Solar Cycles

Investigating the relationship between solar activity and life on Earth.

Topics

• Solar cycles

• Coronal mass ejections

• Geomagnetic storms

• Space weather

• Aurora

• Circadian biology

• Historical observations of the Sun

• Cultural responses to solar phenomena

Questions

• How have humans historically interpreted periods of increased solar activity?

• How does space weather affect Earth's environment?

• Where do scientific observation and symbolic interpretation intersect?

Landscapes + Rituals

How geological processes shape human relationships with place, myth, and ritual.

Topics

• Geological Landscape as Ritual Instrument

• Ritual landscapes in the premodern North

• Driftless Area field studies

• Desert phenomenology

• Deep time and human perception

• Sacred geography

Fieldwork

• Mojave Desert

• Driftless Area

• Southern Louisiana

Methods

Research combines field observation, geology, astronomy, comparative mythology, history, mixed media art practice, and phenomenology to examine how natural systems influence human experience.