EDUCATION

University of Washington, Seattle
Ph.D. in Earth and Space Sciences, Summer 2011                                                            
Dissertation: Longitudinal Glacial Profiles and Erosion in Active Landscapes

University of Maryland, College Park
B.S. in Physics with High Honors & Citation in Earth History, Winter 2003
Thesis: Effects of shaking on compaction of polydisperse granular media          

CURRENT APPOINTMENTS
 
College of Idaho, Caldwell, Idaho
  • Fall 2022 – Present: Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
 
University of Wisconsin-Extended Campus, Madison, WI
  • Spring 2019 – Present: Associate Professor, Sustainable Management.

PAST APPOINTMENTS & RESEARCH ACTIVITY
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
  • Summer 2021 – Spring 2022: Chair, Department of Geosciences
  • Summer 2018 – Spring 2022: Director, Center of Environmental Studies.
  • Summer 2019 – Spring 2022: Associate Professor, Department of Geosciences.
  • Fall 2013-Summer 2019: Assistant Professor, Department of Geosciences.
 
Previous Positions
  • Fall 2011 – Summer 2013: Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Geosciences, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Germany
  • Fall 2004 – Spring 2011: Research & Teaching Assistant, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
  • Spring 2001 – Fall 2003: Undergraduate Research Assistant, Departments of Geology & Physics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

TEACHING

College of Idaho
  • Introduction to Geographic Information Systems (ENV 350): Spring 2023
  • Environmental Systems Science (ENV 161): Spring 2023
  • Geomorphology (ENV 31): Fall 2023
  • Earth’s Dynamic Climate System (ENV 320): Fall 2022, 2023
  • Physical Geology (ENV 101): Fall 2022, 2023
 
University of Wisconsin-Extended Campus:
  • Climate Change and Sustainability (SMGT 305): Fall 2019, Spring 2021
  • Climate Change (MSMGT 786): Spring 2021
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • Intro to Environmental Studies (ENVS 101):  Spring 2018-2021 (online).
  • Fundamentals of Climate Change (ENVS 109): Fall 2017-2021. Summer 2019-2021 (online).
  • Origins & History of the Earth (GEOS 102): Spring 2014-2016, 2018-2020. Fall 2017.
  • Environmental Science: An Earth Resources Approach (GEOS 103): Fall 2013-20155.
  • Global Climate Change (GEOS 109): Fall 2015, 2016; Winter 2017 (online).
  • Geomorphology (GEOS 301): Fall 2014, 2015, 2018; Spring 2017, 2019.
  • Stratigraphy & Sedimentation (GEOS 355): Spring 2014, 2016, 2019, Fall 2017.
  • Glacial Geology (GEOS 420): Fall 2013, 2016, 2019; Spring 2015, 2020.
  • Senior Seminar (GEOS 495): Spring 2019, 2020.
  • Senior Thesis (GEOS 497): Spring 2015-Present: 3 Thesis Projects Supervised.
  • Independent Study (GEOS/ENVS 499): Spring 2014-Present: >14 Students Supervised, including 4 military veterans and 7 women.
  • Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program: Fall 2014-Present: 8 Students.
 
University of Washington
  • Teaching Assistant: Department of Earth and Space Sciences 2005-2011


GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS
 
Sediment-Ecology linkages: Riverine biotic communities from the ground up to Huron Mountain Wildlife Foundation w/ Dr. Orlofske and Dr. Tyrell
  • Covid Deferral and 2021 Update: $9000 (fully funded)
  • Re-submitted Jan. 2020: $4500 (fully funded)
  • submitted Jan. 2019: $4500 ($1000 funded).
 
Pike River Water Quality and TSS Sampling Kenosha County 2018-2020: $6000
 
Muldrow Glacier Moraine Deposition during a Changing Climate to National Geographic Our Changing Planet Grant Program: submitted June 2017 (not funded)
 
College of Idaho
  • Murdock College Science Research Program: 2023: $23,200
  • FG&D: 2023: $1460
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • Faculty & Academic Staff Professional Opportunities Fund: 2018: $639, 2016: $500, 2015: $822
  • Committee on Research and Activity award: 2018: $800, 2017: $806, 2015: $422
 
