Glacial Deposits.indd - Department of Geography - Geology - Illinois ...

Despite somber economic news, the University
authorized searching for and making contract offers to
two tenure‐track faculty during the year just
completed. They both accepted and are to begin their
Illinois State careers in August 2010.
Lisa Tranel joins the faculty in
Geology, coming to us from
Virginia Tech University. Her
recent research has a western
flavor; and her interview
presentation, “Evaluation of
Erosional Processes
Controlling Topographic
Evolution in the Teton Range,
Wyoming,” emphasized that
connection. Lisa grew up in
East Dubuque, Illinois.
Geographer Matthew Himley,
since his December 2009
interview here, has completed
his dissertation at Syracuse
University. That dissertation
research was the subject of his
on‐campus lecture, “Frontiers of
Capital: Mining, Mobilization,
and Resource Governance in
Andean Peru.” He has been
teaching temporarily at the
University of Vermont, and once
lived in the Chicago area.
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