I'm the assistant curator at the Museum of Natural History, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, Rhode Island's only natural history museum. Some of my geological interests include planetary geology, pegmatites and aplites, trilobites, and the Avalonian terrane of southern New England. I also have a passion for British and Irish mines and minerals. I get to play with rocks and explain geology to children and teachers from Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and southern Massachusetts. Not a bad way to spend the day.

I also work for the The Rhode Island Technology Enhanced Science (RITES) Program, a targeted Math-Science Partnership designed to improve secondary science learning statewide. Headquartered in the geosciences department at the University of Rhode Island we are also partners with Rhode Island College, Johnston Public Schools, and the Rhode Island Department of Education. Supporting partners include Brown University, the Community College of Rhode Island, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, and the Concord Consortium.