People


Leah Turner

Leah Turner

Program Director, GeoFORCE

Leah earned her Ph.D. in Higher Education from Ohio University as a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) Doctoral Scholar. Her primary academic interests involve research on the college choices of under-served and minoritized student populations to address prominent higher education issues such as access, retention, degree completion, student involvement, and satisfaction. Her portfolio includes positions in career development, K-12 outreach, student affairs, athletics, and academic affairs. Leah oversees the GeoFORCE pipeline program and has a passion for creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture at the Jackson School.

Jay Banner

Jay Banner

Professor, Department of Geological Sciences
Director, Environmental Science Institute

banner@jsg.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 471-5016

Linda McCall

Linda McCall

Public Information Geologist, Bureau of Economic Geology

linda.mccall@beg.utexas.edu
Phone: (512) 471-0320