Dr. Maraina Miles is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology serving as a one-year sabbatical replacement for Dr. Suzanne Birner. She teaches courses in introductory geology, glacial geology, and geomorphology. Before coming to Berea, Dr. Miles finished her PhD in glacial geology at the University of Maine. There, she studied the history of both the Antarctic and Laurentide ice sheets. Her studies have taken her to remote places, such as Antarctica and Tierra del Fuego, Chile.
Before pursing a career as a geologist, Dr. Miles went to school for studio art, getting a B.F.A focusing in contemporary sculpture and ceramics in 2013. While in Berea, Dr. Miles hopes to find ways to combine her interests in both art and geology.
- 2018-2025 Ph.D. Candidate. Earth & Climate Sciences. University of Maine. Orono, ME Dissertation: A glacial-geologic approach to understanding past climate change and ice-sheet stability.
- 2015-2018 B.S. Geology. Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. Slippery Rock, PA
- 2009-2013 B.F.A. Sculpture. Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Indiana, PA
2024 Miles, M., Hall, B., Denton, G., 2024. Interactions between local glaciers and adjacent
grounded Ross Sea ice in the Royal Society Range, Antarctica. Quat. Sci. Rev. 329,
108591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2024.108591
2023 Baldauf, P.E., Baker, G.S., Miles, M.L., Burkhart, P.A., Gontz, A., Rinka, M., Levenson, M.,
2023. Holocene evolution of parabolic dunes, White River Badlands, South Dakota, USA,
revealed by high-resolution mapping. Quat. Res. 115, 46–57.
https://doi.org/10.1017/qua.2022.69
2019 Baldauf, P.E., Burkhart, P.A., Hanson, P.R., Miles, M.L., Larsen, A., 2019. Chronology of
dune development in the White River Badlands, northern Great Plains, USA. Aeolian Res
37, 14–24. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aeolia.2018.12.004