Meet Us
Staff
Dr. Amy Wagner
Associate Professor, Department Chair
- Location: PLR 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-5136
- amy.wagner@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her/hers
- Website
- Office Hours: Wednesday 1 p.m. - 3p.m, Thursday 12 p.m. - 1 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Paleoclimate, Paleoceanography, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Tim Williams
IST I, Motorpool Manager
- Location: Placer Hall 1100
- Phone: (916) 278-7828
- tpwilliams@csus.edu
Claire Shudde
Department Coordinator
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-4691
- shudde@csus.edu
- Pronouns: she/her
Professors
Dr. Kurtis C. Burmeister
Associate Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1010
- Phone: (916) 278-5635
- k.burmeister@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Office Hours: Please email for appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Structural Geology & Tectonics, Field Safety, Geoscience Education
Dr. Julie Griffin
Associate Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1016
- Phone: (916) 278-7200
- griffin@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Monday 2:30 - 4 p.m., Tuesday 1 - 2:30 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Phanerozoic Paleoclimate, Sedimentary Geochemistry
Dr. Erik Haroldson
Assistant Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1017
- Phone: (916) 278-6811
- erik.haroldson@csus.edu
- Pronouns: he/him/his
- Website
- Office Hours: Please email for appointment
- Specialty & Interests: Economic Geology, Earth Materials, Geoscience Education
Dr. Brian Hausback
Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1001
- Phone: (916) 278-6521
- hausback@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Volcanology
Dr. Conor McDowell
Assistant Professor
- Location: PLR 1019
- Phone: (916) 278-1241
- mcdowell@csus.edu
- Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12 - 1:30 p.m.
- Specialty & Interests: Surface Processes, Fluvial Geomorphology, Sediment Transport
Dr. David Shimabukuro
Associate Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1015
- Phone: (916) 278-6382
- dhs@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Alpine Tectonics & Ophiolites, Groundwater Resources
Dr. Steven Skinner
Associate Professor
- Location: PLR 1001
- Phone: (916) 278-4331
- steven.skinner@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Tectonics, Paleomagnetism, Geophysics
Dr. Amelia (Paukert) Vankeuren
Associate Professor, Graduate Coordinator
- Location: Placer Hall 1018
- Phone: (916) 278-7385
- vankeuren@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Groundwater Quality, Water-Rock Interaction
Lecturers
Christina Stout
Lecturer
- Location: Placer Hall 1009
- Phone: (916) 278-6811
- christina.stout@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Igneous Petrology, Geochemsitry, Magmatic Processes, Volcanology
Teaching Assistants
Adjunct Faculty
Dr. David Dralle
Adjunct Assistant Professor
- Location: USFS Pacific SW Research Station
- Phone: (530) 902-6321
- david.dralle@usda.gov
- Specialty & Interests: Ecohydrology
Emeritus
Dr. Kevin Cornwell
Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 1019
- Phone: (916) 278-6667
- cornwell@csus.edu
- Website
- Specialty & Interests: Geomorphology
Dr. Tim Horner
Emeritus Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6337
- hornertc@csus.edu
Dr. Judi Kusnick
Emeritis Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6337
- Kusnickj@csus.edu
Dr. Greg Wheeler
Emeritus Professor
- Location: Placer Hall 2003
- Phone: (916) 278-6337
- wheelergr@csus.edu
- Specialty & Interests: Metallic Ore Deposits