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

The Long and Winding Road: The Geology 310 Field Course 2016

By Chuck Bailey On June 20, 2016

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Study Away

The 2016 W&M Geology 310 class strikes a pose in front of Mexican Hat in southeastern Utah.

I’ve just returned from our 2.5-week field course in the Southwestern United States. The 2016 version of Geology 310 started and finished in Las

Comfortably Disoriented in the Blue Ridge Mountains

By Chuck Bailey On May 13, 2016

In Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research, Study Away

William & Mary geologists enjoying the afternoon sunshine at Blackrock Summit in the Blue Ridge Mountains, north-central Virginia.

Note: this post was written last September after the Fall 2015 Geology Department field trip, however it never got posted. As the Spring semester

4th Rock from the Sun: Human Exploration of Mars – the Planetary Geology Research Projects 2016

By Chuck Bailey On April 27, 2016

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research

Diagram of the Geology of proposed landing sites for the human exploration of mars

Forty years ago, in the summer of 1976, NASA placed two spacecraft in orbit around Mars and then safely got the Viking 1 and

A Hard Freeze in the Basement: The Earth Structure & Dynamics Field Trip 2016

By Chuck Bailey On April 18, 2016

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Study Away

The 2016 William & Mary Earth Structure & Dynamics class at Loft Mountain Overlook in Shenandoah National Park after a cold night in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

The Earth Structure & Dynamics class field trip is an annual rite of spring; when early April arrives it’s time for our weekend trip

Rock Music Oman

By Chuck Bailey On January 20, 2016

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Global Engagement, Study Away

The W&M Oman study abroad program 2016 on the steps at Ibri Fort. Sultan al Farsi (in the white dishdasha) was our host (photo by Pablo Yañez).

Oh man, what a time we had in Oman! We are back from our first William & Mary study abroad program in Oman. The

A Capital Time! The William & Mary Geology Reception in Washington, D.C.

By Chuck Bailey On December 10, 2015

In Alumni Blogs, Faculty & Staff Blogs, W&M in Washington

Time-series graphs of William & Mary Geology graduates per year and the cumulative total over time.

The Geology Department puts together annual receptions for our alumni at both the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union meetings during

Rabble with a Cause- W&M Geology at Menokin

By Chuck Bailey On November 29, 2015

In Academics, Faculty & Staff Blogs, Research

Menokin is an 18th Century Georgian-style plantation house on Virginia’s Northern Neck, which was the residence of Francis Lightfoot Lee and Rebecca Tayloe Lee.