M.S. Geosciences, Mississippi State University, 1998
CURRENT EMPLOYMENT:
MSU Instructor of meteorology, 1998-present
Instructor of off-campus Meteorology and Geoscience courses
Development of test banks, exercises, and various web material for off-campus
Broadcast Meteorology, Operational Meteorology Program and Teacher in Geoscience programs
Distance learning instruction via e-mail, web modules, video lecture, and message boards
Instructor of on-campus weather analysis courses
Courses taught since start of employment: Introduction to Meteorology, World Geography,
Severe Weather, Radar Meteorology, Satellite Meteorology, Synoptic Meteorology 1 and 2, Water Resources,
Thermodynamics, Weather Prediction 1 and 2, Oceanography, Meteorology 1, Weather Analysis 1 and 2,
Weather Forecasting.
WORK COMPLETED 2002-2003 SCHOOL YEAR: July 2002 to June 2003:
July/August: help plan, organize speakers and administer BMP distance learning
workshop; my presentations included a review of weather analysis concepts and a review of
the important meteorology concepts covered in the BMP program
Fall semester: Instructor for BMP Introduction to Meteorology (100+ students), BMP
Severe Weather (100+ students), and TIG Meteorology 1 (100+ students)
Fall semester: Instructor for distance learning section of World
Geography (18 students)
October: NSTA Louisville, KY conference, TIG promotion
Spring semester: Instructor for BMP Weather Prediction 1 (108 students), BMP Thermodynamics (105 students)
Spring semester: Instructor for on-campus Weather Analysis 2 (31 students)
Spring semester: Instructor for distance learning section of World Geography (15 students)
Mississippi Day: weather presentation to elementary school kids
Spring/summer semester: PowerPoint preparation for TIG Weather Prediction and BMP Radar Meteorology videos
and filming
July/August: help plan, organize speakers and administer BMP distance learning
workshop; my presentations included a review of weather analysis concepts, earth-sun geometry
presentation and a review of the important meteorology concepts covered in the BMP program
Fall semester: Instructor for BMP Introduction to Meteorology (112 students),
BMP Severe Weather (114 students), and TIG Weather Prediction (5 students)
Fall semester: Instructor for on-campus Weather Analysis 1 (39 students)
Fall semester: Instructor for distance learning section of World Geography (16 students)
Spring semester: Instructor for BMP Weather Prediction 1 (95 students) and
BMP Thermodynamics (101 students)
Spring semester: Instructor for on-campus Weather Analysis 2 (38 students)
Spring semester: Instructor for distance learning section of World Geography (19 students)
July/August: help plan, organize speakers and administer BMP distance learning
workshop; my presentations included a review of weather analysis concepts, earth-sun geometry
presentation and a review of the important meteorology concepts covered in the BMP program
Fall semester: Instructor for BMP Introduction to Meteorology (125 students),
BMP Severe Weather (97 students), and TIG Weather Prediction (3 students)
Fall semester: Instructor for on-campus Weather Analysis 1 (40 students)
Fall semester: Instructor for distance learning section of World Geography (22 students)
MANUAL WRITTEN
Weather Prediction manual,
"The Tools of the Educated
Weather Forecaster", 2000, ~500 pages