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Meet the 泡芙短视频 Geosciences Department

The Geosciences Department faculty at Fort Lewis College are more than educators鈥攖hey are researchers, mentors, and leaders in their fields. With diverse expertise in areas like hydrology, volcanology, and GIS technology, our professors bring real-world experience into the classroom to inspire the next generation of geoscientists.

Our small class sizes and a 1:16 faculty-to-student ratio foster close, supportive relationships. Professors work directly with students on senior research projects, field trips, and independent studies.

Faculty engage in cutting-edge research on topics like groundwater systems, environmental sustainability, and geologic hazards. Students are frequently involved in these projects, gaining practical experience and opportunities to co-present at conferences. With strong ties to industries and agencies, our faculty help connect students to internships, jobs, and graduate programs nationwide.

Faculty

Jonathan Harvey, Ph.D.

Jonathan Harvey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geosciences

970-247-7129
jeharvey@fortlewis.edu

Expertise: 

  • Geomorphology 
  • Neotectonics 
  • Landscape evolution 
  • Meteorology and hydrology of the western US 
  • Remote sensing and GIS applied to geomorphic and environmental change 

 Education: 

  • Ph.D., Earth Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, 2015 
  • M.S., Geology, Utah State University, 2009 
  • B.S., Geography/Meteorology, Ohio University, 2007 

About Jonathan Harvey, Ph.D.

Jonathan Harvey is an associate professor in the Department of Geosciences at Fort Lewis College. He joined the college in 2015. Harvey's current research focuses on mountain building rates and style in the Nepalese Himalayas, based on three years of fieldwork, labwork, and modeling. Upcoming research focuses on ancient and modern floods in slot canyons of the Colorado Plateau and on using UAVs to map the topography of landslides, river terraces, and other geomorphic features. 
 
Before joining the faculty at Fort Lewis College, Harvey was an Instructor of Record at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He also served as a Hollings Scholar intern at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, a quaternary geologist for the National Park Service, an academic consultant for Pearson Publishing, and a geoscience intern for ExxonMobil Production Company. Harvey is a member of several professional associations, including the National Association of Geoscience Teachers, the American Geophysical Union, and the Geological Society of America.

Selected publications and presentations 

Along-Strike Changes in Himalayan Thrust Geometry: Topographic and Tectonic Discontinuities in Western Nepal, co-authored with D. W. Burbank and B. Bookhagen, Lithosphere, 2015 

Reconciling Arroyo Cycle and Paleoflood Approaches to Late Holocene Alluvial Records in Dryland Streams, co-authored with J. L. Pederson, Quaternary Science Review, 2011   

Exploring Relations between Arroyo Cycles and Canyon Paleoflood Records in Buckskin Wash, Utah - Reconciling Scientific Paradigms, co-authored with J. L. Pederson and T. M. Rittenour, GSA Bulletin, 2011 

In the news

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Staff

Emeritus & retired faculty