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Brian McCann - Associate Research Professor
Contact Info:

Mississippi State University
P.O.Box 9662
MSU, MS 39762
Phone: 662 546-0838
Fax: 662 325 5010

Brian McCann
Associate Research Professor
Mississippi State University

COSEE Role:
Co-PI, Website Administrator

Primary COSEE Affiliation: Gulf of Mexico
Other affiliations:

Interaction with COSEE Network:

Member WWG, SEWG, ENTS, panelist at Catalina Network meeting


Background with Respect to Ocean Sciences Education:

Dr. McCann has over 10 years' experience in technology-related educational endeavors at the university level. He has taught courses in Physical Science and Physics at Mississippi State University where he earned a BS and MS degree in Meteorology and a Ph.D. in Education. He has been a member of the Multimedia Development Group (MDG) of the Center for Educational and Training Technology (CETT) at Mississippi State University since 2001, and in that capacity has developed numerous online and web-based curricula targeted for middle school science teachers. As co-PI of the Advancing Teacher's of Middle School Science (ATOMS2) program, he has developed and taught 5th-9th grade teachers throughout Mississippi through the use of professional development classes and materials that emphasize the Geosciences, Physics, Biological Sciences and Environmental Sciences. With the COSEE:Central Gulf of Mexico program, he has assisted with the development of the center's website and curricula for the summer online institute that has been delivered each summer since 2003. He also serves the COSEE network though the Web Working Group. An avid storm chaser and amateur radio enthusiast in his spare time, Dr. McCann once also served the South Texas coastal region as a television meteorologist, and uses his varied experience in and out of the classroom to engage learners in the atmospheric and ocean sciences.


Selected Publications:

McCann, B.M. & Heiselt, N.E. (2007). Making a difference despite the difference: Evaluation of a statewide professional development program for middle school science teachers. Journal of Continuing Higher Education, 55(2), 2-9.

McCann, B.M. (2006). The relationship between learning styles, learning environments, and student success. Journal of Agricultural Education, 47(3), 14-23.

Brown, M.E. & McCann, B.M. (2004). Relating clustered convective events to land-surface features in Mississippi. Journal of Operational Meteorology, 2004-EJ2, http://www.nwas.org/ej/index.html


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