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Director, SREB Doctoral Scholars Program
Southern Regional Education Board
Ansley Abraham is director of the Southern Regional Education Board State Doctoral Scholars Program in Atlanta, GA. Under Dr. Abraham’s direction, the Board has developed one of the nation’s best-documented and successful programs for producing minority P... » Read More
California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Lab
National Science Foundation (NSF); California Institute of Technology; National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Lenell Allen was the AGEP Program Officer at the National Science Foundation. She has recently been appointed at the Manager of Minority Education Programs at the California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory. She has been Senior Program... » Read More
Atlantic SBES AGEP
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Research Interests: Polymer Design & Synthesis, Polymer Composites, Biomaterial Synthesis
Professional Background: B.A. Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1988); Ph.D. Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hi... » Read More
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Graduate Alliance for Education in Louisiana (GAELA)
Tulane University
Hank is currently the Director of the Tulane University Museum of Natural History and a faculty member in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He is an active leader in AGEP. He coordinates the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Minority... » Read More
Director, SREB-AGEP Doctoral Scholars Program
Southern Regional Education Board
Robert (Bob) Belle joined the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) in November 2002 as the Director for the SREB Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Doctoral Scholars Program. Prior to joining SREB Bob served as the Director o... » Read More
NC OPT-ED Alliance
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Colonel (Retired) Larry Campbell is the Program Manager and Alliance Coordinator for the North Carolina Alliance to Create Opportunity through Education (NC OPT-ED), a NSF AGEP sponsored Alliance. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Alliances... » Read More
Math Alliance Mentor
Arizona State University
Carlos Castillo-Chavez is a University Regents and a Joaquin Bustoz Jr. Professor at Arizona State University. Castillo-Chavez’s research program is carried out at the interface of the natural and social sciences and puts emphasis on (i) the role of dyna... » Read More
President, Dine College
Diné College; University of Arizona
Ferlin Clark lives in Navajo, New Mexico and is a member of the Diné tribe. He is the president of Diné College and speaks both the English and Diné language.
Ferlin received his doctorate from the University of Arizona in 2009 in the American Indian S... » Read More
Otakuye Conroy
Assistant Professor, Civil and Envrionmental Engineering
University of Utah
Otakuye Conroy is an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Envrionmental Engineering
University of Utah
Otakuye Conroy is an Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Otakuye received her Ph.D. in 2006 in Environmental Engineering from the University of Arizona in Tucson. Her dissertat... » Read More
Program Director, Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Ted Conway is currently the Program Director at the Division of Chemical, Bioengineering, Environmental and Transport Systems at the National Science Foundation. Until recently, he was Professor and Associate Dean for Research Services in the School of ... » Read More
Alabama AGEP
University of Alabama, Birmingham
Louis Dale’s efforts to establish and fund academic and financial support for minority students has earned him national recognition. In 2002, Dale was one of 10 individuals to receive the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engin... » Read More
South East Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (SEAGEP)
University of Florida
In addition to being a co-primary investigator in the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate, Dr. Anne E. Donnelly is the Associate Director for Education and Outreach at the Particle Engineering Research Center (ERC) at the University of F... » Read More
NSF Program Officer for the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP)
National Science Foundation (NSF); Howard University
Dr. Eckberg graduated from the University of Michigan and received his PhD from Michigan State University, having done additional graduate studies under predoctoral fellowships at the University of Washington and the Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Ho... » Read More
Associate Dean for Academic Programs and Initiatives
University of Michigan
Professor of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, and Professor of Applied Physics, with specialization in experimental plasma physics and advanced spacecraft electric propulsion.
Dean Gallimore serves as the primary liaison between the Gradua... » Read More
Deputy Director and Program Director, Human Resources Programs
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Yolanda Scott George is Deputy Director and Program Director, Education and Human Resources Programs, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Her duties and responsibilities include planning, development, management, implementation, an... » Read More
Colorado Diversity Initiative Director
University of Colorado, Boulder
After several years of professional civil engineering practice, Mark Hernandez joined the University of Colorado faculty in 1996, and was tenured in 2001. He currently serves as a faculty director of the Colorado Diversity Initiative, which coordinates m... » Read More
Fellow, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
National Science Foundation (NSF)
Roosevelt Y. Johnson Fellow, Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1200 New York Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 USA Tel: 202-326-6780 Fax: 202-371-9849 E-mail: rjohnson@aaa... » Read More
Associate Dean and Director, Office of Minority Education, Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT); Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
DiOnetta Jones is the Associate Dean and Director of the Office of Minority Education, Office of the Dean for Undergraduate Education at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to this appointment, she was the Director of Diversity Programs for ... » Read More
Director, National Alliance & Director, UI Sloan Scholarship Program
University of Iowa
Phillip Kutzko was a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring by President Obama at the White House on January 6, 2010! Congratulations Dr. Kutzko! - IBP Staff Under Phil Kutzko’s leadership ... » Read More
Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Director of SPIRE
