Faculty and Staff

Faculty 

Jeffrey Rahl

Jeffrey Rahl

Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience and Interim Department Head

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.

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Lisa Greer

Lisa Greer

Department Head, Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

On Sabbatical for 2024-2025

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.

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Nicholas Barber

Nicholas Barber

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

Professor Barber teaches general geology and earth materials. His research interests lie in the formation, evolution, and environmental effects of volcanism.

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Tim Campbell

Tim Campbell

Visiting Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

Madhumita Chakraborty

Madhumita Chakraborty

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

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.

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Christopher Connors

Christopher Connors

William E. Pritchard III ’80 Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

On Leave Fall and Spring Terms

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.

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Raja Das

Raja Das

Post-Doctoral Fellow

David Harbor

David Harbor

Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

On Leave Winter and Spring Terms

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.

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Margaret Anne Hinkle

Margaret Anne Hinkle

Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

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.

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Elizabeth Knapp

Elizabeth Knapp

Director of the Johnson Program in Leadership and Integrity; Professor of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

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.

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Emeritus  Faculty

Frederick Schwab

Emeritus Professor of Geology

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Staff 

Emily Flowers Falls

Emily Flowers Falls

Laboratory Technician, Department of Earth and Environmental Geoscience

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Ry Williams

Ry Williams

Administrative Assistant

Department Info

  • Earth and Environmental Geoscience Department
    204 West Washington Street
    Washington and Lee University
    Lexington, Virginia 24450

Jeffrey Rahl

Interim Department Head

Ry Williams

Administrative Assistant