Biography
Education
- Ph.D. Geography (1983) University of California, Los Angeles
Courses Taught
- Coastal Geomorphology
- Earth Science
- Earth's Changing Climate
- Field Techniques
- Geomorphology
- Introduction to Research in Geography
Selected Publications and Presentations
Post-Fire Erosion Rates on Southern California Hillslopes Late Quaternary Tectonics and Hydrology--Owens Lake, CA
Research and Interests
Quaternary Climate Change
Geomorphology (Coastal and Fluvial)
Current Graduate Student Research
- Brown, Forrest, Geomorphic response of stream widening and bank stability to anthropomorphic land use, McGee Creek, Long Valley, California
- Devera, Luis, Ecogeomorphic responses to wildfire: Carpinteria Salt Marsh, Santa Barbara County, California
- Notto, Christopher, Geomorphic process monitoring in a fluvial environment using UAS-derived data
- Seguerra, Jamie, Characteristics of Chinook Salmon spawning habitat in a regulated lowland river: A case study of the San Joaquin River, California
- Tejeda, Jonathan, Assessing differential tree mortality in juniper woodlands: relationship of spatial structures to tree size class
Grad Students 2015-present
2019
Dirgo, Dannon, Geomorphic response to accelerated sediment transport and erosion in tectonically active streams
Rose, Marcella, Nebkha morphology, distribution and stability on the Black Rock Playa, Nevada
2018
Brown,Deshawn, Using LANDSAT 8 OLI/TIRS imagery and the normalized difference snow index to analyze runoff for 2017-2018 in the North Fork Feather River Watershed, California
D'Alfonso, Danielle, Investigation of the depositional environment of clustered boulders in Nojoqui Valley, Santa Barbara County, California
Kitao, Eiko, Determining the age and correlation of emergent marine terraces, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Santa Barbara County, California
2017
Hager, Nicolas, Landscape response to fire: vegetation propagation and soil erosion monitoring with UAV imagery
Robison, Sean, A test of a habitat suitability index for black bears in northeastern Minnesota
2016
Margousian, Armen, Armenian diaspora
2015
Aguilar, Luis, Change in chaparral species dominance in a Mediterranean ecosystem under a changing fire regime