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

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Solomon Beyene

Natural Resource & Conservation Management

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Laura Bryant

Geography

Geography

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Frank Forcino

Director, Secondary Science Education Program

Geology

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Keith Gibbs

Natural Resource & Conservation Management

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Max Lanning

Natural Resource & Conservation Management

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David Kinner

Geology; Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences

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Mark Lord

Geology; Environmental Science Program Director

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Jerry Miller

Geology

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Sarah Parsons

Environmental Science

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Katie Peek

Geology, Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines

https://psds.wcu.edu/

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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Diane Styers

Geography, Natural Resource Conservation & Management

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Blair Tormey

https://psds.wcu.edu/

828.227.2536

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Cheryl Waters-Tormey

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Robert Young

Geology, Director of the Program for the Study of Developed Shorelines

https://psds.wcu.edu/

828.227.3822

Adjunct / Emaritus Faculty 

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Peter Bates

Emeritus Professor, Forest Stewards

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Kim Blazzard

Geology

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Chuck Folds

Geography / Natural Resource Conservation & Management

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Ben Smith

Geography / Natural Resource Conservation & Management