2014 – present Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2009 – 2014 Assoc. Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2007 – 2009 Asst. Professor, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
2006 – 2007 Asst. Professor, UC Riverside, CA
2003 – 2006 Asst. Professor, University of Montana, Missoula
Ph.D., Geology, 2002, University of California, Santa Barbara
M.A., Geography, 1996, University of California, Berkeley
B.A. with High Honors, Anthropology, 1989, University of California, Berkeley
2002 - 2003 Institute for Crustal Studies, UC Santa Barbara
1997-2001 UC Regents Special University Fellowship, UC Santa Barbara
1993-1994 UC Regents Fellowship, UC Berkeley
American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America