Laura Guertin holds a Ph.D. in Marine Geology & Geophysics from the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Science and has served as an Earth Science faculty member at Penn State Brandywine since 2001. She has received funding from the EPA and has been a PI/co-PI on several NSF projects relating to geoscience education and outreach. She teaches introductory-level general education Earth science, geoscience, and geography courses for non-science majors. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America, a blogger on geoscience education and educational technology with the American Geophysical Union (GeoEd Trek). She has published on innovative and effective uses of new and emerging technologies to enhance teaching and student learning in the introductory-level college classroom.