Carol and Tilde. Photo by Rick Peterson.Carol Kaynor
Web and Database Coordinator
- (907) 474-6705
- carol.kaynor@uaf.edu
Alaska Sea Grant role
Coordinate and develop World Wide Web presence for public information and education. Provide Web-based administrative services for faculty, administration, and federal funding agencies. Provide primary technical desktop computer and IT support to staff. Coordinate database development and maintenance. Joined Alaska Sea Grant in September 1993.
Education
- B.A. Liberal Arts, 1989, Vermont College, Montpelier
- Enrolled in M.F.A. program, University of Alaska Fairbanks
- Several seminars, workshops, and conferences on Web design
Expertise
Web site design and usability, editing, online and print publication production, working with database users and developers, and rescuing houseplants.
Current and ongoing projects
Assisting with development and implementation of publications database system, organizing components of new marine education Web site (under construction), coordinating redesign of Alaska Sea Grant/MAP website. Favorite ongoing project is the Alaska NOSB Web site.
Selected awards and accomplishments
(shared with Publications Manager)
- 2003 gold award, electronic publication, for Boatkeeper online series, Agricultural Communicators in Education (ACE) Critique and Awards program
- 2000 gold award, technical publications, for Field Techniques for Chionoecetes Crabs, ACE Critique and Awards program
- 1997 gold award, editing for a technical publication, for High Latitude Crabs, ACE Critique and Awards program
- 1996 third place, for Guide to Northeast Pacific Flatfishes, NAGC Blue Pencil Competition
Selected publications
Photo by Dave Partee.
- "Elusive Lynx." Alaska Quarterly Review, Spring & Summer 2007, "Hidden Alaska" special feature.
- "Dashing through the Snow." Dog Sport Magazine, January/February 2007.
- "Too Short a Road." Ice-Floe, Winter Solstice 2005.
- "The Other Side of the Tracks." Dog Talk, winter 2003.
- "More than Mushing." Dog World Magazine, December 2003.
- Skijor With Your Dog. 1991.
- Skijoring: An Introduction to the Sport. 1988.
What I do when not at Sea Grant
Train sled dogs and compete in local sprint races, write poems and nonfiction stories, take classes toward a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) degree, volunteer for Alaska Dog Mushers Association annual International Sled Dog Symposium, groom our dog-mushing trails, and work around the yard. Married to Sea Grant communications designer Dave Partee.
