Mackenzie Fannon
  • Environmental Earth Science
  • Class of 2015
  • Bristol, CT

Eastern Student Mackenzie Fannon of Bristol Presents at Geological Conference

2015 Jan 26

Sixteen Environmental Earth Science (EES) students from Eastern Connecticut State University and three of their professors presented findings of their fieldwork along the Rhode Island coastline at the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference (NEIGC). The conference took place in Oct. at Wellesley College in Massachusetts.

Among the student researchers was Mackenzie Fannon '15 of Bristol, who is majoring in Environmental Earth Science.

The presentation was entitled, "Climate Change Comes to the South Shore of Rhode Island: Erosion, Inundation and Migration." The group's research focused on storm damage and rising sea level and discussed the science and management of the Rhode Island coastline. The project was supervised by EES Professors Bryan Oakley, Drew Hyatt and Steve Nathan.

This was the 106th annual meeting of the NEIGC. The conference brings together educators, governmental experts and interested parties from the private sector in order to showcase a broad range of field research that explores all aspects of regional geology.