About Me

I am a PhD student at the University of Wyoming working with Dr. Jay Chapman. I grew up in the Twin Cities, Minnesota where I earned my B.A. (2015) in Geology at Macalester College. While at Macalester, I studied the tectonic evolution of the Colorado Plateau Transition Zone and element mobility during subduction using metamorphic rocks from Sivrihisar, Turkey.  I then obtained a M.S. (2019) from California State University, Fresno while working with Dr. John Wakabayashi. For my Masters research, I used metamorphic petrology and geochemistry to better constrain the processes that form mélanges in the Franciscan Subduction Complex of California..

Collecting xenoliths in Arizona.

Contact Information:
email:  jshield5@uwyo.edu
University of Wyoming Department of Geology and Geophysics
1000 E. University Ave.
Laramie, WY 82071