I am a lecturer and research associate professor in the Geosciences Department at UMass, where I have been since 2018. Prior to joining UMass I was an associate professor at Worcester State University. I have a BS degree in Geological Sciences from Brown University, a MS degree in Marine Studies/Oceanography from the University of Delaware, and a PhD degree in Geosciences from the University of Massachusetts. I teach courses on topics related to sedimentology, earth surface processes, oceanography, paleolimnology, and climate change. My research interests lie at the intersection of climate change and human land-use change. I study sedimentary archives preserved in lakes and wetlands to reconstruct past climate and environmental conditions, human activity, changes in the erosion and delivery of sediment, and the occurrence of geologic hazards related to both river and coastal flooding. This work is informed by complementary studies of modern processes using instrumental data, analysis of historical archives, aerial imagery, and remotely sensed satellite observations to understand the connections among processes and the cascading environmental impacts that result from extreme weather events, climate change, and human alteration of the landscape.