The Faculty at SESE

Julia Johnson is interested in geoscience-education, focusing on using student- and instructor-generated sketches for learning, teaching, and assessment in college geology classes. Julia teaches Introduction to Geology (physical geology) to 450 students per semester and supervises the associated introductory geology labs. She also coordinates the introductory geology teaching efforts of the department, helping other instructors incorporate active learning into large lecture classes. Julia is recognized as one of the best teachers in the School of Earth and Space Exploration, receiving student-nominated teaching honors and very high teaching evaluations. She coauthored Exploring Geology, an innovative college geology textbook based on cognitive and education research, and Observing and Interpreting Geology, a Laboratory Manual for Introduction to Geology, which is used at ASU and Northern Arizona University. She has also authored and coauthored several publications on geology and science-education research. She develops websites used by geology students around the world, such as the Visualizing Topography and Biosphere 3D websites.