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Daniel J. Hough
Information Technology Analyst II (Computer Guru)
B.S., University of Oklahoma, 1974; M.S. (Zoology), University of Oklahoma, 1985  

My research interests inlcude geographic variation, systematics, evolution, conservation biology, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

As Computer Guru for the Survey, my duties include:

  • Supervisor of Survey's LAN and computing systems
  • Hardware and Software support for Survey PC's, Macs and Workstations
  • Some hardware and software support for other departments
  • Consulting in multivariate statistics, systematics, and database management
  • Maintenance of Survey World Wide Web site
  • Chair of the Survey's web committee
  • Support for GIS in the Survey and related departments
  • I attend meetings of the Information Professionals for Oklahoma, formerly Oklahoma State Webmanagers Group, and served as its President in 2012.
    and of the Oklahoma State GIS Council and am currently chair of its Landcover Working Group

    • I am active in Staff governance at the University. I was Chair of Staff Senate in 2001-2002 and am currently Staff Initiatives Committee Chair, a member of the Staff Awards Committee, and Treasurer of the Informational Staff Association. I am currently on the Budget Council.
    I have served two terms as President of the Professional Staff Association. I have served as Staff Senate representative for the Computing Advisory Committee and Information Technology Council. I also served as Staff Senate representative on the Senior Vice-President/Provost search committee and on the National Weather Center Director/Dean of Atmospheric and Geographical Sciences search committee. I have chaired a grievance committee.

    I am an official University contact for ESRI products.

    I am active in the Systematics Luncheon Group (SLUG) at the University.

    I serve as Web-Site committee chair and webmaster for the Southwesern Association of Naturalists and am a Board Member and webmaster for Oklahomans for Excellence in Science Education.

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    Last updated on 15 July 2014 by Daniel J. Hough, dhough@ou.edu

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