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Karen Harpp

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Karen Harpp

Professor of Earth and Environmental Geosciences and Peace and Conflict Studies

Department/Office Information

Earth and Environmental Geoscience, Peace and Conflict Studies
424 Ho Science Center
  • TR 3:00pm - 4:30pm (424 Ho Science Center)

 

 

BA Dartmouth College (1986); MSc Cornell University (1990); PhD Cornell University (1995)

  • Lawrence University, 1994-98
  • University of Idaho, 2011-2012

Instrumental and analytical techniques in the geosciences, geochemistry, volcanology, igneous petrogenesis, environmental geochemistry, project-based learning, , design thinking methods.

Geochemistry and petrology of hotspots and the mantle (current focus: the origin and evolution of the Gal谩pagos Islands, deep mantle origins of plumes,  plume-ridge interactions), analytical geochemistry and trace element analysis (ICP-MS), science education and outreach programs with an emphasis on hands-on experiences, project-based learning, and design thinking.

  • 2015 Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement
  • Included in the Princeton Review's The Best 300 Professors, 2012
  • 2010 Alumni Corporation Distinguished Teaching Award Fellow, Geological Society of America
  • 2002 Biggs Excellence in Teaching Award from GSA
  • National Science Foundation research and instrumentation grants
  • NSF Career Grant Program
  • Outstanding Young Teacher Award, Lawrence University 1997

(*indicates student author)

Harpp, K.S., Geist, D.J. (2018). The Evolution of Gal谩pagos Volcanoes: An Alternative Perspective. Frontiers in Earth Science6, 50.

Harpp, K.S. (lead editor), Mittelstaedt, E. (lead editor), D鈥橭zouville, N. (editor), and Graham, D. (editor) (2014). The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences, American Geophysical Union Monograph, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Hall, P.S., Jackson, M.G. (2014). The Gal谩pagos and Easter: A Tale of Two Hotspots, in The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d鈥橭zouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Geist, D., *Koleszar, A.M., *Christensen, B., Lyons, J., Sabga, M., *Rollins, N. (2014). The geology and geochemistry of Isla Floreana, Gal谩pagos: A different type of late-stage ocean island volcanism, in The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d鈥橭zouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Wirth, K.R., Teasdale, R., *Blair, S., *Reed, L., *Barr, J., *Pistiner, J. *Korich, D. (2014). Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Gal谩pagos: Perspectives from Wolf, Darwin, and Genovesa Islands, in The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d鈥橭zouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Sinton, C. W., Harpp, K.S., Christie, D.M. (2014). The northeast seamounts of the Gal谩pagos Platform, in The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d鈥橭zouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Mittelstaedt, E., Soule, S., Harpp, K., Fornari, D. (2014). Variations in crustal thickness, plate rigidity, and volcanic processes throughout the Northern Gal谩pagos Volcanic Province, in The Gal谩pagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d鈥橭zouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Geist, D.J. and Harpp, K.S. (2009). 鈥淕eology of the Gal谩pagos Islands鈥, in Encyclopedia of Islands, edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Pe帽aherrera-Palma, C., Harpp, K., Banks, S. (2013). Rapid seafloor mapping of the Gal谩pagos northern islands Darwin and Wolf, volume 68, Noticias de Gal谩pagos/Gal谩pagos Research .

Mittelstaedt, E., Soule, S., Harpp, K., Fornari, D., *McKee, C., Tivey, M., Geist, D., Kurz, M.D., Sinton, C., *Mello, C. (2012) Multiple expressions of plume-ridge interaction in the Gal谩pagos: Volcanic lineaments and ridge jumps,  Geochemistry Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 13, Q05018. 

Chadwick Jr., W.W., J贸nsson, S., Geist, D.J., Poland, M., Johnson, D.J., Batt, S., Harpp, K.S., and Ruiz, A. (2011): The May 2005 eruption of Fernandina volcano, Gal谩pagos: GPS and InSAR observations of a circumferential dike intrusion from a multi-level magmatic system, Bulletin of Volcanology, 73 (6), 679-697, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0433-0.

Geist D., Diefenbach, B.A., Fornari, D. J., Kurz, M.D., Harpp, K.S., Blusztajn, J. (2008): Construction of the Gal谩pagos platform by large submarine volcanic terraces, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q03015, doi:10.1029/2007GC001795.

Geist, D.J., Harpp, K.S., Naumann, T.R., Poland, M., Chadwick, W.W., Hall, M., and *Rader, E. (2007): The 2005 Eruption of Sierra Negra Volcano, Gal谩pagos, Ecuador, Bulletin of Volcanology. DOI 10.1007/s00445-007-0160-3.

Geist, D.J., Fornari, D.J., Kurz, M.D., Harpp, K.S., Soule, S.A., Perfit, M.R., and *Koleszar, A.M. (2006): Submarine Fernandina: Magmatism at the Leading Edge of the Gal谩pagos Hot Spot, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 7, Q12007, doi:10.1029/2006GC001290.

Lyons , J., Geist, D., Harpp, K., Diefenbach, B., Olin, P., and Vervoort, J. (2007). Crustal Growth by Magmatic Overplating in the Gal谩pagos, Geology, 35 (6), 511-514.

