Undergraduate supervisory research training
Penn State Brandywine students
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors project on GoogleLitTrips for geoscience books (Summer 2009-Fall 2009)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors project on a comparison of cemetery epitaphs in Philadelphia versus San Juan, Puerto Rico (Summer 2009)
• Project adviser for a team of four undergraduate students for an honors project on cemetery epitaphs (Spring 2009-Summer 2009)
• Project adviser for honors independent study for creating a community of huggy pillow volunteers (Spring 2009)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors project on sketching the Smithsonian dinosaur exhibit hall (Summer 2008-present)
• Project adviser for honors independent study on sustainable agricultural practices (Fall 2008)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors independent study on international gems and gemstones (Fall 2008)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors option project on type specimens of dinosaurs at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History (Fall 2007-Fall 2008)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors option project on cemetery demography from Centralia, PA (Spring 2007-ongoing)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate project on energy sources and Google Earth (Spring 2007)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate capstone project for the Civic Engagement minor developing a Service Exchange for high school students and nonprofits (Fall 2006-Spring 2007)
• Project adviser for two students conducting undergraduate research in developing hands-on hydrologic and meteorologic curriculum for elementary school girls (Summer-Fall 2006)
• Project adviser for undergraduate independent research project involving the development of an environmental science essay contest for middle and high school girls (Summer-Fall 2006)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving fluvial studies of Delaware County (Spring 2006)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate honors independent study project involving elephant biodiversity (Spring 2006)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate capstone project for the Civic Engagement minor facilitating service connections with local community groups (Spring 2006)
• Project adviser for undergraduate honors and Civic Engagement minor capstone project involving science programming for Junior Girl Scouts (Fall 2005)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving the comparison of South African with Native American rock art (Fall 2004)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving the development of online activities for the Junior Girl Scouts Water Wonders badge (Spring 2004)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving human demography studies at Cumberland Cemetery (Fall 2003 - Spring 2004)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving preparing curriculum, writing a workbook, and being a co-instructor for a week-long summer enrichment program for middle school girls in biodiversity and Earth history (Summer 2003)
• Honors option adviser for an undergraduate project on science journalism with the issues of creationism, evolution, and intelligent design (Spring 2003)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving writing a Palm handheld computer program for introductory geology research at the King of Prussia Mall (Spring 2003)
• Project adviser for a senior undergraduate independent research project involving writing a workbook and leading activities for the Junior Girl Scouts Oil Up badge (Spring 2003)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving a qualitative comparison of beach sands from Ocean City, MD, and Assateague Island, VA (Fall 2002)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent research project involving the use of Palm handheld computers to collect geoscience data in Cumberland Cemetery (Fall 2002)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate independent study project involving careers in oceanography (Spring 2002)
Mary Washington College students
• Project adviser for an undergraduate student Research Project involving collections management and museum science (Spring 2000)
• Project adviser for an undergraduate student Research Project involving X-ray diffraction (Fall 1999)
• Faculty sponsor, undergraduate summer internship at the USGS (1999)