Selected Invited Talks

Structural Geology, Tectonics & Mountain Building

• Mountain-building Processes and Water Resources in the NW Himalayas (Pakistan/Afghanistan border)
  Franklin & Marshall College Global Lunch (2024)

• The Role of Plate Geometry and Boundary Type in Global Plate Ductility and Mantle Convection
  Columbia University (2018)

• What Can House Rock Tell Us About Appalachian Tectonics? (Lecture & Field Trip)
  Lancaster Conservancy (2020)

• Block-Supported Cataclastic Flow in the Upper Crust
  Penn State University (2008)

• Cataclastic Flow: A Means for Ensuring Ductility within the Upper Crust
  University of Wisconsin–Madison (2007)

• Recognizing Conjugate Sets and the Role of Dihedral Angles
  University of Wisconsin–Madison (2007)

• Mechanics of Mountain Building: Examples from the Rocky Mountains and Moroccan Anti-Atlas
  Franklin & Marshall College (2004)

• Folding by Cataclastic Flow: Evolution of Controlling Factors During Deformation
  Lehigh University (2004)

• Evolution of Fractures, Joints, and Cataclastic Flow
  NSF Workshop: Teaching Structural Geology in the 21st Century (2004)

• Fabric Evolution During Folding by Cataclastic Flow
  Penrose Conference (2002)

• Folding by Cataclastic Flow: Implications for Upper-Crustal Deformation
  Louisiana State University (2002)

Water Security, Climate & Environmental Sustainability

• Integrated Flood Resilience and Adaptation Project
  Ministry of Planning, Development & Special Initiatives (Pakistan) (2026)

• Agenda Setting for Agriculture and Climate Change
  Consortium for Development Policy Research (CDPR) & International Growth Centre (IGC), Lahore (2026)

• Landslide Hazard Assessment Using Time-Series Satellite Radar Interferometry
  Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (2026)

• Keynote Address
  Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) (2026)

• Mountains & Water: Why Cargo Matters
  Manheim Township School District (2023)

• Climate Change & Mass Destruction: The Case of Catastrophic Floods in Pakistan
  Franklin & Marshall College (2022)

Environmental Justice & Community Engagement

• Environmental Justice for Marginalized Communities
  Lancaster Recreation – Community Partnership Lunch & Learn (2023)

• Welcoming All Faces in Outdoor Places (Panel Discussion)
  Lancaster Conservancy (2023)

• Food, Water, Energy & Waste Equity
  YWCA Lancaster – Racial Equity Institute (2022)

• Scholarship, Activism & Environmental Justice
  Ware Public Service Summer Institute, Franklin & Marshall College (2022)

• Mountains, Resources & Environmental Justice
  Environmental Justice Speaker Series, Franklin & Marshall College (2022)

• Blackbirds Environmental Justice
  Building a Sustainable Lancaster, DECA Farms (2021)

Global Affairs, Culture & Public Scholarship

• War, Peace, Conflict & Conflict Resolution (Panel Discussion)
  Franklin & Marshall College (2024)

• Conflict & Conflict Resolution in a Global Context: South Asia
  Franklin & Marshall College (2024)

• Forced Migration (Panel Discussion)
  Franklin & Marshall College (2023)

• A Dialogue for Peace in Palestine & Israel (Moderator)
  Franklin & Marshall College (2023)

• Muslim Global Identity (Panel Discussion)
  Millersville University (2023)

• Turkey/Syria Earthquake Discussion
  Franklin & Marshall College (2023)

• "We Still Here" Documentary Discussion (Panel Discussion)
  WARE Center, Millersville University (2023)

• What Is Cultural Appropriation?
  Franklin & Marshall College (2019)

• Mountain Building and Cultural Evolution
  Franklin & Marshall College (2015)

Public Geology & Outreach

• Chickies Rock: Geology & History (Lecture & Field Trip)
  Lancaster County Park (2026)

• Geology of Lancaster County: A Tectonic History
  Lancaster Conservancy Nature Hour (2021)
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• Lancaster County Rocks!
  Delaware Mineralogical Society (2021)

• How to Increase Diversity in Environmental Activism
  Lancaster Clean Water Partners (2020)