Laboratory Manual for Earth Science

Jessica Olney: Jessica is an associate professor of Earth Science at Hillsborough Community College. Her research has ranged from studying Ice-Rafted Debris in Ocean Sediment Cores, to Igneous Petrology and Volcanology/Geochemistry in Central Utah and Nicaragua. She has been teaching since graduate school, first as a laboratory teaching assistant in the classroom and on field trips (Ohio State and Northern Illinois); in the summers she was an elderhostel lecturer (Northern Illinois), and in 2004, she was employed as the geologist at Capulin Volcano National Park, New Mexico as part of the Geological Society of America’s GeoCorps America Program (Geologist-in-the Park) where she led interpretive programs, worked on the Capulin’s National Park Service website (science and nature), and participated in the removal of invasive plant species from the park. Since that time, she has taught Physical Geology at Florida State University as a visiting assistant professor, and as an adjunct faculty member in Earth Science at Tallahassee Community College. As of 2007, she has been a full-time faculty member at Hillsborough Community College (Ybor City Campus), earning tenure in 2011. Currently, she teaches lecture and laboratory courses in Earth Science, Physical Geology, and Oceanography.

Allan Ludman is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Queens College―part of the City University of New York. He has devoted more than four decades to deciphering the evolution of the Northern Appalachians through field and laboratory studies in Maine and New Brunswick. He has taught introductory geology for over 40 years and supervised the laboratories for over 35 years. Over the last two decades, Ludman has directed a K-12 science teacher development program in southern New York State influenced by hands-on, inquiry-based Earth Systems research.

Stephen Marshak is a Professor Emeritus of Geology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he taught for 35 years. During this time, he also served as Head of the Department of Geology and as Director of the School of Earth, Society, & Environment. Steve holds an A.B. from Cornell University, an M.S. from the University of Arizona, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University, all in geology. His research interests in structural geology and tectonics have taken him in the field on several continents. Steve, a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, has won the highest teaching awards at both the college and campus levels at the University of Illinois, and has also received a Neil Miner Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers for “exceptional contributions to the stimulation of interest in the Earth Sciences.” His other books include Essentials of Geology, Earth Science, Natural Disasters, Laboratory Manual for Introductory Geology, Laboratory Manual for Earth Science, Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics, and Basic Methods of Structural Geology.

Robert Rauber is a Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, where he was Department Head for twelve years, and now serves as Director of the School of Earth, Society, & Environment. He holds a B.S. in Physics and a B.A. in English from the Pennsylvania State University, as well as an M.S. and Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences from Colorado State University. He oversees a research program that focuses on the development and behavior of storms, which takes him on some rather exciting flights into the midst of severe weather. Bob has won campus teaching awards, is a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society (AMS), and serves as the publication commissioner for the AMS. In addition to authoring many research papers, Bob has co-authored Earth Science, Laboratory Manual for Earth Science, Severe and Hazardous Weather: An Introduction to High Impact Meteorology, and a new book, Radar Meteorology, A First Course.