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BA, Dartmouth College
MS, Cornell University
PhD, Cornell University

• Lawrence University, 1994-98
• University of Idaho, 2011-2012

Instrumental and analytical techniques in the geosciences, geochemistry, volcanology, igneous petrogenesis, environmental geochemistry, project-based learning, , design thinking methods.

Geochemistry and petrology of hotspots and the mantle (current focus: the origin and evolution of the Galápagos Islands, deep mantle origins of plumes,  plume-ridge interactions), analytical geochemistry and trace element analysis (ICP-MS), science education and outreach programs with an emphasis on hands-on experiences, project-based learning, and design thinking.

• 2015 Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement
• Included in the Princeton Review's The Best 300 Professors, 2012
• 2010 Alumni Corporation Distinguished Teaching Award Fellow, Geological Society of America
• 2002 Biggs Excellence in Teaching Award from GSA
• National Science Foundation research and instrumentation grants
• NSF Career Grant Program
• Outstanding Young Teacher Award, Lawrence University 1997

(*indicates student author)

Geist, D., Wallace, P., Harpp, K., & Oswald, P. (2023). A discussion of: Long or short silicic magma residence time beneath Hekla volcano, Iceland? Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178(10), 71.

Weis, D., Harpp, K.S., Harrison, L.N., Boyet, M., Chauvel, C., Farnetani, C.G., Finlayson, V.A., Lee, K.K., Parai, R., Shahar, A. and Williamson, N.M. (2023). Earth’s mantle composition revealed by mantle plumes. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 1-22.

^*Schwartz, D. M., Harpp, K., Kurz, M. D., ^*Wilson, E., & ^*Van Kirk, R. (2022). Low-volume magmatism linked to flank deformation on Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos Archipelago, using cosmogenic 3He exposure and 40Ar/39Ar dating of fault scarps and lavas. Bulletin of Volcanology, 84(9), 1-17, .

^*Wilson, E.L, Harpp, K.S., Kurz, ^*Schwartz, D.M., and ^*Van Kirk, R. (2022). The geochemical evolution of Santa Cruz island, Galápagos Archipelago. Frontiers in Earth Science, (10, 845544), .

Geist, D., Harpp, K., Oswald, P., Wallace, P., Bindeman, I., & ^*Christensen, B. (2021). Hekla revisited: fractionation of a magma body at historical timescales. Journal of Petrology, 62(8), egab001. .

Harpp, K.S., Geist, D.J. (2021): The Galápagos Islands, Encyclopedia of Geology, 2nd Edition, Chapter 00392, Elsevier. ISBN 978-0-08-102909-1

Chen, T., Robinson, L.F., Burke, A., Claxton, L., Hain, M.P., Li, T., Rae, J.W., Stewart, J., Knowles, T.D., Fornari, D.J. and Harpp, K.S. (2020). Persistently well-ventilated intermediate-depth ocean through the last deglaciation. Nature Geoscience, 13(11), 733-738.

Harpp, K.S., Weis, D. (2020): Insights into the origins and compositions of mantle plumes: A comparison of Galápagos and Hawai’i, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21(9), e2019GC008887.

Rader, E., Wysocki, R.S., Heldmann, J., Harpp, K., ^*Bosselait, M., and Myers, M. (2020): Spatter stability: Constraining accumulation rates and temperature conditions with experimental bomb morphology, Bulletin of Volcanology, 82(6), 49.

^*Cleary, Z., ^*Schwartz, D.M., Mittelstaedt, E., and Harpp, K. (2020): Dynamic magma storage at near-ridge hot spots: Evidence from new Galápagos gravity data, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 21(3), e2019GC008722.

Harpp, K.S., Geist, D.J. (2018). The Evolution of Galápagos Volcanoes: An Alternative Perspective. Frontiers in Earth Science, 6, 50.

