Berkeley, California — Brandon Bell (’18) is a double major in geology and history at Wooster. He has a classic double-major thesis that combines both disciplines: the early history of modern seismology following the Great San Francisco Earthquake in 1906. He is focused on the growing international communications among scientists about earthquakes, especially between Japan and the United States. Brandon thus is studying the geology of earthquakes as well as original documents generated through these international discussions. Brandon received Copeland Funding from the college to visit the Bay Area of northern California to work in the libraries and visit the San Andreas fault itself. The above image is of the beautiful University of California campus in Berkeley.
Brandon has his own detailed and illustrated blog describing his adventures. Check it out! He is still adding to it.
Special thanks to Dr. Peter Roopnarine at the California Academy of Sciences for meeting with Brandon and adding to his knowledge and experiences.
