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Physical Address
Department of Geology
033 Rankin Science West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608

Postal Address
Department of Geology
Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32067
Boone, NC 28608-2067

phone: (828) 262-3049
fax: (828) 262-6503

Chairperson:
Dr. Johnny A. Waters
watersja@appstate.edu

General Questions:
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Johnny A . Waters

[Photograph of Johnny A . Waters]

Johnny A . Waters

Professsor and Chair of Geology

(828) 262-7820
watersja@appstate.edu


Johnny Waters came to Appalachian State University in 2004 as Chair of the Department. A paleontologist by training, Waters has conducted fieldwork in Ireland, Britain, Japan and China. His research interests include rebound from mass extinctions, Paleozoic community evolution, and the taxonomy, functional morphology, ontogeny and paleoecology of paleozoic echinoderms, especially blastoids.


  • Education
    • B.S. Auburn University
    • M.S. Indiana University
    • Ph.D. Indiana University

  • Courses Taught
    • GLY 1102 - Introduction to Historical Geology
    • HON 1515 - Darwin