Robert Thorson is a professor and interim Head of geosciences at the University of Connecticut, where he juggles administration, teaching, research, mentoring, and community engagement.  He's a Midwestern native, turned Western geologist, turned Eastern academic.  His current scholarly interest is the interweave between environmental history, literature, and the Anthropocene Epoch.  His teaching includes three courses in the Honors Core Curriculum.

Photo:  Mugshot in front of the Paleozoic limey sandstone, Pleistocene brick-mud, and Anthropocene construction of Beach Hall, headquarters of UConn Geoscience (February, 2020)