Marine education

Bill Hanshumaker is responsible for many of the exhibits and events at OSU's Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport, where he not only designs exhibit material, but also uses it to study how people learn in an aquarium-science center setting. He also serves as an educational consultant to researchers at the HMSC and at OSU, and to state and federal agencies interested in developing interpretive materials to explain science to the public. And he conducts hands-on workshops in topics ranging from marine animal dissection to fossil identification for HMSC visitors, classes and special events.

Projects and areas of interest include: "Sounds from the Southern Ocean 2006," blogging an Antarctic research voyage. "Sounds from the Southern Ocean" NOAA research voyage (2005); marine science educational programs.

Michael Harte, director of the Marine Resource Management program at OSU's College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Science, has joined the Sea Grant Extension team, working principally in his specialty: climate change

Projects and areas of interest include: Climate change and the oceans. Current Sea Grant research: Market-based environmental standards for sustainable fisheries

Dr. Tim Miller-Morgan's primary focus is on providing educational programming and service to the aquarium industry in Oregon and beyond, to help wholesalers, retailers, and hobbyists succeed in the rearing, husbandry, and health care of ornamental aquatic animals in the aquarium or pond environment. He led the development of a new two-year Aquarium Science degree and one-year certification program at Central Coast Community College, and travels widely to educate aquatic pet owners, breeders, importers, and retailers about the proper care and handling of ornamental fish.

Projects and areas of interest include: Ornamental Fish Health, OSU Pond School
Current Sea Grant research: Modeling of shipping-related stress in marine ornamental fish.

Shawn Rowe focuses on studying how people learn beyond the school environment. Shawn holds a PhD from Washington University in St. Louis ; along with Dr. Olga Rowe, he has carried out research in history and science museums both in the US and in Ukraine. His Sea Grant Extension position combines academic work on free-choice learning with practice-based research in the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Visitor Center. He also works closely with graduate students in the new Free-Choice Science Learning Ph.D., M. S., Environmental Science, and Marine Resource Management programs at OSU.