Caitlin Barnes, Ph.D., is an environmental hydrogeologist with award-winning research in discovering patterns among injection disposal wells and induced seismicity across the nation. She spent several years building courses and writing online STEM curriculum through the NASA Education Projects. Barnes currently teaches environmental and planetary geology courses at Oklahoma State University and is the assistant director of outreach for the College of Arts and Sciences. Through this program, she established the quality teaching standards for collegewide online courses and is working toward implementing those standards for general education courses that nearly every student takes during their time at OSU.