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 ).