Fall quarter begins September 22

Fall 2008: Office hours Monday 1-2PM & 5-6PM (call ahead, I am often meeting with students in the KCI computer lab for the evening office hour). Wednesday 9-10AM

Geography provides a way to unravel the mysteries of the earth with the simple questions: Where is it? Why is it there? How did it get there? How does it interact with other things? I grew up in the Central Valley of California, and majored in Geological and Environmental Sciences at Stanford University. While at Stanford, I had the opportunity to study abroad at the University of Oxford, in England. After Stanford I went to the University of Cambridge, England for graduate study in Geography.

I have headed the Geography department at Foothill College since the Fall of 2000. I love sharing the wonders of the world around us with my students. I believe that I am very fortunate to have the best job in the world! One of the projects that I am currently spending time on is an NSF funded collaboration with the GIS program at San Jose State Univeristy. The project Using a Web-based GIS to Teach Problem-based Science in High School and College is a lot of fun. When I'm not teaching I spend most of my time these days with my family: my husband and my 4-year old daughter and her new baby brother. When we can get out of the house, we like to hike in the eastern Sierras near Mono Lake, and "rough it" in Carmel and Monterey.

This is the Ahwahnee meadows webcam.