Faculty/Staff Information

Jeffrey Templeton

, Earth and Environmental Science

88858 | templej@wou.edu
NS 211

Why I chose WOU

At WOU since

01/02/1995

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Office Hours

Mon	Tues	Weds	Thurs	Fri

No scheduled office hours for summer term

Classes Taught

Course	Title	Location	Days	Times
ES 201	PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY	HYBRD* CRS	-------	-
ES 201L	LAB:PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY	NS 017	---W---	1300-1450
ES 301	EARTH MATERIALS	NS 218	--T----	1000-1150
ES 201	PRINCIPLES OF GEOLOGY	NS 101	-M-W---	1100-1150
ES 301L	LAB: EARTH MATERIALS	NS 017	----R--	1000-1150

Education

Ph.D., Geology, Oregon State University, 1998

M.S., Geology, Texas Christian University, 1991

B.S., Geology, The Ohio State University, 1989

Teaching Focus

Introductory Physical Geology and Earth System Science; upper-division courses in Microscopy, Petrology, Structural Geology, Volcanology, Geology of Earthquakes, and Mineral Resources

Research Areas

Igneous petrology, volcanology, and undergraduate geoscience education

Current Projects:

Volcanology and Petrology of Tertiary volcanic rocks associated with the Bald Mountain Volcanic Complex, central Oregon
Petrology of Pleistocene ash-flow tuffs and silicic domes related to Newberry Volcano in central Oregon
Developing active-learning strategies for undergraduate geoscience courses

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