Faculty


John Rockaway
Program Director
Office: SC250
Email: rockawayj@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-5412
Education: B.S. Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Purdue
Area(s) of Concentration: Engineering Geology, Environmental Geology
Research Interests: Landslides, Earthquakes, Soil erosion

Janet Bertog
Associate Professor
Office: SC 243
Email: bertogj@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-1523
Education: Ph.D. Geology, University of Cincinnati
Area(s) of Concentration: Paleontology, Stratigraphy
Research Interests: Dinosaur paleontology

Samuel Boateng
Associate Professor
Office: SC 251
Email: boatengs@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-6683
Education: Ph. D. Geological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla
Area(s) of Concentration: Hydrogeology, Environmental Geology, Engineering Geology
Research Interests: Groundwater modeling, Aquifer properties

Sarah Johnson
Lecturer
Office: SC 252
Email: johnsonsa@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-6907
Education: B.S. Geology, City College of New York
M.S. Engineering Geology, Purdue University
Area(s) of Concentration: Geomorphology, Engineering Geology, Structural Geology
Research Interests: Landslides, Debris flows, Regional quaternary geology

Thomas B Brackman
Lecturer
Office: FH 513
Email: brackmant1@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-1938
Education: B.S Geological Science, University of Kentucky
M.S. Earth Science (Geophysics), University of Memphis
Area(s) of Concentration: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Karst, Landslides
Research Interests: Vulnerability assessment of natural disasters

Dale C Elifrits
Visiting Professor of Geology
Office: FH 510
Email: elifritsc@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-6906
Education: B.S. Mathematics and Chemistry with Secondary Education, Northwest Missouri State
M.S. Earth Science, University of Northern Iowa
Ph.D. Geological Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla
Area(s) of Concentration: Engineering & environmental geology
Research Interests: Vulnerability assessment of natural disasters

 
Julie Ann Reizner
Lecturer
Office: SC 453
Email: reiznerj1@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-5309
Education: B.S. Geology, Western Kentucky University
M.S. Earth Sciences, Montana State University
Area(s) of Concentration: Dinosaur Paleontology, Cave Geology, Historical Geology
Research Interests: Bone histology of dinosaurs, Evolutionary Biology

Frank Sheehy
Lecturer
Office: SC 204H
Email: sheehyf1@nku.edu
Phone: (859) 572-5309
Education: B.S. Geology, University of Cincinnati
M.S. Hydrogeology, University of Cincinnati
Area(s) of Concentration: Hydrogeology
Research Interests: