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Dr. Joe C. Yelderman, Jr.

Professor Chair, Department of Geosciences

Dr. Joe C. Yelderman, Jr.

Professor Chair, Department of Geosciences

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Hydrogeology
Environmental Geology

Joe_Yelderman@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2361
Dr. Stacy Atchley

Professor

Dr. Stacy Atchley

Professor

Ph.D., University of Nebraska

Petroleum Geology
Sequence Stratigraphy

Stacy_Atchley@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2196
Dr. Steve Dworkin

Professor Undergraduate Program Director

Dr. Steve Dworkin

Professor Undergraduate Program Director

Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Sedimentary Petrology
Low Temperature Geochemistry

Steve_Dworkin@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2186
Dr. Steven L. Forman

Professor

Dr. Steven L. Forman

Professor

Ph.D., University of Colorado - Boulder

Paleoclimatology
Quaternary Geology and Environments
Geochronology
Paleoseismology

Steven_Forman@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2495
Dr. James Fulton

Assistant Professor

Dr. James Fulton

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Penn State University

Biogeochemistry
Organic Geochemistry
Geomicrobiology

James_Fulton@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2184
Dr. William Hockaday

Associate Professor

Dr. William Hockaday

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Ohio State University

Organic Geochemistry
Biogeochemistry

William_Hockaday@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2639
Dr. Peter B. James

Assistant Professor

Dr. Peter B. James

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Planetary Geophysics

P_James@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2351
Dr. Emmanuel Njinju

Assistant Professor

Dr. Emmanuel Njinju

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., Virginia Tech University

Geophysics

Emmanuel_Njinju@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2192
Dr. Lee Nordt

Professor Dean - College of Arts & Sciences

Dr. Lee Nordt

Professor Dean - College of Arts & Sciences

Ph.D., Texas A & M University

Quaternary Geology
Soils and Paleosols
Paleoclimates

Lee_Nordt@baylor.edu
(254) 710-3362
Dr. Daniel Peppe

Associate Professor

Dr. Daniel Peppe

Associate Professor

Ph.D., Yale University

Paleobotany
Paleomagnetism
Paleoclimate

Daniel_Peppe@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2629
Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

Assistant Professor

Dr. Elizabeth Petsios

Assistant Professor

Ph.D., University of Southern California

Paleontology
Paleoecology
Paleogenomics

Elizabeth_Petsios@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2388
Dr. Jay Pulliam

W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics Graduate Program Director

Dr. Jay Pulliam

W.M. Keck Foundation Professor of Geophysics Graduate Program Director

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Earthquake Seismology
Geophysics

Jay_Pulliam@baylor.edu
(254) 710-2183
Dr. Catherine Ross

Assistant Professor Beginning in the Fall of 2025

Dr. Catherine Ross

Assistant Professor Beginning in the Fall of 2025

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin

Faults
Fluids
Impact Craters
Earthquakes

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