FACULTY AND ACADEMIC STAFF: Spring 2018

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The information contained herein is accurate as of February 1, 2018.

Dr. William L. Fox President of the University and Senior Lecturer in History Dr. Karl Schonberg Vice President of the University and Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor of Government

ACADEMIC AFFAIRS

Dr. Kurt Bouman Director of the WORD Studio Mr. Bob Durocher Director of Intercollegiate Athletics and Recreation Mr. Geoffrey Falen Director of Career Connections Dr. Kirk Fuoss Maurer Director of Rhetoric and Communication and Associate

Professor of Performance & Communication Arts Dr. Elun Gabriel Associate Dean for Academic Advising Programs and Associate

Professor of History Dr. Jennifer Hansen Associate Dean for the First Year and Professor of Philosophy Dr. Evelyn Jennings Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor and Margaret Vilas

Chair of Latin American History Dr. Marina Llorente Associate Dean for International and Intercultural Studies, Hanson

Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Ms. Lorie MacKenzie Associate Dean for Academic Administration and University Registrar Ms. Brenda Papineau Director of Community-Based Learning Partnerships Dr. Michael Schuckers Director of the Peterson Quantitative Resource Center and

Rutherford Professor of Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics Dr. Catherine Shrady Director of Outdoor Studies, Director of the Adirondack Semester,

and Associate Professor of Geology Ms. Catherine Tedford Director of the Brush Art Gallery Dr. Christopher Watts Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology (NCAT)

and Associate Professor of Music

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AFRICAN STUDIES

Carotenuto, Matthew, Ph.D., Coordinator of African Studies and Associate Professor of History Brezault, Eloise, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (African/Francophone Studies) (.5) Haugh, Wendi, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology & African Studies (.5) McKie, Kristin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African Studies and Government (.5)

ANTHROPOLOGY

Haugh, Wendi, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor of Anthropology & African Studies (.5) Abraham, Shinu, Ph.D., Associate Professor Harr, Adam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Pitre, Mindy, Ph.D., Associate Professor

ART & ART HISTORY

Limouze, Dorothy, Ph.D., Department Co-Chairperson, L.M. and G.L. Flint Professor of Fine Arts Schulenberg, Melissa, M.F.A., Department Co-Chairperson, Associate Professor Basu, Chandreyi, Ph.D., Coordinator of Asian Studies and Associate Professor Dane, Kasarian, M.F.A., Associate Professor Denaci, Mark, Ph.D., Associate Professor Hauber, Amy, M.F.A., Associate Professor Knobel, Sarah M., M.F.A., Assistant Professor Udechukwu, Obiora, M.F.A., Charles A. Dana Professor

ASIAN STUDIES

Basu, Chandreyi, Ph.D., Coordinator of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of Art & Art History Zhang, Zhenjun, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Chinese) (.5)

BIOLOGY

Olendzenski, Lorraine, Ph.D., Department Co-Chairperson and Associate Professor Pai, Aswini, Ph.D., Department Co-Chairperson and Associate Professor

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Baldwin, Bradley S., Ph.D., Professor Barthelmess, Erika L., Ph.D., Piskor Chair and Professor Dixon, Emily Humphrey, Ph.D., Associate Professor (.5) Erlichman, Joseph S., Ph.D., Professor Estevez, Ana, Ph.D., Sarah Johnson ’82 Associate Professor (.5) Heckman, Karin, Ph.D., Associate Professor McKnight, Karl B., Ph.D., Professor (Directing SLUPA Vienna, Spring 2018) Schreiber, Alexander, Ph.D., R. Sheldon and Virginia H. Johnson Associate Professor Temkin, Michael H., Ph.D., Associate Professor Willson, Susan K., Ph.D., Associate Professor

Auker, Linda, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

Kring, Jane, M.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL Burkum, Claire, M.S., General Biology Assistant Course Coordinator Harloe, Margaret, M.S., General Biology Course Manager Pflugheber, Jill, B.S., Microscopy Specialist and Radiation Safety Officer & Laser Safety Officer Reardon, Kim, B.S., General Biology Lab Manager te Riele Jaclyn, B.S., Biology Laboratory Manager Visser, Eileen, Ph.D., General Biology/Non-Majors Biology Specialist

