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Meet the 2017 Instructor Team
DR. KEN DUNTON
UTMSI Professor
- Dr. Ken Dunton has over 30 years of experience conducting research in the Alaskan Arctic
- Dr. Dunton and his brothers Ted and John, take older students on a sampling cruise in Kaktovik Lagoon to collect real data for Ken's research project
CLIFF STRAIN - Lead instructor
Ocean Sciences Teacher, Flour Bluff Intermediate School
- Cliff was the lead instructor for the Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program in 2011, 2014, and 2015
- The Oceans Program at Flour Bluff, administered by Strain since 1990, just earned a Texas Environmental Excellent Award from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ)
- Read about this impressive accomplishment in the Port Aransas South Jetty
- Check out this video from TCEQ!
CRAIG CONNOLLY - Coordinator
Graduate Student, UTMSI
- Instructor, Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program (2015-2016)
- Craig is a PhD student at UTMSI
- His research focuses on the chemistry of groundwater inputs to the Alaskan Beaufort Sea coast
CHRISTINA BONSELL - Instructor
Graduate Student, UTMSI
- Coordinator, Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program (2016)
- Instructor, Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program (2014-2015)
- Christina is a PhD student at UTMSI
- Her research focuses on kelp beds in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
Arley Muth - Instructor
Graduate Student, UTMSI
- Instructor, Kaktovik Summer Oceanography Program (2016)
- Arley is a PhD student at UTMSI
- Her research focuses on climate effects on kelp ecology dynamics in the Alaskan Beaufort Sea
Tracy Burns
Former Student, Harold Kaveolook School
- Tracy is a former student at the Harold Kaveolook School (graduated 2012) in Kaktovik, AK
- She is a 5-year veteran of the Summer Science Program
- Check out Tracy's short film which highlights observations of coastal change around Kaktovik
Supporting Staff
Allyssa Morris, USFWS
Will Daniels, Brown University
Greta Burkart, USFWS
volunteer!
- Some years, a volunteer from the Friends of Alaska National Wildlife Refuges organization joins the Summer Science Program as a guest educator
