Project NEXUS - Project Personnel

Project Personnel

Graduate Assistants

• University of Maryland
  • Emily Hestness
  • Rebecca Pease
  • Kelly Riedinger
  • Kelly Schalk
• Florida A&M University
  • Isiah Brown

Undergraduate Assistants

• Kayode Lewis
• Taiese Robinson

Former Graduate Assistants and Undergraduate Student Helpers

• Amy Dai
• Megean Garvin
• Cara Moore
• Wilkinson Unugboji

Consultants

• Dr. Phyllis Katz
  • Project Nexus Informal Science Education Consultant
  • Originator, Executive Director (1980–2002), and Director of Research and Special Projects (2002–2005) of Hands On Science Outreach (HOSO)
• Dr. Mark Guy
  • Project Nexus Internal Evaluator
  • Associate Professor, University of North Dakota

Senior Personnel

• Dr. Gili Marbach-Ad
  • Project Nexus Senior Research Associate
  • Director, Teaching and Learning Center, UMD, College Park

Investigators

• Mr. José Luis Barata
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Project Nexus (end, summer 2007), Hands On Science Outreach (HOSO)
  • Executive Director (end, summer, 2007), Hands On Science Outreach (HOS
• Dr. Scott Jackson Dantley
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Project Nexus
  • Associate Provost, Coppin State University
• Dr. Spencer Benson
  • Co-Principal Investigator, Project Nexus
  • Director Center for Teaching Excellence
  • Associate Professor, Dept. of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetic, UMD, College Park
• Dr. J. Randy McGinnis
  • Principal Investigator, Project Nexus
  • Editor-in-chief, Journal of Research in Science Teaching
  • Professor, Department of Education and Instruction, UMD, College Park

External Advisory Board

• Dr. Elsa Bailey
• Ms. Susan Denvir, University of Maryland
• Dr. Pamela Fraser-Abder, New York University
• Dr. Philip Sokolove, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
• Ms. Deborah Roberts-Harris, Fifth Grade Teacher, Arizona

Program Officers, National Science Foundation

• Dr. Carol Stearns (end, fall 2005), TPC
• Dr. Angelique Blackmon-Tucker (end, 2006), TPC
• Dr. Sharon Locke, DRK-12 (end, 2008)
• Dr. Sharon Lynch, DRK-12 (end, 2010)
• Dr. Robert Gibbs, DRK-12 (end, 2012)