UW-Parkside College of Natural and Health Sciences
  • 2018: Racine Community Foundation Richard S. Johnson II Research Fellowship Fund for student research: $2500
  • 2015: Modine Science Research Stipends and Lectureships Fund Research Fellowship: $6000 (faculty) & $2000 (student)
 
UW System 2015-2016 Wisconsin Teaching Fellow: $2000

LEADERSHIP & AFFILIATIONS
 
  • Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences: 2021-Present
  • National Association of Geoscience Teachers: 2013-Present
  • American Geophysical Union: 2005-Present
  • Geological Society of America: 2009-Present
 
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  • Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Geosciences (0% teaching)
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • Environmental Studies Steering Committee: Fall 2014-Spring 2018
  • General Education Committee: Fall 2017-Present
  • Geoscience Department Faculty Senator: Spring 2015-Present
 
UW System and Earth Science Community
  • University of Wisconsin System Women & Science Board Member: Spring 2015-Present
  • National Association of Geoscience Teachers, Central Section WI Rep: Spring 2016-Present
  • Ad-hoc proposal reviewer for U.S. National Science Foundation Division of Earth Sciences
  • Session co-convener: AGU Fall Meeting 2013; Earth Educators’ Rendezvous 2016
    
SCIENCE OUTREACH & MEDIA COVERAGE
 
University of Wisconsin-Parkside
 
University of Washington
  • Founder and member, Rock’n Out, Earth and Space Sciences K-12 outreach: 2005-2011
  • Featured in the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibition Moving Mountains: 2008

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

University of Wisconsin-Parkside & System Workshops and Working Groups
  • University of Wisconsin System Certificate in Online Learning: January 2021
  • ACUE/ACE Certificate in Effective College Instruction: September 2019
  • Implicit Bias and Stereotype Threat Intervention Discussion Group: Spring 2018
  • Community Based Learning Workshop: Summer 2017
  • Online Course Developer Workshop: Summer 2016

Earth Science Community
 
AWARDS & HONORS
  • Marie A. Ferrel Fellowship, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UW: 2007 & 2009
  • Harry Wheeler Fellowship, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, UW: 2008
  • Achievement Rewards for College Scientists Fellowship, Seattle Chapter: 2004-2006
  • Phi Beta Kappa: 2003

AFFILIATIONS, LEADERSHIP & SERVICE
  • National Association of Geoscience Teachers: 2013-Present
  • American Geophysical Union: 2005-Present
  • Geological Society of America: 2009-Present

University of Wisconsin-Parkside
  • Environmental Studies Steering Committee: Fall 2014-present
  • College for Kids: Exploring Environmental Sciences: Summer 2014
  • Ad-hoc proposal reviewer for U.S. National Science Foundation 2013-present
    Division of Earth Sciences, Surface Earth Processes Section
  • Session co-convener, AGU Fall Meeting 2013: Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
    Glacier Processes on the Scales of Mountains and Orogens
  • Faculty Learning Community, Teaching and Learning Center: 2013-Present
  • Environmental Pedagogy Faculty Reading Group: Fall 2013 

University of Washington
  • Student Representative, Erosion/Tectonics Faculty Search Committee: 2006-2007
  • Founder and member, Rock’n Out, Earth and Space Sciences K-12 outreach: 2005-2011
  • Featured in the American Museum of Natural History’s exhibition Moving Mountains: 2008

PUBLICATIONS
  • Headley, R. M. (2022), An intervention to address math anxiety in the geosciences, Journal of Geoscience Education, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2022.2065826
  • Headley, R. M. (2017), Climate Change: River Redirected, Nature Geoscience, 10, 327-328, doi:10.1038/ngeo2946. (Invited)
  • Enkelmann, E., P. O. Koons, T. L. Pavlis, B. Hallet, A. Barker, J. Elliott, J. I. Garver, S. P. S. Gulick, R. M. Headley, G. L. Pavlis, K. D. Ridgway, N. Ruppert, H. J. A. Van Avendonk (2015), Geophysical Research Letters, Cooperation among tectonic and surface processes in the St. Elias Range, Earth's highest coastal mountains, 42(14), 5838-5846, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064727
  • Headley, R. M., and T. A. Ehlers (2014), Ice flow models and glacial erosion over multiple glacial-interglacial cycles, Earth Surface Dynamics Discussion, 2, 389–428, doi:10.5194/esurfd-2-389-2014.
  • Headley, R., E. Enkelmann, B. Hallet (2013), An examination of the interplay between glacial processes and exhumation in the St. Elias Range, Alaska, Geosphere, 9, 229-241, doi: 10.1130/GES00810.1. 2013.
  • Headley, R., G. Roe, B. Hallet, E. Waddington, and E. Rignot (2012), Spatial distribution of glacial erosion rates in the St. Elias range, Alaska, inferred from a realistic model of glacier dynamics, Journal of Geophysical Research, 117, F03027, doi:10.1029/2011JF002291.
  • Headley, R. M., G. Roe, and B. Hallet (2012), Glacier longitudinal profiles in regions of active uplift, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 317–318(0), 354-362, doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2011.11.010.

