The STEM Communities Project involves collaborative leadership from the project team, faculty who serve as course redesign team leaders, and undergraduate students who serve as Learning Assistant advisory committee members. These 3 branches are reflected in the 3 puzzle pieces in our project logo.
STEM Communities Leadership
Project Team - Senior Personnel
Dr. Heather Galloway
Principal Investigator
Dean, Honors College
512.245.2266
galloway@txstate.edu
Dr. Li Feng
Co-Principal Investigator
Professor, Finance and Economics
512.245.8462
li.feng@txstate.edu
Dr. Alice Olmstead
Co-Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Physics
512.245.0587
alice.olmstead@txstate.edu
Dr. Eleanor Close
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Physics
512.245.8664
eclose@txstate.edu
Dr. Cynthia Luxford
Co-Principal Investigator
Associate Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
512.245.1290
cluxford@txstate.edu
Dr. Alicia Montecinos
Postdoctoral Researcher
Honors College
msu22@txstate.edu
Dr. Madison Fitzgerald-Russell
Postdoctoral Researcher
Physics / Honors College
madison.fitzgerald@txstate.edu
Dr. Jieon Shim
Postdoctoral Researcher
Finance and Economics
nwg12@txstate.edu
Project Team - Student Researchers
Tyler Atkinson
Undergraduate Researcher
Kimberly Balboa
Undergraduate Researcher
Hannah Castro
Undergraduate Researcher
Kylie Hedge
Undergraduate Researcher
Emily Vanderworth
Undergraduate Researcher
Monica P. Arboleda Martinez
Graduate Research Assistant
Faculty Team Leaders
Biology
BIO 1330 - Functional Biology
Dr. Erica Nierth
Senior Lecturer
erica.nierth@txstate.edu
BIO 1331 - Organismal Biology
Dr. Andrea Aspbury
Senior Lecturer
aspbury@txstate.edu
Chemistry & Biochemistry
CHEM 1341 - General Chemistry I
Duke Willoughby
Lecturer
tvp20@txstate.edu
CHEM 3375 - Principles of Biochemistry
Dr. Joel Gray
Senior Lecturer
jg1345@txstate.edu
Dr. Karen Lewis
Associate Professor
karen.lewis@txstate.edu
Mathematics
MATH 2472 - Calculus II
Dr. Iván Ojeda-Ruiz
Senior Lecturer
ojeda@txstate.edu
Dr. Cody Patterson
Assistant Professor
codypatterson@txstate.edu
Physics
PHYS 1335 - General Physics I for Life Sciences Majors
Dr. Brandon Lunk
Senior Lecturer
brlunk@txstate.edu
PHYS 1345 - General Physics II for Life Sciences Majors
Dr. Brandon Lunk
Senior Lecturer
brlunk@txstate.edu
Undergraduate Student Leaders
Fall 2023 Learning Assistant Advisory Committee
Jairo Gutierrez
Physics major
Mathematics minor
jgg127@txstate.edu
Olivia (Liv) Saunders
Physics and Spanish major
Applied Math minor
ojs20@txstate.edu
Maya Perry
Health Science major
Biology minor
mjp192@txstate.edu
Devin Williams
Biology major
Biochemistry minor
vte7@txstate.edu
Sarah Weisbrodt
Biochemistry major
Biology and Computer Science minor
qwm5@txstate.edu
Daniela (Dani) Rodriguez
Pre-nursing major
wkr12@txstate.edu
Fall 2023 Pedagogy Course Assistants
Anabel Martinez
Wildlife biology major
zxo4@txstate.edu
Lauren Spencer
Biology major
Business Administration minor
ume2@txstate.edu
Project Leadership Alumni
Project Team Alumni
Egla Ochoa-Madrid
Public Relations Lead
Dr. Mavreen Rose Tuvilla
Postdoctoral Researcher
Babitha Govindaiah
Graduate Research Assistant
Daniel Payan
Undergraduate Researcher
Charles Ramey II
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Dr. Brianne Gutmann
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dr. Amreen Nasim Thompson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Alexander Vasquez
Undergraduate Researcher
Alexis (Lexie) Kerr
Undergraduate Researcher
Dr. Jiwoo An Pierson
Postdoctoral Researcher
Venkata Sowjanya Koka
Graduate Research Assistant
Itzel Herrera
Undergraduate Researcher
Mariella van der Sluijs
Graduate Research Assistant
Learning Assistant Advisory Committee Alumni
Venus Stanton
Spring 2022
Iman (Mon) Nash
Spring & Fall 2022
Shashank (Ayush) Neupane
Spring 2023
Teresa (Tess) Luna
Spring 2022
Lauren Spencer
Fall 2022
Kyah Weaver
Spring 2023
Bridget Bangert
Spring 2022
Alexis (Lexie) Kerr
Fall 2022 & Spring 2023
Chloe Hansom
Spring 2022
Anabel Martinez
Spring 2023
External Advisors
External Evaluator
Dr. Kavita Mittapalli
CEO, MN Associates, Inc.
Website
Advisory Board
Dr. Tessa Andrews
Associate Professor, Genetics
University of Georgia
Website
Dr. Araceli Martinez Ortiz
Professor, Biomedical Engineering & Chemical Engineering / Interdisciplinary Learning & Teaching
University of Texas - San Antonio
Website
Dr. Daniel Reinholz
Associate Professor, Mathematics & Statistics
San Diego State University
Website
Dr. Mel Sabella
Professor, Physics
Chicago State University
Additional support for the STEM Communities Project is provided by Honors College staff.