Lynn Fielding
Lynn Fielding joined the faculty at El Camino College in 1993 and teaches a variety of earth science classes, including: oceanography and geology. After finishing her undergraduate work in geology on the east coast, Lynn journeyed west to pursue her graduate studies. In the classroom, Lynn emphasizes cooperative learning and incorporates a variety of field trips into her courses.
A major interest of Lynn's is cave exploring. Lynn often explains to students that she "caves" and the term "caving" is commonly used to describe those like herself who explore the underground wilderness. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Lynn started caving on the east coast and is currently an active caver in California and in many of the western states. As chair of the Western Region of the National Speleological Society, Lynn has been coordinating and organizing various cave activities and rescue training seminars. She also edits the regional publication, The California Caver. On occasion, Lynn has been fortunate enough to host international explorers, including visiting cavers from Australia, China, Costa Rica, and England.
An interesting point is that Lynn met her boyfriend Bart on a caving trip, and they later rescued a dog from the bottom of a 40 foot vertical mine shaft. They adopted the dog, a Keeshond, who accompanied then on many trips, but did not want to do any additional underground exploring. Consequently, Lynn has found a relationship between keeshonds and caving.
Lynn encourages her students and prospective students to ask questions about the courses she teaches and her related interests.
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