Hi, I'm Lisa (or Dr. Gilbert), Department Chair of Geology, Oceanography and Environmental Science. I have been teaching college science courses for more than 20 years and I am committed to making education more welcoming, relevant, and joyful for all. I believe learning can be especially nourishing and connective outside. You can often find me with students at a beach, in a forest, on a mountain, or out on boats. I completed my A.B. degree in Earth Sciences at Dartmouth College and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Washington in Oceanography. The coolest place I have ever visited is the bottom of the Pacific Ocean in the submersible Alvin.
Fall 2026
GEOL-10-01: Physical Geology (4 units)
GEOL-10-02: Physical Geology (4 units)
OCEAN-20: Ocean Field Studies (4 units)
GEOL-30: Field Geology of Big Sur (1 unit)
Spring 2027
GEOL-10-01: Physical Geology (4 units)
GEOL-10-02: Physical Geology (4 units)
OCEAN-10-03: Intro Oceanography (4 units, online)
OCEAN-30: Monterey Bay and Canyon (1 unit)
Nagy, E.A. and L.A. Gilbert, (2021), Building Community College Leadership Through Geoscience Faculty Development, New Directions for Community Colleges, 195, 185-198, https://doi.org/10.1002/cc.20476
Hung*, C., L.A. Gilbert, D.A.H. Teagle, D. Craw, and R.A. Wobus, (2021). Features of seafloor hydrothermal alteration in metabasalts of mid-ocean ridge origin from the Chrystalls Beach Complex, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, DOI:10.1080/00288306.2020.1803925
Gilbert, L.A., R. Teasdale, and C.A. Manduca (2020). A New Vision of Sustainability in Earth Science Education, Eos, 101, DOI:10.1029/2020EO146424.
Gilbert, L.A. (2020). Empowering Students to Act, Perspectives on Earth and Space Science Educational Research, 1(3).
Egger, A.E., M.Z. Bruckner, S.J. Birnbaum, and L.A. Gilbert, (2019). Developing Effective Interdisciplinary Curricular aterials, in Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future, Association of Environmental Sciences and Studies Book Series, Springer ISBN: 978-3-030-03272-2, 45-68, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-03273-9
Gilbert, L.A., D. Gross, and K. Kreutz (2019). Developing Undergraduate Students’ Systems Thinking Skills with an InTeGrate Module, Journal of Geoscience Education, 67:1, 34-49, DOI: 10.1080/10899995.2018.1529469 (COVER ARTICLE)
Gragg, R.D.S., E.R. Iverson, H. Brethauer-Gay, J. Warford, L.A. Gilbert, K. Sheriff, C.A. Manduca, (2019). Impact of InTeGrate Teaching Materials on Student Geoscience Interests, Literacy and Learning Outcomes at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Earth Educators’ Rendezvous.
Iverson, E., D. Steer, L.A. Gilbert, K. Kastens, K. O’Connell, and C.A. Manduca, (2019). Measuring Literacy, Attitudes, and Capacities to Solve Societal Problems in Interdisciplinary Teaching about Earth and the Environment for a Sustainable Future, Association of Environmental Sciences and Studies Book Series, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-030-03272-2, 91-119, DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-03273-9
Gilbert, L.A., L. Crispini, P. Tartarotti, and M.L. Bona* (2018). Permeability Structure of the Lava-Dike Transition of 15 My Old Oceanic Crust Formed at the East Pacific Rise, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 19(9), 3555-3569, DOI:10.1029/2018GC007696
Manduca, C.A., L.A. Gilbert, R.S. Gragg, E.A.R. Iverson, R.H. Macdonald, D.A. McConnell, and D. Steer, (2018). Community-Based Research Teams: Examples from On the Cutting Edge and InTeGrate Projects, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting #ED11B-04.
*undergraduate student co-author