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Robert Thorson is a professor of geosciences at the University of Connecticut, where he juggles teaching, writing, mentoring, committee work, and community engagement. He's a Midwestern native, turned Northwestern geologist, turned Northeastern academic. His current scholarly interest is the interweave between environmental history, literature, and the Anthropocene Epoch. He coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative within the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History. He teaches 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)