Interim Dean of the School of Science
Dr. Baldridge will be the Interim Dean of the School of Science for the 2023-2024 Academic Year. Dr. Baldridge was hired in 2012 as the first full time faculty member in the 环境 and 地球科学 department at Saint Mary’s College and she has been acting as Director of this program since 2015.
She holds a doctorate in Geologic Sciences from Arizona State University and was awarded a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. She has participated in fieldwork in Death Valley, CA, acidic lakes and banded iron formations of Western Australia, hot springs in Yellowstone National Park, sand dunes of the Western United States, hot springs and glacial environments of Iceland and the Cascades, volcanic landscapes in Hawaii and New Mexico.
Dr. Baldridge believes in finding balance in her life, especially between gaining and sharing her knowledge of Earth, 环境, planetary science and hopes to inspire a new generation of scientists and naturalists to appreciate the world around them. She looks forward to supporting the faculty in the School of Science to balance their strengths and desires in scholarship, 教学, leadership with the goal of nurturing joy in their profession.
Message from the Interim Dean
The School of Science empowers students to become confident scientists who are curious and collaborative thinkers. 教师-student interactions are supported by innovative, 经验, interdisciplinary learning both inside and outside the classroom. Our faculty are encouraged to reflect on their own identities, 经历, Lasallian values as teacher-scholars. This enables them to be skilled advisors, 导师, role models for our students and junior faculty. We are committed to sustainability initiatives in our 教学, 研究, operations and foster a culture that values diversity, 股本, inclusion and belonging. Our students recognize their disciplinary experience as part of a robust liberal arts education. This enables them to focus on problems of social significance and to be successful and competitive in a variety of career options.
The School of Science includes the following departments and programs: 生物化学, 生物学, 化学, Dual Degree Engineering, 环境 & 地球科学, Health Science, 数学 & Computer Science, 物理 & 天文学, 心理学.
Alice Baldridge, Ph.D.
Interim Dean and Professor of 环境 & 地球科学
For more information, you may contact Interim Dean Baldridge at:
电子邮件: amb19@esanze.net
Telephone: (925) 631-4409
Location: Galileo Hall 102A
Saint Mary's College of California
Moraga, CA 94575