Robert Thorson

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Recent Highlight: My latest book, The Guide to Walden Pond, was covered by the Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio (WCAI), and the Boston Globe.

I wear different hats. My colleagues, students, readers, followers, audiences, and clients know me as a:

Professor of Geology at the University of Connecticut juggling teaching, scholarship, and service.
Author of seven trade and scholarly books, most recently The Guide to Walden Pond.
Journalist who freelances science writing and recently retired from the Hartford Courant after 15 years.
Coordinator of the Stone Wall Initiative, an online resource for New England.
Speaker and field trip leader for a range of topics.
Consultant for diverse projects: field geo-forensics, museums, and public education.

Away from work, I'm a husband, father, son, friend, and solitary soul whose principal hobbies are Nature, reading, writing, cooking, and public television.

Photo: Top - Mugshot taken by Kristine Thorson in Manfred, North Dakota. Bottom -Vulpes Vulpes was one of Thoreau's animals friends, as featured in The Guide to Walden Pond. Getty Images.

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