Dr. Rebecca L. Dodge received her B.S in Geology from the University of Texas at Arlington, and her M.S. and Ph.D. in the same from the Colorado School of Mines. Her first post-grad job involved photogeologic and field mapping of active faults in Nevada and Utah for the USGS Branch of Earthquake Tectonics and Risk.  Her move to a petroleum career continued the imagery-application and structural mapping focus and involved airborne and spaceborne photography and imagery. She spent fourteen years in the oil exploration business, applying remote sensing technology for both international exploration and environmental purposes. Since joining academia 29 years ago, she has transitioned from research and educational outreach at a NASA Minority University Research Center at the University of Texas at El Paso to teaching Geosciences and Environmental Science at undergraduate and graduate levels. She has been teaching the uses of satellite imagery for resource exploration and environmental management applications ever since. She is currently an Emeritus and Adjunct Geology and Environmental Science Associate Professor at Midwestern State University.  In addition, she is deeply committed to training and educating future science teachers in geosciences, earth system science, and environmental observation techniques, and uses art as a gateway to excite students about Earth Observations. She has also served as President of AAPG’s Division of Environmental Science and Energy Minerals Division, and in the AAPG House of Delegates for 9 years, representing the Georgia Geological Society. She was the Vice President (Sections) for AAPG from 2022 – 2024.