Dr. Joseph C. Hill
Dr. Joseph C. Hill Senior Personnel, Associate Professor
Lee Drain, 322 | 936.294.1560 | geojoe@shsu.edu
Dr. Hill is a classically trained structural geologist with related interests in tectonics, petrology, isotope geochemistry, and sedimentology. His research has primarily involved the investigation of the crystalline cores of mountain belts. He has worked in the Acadian crystalline core of the northern and southern Appalachians and the Paleoproterozoic core of the Black Hills, South Dakota. Dr. Hill’s current research projects include mapping and tectonic/structural analysis of the metamorphic rocks of the Piedmont region of Pennsylvania, specifically in Chester and Lancaster counties, investigations of some extremely enigmatic rocks of the poorly understood Devonian-Mississippian boundary in NE Pennsylvania, and detailed mapping of some of the northern Appalachian plateau. At SHSU Dr. Hill teaches: Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Geology of North America, Field Methods, Plate Tectonics, and Structural Geology.
Education
B.S., Geological Sciences; University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleM.S., Geological Sciences; University of Tennessee-KnoxvillePh.D., Geological Sciences; University of Missouri-Columbia