the spring of 2021.

Michael C. Rygel

Professor and Chair, Department of Geology SUNY Potsdam

Director of Academics, IU Judson Mead Geologic Field Station

Instructor for X429/X429g

• rygelmc@potsdam.edu
• (315) 267-3401

Contact for questions about faculty and associate instructor positions; course content for X429 and X429g; landowner and access issues; and industry, governmental agencies and professional societies for use of the Field Station for courses and conferences.

Sarah Penniston-Dorland

Associate Professor, University of Maryland

Instructor, EAS X429c (X498c) Crystalline Concentration

• sarahpd@umd.edu
• 301-405-6239

Page Quinton

Assistant Professor, SUNY Pottsdam

Adjunct Professor, EAS. Instructor, EAS X429

• quintopc@potsdam.edu
• 315-267-2815

Shelby Rader

Assistant Research Scientist

Instructor, X498e Environmental Concentration

• shtrader@iu.edu
• 812-855-7508
• MSBII 420

My research interests focus on non-traditional stable isotope systems, particularly redox sensitive elements.

Mike C. Rygel

Chair/Professor Department of Geology, SUNY Potsdam

Director of Academics, IU Judson Mead Geologic Field Station

Adjunct Professor, EAS. Instructor, EAS X429

• rygelmc@potsdam.edu
• 315-267-3401

Olivia Thurston

Instructor, X429 Field Geology in the Rocky Mountains

• ogt2@illinois.edu

Olivia Thurston completed her PhD at University of Illinois during the spring of 2021. Her PhD research was on the kinetics of zircon radiation damage accumulation and annealing.

Brian Yanites

Associate Professor, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

Robert R. Shrock Professor of Surficial and Sedimentary Geology

Director of Undergraduate Studies

• byanites@indiana.edu
• (812) 855-6109
• GY 4056

The Geomorphology and Landscape Evolution group studies how climate, tectonics, and rock type influence the processes and landforms that shape the Earth's surface.