Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost

Faculty Spotlight

Dr. Diana C. Roman

Name

Diana C. Roman

College

Arts and Sciences

Department

Geology

Undergraduate Degree

B.S., Applied Economics, 1997

From

Cornell University

Graduate Degree

M.S., Geological Sciences, 2001

From

University of Oregon

Doctoral Degree

Ph.D., Geological Sciences, 2004

From

University of Oregon

Previous Post(s)

NERC Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Leeds, UK 2004-2006; Physical Science Technician, Alaska Volcano Observatory 2002-2004

Selected Published Works

• Roman DC, Neuberg J, Luckett RR (2006) Assessing the likelihood of eruption through analysis of VT earthquake fault-plane solutions. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 248: 229-237.
• Roman DC, Cashman KV (2006) The origin of volcanotectonic earthquake swarms. Geology 34: 457-460.
• Roman DC, Cashman KV, Gardner CA, Wallace PJ, Donovan JJ (2006) Storage and interaction of compositionally heterogeneous magmas from the 1986 eruption of Augustine Volcano, Alaska. Bulletin of Volcanology 68: 240-254.
• Roman DC (2005) Numerical models of volcanotectonic earthquake triggering on non-ideally oriented faults. Geophysical Research Letters 32: L02304, doi: 10.1029/2004GL021549.
• Roman DC, Moran SC, Power JA, Cashman KV (2004) Temporal and spatial variation of local stress fields during the 1992 eruptions of Crater Peak vent, Mount Spurr Volcano, Alaska. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 94: 2366-2379.

Area of Specialization / Research

Volcanology and Volcano seismology

Current Course Offerings

• Undergrad: Introduction to Seismology, Geomechanics
• Graduate: Volcano Monitoring, Time Series Analysis

How and when did you first become interested in your field of study?

Towards the end of my undergraduate years. I took a geology course to satisfy an outstanding science requirement and was completely hooked from day one.

What made you decide to pursue a career in higher education? 

The fact that it allows me the freedom to direct my own research program and to train and mentor students.

Why did you choose to be a part of the academic community at USF?

USF is well-known in my field and coming here gave me the opportunity to join a fantastic volcanology research group. Furthermore, I saw that USF was advancing rapidly as a research institution and was willing to give its faculty the support necessary to develop world-class research programs.

What do you enjoy about teaching the students of USF?

The enthusiasm of the students in the geology program for the subject is infectious – it inspires me to work hard at being a great instructor and I learn quite a lot from my interactions with my students.

What do you like about the university community?

There’s so much fascinating and cutting-edge work going on at USF. I love meeting other USF faculty and hearing about what they do, and particularly about research that has a regional or local focus (I’m from the west coast!).