CANADIAN STUDIES

Jockel, Joseph T., Ph.D., Department Chair and Piskor Professor Forkey, Neil S., Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor Thacker, Robert W., Ph.D., Charles A. Dana Professor (2017-2018 Marcia Dawson ’48 NYC Semester Director)

CARIBBEAN, LATIN AMERICAN AND LATINO STUDIES

Diaz de León, Aida, Ph.D., Program Coordinator and Visiting Assistant Professor

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Sanchez, Martha Chew, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Leave)

CHEMISTRY

Marano, Nadia, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and George F. Baker Associate Professor Dixon, Emily Humphrey, Ph.D., Associate Professor (.5) French, Larry G., Ph.D., Professor Gao, Ning, Ph.D., Associate Professor Glazier, Samantha, Ph.D., Associate Professor Hill, Adam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Skeels, Matthew C., Ph.D., Associate Professor Tartakoff, Samuel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL

Schmeisser, Jennifer, Ph.D., Lab Coordinator Stone-McMasters, Suna, M.S., Chemical Hygiene/Environmental Compliance Officer Vassar, Stacy, M.A., Coordinator of General and Organic Labs

ECONOMICS

Jenkins, Michael, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Bansak, Cynthia, Ph.D., Professor Blewett, Robert A., Ph.D., Professor Chezum, Brian, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of Business in the Liberal Arts Program Choi, Sun Ki, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Del Rossi, Alison F., Ph.D., R. Sheldon & Virginia H. Johnson Associate Professor (2017 – 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Lockard, Alan, Ph.D., Lecturer Milani, Sahar, Ph.D., Florence Irene Eggleston Faculty Chair and Assistant Professor O’Hara, Michael E., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Young, Jeffrey T., Ph.D., A. Barton Hepburn Professor

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Balikci, Emre, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor Gill, Alexander, M.Ec., Visiting Instructor Gunay, Fatma Busra, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

EDUCATION

Blanchfield, Kyle, J.D. Visiting Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Educational Leadership Program Frank, Jeffery, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Undergraduate Programs Ladd, Peter D., Ph.D., Associate Professor Sierk, Jessica, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Boyd, Edward, M.Ed., Visiting Instructor (.5)

Dodd, Susan, Ph.D., Planning Coordinator for the Council for Accreditation of Counseling & Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and Coordinator of the Counseling Program Jeon, Mi-Hee, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

Oey, Esther, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (.66) and Coordinator of the Teacher Certification

Program

ENGLISH

Graham, Paul, M.F.A., Department Chairperson and Professor Ndibe, Okey, Ph.D., Viebranz Visiting Professor of Creative Writing Barber, Sarah, Ph.D., Associate Professor Breashears, Caroline, Ph.D., Associate Professor Cowser, Robert D., Ph.D., Professor Gates, Sarah, Ph.D., Craig Professor (Spring 2018 FYP Leave) Henry, Alvin J., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Hubert, Ann, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Kittler, Juraj, Ph.D., Associate Professor (.5) Ponce, Pedro E., Ph.D., Associate Professor Singer, Natalia R., M.F.A., Coordinator of the Writer’s Series and Professor

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Sturges, Mark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical) Vlagopoulus, Pigi (Penny), Ph.D., Assistant Professor (2017 – 2018 Sabbatical Leave)

Keck, Sean, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

Langlois, Christopher, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

Schaff, Sara, M.F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor

ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Rosales, Jon, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Ashpole, Sara, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Byrne, Samuel C., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Johns, Carolyn, Ph.D., Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Murphy, David, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Pettengill, Peter, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

FILM STUDIES

Jenseth, Richard H., Ph.D., Program Coordinator and Associate Professor Henkel, Brook, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (.5) Papson, Stephen D., Ph.D., Professor (2017 – 2018 Sabbatical Leave)