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Leslie S. Lerea is Associate Dean of the Graduate School and Director of the SPIRE Postdoctoral Fellowship Program at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. She received her Ph.D. from the Department of Pharmacology at UNC Chapel Hill. She completed ... » Read More
VIGRE Postdoc
University of Iowa
I was born in Tucson, AZ and raised in Tijuana, Mexico. After obtaining a bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics at the Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Ensenada, Mexico, I went to Purdue University where I obtained a Ph.D. in Mathematics. Curre... » Read More
Steve W. Chaddick School Chair; Professor, Microelectronics/Microsystems
Georgia Institute of Technology
Gary S. May is the Steve W. Chaddick School Chair of the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering. In this capacity, he serves as chief academic officer and provides leadership to over 110 faculty members and 2,300 students in the School. Dr. May previ... » Read More
More Graduate Education at Mountain States Alliance (MGE@MSA) AGEP
Arizona State University
Dr. Albert McHenry, Vice President and Executive Vice Provost for Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in Mesa is one of several esteemed leaders in the Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate. Dr. McHenry leads the development of ... » Read More
Atlantic SBES AGEP
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Kim Nickerson joined the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences in August of 2006 as an assistant dean and the director of the college’s diversity initiative. Before joining the University of Maryland, Dr. Nickerson was director of the American ... » Read More
Community, Economic, and Organizational Development
Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Stefan Pakulski currently Chief Executive Officer for the Kennebec Council of Governments and town of Readfield, has over twenty years of experience as an economic advisor in community, economic, and organizational development in the U.S. and overseas. ... » Read More
Alabama Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
Auburn University
Carl Pettis is Assistant Professor of Mathematics at Alabama State University. He was an Auburn University Bridge to the Doctorate Fellow as well as an AGEP Postdoctoral Fellow at Auburn University. He earned his doctorate in mathematics in August 2006:... » Read More
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Montana
Iris PrettyPaint, an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe in Browning, Montana, received her B.S.W. in Social Work from the University of Kansas, M.S.W. in Social Work from the University of Minnesota, and her Ph.D. from the School of Social Work at the... » Read More
Latino Immigration: An Interview with Rogelio Saenz, Ph.D
Texas A&M University
Rogelio Saenz is currently Professor in the Department of Sociology at Texas A&M University and a Rural Fellow with the Carsey Institute. Dr. Saenz has two decades of experience as a sociologist specializing in the areas of demography, Latina/os, immigrat... » Read More
New Media Lab, CUNY Graduate Center
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Brian Schwartz is currently Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs, Professor of Physics and Co-director of the New Media Lab at the Graduate Center of the City University and was a faculty member in the Physics Department at MIT. He was Dean ... » Read More
Provost and Chief Academic Officer
Simmons College
Charlena Seymour (B.F.A., Howard University ; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University) is the Provost and Chief Academic Officer at Simmons College. She was previously Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Massachuse... » Read More
SUNY AGEP
State University of New York (SUNY), Albany
Dr. Betty P. Shadrick has held progressively responsible positions in educational institutions, community-based and state government agencies for nearly three decades. Applying her skills in teaching, counseling, and administration, she has worked to adva... » Read More
Assistant Dean of the Graduate School
North Carolina State University
David Shafer became Assistant Dean of the Graduate School at NC State University in January 2003. He is responsible for oversight of fellowship and traineeship programs, recruitment initiatives, programs designed to increase diversity, and professional de... » Read More
Minority Access/Graduate Networking in the Sciences, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (MAGNET-STEM II)
City University of New York (CUNY), Graduate Center
Gail Smith, currently serving as acting assistant provost at The Graduate Center of New York, is the principal investigator and program director of the NSF/CUNY AGEP and the NIH/Bridges to the Doctorate Programs.
Gail received her Ph.D. in classical ph... » Read More
Combining scholarly practices in research, teaching, and outreach
Vanderbilt University; Institute for Broadening Participation (IBP)
Keivan Stassun is Associate Professor of Astronomy at Vanderbilt University, with an adjunct position at Fisk University. Dr. Stassun serves as chair of the American Astronomical Society's Committee on the Status of Minorities in Astronomy. He is also c... » Read More
Alliance for Graduate Education in Mississippi (AGEM)
University of Mississippi
Dr. Earnest Stephens is a graduate from Bruce High School and went on to earn his Associates of Arts degree from Itawamba Community College. He transferred to the University of Mississippi where he earned his Bachelor of Business Administration, Master of... » Read More
President, Washington, D.C. Campus - The Chicago School
Prior to becoming the President of The Chicago School's Washington, D.C. Campus, Orlando Taylor was Dean of the Howard University Graduate School and Vice Provost of Research. In addition to serving as Vice Provost for Research and Graduate Dean, Taylor ... » Read More
Assistant Dean of Research and the University Graduate School and AGEP Project Director
Indiana University, Bloomington
Yolanda Treviño is Assistant Dean of Research and the University Graduate School and AGEP Project Director, Indiana University Midwest Crossroads AGEP Alliance. This is an excerpt from one of her recent newsletters:
''How do we begin to create change ... » Read More
Program Director, PROMISE
University of Maryland, Baltimore; University of Maryland, Baltimore County; University of Maryland, College Park
Renetta Garrison Tull, PhD is the director of PROMISE: Maryland's Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP). PROMISE: Maryland's AGEP is an alliance of the three public research universities in Maryland, led by UMBC, dedicated to the i... » Read More
MS PHD'S Evaluator and Professional Development Specialist
East Central University
Dr. Vivian Williamson Whitney is an evaluator for the Minorities Striving and Pursuing Higher Degrees of Success in Earth System Science (MS PHD'S) program. She is also the director of the Institute for Environmental Sciences Education and a grants resear... » Read More
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