Dr. Jennifer Wenner
Dr. Wenner teaches courses in physical geology, mineralogy, optical and X-ray mineralogy, geochemistry, igneous and metamorphic petrology, and field trips to Death Valley and the Sierra Nevada. Her research interests include both the generation of continental crust (using geochemistry and geochronology) and best teaching practices for increasing college students’ quantitative skills.
Her current crustal research involves geochemical and volcanological study of basaltic cinder cones associated with the southernmost Cascade volcano, Lassen Peak, California. In the past, her crustal research has taken her to ancient and modern volcanoes in California, Oregon, Missouri, Wisconsin, Washington and New England. Since 2001, approximately a dozen students have traveled with Jen to complete a variety of field and geochemical projects dealing with the generation and evolution of continental crust. Each of these students received grants to complete the research (through GSA, Sigma Xi, UWOshkosh, etc.) and many of them have presented the results of their research at national and regional meetings.
In 2006, Jen received a CCLI grant from the National Science Foundation to build web resources for geoscience students to increase their quantitative skills. Her education research has taken her to Minnesota, Massachusetts, Virginia, Florida, California and Washington State. She holds a B.A. from Carleton College (1992) and a Ph.D. from Boston University (2001).
e-mail: wenner@uwosh.edu
webpage: http://www.uwosh.edu/faculty_staff/wenner/