My research in structural geology and tectonics focuses on foreland orogenic  processes including the geometry and kinematics of crustal structures and tectonite  development. The research is increasing multidiciplinary, involving sedimentologists  Schmitt-MSU, and Elrick-UNM, geochemist Bebout-Lehigh, geomorphologist Pazzaglia-Lehigh,  and paleomagnetist Kodama-Lehigh in recent projects. My scientific approach  is quantitative, largely empirical, and involves both field and laboratory data.  Recent projects include field areas in the northern US Rocky Mountains, Spanish  Pyrenees, and the Sierra Madre Oriental, Mexico. The kinematic studies have  involved finite and incremental strain analysis and more recently growth strata  analysis, which have and are yielding detailed deformation chronologies. Recent  and planned projects incorporate data on surface processes and active tectonics,  both hot topics and timely with respect to funding priorities.