Meet the 2017 Instructor Team

• 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