07/13/2026California,Clarion,Edinboro,Global OnlineFaculty AchievementFrom Alaska to Siberia, years of fieldwork and collaboration are helping scientists better understand how the Arctic was formed.Harris, a professor of geology in PennWest's Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences Department, is a co-author of a new paper published in the Geological Society of America Bulletin introducing the "Beringia Arc," a newly proposed plate tectonic feature that helps explain the formation of volcanic and granitic rocks stretching from Alaska across the Bering Strait into Russia.