Our department's faculty cover a wide range of specializations in geology, natural resource conservation and management, environmental sciences, and geography.

Select a faculty member's page for more information on classes and research interests.

Meet Our Faculty

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Amy Fagan

Department Head; Geology Program Director

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Annalaura Pannill

Administrative Support Associate

331 Stillwell Building

828.227.7367

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Solomon Beyene

Assistant Professor

Natural Resource & Conservation Management Program

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Matt Broadway

Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program

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Lara Bryant

Geography Program Director

Geography Program

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Frank Forcino

Director of the Secondary Science Education Program

Geology Program

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Keith Gibbs

Natural Resource & Conservation Management Program

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Max Lanning

Instructor

Natural Resource & Conservation Management Program

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David Kinner

Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

Geology Program

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Mark Lord

Geology Program

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Jerry Miller

Geology Program

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Sarah Parsons

Environmental Science Program

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Katie Peek

Coastal Research Scientist

Geology Program

Old Student Union Building

828.227.2790

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Aimee Rockhill

Natural Resource Conservation & Management Program Director

Natural Resource Conservation & Management Program Director

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Katie Schneider

Assistant Professor

Geology Program

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Shane Schoepfer

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Emily Stafford

Associate Instructor/Lab Equipment Coordinator

Geology Program

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Diane Styers

Natural Resource Conservation & Management Program

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Blair Tormey

Coastal Research Scientist

Geology Program

Old Student Union Building

828.227.2536

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Cheryl Waters-Tormey

Geology Program

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Armin Weise

Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program

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Robert Young

Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines

Geology Program; Director of the Program for Developed Shorelines

Old Student Union Building

828.227.3822

Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty 

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Peter Bates

Emeritus Professor, Forest Stewards

116 Stillwell Building

828.227.3388

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Stephanie Buckley

Adjunct

Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program

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Kim Blazzard

Adjunct

Geography Program; Geology Program

407 Stillwell Building

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Chuck Folds

Adjunct

Geography Program; Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program

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Ben Smith

Adjunct

Natural Resource Conservation and Management Program

353 Stillwell Building