Shron, Marina M.F.A, Visiting Assistant Professor

GENDER AND SEXUALITY STUDIES

MacGregor, Jenny, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Visiting Assistant Professor Egan, R. Danielle, Ph.D., Professor (2017 – 2018 Leave of Absence) Lehr, Valerie, Ph.D., Professor and Professor of Government (.5)

Zhaf, Mahrou, M.A., Visiting Lecturer

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GEOLOGY

Husinec, Antun, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Chiarenzelli, Jeffrey, Ph.D., Archie F. MacAllaster and Barbara Torrey MacAllaster Professorship in North Country Studies and James Henry Chapin Professor Nagel-Myers, Judith, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Shrady, Catherine H., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Director of Outdoor Studies, Director of the Adirondack Semester Stewart, Alexander, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Toraman, Erkan, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL VanBrocklin, Matthew, M.S., Geological Technician

GLOBAL STUDIES

Wong, Madeleine, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Collins, John, Ph.D., Professor Jayman, Jayantha, Ph.D., Associate Professor Stoddard, Eve W., Ph.D., Charles A. Dana Professor

GOVERNMENT

Buck, Christopher D., Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Draper, Alan L., Ph.D., Michael W. Ranger ’80 and Virginia R. Ranger P’17 Professor Exoo, C. Fred, Ph.D., Charles D., Sarah & John D. Munsil Professor Huang, Grace C., Ph.D., Charles D., Sarah and John D. Munsil Associate Professor Jaeger, Jillian N., Ph.D., Assistant Professor Lehr, Valerie D., Ph.D., Professor of Gender & Sexuality Studies (.5) McConnell, Shelley, Ph.D., Associate Professor McKie, Kristin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of African Studies (.5)

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Olesker, Ronnie, Ph.D., Associate Professer Schonberg, Karl K., Ph.D., Professor and Vice President of the University and Dean of Academic Affairs Sieja, James A., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

HISTORY

DeGroat, Judith A., Ph.D., Department Chairperson (Spring 2018 Only) and Associate Professor Alvah, Donna, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Margaret Vilas Chair of American History (Spring 2018 FYP Leave) Carotenuto, Matthew P., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of African Studies Csete, Anne A., Ph.D., Associate Professor Eissenstat, Howard, Ph.D., Associate Professor Gabriel, Elun, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Advising and Associate Professor Jennings, Evelyn Powell, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Professor and Margaret Vilas Chair of Latin American History Regosin, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Charles A. Dana Professor and Senior Faculty Associate, Co-coordinator of Community Based Learning (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Schrems, Melissane Parm, Ph.D., Coordinator of Native American Studies and Associate Professor Smith, Mary Jane, Ph.D., Coordinator of African American Studies and Associate Professor

Feinstein, Tamara, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

MATHEMATICS, COMPUTER SCIENCE & STATISTICS

Look, Daniel, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Bos, Margaret K., Ph.D., Associate Professor Chapman, Jessica, Ph.D., Grace J. Fippinger Associate Professor DeFranza, James V., Ph.D., Professor Giarrusso, Dante M., Ph.D., Associate Professor Harcourt, Ed A., Ph.D., Martha E. '62 and Gregg E. Peterson Professor Komarov, Natasha, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Lee, Choong-Soo, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Lock, Patti Frazer, Ph.D., Cummings Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Lock, Robin H., Ph.D., Burry Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Melville, Duncan J., Ph.D., Professor Ramler, Ivan, Ph.D., Associate Professor Schuckers, Michael, Ph.D., Rutherford Professor and Director of the Peterson Quantitative Resources Center (QRC) Torrey, Lisa, Ph.D., Associate Professor

Crytser, Danny, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor McLean, Jeffrey A., Ph.D., Teaching Post-Doc in Statistics

MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURES

Department Chairperson Responsibilities:

Dr. Ilia Casanova-Marengo (2017-2018) Student Affairs Dr. Marcella Salvi (Spring 2018 Only) Budgets/Faculty

