UB Geology Professor Elizabeth Thomas and Geology graduate students Caleb Walcott and Karlee Prince (left to right) with horns up. Bad weather didn’t stop the team from collecting sediment samples in SE Alaska.

GLY Governance and Committees

GLY Committees

2024-2025 Executive Committee

Tracy Gregg, Professor and Department Chair

Jason Briner, Professor and Associate Chair

James Boyle, Assistant Teaching Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Richelle Allen-King, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies

2024-2025 Graduate Studies

Richelle Allen-King, Director of Graduate Studies, Professor

Kristin Poinar, Member, Assistant Professor

Greg Valentine, Member, Professor

2024-2025 Undergraduate Studies

James Boyle, Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Teaching Professor

Nicholas DiFrancesco, Member, Assistant Teaching Professor

Elizabeth Thomas, Member, Associate Professor

2024-2025 Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee

Nicholas DiFrancesco, Committee Chair, Assistant Teaching Professor

Yifan Cheng, Assistant Professor

Stephan Kolzenburg, Member, Assistant Professor

2024-2025 Faculty Awards Committee

Jason Briner, Committee Chair, Professor

Greg Valentine. Member, Professor

Sophie Nowicki, Member, Empire Innovation Professor

2024-2025 Recruitment Committee

Jason Briner, Professor and Committee Chair

Gina Pope, Assistant Teaching Professor

Richard Marinos, Assistant Professor

2024-2025 Student Awards Committee

Elizabeth Thomas, Committee Chair, Associate Professor

Richard Marinos, Member, Assistant Professor

James Boyle, Member, Assistant Teaching Professor