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Sarah J. Titus
- Department of Geology
- Carleton College
- One North College St.
- Northfield, MN 55057
- phone: (507) 222-4419
Education
- Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison; 2006
- M.S., University of Wisconsin - Madison; 2002
- B.A. in Geology and Environmental Studies, Oberlin College; Oberlin, OH, 1999
- Studied environmental science at Jaeren Folkehogskule, Kleppe, Norway (1994-1995)
Teaching Experience
- 2006-present - Assistant Professor, Carleton College;
Courses taught: Structural Geology, Tectonics, Introduction to Geology, Geophysics, Geology in the Field - 2003-2005 - Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin - Madison
- 1997-1999 - Instructor, Norwegian Language, Experimental College at Oberlin College
- 1995-2000 (summers) - Instructor, Norwegian Language, Concordia Language Villages (summers 1995-2000)
- 2012 - NSF grant: CAREER: Combining field data and computational models to characterize the distribution of oceanic transform fault deformation throughout the lithosphere
- 2011 - NSF grant: Differential geometry and statistics of deformation tensors (Collaborative proposal with Basil Tikoff and Joshua Davis)
- 2007 - Petroleum Research Fund grant: Using paleomagnetism to investigate distributed deformation adjacent to the San Andreas
- 2006 - Exceptional Service Teaching Assistant Award, College of Letters and Science, UW - Madison
- 2006 - Outstanding Paper Award, Geology & Geophysics Department, UW - Madison
- 2005 - Geology & Geophysics Teaching Enhancement Award, UW - Madison
- 2004 - Berg Award for teaching excellence, Geology & Geophysics Department, UW - Madison
- 2001 - Weeks Fellow, Geology & Geophysics Department, UW - Madison
- 2000 - National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (3 years)
- 1999 - Fulbright Fellowship, University of Bergen - Norway
- 1999 - George B. Wharton award for outstanding students in Geology, Oberlin College
- 1999 - Highest Honors, Oberlin College
- 1998 - Elected Phi Beta Kappa, Oberlin College
Awards and Grants
Publications excluding abstracts
Undergraduate students denoted with an asterisk (* for Carleton, ** for UW-Madison)- Titus, S.J., *Crump, S., *McGuire, Z., Horsman, E., and Housen, B., 2011, Using vertical axis rotations to characterize off-fault deformation across the San Andreas fault system, central California, Geology, v. 39, p. 711-714. Access pdf here.
- Davis, J.R., and Titus, S.J., 2011, Review Article: Homogeneous steady deformation: A review of computational techniques, Journal of Structural Geology, v. 33, p. 1046-1062, doi:10.1016/j.jsg.2011.03.001
- Titus, S.J., Maes, S., Benford, B., Ferre, E., and Tikoff, B., 2011, Fabric development in the mantle section of a paleotransform fault and its effect on ophiolite obduction, New Caledonia, Lithosphere, doi:10.1130/L122.1
- Titus, S.J., *Dyson, M., DeMets, C., Tikoff, B., Rolandone, R., and Burgmann, R., 2011, Geologic versus geodetic deformation adjacent to the San Andreas fault, central California: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 123, p. 794-820; doi:10.1130/B30150.1 Access pdf here.
- Titus, S.J., and Horsman, E., 2009, Characterizing and improving spatial visualization skills: special volume on Research on Thinking and Learning in the Geosciences: Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 57, p. 242-254.
- Kastens, K.A., Manduca, C.A., Cervato, C., Frodeman, R., Goodwin, C., Liben, L.S., Mogk, D.W., Spangler, T.C., Stillings, N.A., Titus, S.J., 2009, How Geoscientists Think and Learn: Eos, v. 90, p. 265-266.
- Rolandone, F., Burgmann, R., Agnew, D.C., Johanson, I.A., Templeton, D.C., d'Alessio, M.A., Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2008, Aseismic slip and fault-normal strain along the creeping section of the San Andreas fault: Geophysical Research Letters, v. 35, L14305, doi:10.1029/2008GL034437.
- Titus, S.J., Housen, B., and Tikoff, B., 2007. A kinematic model for the Rinconada fault system in central California based on structural analysis of en echelon folds and paleomagnetism: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 29, p. 961-982.
- Titus, S.J., Medaris, L.G. Jr., Wang, H., and Tikoff, B., 2007. Continuation of the San Andreas fault into the upper mantle: Evidence from spinel peridotite xenoliths in the Coyote Lake Basalt, central California: Tectonophysics, v. 429, p. 1-20.
- Titus, S.J., DeMets, C., and Tikoff, B., 2006. Thirty-five-year creep rates for the creeping segment of the San Andreas fault and the effects of the 2004 M 6.0 Parkfield earthquake: Constraints from alignment arrays, continuous GPS, and creepmeters: Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, v. 96, p. 5250-5268.
- Titus, S.J., **Clark, R., and Tikoff, B., 2005. Geologic and geophysical investigation of two fine-grained granites, Sierra Nevada, California: Evidence for structural controls on emplacement and volcanism: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 117, p. 1256-1271.
- Titus, S.J., Tikoff, B., and DeMets, C., 2005. New slip rate estimates for the creeping segment of the San Andreas fault, California: Geology, v. 33, p. 205-208.
- Titus, S.J., Fossen, H., Pedersen, R.B., Vigneresse, J.L., and Tikoff, B., 2002. Pull-apart formation and strike-slip partitioning in an obliquely-divergent setting, Leka Ophiolite, Norway: Tectonophysics, v. 354, p. 101-119.