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Robert Thorson is a professor of Earth Sciences 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 archaeology, environmental history, environmental literature, and the Anthropocene Epoch. He teaches three core courses and many seminars in the Honors Curriculum and coordinates the Stone Wall Initiative within the Connecticut State Museum of Natural History.
Photo: Mugshot in front of the Paleozoic limey sandstone, Pleistocene brick-mud, and Anthropocene construction of Beach Hall, headquarters of UConn Earth Sciences