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Vita

Available upon request.

Specialty

I teach courses in and direct the Climate Science undergraduate program.

My research focuses on evidence-based climate science education, with an emphasis on developing and evaluating innovative approaches to online STEM learning. I am particularly interested in active learning, virtual field experiences, quantitative reasoning, and assessment practices that support student success in an AI-enabled world. My work explores how rigorous, accessible, and engaging online learning environments can foster scientific thinking, student belonging, and workforce readiness for diverse learners.

Education

Ph.D. Geography, Oregon State University (2012)
M.S. Atmospheric Science, Oregon State University (2007)
B.S. Meteorology, Penn State University (2005)

Courses

Current (terms and modalities vary):

• CLIM 201 Climate Science

• CLIM 323 Climatology

• CLIM 341 Snow, Smoke, and Storms: Climate Change Impacts in the PNW

• CLIM 441/541 Northwest Climate and Weather

Previous:

• GEOG 102 Dynamic Earth (2016-2026)
• ATS 320e The Changing Climate (Spring 2013)
• GEOG 321 Climatology, University of Oregon (Fall 2010)

Publications

Boeke, R.C., A.M. Allan, and J.A. Coakley Jr. 2016: Properties of marine stratocumulus obtained with partly cloudy pixel retrievals and found in the MODIS MOD06 cloud product. J. Geophys. Res, doi:10.1002/2015JD024149.

Allan, A.M., S.W. Hostetler, and J.R. Alder. 2014. Analysis of the present and future winter Pacific-North American teleconnection in the ECHAM5 global and RegCM3 regional climate models. Climate Dynamics, doi:10.1007/s00382-013-1910-x.

Hostetler, S.W., Alder, J.R. and Allan, A.M., 2011. Dynamically downscaled climate simulations over North America: Methods, evaluation and supporting documentation for users: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2011-1238, 64 pp.