I am a physical geographer who broadly explores how rivers shape the landscape and how humans shape rivers. My research is focused on riverscape dynamics and the interactions between geomorphic, hydraulic, ecological, and human processes. I choose to focus much of my research around rivers because they are sensitive recorders of landscape change, and can provide insights into climatic, geologic, biotic, and anthropogenic processes in the past, present, and future. We can take advantage of the continual record that rivers keep across space and time to understand the dynamics of the surrounding environmental and cultural setting. I am particularly interested in biophysical interactions in rivers; riverscape response to climate change and disturbances such as fire and floods; and efforts to restore river function in human modified systems. I also consider how we can translate evolving knowledge of river corridor dynamics into river management. I incorporate fieldwork, statistical modeling, and remote sensing methods into my work and have projects spanning from streams in our backyard of the Southern Appalachians to rivers across the globe. I teach a range of courses focused on water resources, natural hazards, fluvial geomorphology, and field methods.