Curriculum Vitae
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Education
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT), Rapid City, South Dakota, Present
M.S., University of Georgia (UGA), Athens, Georgia, May 2022 - Department of Geology Outstanding Graduate Student
B.S., Winona State University (WSU), Winona, Minnesota, May 2019 - Outstanding Graduate Award for Geology
Research Experience
Geochemistry, paleoclimatology, geochronology, and sedimentology of the Paleogene White River Group lacustrine carbonates
Gamifying Learning in the Geosciences to Support Student Success
Megaflora fossils from a dinosaur excavation site in the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation
Tidal Influence in a prograding Cretaceous coastal plain: Hell Creek Formation near Marmarth, North Dakota
Faunal Analysis of a fossil microsite from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota
University Teaching Experience
Upper-level courses: Sedimentary Geology lecture and lab, Structural Geology lecture and lab
Upper Level Field courses: Field and Analytical Methods, Black Hills Field Geology Summer Course
Lower-level courses: Earth’s History of Global Change Lab, Exploring Earth’s Surface: Landforms and Environments Lecture and Lab, Lifestyles of the Big and Famous Lecture, Earth and Life Through Time Lab, Catastrophes and Extinctions Lab
Undergraduate Mentorship
Graduate Mentor for C3 REU, Summer 2025
Anna Luessman, Summer 2022
Alexander Smith, Summer 2021
Fieldwork Experience (56 weeks)
2025 South Dakota 10 weeks Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition
2025 North Dakota 2 weeks Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
2024 North Dakota 7 weeks Paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
2023 Montana and the Dakotas 7 weeks Sequence stratigraphy of the Hell Creek and Fort Union Formation
2022 North Dakota 7 weeks Paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
2022 Montana 3 weeks Sequence stratigraphy of the Hell Creek and Fort Union Formation
2021 Montana and North Dakota 6 weeks Sequence stratigraphy and paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
2019 South Dakota 2 weeks Field assistant instructor for structural geology
2018 Western US 7 weeks Mapping and stratigraphy (Precambrian-Cenozoic) of western Montana
2016 North Dakota 2 weeks Paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
2015 South Dakota 2 weeks Mapping structural geology of the Black Hills
2015 North Dakota 2 weeks Paleontology of the Hell Creek Formation
Professional Development
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences course, hosted by NAGT, 2024
Pedagogy of Writing in the Disciplines course, hosted by UGA, 2023
Designing Courses for Significant Learning course, hosted by UGA, 2023
Preparing to Pivot to Online Instruction short course, hosted by UGA, 2020
Certificates: Certificate in Diversity and Inclusion (UGA), GradTeach Certificate (UGA), Interdisciplinary Certificate in University Teaching (UGA)
Selected Publications and Presentations
Khatri, S.I., 2024, Developing and Implementing a Fluvial Landscape Board Game for an Undergraduate Introductory Geoscience Lab: Preliminary Results: Earth Educators Rendezvous, Geoscience Education Research, #31.
Khatri, S.I., Beatty, W.L., Holland, S.M., 2021, Nonmarine sequence-stratigraphic architecture of the Upper Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, near Marmarth, North Dakota: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53, no.6.
Khatri, S.I., Beatty, W.L., 2018, Faunal analysis of a fossil microsite from the Late Cretaceous Hell Creek Formation, North Dakota: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50, no. 6.
Service and Outreach
National: Geological Society of America Student Advisory Council, SEPM Student Committee
University: Graduate Programs Committee Graduate Representative (SDSMT), Graduate Student Association Council Secretary (UGA), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee Graduate Liaison (UGA), The Classic Journal Editorial Board Reviewer (UGA), Student Advocacy and Campus Issues Committee Graduate Representative (UGA), College of Science and Engineering Council Student Representative (WSU)
Community: Georgia Museum of Art student volunteer, The Great River Shakespeare Festival (GRSF) student volunteer, Kashubian Cultural Institute & Polish Museum student volunteer
Selected Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
PhD Student, SDSMT
RMS-SEPM Donald L. Smith Research grant
AGeS3 (Advancing Geochronology Science, Spaces, and Systems) Grad Program Research Grant
Tobacco Root Geological Society Field Scholarship
Kate Simmons Teskey Fellowship from SDSMT for demonstrating a high level of academic achievement
Masters Student, UGA
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award from the National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT)
Tobacco Root Geological Society Field Scholarship
Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Patterson Student Fieldwork Grant
Geological Society of America Graduate Student Research Grant
Paleontological Society Stephen Jay Gould Student Research Award
Undergraduate Student, WSU
Outstanding Graduate Award for Geology
Tuftin Award for excellence in academics, aptitude for fieldwork, and departmental service
GSA North Central Section Student Travel Grant
Geoscience Alumni Leadership Endowment (GALE) Award