INVITED TALKS & CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS
*Student Authors

Invited Talks and Seminars
  • Boise State University, Dept. of Geosciences Seminar, 23. Jan. 2023.
  • College of Idaho, Environmental Studies, 3 Dec. 2021.
  • Appalachian State University, Dept. of Geos. & ES Seminar, 26 Mar. 2021.
  • University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Dept. of Geosciences Colloquia, 31 March 2016.
  • University of Cincinnati, Dept. of Geology Colloquium, 27 Feb. 2015.
  • West Virginia University, Dept. of Geology & Geography Colloquium, 22 Jan. 2015.
  • University of Iowa, Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, 2 May 2014.
  • University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Geoscience Weeks Lecture, 28 Mar. 2014.
  • University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Dept. of Geosciences, Seminar, 26 Apr. 2013.
  • University of Maryland, Dept. of Geology Geochemistry Seminar, 24 Apr. 2013.

Conference Presentations
  • Headley, R. M., *Owens, B., and *Patterson, E., Microplastics Along the Boise River in Urban Idaho. Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs.55(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-395363
  • Headley, R. M., Megerian, C. E., and Morgan, D., (2023), Spatial Variation in Glacial Erosion and Moraine Deposition of the Muldrow Glacier Through Holocene Warming, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 55(5), doi: 10.1130/abs/2023RM-388034
  • Headley, R. M., *Megerian, C. E., *Miller, E., *Wang, S., and Morgan, D., (2021), Variation in Glacial Till Provenance Among Recessional Moraines of a Laurentide Ice Sheet Lobe, Abstract C32A-07 presented at 2021 Fall Meeting, AGU, New Orleans, LA, 13-17 Dec.
  • Headley, R., *Johnston, A., Orlofske, J. M., *Sieren, B., and Tyrell, C. D., (2021), Linking Fluvial Sedimentation Characteristics to Larval Dragonfly Habitat, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 53(3), doi: 10.1130/abs/2021NC-362825.
  • Headley, R. (2020), An Intervention to lessen geoscience major math anxiety, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 52(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-355572.
  • Headley, R. (2019), Different sizes, similar stories? Erosion–deposition connections during long-term warming for ice sheets and mountain glaciers, Proceedings of the Symposium on Processes of Glacier Erosion and Sedimentation, International Glaciological Society.
  • Headley, R. and *Hrpcek, M. (2019) Grain-Size Variation Among Moraines of a Retreating Laurentide Ice Sheet Lobe, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 51(2), 11-7,
    doi: 10.1130/abs/2019SC-327688.
  • Headley, R. (2018) Zircon Geochronology from a Lake Michigan Lobe Moraine: Connecting Provenance, Transport, and Deposition, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 50(4), 19-10, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018NC-312622
  • Headley, R. (2018) Google Earth Pro as the GIS Tool for Glacial Geology Projects, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 50(4), 27-4, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018NC-312622
  • Headley, R., *Sockness, B., and *Borchardt, S. (2017), Impacts of Holocene Warming on Patterns of Erosion and Moraine Deposition for the Muldrow Glacier in Denali National Park, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 49(6), 317-6, doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-307911.
  • Headley, R. and *Liegler, A. (2016), This equation hurts my brain: Math Anxiety & Geoscience Students, Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, July 2016, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
  • Headley, R. (2015), Calculating Slope Failure: Math Anxiety and Geoscience Undergraduates, Earth Educators’ Rendezvous, July 2015, University of Colorado, Boulder.
  • Headley, R. (2015), A Proposal for Assessing Mathematical Attitude, Aptitude, and Success in Geoscience Students, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 47(5), 76, 26-4.
  • Headley, R. (2014), Preliminary Investigation into Spatial Variation of Sedimentary Properties and Depositional Processes for a Recessional Moraine of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Paper No. 137-15 presented at 2014 GSA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, 19–22 Oct.
  • Headley, R. M., and T. A. Ehlers (2013), Variations in Glacial Erosion over Multiple Glacial- Interglacial Cycles, Abstract EP41B-0799 presented at 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 9-13 Dec.
  • Headley, R. M., and T. A. Ehlers (2013), Variations in Glacial Erosion over Multiple Glacial- Interglacial Cycles: A Numerical Modelling Approach, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 15, EGU2013-7643, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 7-12 Apr.
  • Headley, R. M., and T. A. Ehlers (2012), Quantification of Glacial Erosion with Shallow Ice Approximation and Thermally-Coupled, Stokes Flow Landscape Evolution Models, Abstract EP53D-1070 presented at 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, San Francisco, Calif., 3-7 Dec.
  • Roe, G., R. Headley, and J. Tomkin (2012), Glacier long profiles in regions of active uplift, and their role in orogen dynamics, Geophysical Research Abstracts, 14, EGU2012-6301, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, 22-27 Apr.

