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Cassandra Runyon


Professor

Education

State University of New York Fredonia
B.S. 1982

University of Hawaii
Ph.D. 1989


Research Interests

  • Remote Sensing
  • Geomorphology
  • Planetary Geology

Courses Taught

GEOL 103 Environmental Geology
GEOL 206 Planetary Geology
GEOL 260 NASA Space Mission Design
GEOL 275 Geomorphology
GEOL 314 Introduction to Remote Sensing
GEOL 442 Geological Applications of Remote Sensing
GEOL 449 Geographic Information Systems


Publications

Runyon C.J., D. Hurd (2022) A tactile guide to the 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses. NASA SP-2022-11-01-ARC. Includes online guide and narration in English. https://sservi.nasa.gov/books/eclipses 

Hurd D., C.J. Runyon (2022) Light Pollution and Effect on Observing the Night Sky. NASA SP-2022-11-02-ARC. Includes online guide and narration in English. https://sservi.nasa.gov/books/blue-marble.html 

Runyon, C.J., D. Hurd, J. Minafra, K. Quinn (2021) Earth: A Tactile View of the Blue Marble. NASA SP-2021-08-01-ARC. Includes online guide and narration in English. https://sservi.nasa.gov/books/blue-marble.html 

Runyon, C.J., Hurd, D. (2020) A Tactile Guide to the Solar System – Ver. 2.  NASA SP-2020-03.02-ARC. Includes online guide and narration in English and Spanish. (not available online yet) 

R.O. Green, C. Pieters, P. Mouralis, M. Eastwood, J. Boardman, T. Glavich, P. Isaacson, M. Annadurai, S. Besse, D. Barr, B. Buratti, D. Cate, A. Chatterjee, R. Clark, L. Cheek, J. Bombe, D. Dhingra, V. Essandoh, S. Geier, J.J. Goswami, R. Green, V. Haemmerle, J. Head, L. Hovland, T. McCord, S. McLaughlin, J. Mustard, J. Nettles, N. Petro, K Plourde, C. Racho, J. Rodriquez, C. Runyon, G. Sellar, C. Smith, H. Sabel, M. Staid, J. Sunshine, L. Taylor, K. Thaisen, S. Tompkins, H. Tseng, G. Vane, P. Varanasi, M. White, and D. Wilson (2012)  The Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3) imaging spectrometer for lunar science:  Instrument description, calibration, on-orbit measurement, science data calibration and on-orbit validation.  JGR, vol. 116, E00G19, pp. 1 – 31, https://doi:10.1029/2011JE003797 

Mustard, J. F., Pieters, C. M., Isaacson, P. J., Head, J. W., Besse, S., Clark, R. N., Klima, R. L., Petro, N. E., Staid, M. I., Sunshine, J. M., Runyon, C. J., Tompkins, S. (2011). Compositional Diversity and Geologic Insights of the Aristarchus Crater from Moon Mineralogy Mapper Data. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (https://doi:10.1029/2010JE003726 ). 

Pieters, C. M., Besse, S., Boardman, J., Cheek, L., Clark, R. N., Combe, J. P., Dingra, D., Goswami, J. N., Green, R. O., Head, J. W., Isaacson, P., Klima, R., Kramer, G., Lundeen, S., Malaret, E., McCord, T. B., Mustard, J., Nettles, J., Petro, N., Runyon, C. J., Staid, M., Sunshine, J., Taylor, L. A., Thaisen, K., Thompkins, S., Whitten, J. (2011) Mg-Spinel Lithology: A New Rock-type on the Lunar Farside, Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (https://doi:10.1029/2010JE003727 ). 

Staid, M. I., Pieters, C. M., Besse, S., Boardman, J., Dhingra, D., Green, R., Head, J. W., Isaacson, P., Klima, R., Kramer, G., Mustard, J. M., Runyon, C. J., Sunshine, J., Taylor, L. A. (2011) The Mineralogy of Late Stage Lunar Volcanism as Observed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper on Chandrayaan-1. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets (https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2010JE003735 ).