Chance B. Ronemus

Teaching and Mentorship

Sharing my curiosity toward Earth processes motivates me. My favorite way to do this is through field teaching and mentorship of undergraduate researchers.

I’ve worked with a great group of undergraduates at Montana State and the University of Arizona on projects from the Beartooth Mountains of Montana to the Malargüe basin of Argentina. A highlight was working with the MSU Sedimentology Undergraduate Research (SUR) program in the Great Valley forearc basin of California.

Here are some photos of these undergraduates in action.

MSU SUR student Robbie Mantha won’t let a flat tire stop him from getting to the outcrop!
MSU SUR students getting up close and personal with a block of blueschist.
MSU mentee Dom D’amato maps the structure of the Highland Mountains, MT.
MSU field assistant Chris Kussmaul takes a break from sampling to catch a trout on the fly.
MSU and Indiana University field camp students explore an outcrop.
UA mentee Faisal Sabor’s poster was presented at GSA Connects. Good job Faisal!
MSU and Indiana University field camp students find some structure in the Tobacco Root mountains.
MSU SUR students in the Great Valley forearc basin.
MSU mentee Saré Campbell separating zircon.
MSU field assistant Chris Kussmaul in search of Archean gneiss on the Beartooth Plateau, MT.
ISU mentee Amarissa Cramer makes zircon mounts during a visit to Arizona LaserChron
ISU mentee Amarissa Cramer takes a break to climb the Catalina metamorphic core complex

Courses Taught

I’ve served as a field camp assistant instructor and graduate teaching assistant in laboratory, classroom, and field settings. Here’s a list of my instructional experience.

  • Assistant Instructor
    • Geology Field Camp, Indiana University/MSU, Summer 2019
  • Graduate TA – lab instructor
    • Physical geology, UA, lab instructor, Fall 2021 & Fall 2023
    • Introduction to GIS and Cartography, MSU, Spring 2020 & Spring 2021
    • Sedimentation and Stratigraphy, MSU, Fall 2019
  • Graduate TA
    • Paleontology, UA, Graduate TA, Spring 2023
    • Dinosaurs, UA, Graduate TA, Fall 2022
  • Other
    • Guest lecturer, Geochronology and Thermochronology, MSU, Spring 2021
    • Assistant short course instructor, “Quantitative Analysis, Visualization, and Modeling of Detrital Geochronology Data”, GSA Connects, Pittsburgh, PA, 2023