Student Presentations
  • *Patterson, E., *Owens, B., and Headley, R., Suspended Microplastics in an Idaho Mountain Stream. Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs.55(6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2023AM-395328.
  • *Fiedler, S., *Johnston, A., *Wilson, B., Orlofske, J., Tyrell, C., Headley, R. (2022), Linking Fluvial and Sedimentation Characteristics to Larval Dragonfly Habitat, American Water Resources Association – Wisconsin Section 45th Annual Meeting.
  • *Johnston, A., Headley, R., Orlofske, J., Tyrell, C., (2021), Linking Fluvial and Sedimentation Characteristics to Larval Dragonfly Habitat, American Water Resources Association – Wisconsin Section 44th Annual Meeting.
  • *Meier, M., *Warmington, K., *Madsen, C., and Headley, R. (2019) Analysis of Ravine Erosion in a Southeastern Wisconsin Watershed, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 51(2), 31-3,
    doi: 10.1130/abs/2019SC-327688.
  • *Potter, N., *Tusa, S., *Ehmke, B., and Headley, R. (2018) Impacts of Channelized Campus Drainage on the Pike River’s Water Quality and Flow, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 50(4), 22-7, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018NC-312622.
  • *Ehmke, B., *Tusa, S., *Potter, N., and Headley, R. (2018) Pike Rover Soil Classification and Hydrological Impacts, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs. 50(4), 10-3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2018NC-312622.
  • *Potter, N., Headley, R. (2018) Pike River Geomorphic and Water Quality Study, American Water Resources Association – Wisconsin Section 42nd Annual Meeting.
  • *Borchardt, S. and Headley, R. (2016), Effects Of Variable Geothermal Heat Flux On Glaciated Landscapes, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 48(5), 6-4, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-275428.
  • *Sockness, B., *S. Borchardt, and Headley, R., (2016), Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, Linking Moraine Deposition To Erosion For The Muldrow Glacier In Denali National Park, 48(5), 6-5, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-275433.
  • *MacAlister, A. and Headley, R., (2016), Provenance Variation In A Laurentide Ice Sheet Lake Michigan Lobe Deposit, Petrifying Springs, Kenosha, Wisconsin, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 48(5), 33-3, doi: 10.1130/abs/2016NC-275436.
  • *Frievalt, K. R., *B. Liesch, R. Headley, and M. Borucki (2015), Spatial Variation of Sedimentary Properties and Depositional Processes Along a Recessional Moraine of the Lake Michigan Lobe, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 47(5), 89, 38-8.
  • *Schnabl, A. Q., *Z. P. Albert, and R. Headley (2015), Variation and Provenance of the Coarse Fraction Within a Lake Border Moraine Till of the Lake Michigan Ice Lobe, Geol. Soc. Abst. w/ Programs, 47(5), 89, 38-7.

PERSONAL

Native English speaker, intermediate German (Common European Framework B2), intermediate Spanish. Interests include STEM outreach, running, hiking, and cycling.