Earth Science Emporia State University, Emporia, Kansas, USA

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Faculty	Graduate assistants
Scholarships	Web-based courses
Career opportunities	More earth science
USGS Map Library	Physical Sciences

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EARTH SCIENCE FACULTY

	James S. Aber -- Professor: Quaternary geology, tectonic geology, remote sensing and GIS (jaber@emporia.edu).
	Susan W. Aber -- Lecturer: mineralogy and gemology. U.S. Depository Map Librarian (saber@emporia.edu).
	Michael Morales -- Assoc. Professor and Geology Museum Director: paleontology, general earth science (mmorales@emporia.edu).
	Marcia Schulmeister -- Assoc. Professor: environmental geology, hydrogeology (mschulme@emporia.edu). See faculty biography.
	Richard Sleezer -- Assoc. Professor and Head of department: physical geography, meteorology, soil science, GIS (rsleezer@emporia.edu).
	Kenneth Thompson -- Professor: general earth science physical science, teacher education (kthompso@emporia.edu).

Adjunct and Emeritus Faculty

• Paul L. Johnston -- Professor Emeritus: paleontology, general earth science, regional geology, Johnston Geology Museum.
  
• Volli Kalm -- Adjunct Professor: glacial and Quaternary geology. University of Tartu, Estonia. See Estonian exchange.
  
• Dan Merriam -- Adjunct Professor: regional geology, stratigraphy and structural geology of Kansas. See Kansas Geologic Survey.
  
• Firooza Pavri -- Adjunct Professor: geography, foresty and wetlands, remote sensing and GIS. University of Southern Maine.
  
• Steven Veatch -- Adjunct Professor: geology of Colorado, economic geology, paleontology. Veatch Geoscience, Colorado.
  

Earth Science Graduate Assistants

John Barker

Daniel Call

Jue Jiang

Brandon Milner

Michael Newton

• Physical Sciences Scholars Award Program -- This program complements and augments other campus-wide scholarship programs. It applies to entering and continuing undergraduate students pursuing majors, teaching fields, or preprofessional programs in the physical sciences, including earth science. See PSSAP.

• Jones Foundation offers educational scholarships up to $1000 per year for four years of undergraduate study at ESU. These scholarships are available for residents of Lyon, Coffey, and Osage counties in east-central Kansas. See Jones Foundation.

• Kansas Geological Foundation has provided scholarships to several students during the past few years. See student financial assistance at KGF.

More online curriculum

• Web reports for ES 111 Introduction to Earth Science Lab.
  
• Resources for GO 324 Rocks and Minerals.
  
• Syllabus for GO 336 Mineralogy.
  

U.S. News and World Report listed Emporia State University among the top 20 nationwide for online graduate programs in education (Oct. 16, 2006).

See web-based instruction.

ESU Earth Science online student projects. More geoscience webcourses.

Geoscience careers and employers from the American Geological Institute.

More Earth Science Websites World of amber by S.W. Aber. Great Plains aerial photography by J.S. & S.W. Aber. Space-age atlas of the Lewis and Clark journey. Bibliography of glaciotectonic references by J.S. Aber.

Physical Sciences homepage Emporia State University--ESU

For more information about the ESU Earth Science webpage,
contact J.S. Aber (jaber@emporia.edu).

Last update: September 2011.