Education & Professional History
Grinnell College, BA; University of California-Berkeley, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher, Atomic & Molecular Physics, NIST, 1987-1988
Swarthmore College, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, 1988-1989
American University, Visiting Asst. Prof. of Chemistry, 1989-1990
Founding Director in 2004, Carleton Interdisciplinary Science & Math Initiative (CISMI), now Carleton Integrated Math & Science
Director, Carleton’s 5th and 6th grants from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2004-2009
At Carleton since 1990.
Highlights & Recent Activity
ACM Seminars in Advanced Interdisciplinary Learning (SAIL) – developed large team projects for two courses in environmental studies
- Wilderness in the Anthropocene, the Boundary Waters of Minnesota (2017)
- Contested Spaces in the Pikes Peak Region of Colorado (2014)
Organizations & Scholarly Affiliations
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. Carnegie Scholar 2004-2005. Visiting Scholar 2008.
American Physical Society (APS)
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Project Kaleidoscope, Faculty 21, Class of 1994