Caitlin N. Callahan
Associate Professor of Geology
Padnos Hall of Science # 218
One Campus Drive
Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
Office Telephone: (616) 331-3601
Office Fax: (616) 331-3740
Electronic Mail: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2013) Science Education, Western Michigan University
M.S. (2005) Geology, University of New Mexico
B.A. (2000) Geology, Mount Holyoke College
Professional Experiences
Grand Valley State University, Geology Department
Associate Professor, 2022 – Present
Grand Valley State University, Geology Department
Assistant Professor, 2015 – 2022
Michigan State University, Department of Geological Sciences and CREATE for STEM Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education
Postdoctoral Fellow, 2013 – 2015
Western Michigan University, The Mallinson Institute for Science Education
Teaching Assistant, Exploring Earth Science: Geology, 2011 (Two semesters)
Research Assistant, NSF-funded Project: “Learning across the Expert-Novice Continuum: Cognition in the Geosciences”, 2009 – 2013
University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Research Assistant, “Mantle and crustal xenoliths of the Puerco Volcanic Necks, New Mexico: Constraints on lithospheric evolution at the transition between the Colorado Plateau and the Rio Grande Rift” and “Exhumation of the Colorado Plateau”, 2003 – 2008 (Five semesters)
Teaching Assistant, Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology, Physical Geology Lab, University of New Mexico, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 2003 – 2008 (Five semesters)
American Geosciences Institute, Alexandria, VA
Education Department Programs Assistant, 2000 – 2003