Instructor
Cameron Douglas Craig is a geographer, climatologist, composer, and documentarian in the Department of Geology and Geography at Eastern Illinois University. The several awards he has received for excellence in teaching laud his reputation as an outstanding professor. In 2010, he was honored with the title of Professor Laureate. Mr. Craig is the coordinator of the broadcast meteorology program, serves as Chief Meteorologist at WEIU, produces and directs films with TCPFilms and the Center for Academic Technology Support, and works with student meteorologists in WEIUs NewsWatch, an award winning news program.
Among his official duties as professor in Geography, Mr. Craig provides additional professional experience in documentary film production for students in geography, geology, history, communications, kinesiology, journalism, economics, and technology. His company, Tempestas et Caelum Productions, was created for the sole purpose of providing students a creative outlet to research and present topics that impact society. Documentaries such as "Stinging Dust & Forgotten Lives: The Dust Bowl," "Expedition Nature's Realm," "An Illinois Winter," and "Returning to Paradise: Voices of the Human Spirit," have aired on PBS stations across the Midwest and around the world via the internet.
Among his academic duties at Eastern Illinois University, Mr. Craig also has over thirty years of experience in vocal performance and composition. He is an academically trained vocal performance artist in opera and composes various works for piano, chorus, orchestra, and solo instruments. He has completed 95 works ranging from concertos, chamber works, opera, and documentary film soundtracks.
Mr. Craig's goal is to promote education among all ages for protecting culture and the home we call Earth and often states, "The classroom is no longer a structure of walls but a window into the world."
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About Cameron Craig
Cameron Douglas Craig is a geographer, climatologist, composer, and documentarian in the Department of Geology and Geography at Eastern Illinois University. The several awards he has received for excellence in teaching laud his reputation as an outstanding professor. In 2010, he was honored with the title of Professor Laureate. Mr. Craig is the coordinator of the broadcast meteorology program, serves as Chief Meteorologist at WEIU, produces and directs films with TCPFilms and the Center for Academic Technology Support, and works with student meteorologists in WEIUs NewsWatch, an award winning news program.
Among his official duties as professor in Geography, Mr. Craig provides additional professional experience in documentary film production for students in geography, geology, history, communications, kinesiology, journalism, economics, and technology. His company, Tempestas et Caelum Productions, was created for the sole purpose of providing students a creative outlet to research and present topics that impact society. Documentaries such as "Stinging Dust & Forgotten Lives: The Dust Bowl," "Expedition Nature's Realm," "An Illinois Winter," and "Returning to Paradise: Voices of the Human Spirit," have aired on PBS stations across the Midwest and around the world via the internet.
Among his academic duties at Eastern Illinois University, Mr. Craig also has over thirty years of experience in vocal performance and composition. He is an academically trained vocal performance artist in opera and composes various works for piano, chorus, orchestra, and solo instruments. He has completed 95 works ranging from concertos, chamber works, opera, and documentary film soundtracks.
Mr. Craig's goal is to promote education among all ages for protecting culture and the home we call Earth and often states, "The classroom is no longer a structure of walls but a window into the world."
| Present | Instructor, Eastern Illinois University ‐ Department of Geology and Georgraphy | |
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Disciplines
Meteorology and Geography
Grants
| 2012 - 2013 | EIU CLIMATE II |
| Eastern Illinois University | |
| Redden Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Jim Riley | |
| $1,500 | |
| 2010 - 2011 | EIU CLIMATE II |
| Eastern Illinois University | |
| Redden Grant | |
| Colleague(s): John P. Stimac | |
| $1,500 | |
| 2008 - 2009 | EIU METECH |
| Eastern Illinois University | |
| Redden Grant | |
| Colleague(s): John P. Stimac | |
| $1,500 | |
| 2007 - 2007 | Determining the Effectiveness of the Earth-Sun Relationship concept as Animation |
| Eastern Illinois University | |
| Integrating Innovation in Instruction (I3 ) Grant | |
| Colleague(s): Meredith L. Beilfuss | |
| $250 | |
| 2006 - 2007 | EIU CLIMATE |
| Eastern Illinois University | |
| Redden Grant | |
| Colleague(s): John P. Stimac | |
| $1,500 | |
| 2004 - 2004 | School of Graduate Studies Research Fund |
| Indiana State University | |
| $300 | |
| 2002 - 2002 | School of Graduate Studies Research Fund |
| Indiana State University | |
| $300 |
Honors and Awards
- Provost's Award for Integrative Learning, Broadcast Meteorology Program, 2012
- Professor Laureate, Eastern Illinois University, 2010-2011
- Excellence in the use of Technology Award, Service to Campus, CATS, Department of Geology/Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 2010
- Outstanding Faculty Award, College of Sciences, Eastern Illinois University, 2007-2008
- Excellence in the use of Technology in the Classroom Award, CATS, Department of Geology/Geography, Eastern Illinois University, 2006-2007
- Outstanding Service Award, Department of Geography, Geology, and Anthropology, Indiana State University, April 2005
- Educational Excellence Award, Graduate Teaching Assistant, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana State University, April 2002
- Benjamin Moulton Award, Department of Geography, Geology and Anthropology, Indiana State University, April 2002
- Excellence in Research Award, Fifth Annual Undergraduate/Graduate Research Showcase, School of Graduate Studies and Undergraduate Honors Program, Indiana State University, April 2001
Courses
- ESC 1400, Weather and Climate
- EIU 4101, Spaceship Earth
- ESC/GEG 3400 (previously ESC 3960), Broadcast Meteorology Practicum
- GEG 1100, Cultural Geography
- GEG 3100, Global Threats and Problems
- GEG/HIS 3500, Climate and History
| 2006 | Ph.D., Indiana State University ‐ Physical Geography | |
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| 2002 | M.A., Indiana State University ‐ Geography | |
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| 1999 | B.S., Indiana State University ‐ History | |
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Contact Information
Email: cdcraig@eiu.edu