Dr. Beth McMillan, chair of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, is the featured speaker of the next EARTHtalk! lecture series on Nov. 16. 

The talk, “On the Shoulders of Giants: Sub-Summit Surfaces in the Rocky Mountains,” will take place at 6 p.m. in the Engineering and Information Technology building auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.

In the lecture, McMillan will discuss how geographic information systems and geological analyses can be used to discover how and when sub-summit surfaces in the Rocky Mountains are formed.

McMillan received her bachelor’s degree in geology from Colorado College, a master’s degree in environmental science and engineering from Colorado School of Mines, and a Ph.D. in geology from the University of Wyoming. Her research focuses on landscape evolution.

For more information, contact Michael DeAngelis at 501.569.3542 or mtdeangelis@ualr.edu or visit the EARTHtalk! website.