Erika McPhee-Shaw

It’s a drizzly, February day, but the spirits of the elementary school students at Western Washington University’s Shannon Point Marine Center are bright as they scour the beach for signs of marine life.
Some of them find limpets and barnacles, others find crawly creatures with claws that…

I seem to have a lot of dreams about crashing waves and tumbling rivers, and my favorite college physics courses were those in electromagnetism, so perhaps it was inevitable that I would end up working in the science of waves and Earth’s water systems. One focus of my research has been the…

Shannon Point Marine Center’s new director has officially joined the team of researchers tucked away on a 78-acre forested campus with a 3,000-foot stretch of undisturbed shoreline.
The Western Washington University facility in Anacortes drew director Erika McPhee-Shaw from her former post…

Erika McPhee-Shaw, who grew up in the home of an ice scientist, explored a variety of interests before she emerged with what the affable scientist calls her mission to "watch the water" for important environmental developments.

Erika McPhee-Shaw is the new director of Western Washington University's Shannon Point Marine Center.

McPhee-Shaw will start at Western June 15, succeeding longtime SPMC Director Steve Sulkin, who has retired.