I am a broadly trained environmental geologist and geomorphologist with a background in both academic and government regulation of mining and storm water. I received my PhD in 2004 for work on human- and climatic-induced changes along the Clackamas River in Oregon. I accepted an assistant professor position at Grand Valley State University (GVSU) in 2004. As a professor at GVSU, I have worked with undergraduate and graduate students on applied geoscience research: 1) evaluating GVSU’s storm water runoff footprint and assisting in designing Best Management Practices (BMP) for GVSU (www.gvsu.edu/stormwater); 2) investigating water resources and groundwater contamination pathways in rural Haiti (www.gvsu.edu/haitiwater); 3) evaluating human impacts to river systems resulting from dams and other structures (http://faculty.gvsu.edu/wamplerp/); and 4) Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to create household radon hazard maps for Michigan using geologic data. I have travelled to Haiti numerous times since 2007 to work on water resources issues and safe water interventions. Since 2016, I have led three groups of GVSU students on a 4-week study abroad to Haiti.