Expertise: Microstructural analysis; electron backscatter diffraction; rheology in ductile shear zones; diversity, equity and inclusion in STEM
About Me
Publications
Dr. Elena A. Miranda is a Professor of Geology in the Department of Geological Sciences at California State University Northridge (CSUN). She is a structural geologist who specializes in microstructural and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis of fault rocks, and she is the faculty director of the CSUN Geology Scanning Electron Microscopy Lab. At CSUN, she also holds a position in the Provost's Office as the Co-Director of the Provost's Equity in Faculty Hiring Initiative, where she works on the recruitment and retention of BIPOC tenure-track faculty. In this role, she focuses on implementing changes in recruiting and hiring practices that will foster inclusive excellence and equitable outcomes for underrepresented faculty. As a Hispanic woman in STEM, she recognizes the unique opportunity and responsibility to be a visible mentor and agent for change in the field. She is a leader of CSUN’s Latinx Faculty and Staff advocacy group, and is the Vice-Chair of the Southern California Earthquake Center’s Equity Diversity and Inclusion committee.
SCEC Participation
Current Roles
SCEC Committee for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion; Member (2020 - Present)
Miranda, E. A., Schwartz, J. J., Klepeis, K. A., Mora-Klepeis, G., & Castro Mendez, A. Y. (2023, 09). The Black Belt Shear Zone records the earthquake cycle at the brittle-ductile transition: implications for the SCEC Community Rheology Model. Poster Presentation at 2023 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 13040
Robles, F. A., Schwartz, J., Miranda, E. A., Klepeis, K., & Mora-Klepeis, G. (2022, 09). Mesozoic fabric influence on the formation and geometry of the Quaternary Cucamonga Fault. Poster Presentation at 2022 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 12584
Sengpiehl, S. N., Schwartz, J., Miranda, E. A., Klepeis, K. A., & Mora-Klepeis, G. (2021, 08). The Black Belt Mylonite Zone and the Role of Tectonic Inheritance in Brittle Faulting in the San Gabriel Block. Poster Presentation at 2021 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 11598
Miranda, E. A. (2019, 08). What is a fault zone? A perspective from beneath the brittle-ductile transition. Oral Presentation at 2019 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 9919
Miranda, E., & Perez-Huerta, A. (2018, 08). Fluid-enhanced grain boundary sliding in pseudotachylyte survivor clasts: does creep cavitation lead to earthquake rupture?. Poster Presentation at 2018 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 8822
Miranda, E., Stewart, C., & Lourcey, K. (2017, 08). Grain boundary sliding triggers coeval pseudotachylyte development in brittle-ductile transition mylonites: an Electron Backscatter Diffraction (EBSD) case study of mid-crustal interseismic and coseismic deformation. Poster Presentation at 2017 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7629
Stewart, C., & Miranda, E. (2016, 08). Post-seismic ductile flow beneath the brittle-plastic transition: constraints on rheology from microstructural and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analyses of mylonitized pseudotachylite, South Mountains metamorphic core complex, Arizona. Poster Presentation at 2016 SCEC Annual Meeting. SCEC Contribution 7006
Miranda, E., & Stewart, C. (2017). The Rheological Evolution of Brittle-Ductile Transition Rocks During the Earthquake Cycle: Evidence for a Ductile Precursor to Pseudotachylyte in an Extensional Fault System, South Mountains, Arizona. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122(12), 10,643-10,665. doi: 10.1002/2017JB014680. SCEC Contribution 8105
