Reid's Webpage

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Ayumi and Reid's Wedding
Aaron Parsons (Brother)
Devon Horntvedt (Friend)
Shawn Hart (Labmate)
CODEP
Recent CA Earthquakes (USGS)
Cornell EES Program
Santa Cruz Weather
Santa Cruz Surf
Google Maps
Craig's List
Japan (7-8/2007)
Trinity River (6/2007)
Mercey & Pinnacles (1/2007)
Santa Cruz (Recent)
Halloween '06
Thanksgiving '06
Lassen, CA (7/2006)
Eel River Trip (5/2006)
Bear Valley (1/2006)
Fransiscan Field Trip (10/2005)
Botcher's Gap (10/2005)
San Juan (6/2005)
Hawai'i (Spring 2004)
Cornell '01-'05
Rangely - '01
Current Research
Prior Research
CV (academic resume)
For Fun:
UCSC Racquetball
Convection Model
Classes (TA):
EART 80G: Planetary Disc.
GeomorphChapter9

A Brief Personal History

Hi! I'm Reid Parsons - welcome to my homepage. I'm a shy country lad from Rangely, CO (see Rangely Pics). Rangely is 2500 people strong and is a town that most Coloradans don't even know about. Drilling for oil, coal mining and Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC) are just about all that sustains the town. Whatever Rangely lacks in economic lavishness is made up for in natural beauty. Outdoor adventures with my family and friends during my childhood and adolescence led to a fascination and love for the outdoors that has resulted in my pursuit of a professional career in geology.
After high school I went to Cornell University where I recieved a BS in Science of Earth Systems (an interdisciplinary study of the Earth Sciences). While at Cornell I spent a semester in Hawai'i participating in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Field Proagram (see Cornell EES Program and Hawai'i 2004). Although we were the first class involved in this program at Cornell, we survived and I think of the experience as the highlight of my undergraduate years

I'm now a graduate student at UC Santa Cruz studying planetary science. Santa Cruz, although expensive, is a fantastic place to live, work, and play (see Santa Cruz 2005-2006).