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UAS Faculty

• Cathy Connor
• Erica Hill
• Eran Hood
• Sanjay Pyare
• Sarah Jaquette Ray

Cathy Connor

Associate Professor of Geology

University of Montana '84, PhD

Dr. Connor earned both her Bachelors and Masters in Geology from Stanford and her PhD from the University of Montana in Missoula.

She has performed research in Quaternary Geology and Paleoecology, Regional Alaskan Geology, Glaciology, Neotectonic Processes, and Geoscience Education. Her research includes:
* Outreach in Geoscience Education in Alaska′s secondary schools
* Alaska Geology?Understanding how it all came together and how it is changing
* Comparison of Neoglacial stratigraphy with Tlingit Oral History Glacier Bay
* Geomorphic Evolution of Mendenhall Valley during repeated glaciations
* Uplift in Northern Southeastern Alaska
* The Little Ice Age retreat of Mendenhall Glacier and Comparison with early 21st Century Rapid Retreat
* Sediment flux through the Mendenhall Glacier/River system
* Bathymetric surveys Mendenhall Lake 2000?2003
* Recent Paleoecology SE AK fjord basins?Gravity Core studies marine sediments
* Calving Retreat LeConte Glacier 1996?2000

contact:   cathy.connor@uas.alaska.edu

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