Professor, Internship Co-Coordinator
Dr. Eric Straffin joined PennWest Edinboro in 2000, shortly after completing his Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and exploring career opportunities in the oil and gas industry.
He now teaches a wide variety of undergraduate geoscience courses, including introductory classes and upper division courses in Quaternary Geology, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy, Soils, and Shallow Geophysics. Most of his courses have both laboratory and field components and incorporate state of the art technology.
His research interests are focused on landscape responses to human and environmental controls, as recorded by glacial, river and lake systems. He actively incorporates research into undergraduate learning, and commonly works with student researchers to present their work at regional and national venues, such as the Geological Society of America conferences.
