Geoscience Full-time Faculty
Dr. John A. Peck
Title: Chair of the Department, Professor
Research Specialty: Sedimentology, pollution histories, dam removal, lakes & rivers, paleoclimate
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-7659
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: jpeck@uakron.edu
Mr. John F. Beltz
Title: Professor of Instruction, Undergraduate Advisor
Research Specialty: Physical geology, historical geology, Earth science, oceanography
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-6687
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: jfb4@uakron.edu
Dr. Caleb Holyoke
Title: Associate Professor, Honors Advisor, Graduate student coordinator
Research Specialty: Structural Geology and Rock Mechanics
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-7635
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: cholyoke@uakron.edu
Dr. Shanon P. Donnelly
Title: Associate Professor of Instruction
Research Specialty: GIS, Remote Sensing, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330-972-7111
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: sd51@uakron.edu
Dr. John M. Senko
Title: Professor
Research Specialty: Geomicrobiology, Environmental Biogeochemistry, Environmental Microbiology
Dept/Program: Geosciences and Biology
Phone: 330 972-8047
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: senko@uakron.edu
Dr. David N. Steer
Title: Professor
Research Specialty: Geophysics
Dept/Program: Geosciences and Education
Phone: 330 972-2099
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: steer@uakron.edu
Dr. Meera Chatterjee
Title: Professor of Instruction
Research Specialty: Cultural Diversity, introductory geography
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-2394
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: meera@uakron.edu
Mr. Thomas J. Quick
Title: Associate Professor of Instruction
Research Specialty: Analytical Geochemistry
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-6935
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: tjquick@uakron.edu
Dr. Ira D. Sasowsky
Title: Professor
Research Specialty: Karst, Hydrogeology, Petroleum Geology
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-5389
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: ids@uakron.edu
Dr. Molly Witter Shelleman
Title: Assistant Professor of Instruction
Research Specialty: Mineralogy/Petrology
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330-972-8046
Fax: 330-972-7611
Email: mwittershelleman@uakron.edu
Geoscience Joint Faculty
Dr. Nita Sahai
Title: Professor and Ohio Research Scholar
Dept/Program: School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering
Phone: 330-972-5795
Fax: 330-972-5290
Email: sahai@uakron.edu
Geoscience Part-time Faculty
Dr. Robert Barrett
Title: Senior Lecturer
Research Specialty: Introductory geography, environmental science
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330 972-6778
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: rbarrett@uakron.edu
Ms. Chrystal Fretz
Title: Assistant Lecturer
Dept/Program: Geosciences
Phone: 330-972-5749
Fax: 330 972-7611
Email: cefretz@uakron.edu