Jeffrey C. Strasser

Professor and Chair of Geology

• Phone: 309-794-7218
• Email: JeffreyStrasser@augustana.edu
• Office: Swenson 206

Although I consider myself a geomorphologist, I have broad interests in the geosciences. My PhD work focused on processes of sediment transport and deposition by temperate glaciers, while my MS research focused on marine sedimentation and tectonics. I am also interested in stratigraphy, structural geology, and tectonics. My active research these days is mostly on midwestern Quaternary and Holocene deposits as well as environmental geochemistry.

At Augustana I teach:

• GEO-101 Physical Geology
• GEOL-105 Physical Geology in the Rocky Mountains (first-year students only)
• GEOL-116 Energy Resources (Learning Community)
• GEOL-309 Geomorphology
• GEOL-330 Hydrogeology
• GEOL-340 Structural Geology
• GEOL-450 Research Methods
• GEOL-451 Senior Inquiry (independent advising)

I am also engaged in the College's Environmental Studies Program, teaching several core courses, serving on its advisory board, and assisting in advising student.

Specializations: Geomorphology