Jackie Caplan-Auerbach

Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach is a seismologist and associate professor[lower-alpha 1] of geology at Western Washington University (Western).[2][3] She is best known for identifying the "Swift Quake", a seismological phenomenon during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.[4] Her research usually focuses on the sounds and seismic motions from volcanoes.[5][6] She currently serves as the associate dean of Western's College of Science and Engineering.[7]

Personal life and education

According to her profile on Classmates.com, Caplan-Auerbach graduated from Redwood High School in Larkspur, California with the class of 1985, and them from the Peninsula School in Menlo Park, California with the class of 1981.[8]

She later received a dual-B.A. in physics and English from Yale University, and later a Ph.D. from University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 2001.[7][9] Although her educational background is in physics, she found an advisor at the University of Hawaiʻi who was planning to put seismometers on an underwater volcano, and Caplan-Auerbach's interest was piqued, so she joined the team.[10]

Caplan-Auerbach is married to Pete Stelling,[4] also a volcanologist, and retired faculty at Western.[9][11]

Notes
  1. A 2018 geology department newsletter announced her promotion to full professor,[1] though other internal sources continue to refer to her as an associate professor.

References
  1. Housen, Bernard. "Message from the Chair" (PDF). Geology Newsletter 2018. Western Washington University Geology Department (40): 2.
  2. "Jacqueline Caplan-Auerbach". Western Washington University. Retrieved September 2, 2023 – via bepress.
  3. "WWU seismologist captures 'Swift-quake,' story goes global". WWU News. Western Washington University. July 31, 2023. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  4. Hoffman, Hailey (August 9, 2023). "Viral 'Swift Quake' WWU professor aims to make earth science popular". Cascadia Daily News. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  5. Hawryluk, Dianna (July 28, 2023). "Jackie Caplan-Auerbach: Swiftquake". KGMI. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  6. Glazer, Ilan (July 5, 2019). ""Our role as geoscientists is to help people understand fragility and power of the world." an interview with Jackie Caplan-Auerbach". StoryCorps Archive. StoryCorps. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  7. "caplanj: Jackie Caplan-Auerbach". Geology Department. Western Washington University. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  8. "Jackie Caplan-Auerbach". Classmates.com. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  9. "Alumni News" (PDF). Nuhou Kanaka Puka [Alumni News]. Department of Geology and Geophysics of the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology: 18–21. Summer 2006.
  10. Barber DeGraaff, Regina (May 11, 2019). "Seismology & Volcanology with Dr. Caplan-Auerbach". Spark Science (Podcast). Western Washington University. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  11. Jacobo, Julia (February 8, 2023). "This is how heat from a volcano can be used to power an entire town". WDBO. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
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