Harpp, K.S. (lead editor), Mittelstaedt, E. (lead editor), D’Ozouville, N. (editor), and Graham, D. (editor) (2014). The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences, American Geophysical Union Monograph, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Hall, P.S., Jackson, M.G. (2014). The Galápagos and Easter: A Tale of Two Hotspots, in The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d’Ozouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Geist, D., ^*Koleszar, A.M., ^*Christensen, B., Lyons, J., Sabga, M., ^*Rollins, N. (2014). The geology and geochemistry of Isla Floreana, Galápagos: A different type of late-stage ocean island volcanism, in The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d’Ozouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Harpp, K.S., Wirth, K.R., Teasdale, R., ^*Blair, S., ^*Reed, L., ^*Barr, J., ^*Pistiner, J. ^*Korich, D. (2014). Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Galápagos: Perspectives from Wolf, Darwin, and Genovesa Islands, in The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d’Ozouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Sinton, C. W., Harpp, K.S., Christie, D.M. (2014). The northeast seamounts of the Galápagos Platform, in The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d’Ozouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Mittelstaedt, E., Soule, S., Harpp, K., Fornari, D. (2014). Variations in crustal thickness, plate rigidity, and volcanic processes throughout the Northern Galápagos Volcanic Province, in The Galápagos: A Natural Laboratory for the Earth Sciences. Editors: K. Harpp, E. Mittelstaedt, D. Graham, N. d’Ozouville, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Geist, D.J. and Harpp, K.S. (2009). “Geology of the Galápagos Islands”, in Encyclopedia of Islands, edited by Rosemary G. Gillespie and David A. Clague, University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Peñaherrera-Palma, C., Harpp, K., Banks, S. (2013). Rapid seafloor mapping of the Galápagos northern islands Darwin and Wolf, volume 68, Noticias de Galápagos/Galápagos Research .

Mittelstaedt, E., Soule, S., Harpp, K., Fornari, D., ^*McKee, C., Tivey, M., Geist, D., Kurz, M.D., Sinton, C., ^*Mello, C. (2012) Multiple expressions of plume-ridge interaction in the Galápagos: Volcanic lineaments and ridge jumps,  Geochemistry Geophysics, Geosystems, volume 13, Q05018. 

Chadwick Jr., W.W., Jónsson, S., Geist, D.J., Poland, M., Johnson, D.J., Batt, S., Harpp, K.S., and Ruiz, A. (2011): The May 2005 eruption of Fernandina volcano, Galápagos: GPS and InSAR observations of a circumferential dike intrusion from a multi-level magmatic system, Bulletin of Volcanology, 73 (6), 679-697, DOI: 10.1007/s00445-010-0433-0.

Geist D., Diefenbach, B.A., Fornari, D. J., Kurz, M.D., Harpp, K.S., Blusztajn, J. (2008): Construction of the Galápagos platform by large submarine volcanic terraces, Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst., 9, Q03015, doi:10.1029/2007GC001795.

Geist, D.J., Harpp, K.S., Naumann, T.R., Poland, M., Chadwick, W.W., Hall, M., and ^*Rader, E. (2007): The 2005 Eruption of Sierra Negra Volcano, Galápagos, Ecuador, Bulletin of Volcanology. DOI 10.1007/s00445-007-0160-3.

Geist, D.J., Fornari, D.J., Kurz, M.D., Harpp, K.S., Soule, S.A., Perfit, M.R., and ^*Koleszar, A.M. (2006): Submarine Fernandina: Magmatism at the Leading Edge of the Galápagos Hot Spot, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 7, Q12007, doi:10.1029/2006GC001290.

Lyons , J., Geist, D., Harpp, K., Diefenbach, B., Olin, P., and Vervoort, J. (2007). Crustal Growth by Magmatic Overplating in the Galápagos, Geology, 35 (6), 511-514.

Harpp, K.S., *Wanless, V.D., Otto*, R.H., Hoernle, K., and Reinhard Werner (2005). , Journal of Petrology, 46, 109-133.

Harpp, K.S., *Koleszar, A.M., and Geist, D.J. (2005). "Volcanoes in the Classroom: Eruption Column Simulation," Journal of Geoscience Education, 53, 173-175.

Harpp, K.S., Fornari, D.J., Geist, D.J., and Kurz, M.D. (2003): "Genovesa Submarine Ridge: A Manifestation of Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Northern Galápagos Islands," Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 4, 8511, doi: 10.1029/2003GC000531.

Harpp, K.S. and Geist, D. (2002). "The Wolf-Darwin Lineament and Plume-Ridge Interaction in the Northern Galápagos," Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, 8504, doi:10.1029/2002GC000370.

Geist, D., White, W.M., Albarede, F., Harpp, K.S., Blichert-Toft, J., Reynolds, R., and Kurz, M. (2002). Volcanic Evolution in the Galápagos: The Dissected Shield of Volcan Ecuador, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, 3, 10611, doi:10.1029/2002GC000355. 

Harpp, K.S., Wirth, K.R., and *Korich, D.J. (2002): "Northern Galápagos Province: Hotspot-induced, near-ridge volcanism at Genovesa Island," Geology, 30, 399-402.

Harpp,Harpp, K.S. and *Sweeney, W. (2002). Simulating a volcanic crisis in the classroom, Journal of Geologic Education, volume 50, p. 410-418.

Harpp, K.S. and White, W.M. (2001). Tracing a mantle plume: Isotopic and trace elemen