EDUCATION
Ph.D. Geography University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 2007
M.S. Geology University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2004
B.S. Geography University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, 2001
PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
2018 – present Professor and Associate Chair (2018-2022), Department of Geography, Texas State University
2013 – 2018 Associate Professor, Department of Geography, Texas State University
2009 – 2013 Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Environmental Sustainability, University of Oklahoma
2007 – 2008 Assistant Research Scientist (postdoc), Appalachian Laboratory, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
2004 – 2007 Research Assistant, Department of Geography, University of North Carolina
2002 – 2004 Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
2000 – 2001 Surface Processes Lab Assistant, Department of Geological Sciences, University of South Carolina
1996 – 1999 Space Systems Technician, United States Air Force
SELECTED HONORS AND AWARDS
Outstanding Leadership Award, Department of Geography, 2022
International Visiting Scholar, Vilnius University, Lithuania, 2019
Outstanding Service Award, Department of Geography, 2018
Alpha Chi Favorite Professor Award, Texas State University, 2016
Dean’s Award for Excellence in Grant Funding, College of Liberal Arts, 2015
Achievement Award for Excellence in Scholarly/Creative Activity, College of Liberal Arts, 2015
Early Career Award, NASA New Investigator Program in Earth Science, 2013
Fulbright Senior Scholar, New Zealand, 2012
Julian J. Petty Award for top graduate in Geography Department, Univ. of South Carolina, 2002
Honorable Discharge, U.S. Air Force, 1999
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Editorial Board, Geographies journal (2020-present)
Chair of the Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers (2017)
Guest-editor of Geomorphology special issue (2016-2017)
Secretary of the Southwest Division of the American Association of Geographers (2016)
Steering Committee of the Binghamton Geomorphology Symposium Series (2015-present)
Treasurer of the Southwest Division of the Association of American Geographers (2014-2015)
PRIVATE AND LEGAL CONSULTING (references available upon request)
Conservation and mitigation banks assessment, numerous states (2017-current)
Environmental impact mitigation, Texas (2017-current)
Jurisdictional Waters of the U.S. assessment, Arizona (2014-2015, 2017-2018)
River connectivity assessment for proposed dam removal, North Carolina (2014-2015)
Property boundary dispute involving river accretion vs. avulsion, Oklahoma (2011-2012)
Fluvial Geomorphology Assessment, Aiken, SC (2003-2004)