• Email Address: rschwimmer@rider.edu
• Phone: 609-896-5346
• Fax: 609-895-5782
• Office: SCI 323E
• Mailing Address: 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648-3099

Dr. Reed A. Schwimmer, a 1984 Rider geosciences graduate, received his M.S. degree from Bryn Mawr College in 1986 and his Ph.D. in geology from the University of Delaware in 1999. Reed currently holds the rank of Associate Professor of Geological and Marine Sciences. Reed has a broad background in the Earth sciences, particularly in coastal geology and geomorphology. He has taught a variety of courses and classes for the University of Delaware, Kutztown University, the National Audubon Society, and Rider University. He also worked as an environmental scientist in Maryland and as the wetland compliance officer for the town of Greenwich, Connecticut. Reed's primary research interests focus on the development and evolution of coastal salt marshes and barrier islands in New Jersey and elsewhere along the Atlantic coast. Reed also is active in the Rider Science Education and Literacy Center (SELECT) and in the development of new science education curricula.

Primary Teaching Responsibilities:

• Earth Systems Science
• Oceanography
• Sedimentology
• Stratigraphy
• Marine Processes and Environments
• The Teaching and Learning of Marine Science
• Introduction to Field  Marine Science
• Introduction to Environmental Sciences Lab 

Selected Publication Titles and Sources:

• A temporal geometric analysis of eroding marsh shorelines: Can fractal dimensions be related to process? Journal of Coastal Research.
  
  
• Concepts maps illustrate the integrated nature of Earth systems science. Geological Society of America Abstracts.
  
  
• Are marsh shorelines fractal? Geological Society of America Abstracts.
  
  
• Rates and styles of marsh shoreline erosion in Rehoboth Bay, Delaware, U.S.A. Journal of Coastal Research.
  
  
• A model for the evolution of marsh shorelines. Journal of Sedimentary Research.