Cadence Russell

Born and raised just west of Austin, Texas, I grew up in the rocky, country landscape of the hill country. After rediscovering my love for geology through my bachelor's degree, I've since thrown myself into the interdisciplinary world of paleoclimates. 

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I've worked on research utilizing shape factors to automatically identify sinkholes in karst-heavy areas using ArcGIS (REU 2024, JMU). My senior thesis seeks to answer the question "how did plants change over the Devonian-Carboniferous Boundary" using miospores from a core in southwestern PA. 

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Beyond geoscience, I am also an active disability advocate, having been a member of the Youth Engagement Transition Initiative (YETI) since its inception. I'm also an avid hiker, writer, and plant mom!