David P. Dethier

David P. Dethier

Professor of Geoscience, Department Chairman

303 Clark Hall • (413) 597-2078 • ddethier@williams.edu

EDUCATION

Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755 A.B., Geology 1972, magna cum laude; highest distinction in Earth Sciences Honors Program
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 M.S., Geology-Geochemistry, 1974
University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 Ph.D., Geology, 1977 Dissertation title: Geochemistry of Williamson Creek, Snohomish County, Washington

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000-present--Chair, Dept. of Geosciences, Williams College
1993-present--Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Williams College
1998-1999-- Visiting Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, Colorado
1992-1993-- Visiting Scientist, Friday Harbor Marine Labs, Univ. of Washington
1990-1992-- Director, Bronfman Science Center and Chairman of the Science Executive Committee, Williams College
1989-1993-- Associate Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Williams
1988-1989-- Acting Director, Center for Environmental Studies, Williams College
1987-present--Director, Hopkins Memorial Forest
1982-1989-- Assistant Professor, Dept. of Geosciences, Williams College
1985-1986-- Assistant Professor leave, Los Alamos National Laboratory as Associated Western Universities scholar
1981-1982-- Staff Member, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Research included studies of the stratigraphy and deformation of Quaternary deposits and surfaces in a portion of the Rio Grande rift, and geochemical investigations of the experimental, hot, dry rock (HDR) geothermal system, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
1979-1981-- Acting Assistant Professor, Inst. for Environmental Studies, Univ. of Washington
1977-1981-- Project Geologist and Hydrologist, U.S. Geological Survey (Seattle)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Geochemistry and hydrology of surface and ground water systems; glacial history of the Puget lowland, Washington; Rates, mechanisms, and effects of surficial processes, particularly the chemistry of weathering and effects of acid deposition on that chemistry; soil-chemical characteristics; Quaternary stratigraphy and chronology of the Espa–ola basin, New Mexico

COURSES TAUGHT AT WILLIAMS

Energy: Science and Society
Environmental Geology
Environmental Geology and the Earth's Surface
Geologic Sources of Energy
Geomorphology
Glacial Geology
Water and the Environment
Interpreting the Surface of the Earth
Weather and Climate
Introduction to Environmental Science
Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

RECENT THESIS STUDENTS

2001 Carissa Carter, Will Ouimet
2000 Taylor Schildgen
1998 Andrew Fagenholz, Stephanie Kampf, Catherine Riihimaki
1997 Will Crane, Jo Holbert
1996 Mary Ann Hirshfeld, Will Morgan
1995 Michele Koppes, Jeff Schmidt
1994 Chris Brookfield, Dan White