Doug Gilham Instructor Office: Hilbun Hall Room 101D Phone: (662) 325-9646 Fax: (662) 325-9423 dmg3@ra.msstate.edu

I am from Canada (between Niagara Falls and Toronto), and I love to ski, skate, and forecast winter weather. Living in Mississippi has certainly limited my skiing in recent years. I ran cross country and track for Houghton College for 4 years (went to Nationals 3 times), and I still try to run several times a week.

My wife Heather is from Syracuse, NY. She taught special ed. for three years, but she is currently teaching 7th and 8th grade History and English, as well as Spanish II, at Hebron Christian Academy. We both assist with leading the youth group at Emmanuel Church.

My research interests include thermodynamic environments associated with lake effect snow
and mesoscale bands of heavy snow within synoptic scale systems. I am all about snow!

Education

M.S. (Geoscience), Mississippi State University, 1999
B.A., Houghton College, 1994

Experience

Distance learning instructor for the Department of Geosciences at Mississippi State University, and on-campus instructor for weather analysis and forecasting classes from May 1999 through present.

Lab instructor for meteorology, geology, and astronomy at Houghton
College from 1996 to 1997

On-air forecaster for 90.3 - WJSL in Houghton, NY from 1991 to 1997

Intern for Environment Canada weather office in 1989

On-campus Courses Taught:

Weather Analysis II, Forecasting I, and Forecasting II

Off-campus Courses Taught:

Meteorology I, Meteorology II, Thermodynamic Meteorology,
Climatology, Applied Climatology, Physical Geology, Historical Geology,
Environmental Geoscience, Research Methods, Field Methods courses in
Arizona, Washington, and North Carolina

Professional Affiliations

Member of the National Weather Association