Create your future. Shape your world.
The Geology Department at Earlham College is committed to understanding and examining the Earth and its environments. We study issues as diverse as mountain building, soil degradation, coastal morphology and resource exploitation. Geology students and faculty work together on problems of mineral, energy and water resources; and on geological hazards such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis. These modern-day phenomena are part of discussions as vast as Earth’s history and the saga of early life. Students develop the tools and thinking skills to lead them through a lifetime of learning about and changing the world in which we live.
Ken Edgett ’87 is a senior research scientist at Malin Space Science Systems and the principal investigator for the Mars Hand Lens Imager (MAHLI) on NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity, which touched down on the Red Planet on Aug. 6, 2012.
Katie Delbecq '09 spends her days immersed in geology, researching, teaching and taking classes. Her passion for the science took off at Earlham, and since then it has taken her around the world.
Celine Carus ’12 loves to travel. As an Earlham student, she studied in a semester abroad program in New Zealand, and participated in a research trip in Armenia with Assistant Professor of Geology Cynthia Fadem.
