Graduate students supervised by Professor W.S.F. Kidd at the University at Albany

Karson, J.A. 1977 PhD (shared supervision with J.F. Dewey) 
Geology of the Northern Lewis Hills, Western Newfoundland

Delano (Jacobi) L.L. 1977 MSc 
Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Structure of the Taconic Allochthon, Central Washington County, New York

Nelson, K.D. 1979 PhD 
Geology of the Badger Bay-Seal Bay Area, North-Central Newfoundland

Rowley D.B.   1979 MSc
Complex Structure and Stratigraphy of Lower Slices of the Taconic Allochthon Near Middle Granville, New York

O'Connell S.   1979 MSc (shared supervision with J.F. Dewey)
Geology of the Mafic/Ultramafic Transition, Table Mountain, Western Newfoundland

Casey, J.F. 1980 PhD (shared supervision with J.F. Dewey)
The Geology of the Southern Part of the North Arm Mountain Massif, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Western Newfoundland with Application to Ophiolite Obduction and the Genesis of the Plutonic Portions of Oceanic Crust and Upper Mantle

Rosencrantz, E.J. 1980 PhD (shared supervision with J.F. Dewey)
The Geology of the Northern Part of North Arm Massif, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland: With Application to Upper Oceanic Crust Lithology Structure, and Genesis

Livaccari R.F.   1980 MSc 
Geology of the Lewisporte/Loon Bay Area, Newfoundland, Canada

Idleman B.D.   1981 MSc 
Geology of the Plutonic and Hypabyssal Rocks of the Betts Cove Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland

Blake, R.W.   1982 MSc 
The Structural Geology of the Tectonized Ultramafic Suite of the Table Mountain Massif, Bay of Islands Complex, Newfoundland

Rowley, D.B. 1983 PhD 
Operation of the Wilson Cycle in western New England during the Early Paleozoic: with emphasis on the stratigraphy, structure, and emplacement of the Taconic Allochthon

Steinhardt C.  1983 MSc
Structure and Stratigraphy of West Haven, Vermont

Savci G.   1983 MSc 
Structure and tectonics of the Keban metamorphics in the northern margin of the Bitlis suture zone, Southeastern Turkey

Bradley, D.C. 1984 PhD (shared supervision with J.F. Dewey)
Late Paleozoic strike slip tectonics of the Northern Appalachians

Tanski S.     1984 MSc 
Provenance study of the Middle Ordovician sandstones of New York and western Vermont

Harris J.M.   1984 MSc 
The geology of ophiolitic and adjoining rocks of Chagnon Mountain, southern Quebec

Kusky T.M.   1985 MSc 
Geology of the Frozen Ocean Lake - New Bay Pond area, north-central Newfoundland

Kozinski J. 1985 MSc 
Sedimentology and tectonic significance of the Nutzotin Mountains Sequence, Alaska

Idleman K.  1985 MSc 
The Significance of Shear Zones Within the Plutonic Section of North Arm Mountain, Bay of Islands Ophiolite Complex, Newfoundland

Aparisi M.   1985 MSc 
Stratigraphy and structure of the Ganson Hill area: northern Taconic Allochthon

Hoffman P.M.   1986 MSc 
Dolomitization of the Hatch Hill Arenites and the Burden Iron Ore

Stella P.   1987 MSc 
Geology of the northern Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada

Hoak T.E.   1987 MSc 
Structural Analysis Across the Northeast Boundary of the Taconic Allochthon, West-Central Vermont

Copeland, P. 1990 PhD (shared supervision with T.M. Harrison)
Cenozoic Tectonic History of the southern Tibetan Plateau and eastern Himalaya: Evidence from 40Ar/39Ar Dating

Idleman, B.D. 1990 PhD
Geology and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Coastal Complex near Trout River and Lark Harbour, western Newfoundland

Bierbrauer, K. 1990 MSc
The geology of Taconic thrust sheets and surrounding carbonates of the west central Vermont marble belt, north of Rutland, Vermont

Bruchert, V. 1992 MSc (shared supervision with J.W. Delano)
The origin of metalliferous argillites in the Shoal Arm Formation of north-central Newfoundland

Herrman, R. 1992 MSc 
The geology of the Vermont Valley and the western flank of the Green Mountains between Dorset Mountain and Wallingford, Vermont

Pan, Y. 1993 PhD 
Unroofing and structural evolution of the southern Lhasa Terrane, Tibetan Plateau: implications for the continental collision between India and Asia

Achong, C.  1993 MSc (shared supervision with J.W. Pindell)
Identifying key variables associated with the temporal and spatial distribution of prolific marine petroleum source rock (MPSR) units and its application to the Taconic Foreland Basin, eastern New York

Plesch, A.  1994 MSc 
Structure and tectonic significance of deformed medial Ordovician flysch and melange between Albany and Saratoga Lake and in the central Hudson Valley, New York

Haschke, M.R.  1994 MSc 
The Champlain thrust system in northwestern Vermont - structure and lithology of the Taconic foreland sequence in the Highgate center quadrangle

Granducci, J.L.  1995 MSc 
Stratigraphy and structure at the southern end of Lake Champlain in Benson, Vermont

Hayman, N.W.   1997 MSc (shared supervision with W.D. Means)
Pre-thrust normal faults and post-tectonic micas in the Taconic Range of west-central Vermont

Edwards, M.A. 1998 PhD 
Examples of tectonic mechanisms for local contraction and exhumation of the leading edge of India. Southern Tibet (28-29N; 89-91E) and Nanga Parbat, Pakistan

Short, H.A.   1999 MSc 
The geology of the Liberty-Orrington-Passagassawakeag/Fredericton Trough terrane boundary in the Bucksport-Orland area, coastal Maine

Ashcroft, T.J.   2002 MSc 
Field relations, structural geology, and geochemistry of the Jonestown volcanic field, Lebanon County, southeastern Pennsylvania

Zhu, B.   2003  PhD
Sedimentology, petrography, and tectonic significance of Cretaceous to lower Tertiary deposits in the Tingri-Gyantse area, southern Tibet

Li, Y.  2004 PhD
Geological mapping and crustal shortening of central Tibet

Schoonmaker, A. 2005 PhD
Convergent and collisional tectonics in parts of Oregon, Maine, and the Vermont/Quebec border

Marsellos, A.E., 2006 MSc
Mapping of a detachment fault in Kythera Island and study of the related structural shear sense indicators

Lim, C., 2007 PhD
Late structures and strain history accompanying fluid flows in the western Taconic Orogen of the New York-Vermont Appalachians, and Structural geology and tectonic evolution of the Namche Barwa region, Tibet

Marsellos, A., 2008 PhD (shared supervision with J. Garver)
Extension and exhumation of the Hellenic forearc; and radiation damage in zircons

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