Christine Clark
Interim Department Head and Professor of Mineralogy, Petrology, Geoscience Education Research and Tectonics
Geography & Geology; Environmental Science and Society (ENVI) Interdisciplinary Program
140D Strong Hall
Office Hours
https://tinyurl.com/DrClarkOfficeHours
Education
- Ph.D., Geological Science, University of Manitoba, Canada, 2002
- Aspects of the Crystal Chemistry of the Tourmaline-Group Minerals
- MS, Geology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, 1997
- Evidence for Devonian Tectonic Activity in the LaSalle Deformation Belt, Central Illinois Basin
- BSEd., Secondary Education Earth Sciences and General Science, Miami University, Ohio, 1993
Interests and Expertise
- Mineralogy/crystallography
- Petrology/Pegmatology
- Geoscience Education Research
- Tectonics
- Environmental Mineralogy/Geochemistry
- Communication in Science
- Diversity in Science
Courses
- ESSC 110 The Dynamic Earth System
- ESSC 114 Geology of the National Parks
- ESSC 202 Earth Science for Elementary Teachers
- ESSC 228 Mineralogy
- ESSC 229 Rocks and Minerals
- ESSC 329 Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
- ESSC 422 Environmental Geochemistry
- ESSC 466W/566 Global Tectonics (writing intensive)
- ENVI 305W Current Topics in Environmental Science and Society (team-taught; writing intensive)