Harpp, K.S., *Wanless, V.D., Otto*, R.H., Hoernle, K., and Reinhard Werner (2005). , Journal of Petrology, 46, 109-133.

Harpp, K.S., *Koleszar, A.M., and Geist, D.J. (2005). "Volcanoes in the Classroom: Eruption Column Simulation," Journal of Geoscience Education, 53, 173-175.

Harpp, K.S., Fornari, D.J., Geist, D.J., and Kurz, M.D. (2003): "Genovesa Submarine Ridge: A Manifestation of Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Northern Gal谩pagos Islands," Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 8511, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000531.

Harpp, K.S. and Geist, D. (2002). "The Wolf-Darwin Lineament and Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Northern Gal谩pagos," Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, 8504, doi:10.1029/2002GC000370.

Geist, D., White, W.M., Albarede, F., Harpp, K.S., Blichert-Toft, J., Reynolds, R., and Kurz, M. (2002). Volcanic Evolution in the Gal谩pagos: The Dissected Shield of Volcan Ecuador, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, 10611, doi:10.1029/2002GC000355. 

Harpp, K.S., Wirth, K.R., and *Korich, D.J. (2002): "Northern Gal谩pagos Province: Hotspot-induced, near-ridge volcanism at Genovesa Island," Geology, 30, 399-402.

Harpp,Harpp, K.S. and *Sweeney, W. (2002). Simulating a volcanic crisis in the classroom, Journal of Geologic Education, volume 50, p. 410-418.

Harpp, K.S. and White, W.M. (2001). Tracing a mantle plume: Isotopic and trace element variations of Gal谩pagos seamounts, Geochemistry, Geophysics, and Geosystems, volume 2, Paper number 2000GC00137.

*denotes a 含羞草研究所 undergraduate

Harpp, K. (invited), Schwartz, D.M., Cleary, Z., Wilson, E., Pimentel, R., Mahr, J., McGuire, M., Bercovici, H., and Van Kirk, R. (2018): ,  Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Washington, DC, abstract V31A-01.

Koleszar, A.M., Rader, E., and Harpp, K.S. (2018): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., Washington, DC, abstract V23F-0136.

Pimentel, R., Harpp, K., Geist, D., Bercovici, H., Mahr, J., Cleary, Z., ^^^Cordova, M. (2018): ISPY San Cristobal鈥檚 magma source:  The Galapagos Island edition, Northeast GSA Meeting, Burlington, VT, Paper No. 57-4.

Harpp, K.S., xSchwartz, D., xWilson, E., McGuire, M., Cleary, Z., Mahr, J., Pimentel, R., Van Kirk, R., Bercovici, H., Mittelstaedt, E., Kurz, M., Geist, D. (2017): The evolution of Galapagos volcanoes, IAVCEI 2017 Scientific Assembly, Portland, OR, Submission 455.

Sinton, C., Mittelstaedt, E., Harpp, K., Fornari, D., Geist, D., Soule, S. (2016):  Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, OS41C-1979.

Bercovici, H. L., Geist, D., Harpp, K., ^^^Almeida, M., Mahr, J., Pimentel, R., Cleary, Z. (2016): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, V53C-3117.

Pimentel, R., Harpp, K., Geist, D., Mahr, J., Bercovici, H., Cleary, Z., ^^^Cordova, M. (2016): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, V53C-3118.

Mahr, J., Kurz, M., Harpp, K., Geist, D., Bercovici, H., Pimentel, R., Cleary, Z, ^^^Cordova, M. (2016): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, V53C-3119.

Cleary, Z., Mittelstaedt, E., Harpp, K., Bercovici, H., Mahr, J., Pimentel, R., ^^^Cordova, M. (2016): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, V53C-3120.

Mittelstaedt, E., Harpp, K., xSchwartz, D. (2016): Using gravity measurements from Santa Cruz Island, Gal谩pagos to investigate differences in magmatic plumbing systems between Eastern and Western Galapagos Islands, GSA Meeting. Paper 63-18, Denver, CO.

Wadhera, S., Zengilowski, A., Harpp, K. (2015): Adapting MOOC technology for the liberal arts classroom, Learning with MOOCs 2015, New York City, NY.

Bercovici, H., Geist, D., Harpp, K., Almeida, M. (2015): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract V31D-3054.

Varga, K., McGuire, M., Geist, D., Harpp, K. (2015): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract, V43B-3121.

McGuire, M., Varga, K., Harpp, K., Geist, D., Hall, M. (2015): , Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract V31D-3055.

Gibson, S.A., Dale, C.W., Geist, D., Harpp, K.S. (2015): Os isotopic constraints on the identification of pyroxenite in the source of OIBs, EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, abstract EGU2015-9784.

Lemanski, B., Connor, S., Gullapalli, S., Harpp, K. (2015): Effects of pollution on the religious activity of individuals along the Ganges River: An interdisciplinary pilot study with sociological and analytical chemistry-based approaches, PITTCON Conference and Expo 2015, New Orleans, LA, abstract 2190-3.

Harpp, K.S., Bray, B., Geist, D., Garcia, M.O. (2014): The Vanda Dike Swarm, Dry Valleys, Antarctica II: Geochemistry and geochronology, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl., San Francisco, CA, abstract 19625.