Susannah Morey is a geomorphologist interested in the role that extreme geomorphic events have on landscapes compared to background, everyday events. Her work combines numerical modeling with field observations and geochronology to reconstruct the impact of historic and ancient events like dam break outburst flooding and landslides. Originally from Houston, Texas, she received her undergraduate degrees in geology and literature from the University of Texas at Austin before she moved to Seattle where she received her PhD from the University of Washington.