Department
Department of Earth and Environmental Geosciences
Phone
+1 (210) 9997656
Email Address
dsmith@trinity.edu
Website
Diane Smith's Digital Commons Page

I grew up in rural Minnesota and attended Carleton College where I discovered geology. I continued my education at Rice University where I worked on volcanic deposits from Mount St. Helens and other volcanoes in the southern Washington Cascades. After a short stint in the oil industry, I came to Trinity University in 1984 and have cherished the opportunity to educate undergraduates in the fields of geology I love -- minerals, volcanoes, and plate tectonics.

Education

  • Rice University, Ph.D. in Geology
  • Rice University, M.S. in Geology
  • Carleton College, B.A. in Geology

Selected Publications

  • Leeman, W.P., and Smith, D.R., 2018, The role of magma mixing, identification of mafic magma inputs, and structure of the underlying magmatic system at Mount St. Helens: American Mineralogist, v. 103, p. 1925-1944.
  • Holland, J., Surpless, B., Smith, D.R., Lackey, J.S., and Loewy, S., 2013, The intrusive history and petrogenesis of the Ash Mountain Complex, Sierra Nevada batholith: Geosphere, v. 9, p. 691-717. Themed Issue: Origin of the Sierra Nevada and Walker Lane.
  • Smith, D.R., and Leeman, W.P., 2005, Chromian spinel-olivine phase chemistry and the origin of primitive basalts of the southern Washington Cascades: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, v. 140, p. 49-66. Invited Paper, Special Volume: Energy and Mass Fluxes in Volcanic Arcs.
  • Smith, D.R., et al.,1999, Petrology and geochemistry of late-stage intrusions of the A-type, Mid-Proterozoic Pikes Peak batholith (central Colorado, USA): implications for petrogenetic models: Precambrian Research, v. 98, p. 271-305.
  • Anderson, J.L., and Smith, D.R., 1995, The effects of temperature and oxygen fugacity on the Al-in-hornblende barometer: American Mineralogist, v. 80, p. 549-559. [1017]

Subjects Taught

  • Dynamic Earth
  • Earth Materials
  • Volcanology

Teaching and Expertise

  • Igneous petrology and geochemistry
  • Mineralogy

Honors & Awards

  • 2014 Trinity University Award for Distinguished Service
  • 2013 Outstanding Educator Award, Association of Women Geoscientists
  • Fellow, Geological Society of America, elected 2008
  • Trinity University Tom and Mary Turner Junior Faculty Fellowship, 1988-1990