CHRISTOPHER DUVALL
Updated 8/1/2001
Education
PhD., Geography
(expected May 2003-4)
Ed.M., Science Education May
2001
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
B.S., Meteorology, Hydrology Minor, Area of
Concentration in Business May 1999
Recent Work Experience
6/99 – present Office of the NJ St. Climatologist, Rutgers
Univ. Piscataway,
NJ
12/98 - 5/99 O.U.
School of Meteorology, Univ.
of Oklahoma Norman, OK
5/97 - 5/99 Oklahoma
Climatological Survey (OCS), Univ. of Oklahoma Norman, OK
7/94 - 1/97 Metuchen Board of Education Office Metuchen,
NJ
Skills
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Expert in Win95/98/NT,
HTML/web design, MS Word/Excel/Powerpoint, VI Editor, Adobe Photoshop 5.5, and
email
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Extensive oral and written
communication skills acquired as an instructor for OCS training workshops, a meteorology lab
instructor, OU SCAMS President, volunteer
weather briefings and tours, and numerous papers and presentations from AMS Meetings to proposals to elementary,
middle, and high school classroom weather lessons
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Highly knowledgeable in
Unix-based systems, ClarisWorks, FTP, WebCT, digital cameras, Macs, scanners,
LCD projectors, and laptops
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Current
responsibilities include: day-to-day operation of the NJ WxNet- an hourly
weather network, WebManager for ONJSC web sites, creating online lessons/case
studies, coordinating activities for grant research, co-authoring numerous
proposals and papers, and giving presentations.
Honors, Achievements, and Activities
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Rutgers University Team
Manager, National Forecasting Contest, 2000-2001
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Volunteer Weather
Specialist and Forecaster, Kids As Global Scientists – One Sky, Many Voices Program, 2000 and 2001
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AMS Graduate Student
Travel Grant recipient, 80th Annual Meeting, 1/00
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Student member of the American
Meteorological Society (AMS) since
1995
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Active life member of Alpha
Phi Omega, a National Co-Ed
Community Service Fraternity, averaging 40 hours of community service per
semester since Spring 1995
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Member, North Jersey
Weather Observers since 2000
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Member, New Jersey
Association for Educational Technology, 1999-2000
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AMS Student Volunteer
1997 and 1998
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President, Oklahoma Univ. Student Chapter of the
American Meteorological Society, (OU SCAMS)
1996-97 and 1997-98
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Active participant for
three years in the Local and National Forecasting Contests , at O.U.
Publications
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Lead author, "Inquiry-based
Weather Lessons Using Real-time Data" for the American Meteorological
Society's 81st Annual Meeting, 1/01
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Co-author, "Educational
Outreach Activities of a State Climate Office" for the American
Meteorological Society's 81st Annual Meeting, 1/01
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Author, “Downsloping Winds and Thermal Elevation
Effects” for The Weather Shelter, North Jersey Weather Observers, Vol. 20,
No. 11, 11/00
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Author, “New Jersey
Weather Resources” for OMEGA Newsletter, The New Jersey Earth Science Teachers
Association (NJESTA), 5/00
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Co-author, "An Evaluation Of The Use Of
Real-Time Weather Data By Public-Safety Agencies" for the American
Meteorological Society's 79th Annual Meeting, 1/99
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Published in OkEM
Quarterly Newsletter, (for OK public-safety) 9/99, 12/99, 5/00, 8/00