Project Leadership

STEP UP for Women leadership at FIU on July 12-13, 2018

STEP UP Leadership at Florida International University, July 12-13, 2018 - Pictured: (back, l-r) Laird Kramer, Blake Head, Andres Torres, Nicole Cook, Michelle Layana, Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Kristin Cotton, Geoff Potvin, Ted Hodapp, Dan Kophazi; (middle, l-r) Kathryne Sparks Woodle, Cindy Caldwell, Hemeng Cheng, Susie Cohen, Rebecca Vieyra, Krystina Williamson, Lisa Giles, Kristin Holz, John Metzler, Justin Fournier; (front, l-r) Zahra Hazari, Camila Monsalve, Raina Khatri, Robynne Lock, Catherine Garland, Angela Estacion, Fran Poodry, Kevin Dwyer, Alma Robinson

Project Management Team

Florida International University

  • Zahra Hazari, Professor in the Department of Teaching & Learning and the STEM Transformation Institute (Principal Investigator)
  • Geoff Potvin, Associate Professor in the Department of Physics and the STEM Transformation Institute (Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Pooneh Sabouri, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the STEM Transformation Institute (Project manager|Co-Principal Investigator)
  • Hulya Avci, Postdoctoral Research Associate in the STEM Transformation Institute
  • Rebecca Atencio, Assistant Project Coordinator 
  • Graduate Student: Chelsea Mateu

American Physical Society

  • Claudia Fracchiolla, Head of Public Engagement
  • Nicole Schrode, Public Engagement Programs Manager
  • Meg Healy, Program Coordinator
  • Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, Ambassador Program Coordinator

High School Physics Master Teachers (2018-2019)

U.S. map showing location of Master teachers

Master Teacher Advisors & Consultants

  • Bree Barnett Dreyfuss, High School Physics Teacher at Amador Valley High School in California
  • Nicole Cook, Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching & Learning and the STEM Transformation Institute, and Master Teacher with FIUTeach
  • Kelli Gamez Warble, Teacher in Residence at Arizona State University
  • Ingelise Giles, Assistant Professor in the STEM Transformation Institute at FIU and Master Teacher with FIUTeach
  • Justine Boecker Harren, High School Physics Teacher at Fridley High School in Minnesota

National Advisory Board

  • Laura Henriques, Prof Emerita of Science Education at California State University
  • Natasha Holmes, Assistant Professor of Physics at Cornell University
  • Michael Marder, Executive Director and co-founder of UTeach - Director of the Center for Nonlinear Dynamics at the University of Texas at Austin
  • Clausell Mathis, Assistant Professor at Michigan State University
  • Felicia Moore Mensah, Professor of Science Education & Vice Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Science and Technology at Columbia University
  • Jeff Rozelle, President and CEO of Knowles Teacher Initiative

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant Nos. 1720810, 1720869, 1720917, and 1721021. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.