Dr. Ginger Hinchman Birkeland earned her MA and Ph.D. from Arizona State University, with a focus in fluvial geomorphology. She taught intro courses at Indiana University and Montana State University, spent time as a research associate at Arizona State, and has spent many years as a commercial river guide and an outdoor education instructor. Dr. Birkeland has worked in the field as a fluvial geomorphologist for industry and funded government projects. Some of her field projects include: geomorphic oversight, technical expertise, and technical editing for the Menomonee River Sediment Study (Wisconsin); a multidisciplinary plan for recovery of two threatened fish species in the Truckee River Recovery Plan (California and Nevada) for the US Fish and Wildlife Service; geomorphic expertise, and co-authoring of several sections on fluvial geomorphology for reports on bank protection and salmon habitat enhancement for the Integrated Streambank Protection Guidelines and Channel Design Guidelines (Washington).