
Faculty and Staff
Faculty
Jeffrey Rahl
Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience and Interim Department Head
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- Email: rahlj@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8101
Professor Rahl teaches general geology, history of geology, tectonics, and rocks and minerals. His research focuses on tectonics and the process that controls the formation, growth and erosion of mountain belts.
Lisa Greer
Department Head, Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
On Sabbatical for 2024-2025
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- Email: greerl@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8870
Professor Greer teaches general geology, global climate change, oceanography, history and evolution of the earth, and sedimentation and stratigraphy. She is a core member of the environmental studies faculty. She has spent years researching the health, abundance and history of the endangered Staghorn coral in the Caribbean.
Nicholas Barber
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: nbarber@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-5811
Professor Barber teaches general geology and earth materials. His research interests lie in the formation, evolution, and environmental effects of volcanism.
Tim Campbell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: tcampbell4@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8800
Madhumita Chakraborty
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: mchakraborty@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8866
Professor Chakraborty teaches general geology and courses on water resources and hydrology. Her research focuses on understanding water contamination dynamics and identifying safe water resources.
Christopher Connors
William E. Pritchard III ’80 Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
On Leave Fall and Spring Terms
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- Email: connorsc@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8514
Professor Connors teaches general geology, planetary geology, structural geology, field methods, geophysics, and petroleum geology. His research interests are in structural geology, fault-related folding and seismic interpretation of complex structures.
David Harbor
Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
On Leave Winter and Spring Terms
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- Email: harbord@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8871
Professor Harbor teaches general geology, geomorphology, and GIS and remote sensing. He is a core member of the environmental studies faculty. He has researched transient erosion, knickpoint erosion, stream morphology/hydraulics, and regenerative agriculture.
Margaret Anne Hinkle
Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: hinklem@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8271
Professor Hinkle teaches general geology, water resources, environmental field methods, hydrology, and earth and environmental geochemistry. She is an affiliate member of the environmental studies faculty. Her research is aimed at understanding how biogeochemical processes at the mineral-water interface affect water composition.
Elizabeth Knapp
Director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity; Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: knappe@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8867
Professor Knapp teaches general geology and introduction to the geology of Hawaii. She is an affiliate member of the environmental studies faculty. She has researched low-temperature aqueous geochemistry and water quality/contaminant transport.
Emeritus Faculty
Staff
Emily Flowers Falls
Laboratory Technician, Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience
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- Email: fallse@wlu.edu
- Phone: 540-458-8868
Department Info
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Earth and Environmental Geoscience Department
204 West Washington Street
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, Virginia 24450