DEPARTMENT OF EARTH SCIENCES

The University bestows the designation "Graduate Faculty" upon faculty following review of their credentials and recommendation by their colleagues. The University maintains six levels of graduate faculty: (1) Full, (2) Associate, (3) Adjunct, (4) Adjunct Research Co-Mentor, (5) Affiliate, and (6) Adjunct Teaching.

Only Full graduate faculty members may chair doctoral committees. Adjunct Research Co-Mentor members may serve as co-chair of a master's or doctoral committee. Full or Associate graduate faculty may chair master's committees. Only one adjunct or affiliate graduate faculty member may serve as a voting member on any master's or doctoral committee.

Teaching adjunct members may not serve on graduate committees.

MEMBERS

MERVIN J. BARTHOLOMEW, Professor and Chair, PhD (1971), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University [2013]

OLIVER BOYD, Research Professor, PhD (2004), University of Colorado [2013]

DORIAN BURNETTE, Assistant Professor, PhD (2009), University of Arkansas [2018]

JER-MING CHIU, Professor, PhD (1982), Cornell University [2018]

RANDEL T. COX, Associate Professor, PhD (1995), The University of Missouri [2018]

CHRIS H. CRAMER, Research Professor, PhD (1976), Stanford University [2015]

HEATHER R. DeSHON, Assistant Research Professor, PhD (2004), University of California, Santa Cruz [2013]

DAVID H. DYE, Associate Professor, PhD (1980), Washington University [2015]

JUDSON B. FINLEY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008) Washington State University [2015]

ARLEEN A. HILL, Associate Professor, PhD (2002), The University of South Carolina [2015]

ARCH C. JOHNSTON, Professor, PhD (1979), The University of Colorado [2012]

HSIANG-TE KUNG, Professor, PhD (1980), The University of Tennessee, Knoxville [2016]

CHARLES A. LANGSTON, Professor, PhD (1978), California Institute of Technology [2014]

DANIEL LARSEN, Professor, PhD (1994), The University of New Mexico [2013]

M. BEATRICE MAGNANI, Assistant Research Professor, PhD (1999), Universita' degli Studi di Perugia, Italy [2018}

ANDREW MICKELSON, Assistant Professor, PhD (2002), Ohio State University [2013]

ESRA OZDENEROL, Associate Professor, PhD (2000) Louisiana State University [2012]

CHRISTINE POWELL, Professor, PhD (1976), Princeton University [2017]

JOSE PUJOL, Professor, PhD (1985), The University of Wyoming [2013]

ROBERT F. SMALLEY, JR., Research Professor, PhD (1988), Cornell University [2017]

GEORGE H. SWIHART, Professor, PhD (1987), The University of Chicago [2017]

GREGORY N. TAFF, Assistant Professor, PhD (2007), The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [2015]

ROY B. VAN ARSDALE, Professor, PhD (1979), The University of Utah [2017]

MITCHELL M. WITHERS, Associate Research Professor, PhD (1997), New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology [2015]

ASSOCIATE MEMBERS

ANZHELIKA ANTIPOVA, Assistant Professor, PhD (2010), Louisiana State University [2017]

STEPHEN HORTON, Research Scientist, PhD (1992), The University of Nevada-Reno [2014]

DAVID N. LUMSDEN, Professor, PhD (1965), University of Illinois Urbana [2017]

ADJUNCT MEMBERS

SARAH ANN BOYLE, PhD (2008), Arizona State University [2014]

MARTIN C. CHAPMAN, PhD (1998), Virginia Polytechnic Institute [2012]

THERESA CHAPPLE, PhD (2009), University of Illinois at Chicago [2013]

RYAN CSONTOS, PhD (2007), The University of Memphis [2014]

STAN DUNAGAN, PhD (1998), The University of Tennessee [2015]

ROBERT DUNN, PhD (1983), University of New Mexico [2015]

JUDSON FINLEY, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), Washington State University [2015]

JACK W. GRUBAUGH, PhD (1994), University of Georgia [2014]

KEITH JACOBI, PhD (1996), Indiana University [2012]

LISA KEYS-MATHEWS, PhD (2007), The University of Memphis [2014]

KATERINE MICKELSON, PhD (2002), Ohio State University [2015]

MELANIE A. RAPINO, Assistant Professor, PhD (2008), University of Connecticut [2014]

FREDERICK J. RICH, PhD (1979), The Pennsylvania State University [2012]

EVELYN ROELOFFS, PhD (1982), University of Wisconsin-Madison [2012]

KEVIN E. SMITH, PhD (1992), Vanderbilt University [2013]

LAWRENCE J. SMITH, JD (1983), University of Memphis Law School [2014]

WILLIAM STEPHENSON, MS (1991), University of Utah [2012]

GREGORY TAFF, PhD (2007), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill [2015]

MARTITIA P. TUTTLE, PhD (1999), University of Maryland [2015]

DONALD D. TYLER, PhD (1978), The University of Kentucky [2015]

GUY G. WEAVER, JR., MA (1978), Memphis State University [2015]

ADJUNCT RESEARCH CO-MENTOR

HEATHER DESHON, Assistant Research Professor, PhD (2004), University of California, Santa Cruz [Duration of Committee Appointment]

MEHMET KOCAK, Assistant Professor, PhD (2011), University of Memphis [Duration of Committee Appointment]

JON RUSS, Associate Professor, PhD (1991), Texas A&M University [Duration of Committee Appointment]

AFFILIATE MEMBER

JOHN PUCHAKAYALA, PhD (1992), Osmania University, India [2012]

NOTE: Termination date of graduate faculty membership is indicated in brackets.