Current Position
Lower Columbia College - Instructor of Earth Sciences, since 2016

Fulbright Scholar to Bolivia: 2025-2026
- Research and Education in collaboration with UMSA, La Paz, Bolivia.

Post-Doctoral Research Appointment
Junior Research Fellow, 2012-2014. Durham University

Education
Ph.D. in Geology, 2011 - Oregon State University
M.S. in Geology, 2003 - Central Washington University
B.S. in Geology, 2000 - University of Idaho

1st Author Publications
‍ ‍Salisbury et al.,2022. Frontiers in Earth Science (.pdf)
‍ ‍Salisbury et al., 2015. Lithosphere (.pdf)
‍ ‍Salisbury et al.,2012. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (.pdf)
‍ ‍Salisbury et al., 2011. GSA Bulletin (.pdf)
‍ ‍Salisbury et al., 2008. Journal of Petrology (.pdf)

Secondary Author Publications
‍ ‍Kent et al., 2010. Nature Geoscience (.pdf)
‍ ‍Hora et al., 2010. Geology (.pdf)

Adjunct Positions
Oregon State University‍ ‍
- 2015. Igneous Petrography; Living with Active Cascade Volcanoes
- 2012. The Solid Earth
Central Washington University
- 2015. Mineralogy
- 2003-2005. Physical Geology; Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Civilization
Chemeketa Community College
- 2011. Geology of the Northwest
Yakima Valley College
- 2009, 2006. Physical Geology
Linn Benton Community College
- 2015, 2009. Physical Geology

Instructor of Short Courses in Bolivia
Universidad Mayor de San Andres, La Paz, Bolivia
‍ ‍- 2025: A Geochemical Tour of the Elements
- 2023. How to study geology at graduate school in the USA
- 2018. Volcanism of the Central Andes: A geochemical approach