Chuck Bailey, Author at The William & Mary Blogs

About Chuck Bailey

I am a professor of Geology at the university, where I teach courses such as the Earth’s Environmental Systems, Weather & Climate, Field Methods, and Earth Structure & Dynamics. My research focuses on structural geology and tectonics, this work takes me (and my students) from the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia to the low deserts in southern Arizona and many places in between. I am a 1989 graduate of William & Mary where I doubled majored in Biology and Geology.

For more information about the W&M structure and tectonics group visit my personal website.

Posts by Chuck Bailey

Gladiators Rule! The 2020 Spring W&M Geology Departmental Field Trip

By Chuck Bailey On March 2, 2020

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs

Group photo of 45 William & Mary geology students on a wooden deck at James River State Park with mountains in the distant background

The Geology department rolled out of Williamsburg last weekend and headed straight to Virginia’s geographic centroid for a wide-ranging field trip. It was the

Rock Music Oman 2020 – The Crescent of Learning

By Chuck Bailey On January 22, 2020

In Academics, Arts & Culture, Diversity, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Global Engagement, Study Away

Group selfie of the students and faculty in the Wahiba Sands.

I’m homeward bound after the 2020 edition of our Natural History & Contemporary Culture of Oman (a.k.a. Rock Music Oman) course. For the past

A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 4: Spy Rock

By Chuck Bailey On November 10, 2019

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs

Once again, the 2019 Geological Field Methods class was on the move this past weekend. We were on a mission to collect a suite

A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 3: Going to the South Side

By Chuck Bailey On October 20, 2019

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Study Away

Thirty-four smiling participants group together in rugged shorts and tshirts for a photo on the gently sloping bedrock ledges of Nottoway Falls. Trees beyond the waterfall.

Moby, the American musician with a wide-ranging and stylishly downtempo sound, released an exceptional album entitled Play in 1999. My favorite song is South

A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 2: Flowing Low and Flying High

By Chuck Bailey On October 8, 2019

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research

Aerial photo of river bottom through clear waters. A canoe is on the water's surface.

Earlier this summer I reported on the Gladstone Gladiators’ ‘games’ on and over the James River, all part of our research campaign to decipher

A Frenzy of Fall Field Trips 1: The Rockfish River Watershed

By Chuck Bailey On October 3, 2019

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research, Study Away

a group of 16 students in rugged clothing sitting and standing on a dirt and rock hillside in front of a brick building and trees

Note: this is the first installment in what will be a frenzy of posts about recent fall field trips in the William & Mary Geology

Gladiator Games over the James

By Chuck Bailey On July 22, 2019

In Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research, Study Away, Technology

An outcrop of rock in the James River river with members of the team and their canoes in the water and standing on the outcrop

The Gladstone Gladiators have spent the past two months dividing their time between geological field research in central Virginia and lab research in the