PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• • Grand Valley State University, Affiliate Professor (2025-present)
  • Albion College, Associate Professor (2019-present)
  • Albion College, Assistant Professor (2014-2019)
  • Albion College, Geology Summer Field Camp Director (2009-2025)
  • Grand Valley State University, Visiting Assistant Professor (2010-2011)
  • Albion College, Visiting Assistant Professor (2008-2014)
  • Condor Earth Technologies, Inc., Environmental Specialist / Staff Geologist (2001-2003)

The Seymour K. & Esther R. Padnos Hall of Science # 148
One Campus Drive Allendale, Michigan 49401-9403
Office Telephone: (616)331-8632
Office Fax: (616)-331-3740
Electronic Mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

• B.S. Earth Science, University of California San Diego (2001)
• Ph.D. Geology, University of California Los Angeles (2011)

COURSES

• GEO 100: Environmental Geology
• GEO 111: Exploring the Earth

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Integrated studies of regional tectonics utilizing field-based observation, structural analysis, geo-/thermo-/petro-chronology, remotely-sensed data, geographic information systems (GIS); the evolution of large collisional orogenic systems; deformation and rheology of continental lithosphere; local and regional interaction between tectonics and surface morphology; geological and environmental applications of GIS and remote sensing

RECENT PROJECTS

• Reconstructing the subduction-collision-exhumation tectonic evolution of the Scandinavian Caledonides
• Tectonic evolution of the northern and central Tibetan Plateau

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Brown, J. A., McNeal, K. S., Candler, M. (2023) Eye Tracking an Online Climate Modeling Tool to Evaluate Three Dimensions of Usability, to appear in Weather, Climate, and Society

Brown, J. (2023). Evaluating The Three Dimensions of Usability for an Online Climate Modeling Tool: A Coproduced Eye Tracking Study (Master's thesis).

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• McRivette, M.W., Yin, A., Chen, X., and Gehrels, G.E, 2019. Cenozoic basin evolution of the central Tibetan plateau as constrained by U-Pb detrital zircon geochronology, sandstone petrology, and fission-track thermochronology. Tectonophysics, v. 751, p. 150-179, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2018.12.015.
• Wu, C., Zuza, A.V., Zhou, Z., Yin, A., McRivette, M.W., Chen, X., Lin, D., and Geng, J., 2019. Mesozoic-Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Kunlun Range, central Tibet, and implications for basin evolution during the Indo-Asian collision. Lithosphere, v. 11, p. 524-550, https://doi.org/10.1130/L1065.1
• Yin, A., Dang, Y.-Q., Wang, L.-C., Jiang, W.-M., Zhou, S.-P., Chen, X.-H., Gehrels, G.E., and McRivette, M.W., 2008. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (Part 1): The southern Qilian Shan-Nan Shan thrust belt and northern Qaidam basin. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 813-846, https://doi.org/10.1130/B26180.1.
• Yin, A., Dang, Y.-Q., Zhang, M., Chen, X-H., and McRivette, M.W., 2008. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (part 3): Structural geology, sedimentation, and regional tectonic reconstruction. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 120, p. 847-876, https://doi.org/10.1130/B26232.1.
• Yin, A., Dang, Y., Zhang, M., McRivette, M.W., Burgess, W.P., and Chen, X., 2007. Cenozoic tectonic evolution of Qaidam basin and its surrounding regions (part 2): Wedge tectonics in southern Qaidam basin and the Eastern Kunlun Range. In Sears, J.W., Harms, T.A., and Evenchick, C.A., eds., Whence the Mountains? Inquiries into the Evolution of Orogenic Systems: A Volume in Honor of Raymond A. Price. Geological Society of America Special Paper 433, p. 369-390, https://doi.org/10.1130/2007.2433(18).

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Macris, C.A., Bramson, A.M., Cruz, M.F., Druschel, G.K., Gilhooly III, W., Jessee, A., Johnson, B.C., Lee-Cullin, J., Licht, K., Marrs, I., McRivette, M., Menold, C.A., Thompson, M.S., and Wang, L., 2021. An URGE pod remix: Benefits, challenges, and next steps from a multi-institution pod. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2021, abstract U35A-2263.
• Henning, K., Menold, C.A., McRivette, M.W., and Macris, C.A., 2021. Textural and chemical analysis of white mica from the Tso Morari UHP gneiss. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-370397
• Menold, C., Macris, C.A., Bramson, A., Cruz, M., Druschel, G., Gilhooly III, W., Johnson, B.C., Lee-Cullin, J., Licht, K., Marrs, I., McRivette, M., Thompson, M., and Wang, L., 2021. MEGA Pod: Benefits and lessons learned from a multi-institution URGE pod. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 53 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2021AM-369951
• Walsh, E.O., McRivette, M.W., Casarez, M., Shew, J., Hoinville, A., Kylander-Clark, A.R.C., Klug, P.P., and McDaniel, S., 2020. New ages constrain timing of Caledonian metamorphism across Västerbotten, Seve Nappe Complex, Sweden. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 52 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2020AM-358602.
• McRivette, M., Walsh, E., Menold, C., Casarez, M., Hoinville, A., and Shew, J., 2019. Zircon growth during shear deformation in the Seve Nappe Complex, Sweden. Goldschmidt Abstracts, 2019.
• Garrett-Anes, N.M., McRivette, M.W., and Bartels, W.S., 2018. Mapping a small Devonian world: A GIS analysis of the distribution of epizoans on brachiopod shells. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 50 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2018AM-324082.
• Nelson, J., Hoinville, A., McRivette, M.W., and Menold, C.A., 2017. Combining remote sensing and petrology data in the North Qaidam UHP terrane, China. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49 (6), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017AM-301992.
• McRivette, M., and Harnish, A., 2017. Places of Rest: Mapping Lives and Deaths in Riverside Cemetery. 2017 Esri Education GIS Conference, http://proceedings.esri.com/library/userconf/educ17/.
• McRivette, M.W., Pawelec, L., and Menold, C.A., 2017. Using remote sensing to connect outcrop-scale UHP petrology to an orogen-scale tectonic problem. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 49 (2), doi: 10.1130/abs/2017NE-291665.