Welcome to the Home Page of Katherine Laing Bladh
                                                               Associate Professor of Geology
                                                                  Wittenberg University
                                                                        Springfield, Ohio
                                                                   klbladh@Wittenberg.edu
 

                                 If you are interested in volcanoes and/or earthquakes, this is a page for you.
                            I teach about the geologic hazards associated with these two and, in one course,
                           about the mitigation (hazard reduction such as reducing loss of life) of these hazards.
                           By background is from volcanic rocks (e.g. igneous petrology) which I have studied
                           in the western United States. I have brought this interest to a liberal arts college
                           environment where I hope to interest individuals in using this knowledge to protect
                           themselves and others from these hazards while also appreciating the beauty and
                           power of volcanoes and the intellectual puzzle of  attempting to predict when and how
                          a volcano will erupt and when an earthquake will occur.