In the TEACH program, Steve works with PhD students to improve their classroom teaching by providing feedback from videotaped classes and student questionnaire responses. His other roles include researching student learning styles, assisting instructors with gradebooks in Microsoft Excel, and learning about new technologies for education. Steve spent three years as a teaching assistant and full-time instructor at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign where he taught introductory meteorology courses and earned an M.S. in Atmospheric Sciences. Steve is an avid storm chaser and golfer. He does his best to not mix the two.