Casanova-Marengo, Ilia, Ph.D., Department Co-Chairperson and Associate Professor (Spanish) Salvi, Marcella, Ph.D., Department Co-Chairperson (Spring 2018 Only) and Professor (Spanish/Italian) Brezault, Eloise, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (African/Francophone Studies)(.5) Caldwell, Roy C., Ph.D., Professor (French) (Directing SLUPA France, Spring 2018) Giardino, Alessandro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Coordinator of European Studies (French/Italian) (2017-2018 Sabbatical Leave) Henkel, Brook, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (German) (.5) Llorente, Marina, Ph.D., Hanson Professor (Spanish), Associate Dean for International & Intercultural Studies White, Steven F., Ph.D., Lewis Professor (Spanish) (Directing SLUPA Spain 2017 – 2018) Zhang, Zhenjun, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Chinese) (.5)

Breen, Gina, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (French/Italian) Castillo Berjarano, Rafael, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (Spanish) Diaz de León, Aida, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (Spanish) and Coordinator of Caribbean, Latin

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American and Latino Studies Kitito, Khalid Omar Mohamed, M. Phil, Swahili Teaching Fellow Oliva, Cedric J., Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor (French and Language Self-Study)

Rhodes-Crowell, Robin, M.S.Ed., Visiting Instructor (English for Academic Purposes and ESL) ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL El Khoury, Gisele, LL.M., Director of the Language Resource Center

MUSIC

Henderson, David R., Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Farley, Michael, Ph.D., Birdsong Associate Professor Watts, Christopher, D.M.A., Associate Professor and Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology Yoo, In-Sil, D.M., Associate Professor

Schenker, Frederick, Ph.D., Post-Doc Teaching Fellow ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL DuBray, Terry, Production Manager and Sound Specialist Phillips-Farley, Barbara, D.M.A., Instructional Specialist in Music Performance Torres, Barry, B.Mus., Director of Music Ensembles

PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNICATION ARTS

Prody, Jessica, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor (Director of the Sustainability Program) Fuoss, Kirk W., Ph.D., Associate Professor and Maurer Director of Rhetoric and Communication Hill, Randall, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Johnson, Erik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Kittler, Juraj, Ph.D., Associate Professor (.5) Rowland, Allison, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Sweigart-Gallagher, Angela, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Thomas, Jennifer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

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Allen, Nicole T., Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor Canedy, Kerri, M.F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor Long, Michael Cully, M. F.A., Visiting Assistant Professor ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL

French, Selina, M.A., Costume/Shop Supervisor Gallagher, Daniel, M.F.A., Technical Director/Production Manager/Department Budget Manager

PHILOSOPHY

McCarthy, Erin, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Professor Hansen, Jennifer, Ph.D., Professor and Associate Dean of the First Year Maynes, Jeffrey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Rediehs, Laura J., Ph.D., Coordinator of Peace Studies and Associate Professor Wolfe, Katharine L., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Lauer, Richard, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

PHYSICS

Johnson, Karen, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Armendariz-Picon, Cristian, Ph.D., Associate Professor Jahncke, Catherine L., Ph.D., Hayward Associate Professor Koon, Daniel W., Ph.D., Professor O’Donoghue, Aileen A., Ph.D., Henry Priest Associate Professor Pirbhai, Munir, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL Miller, Jeffrey R., M.A., Laboratory Coordinator/Instructional Technology

PSYCHOLOGY

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Crosby, Catherine, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor DeCoteau, William, Ph.D., Associate Professor Estevez, Ana, Ph.D., Sarah Johnson ’82 Associate Professor (.5) Fox, Adam, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Ghiraldi, Loraina, Ph.D., Associate Professor Greene, Thomas C., Ph.D., Professor (Directing SLUPA London 2017 – 2018) Mills-Smith, Laura, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Oakes, Mark, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Spring 2018 Sabbatical Leave) Onyper, Serge, Ph.D., Wallace Chair and Associate Professor Stuntz, Cheryl, Ph.D., Absalom Graves Gaines Associate Professor Su, Jennifer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Thacher, Pamela V., Ph.D., Professor Twedt, Elyssa, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Fredrick, Emma, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor ACADEMIC SUPPORT PERSONNEL

MacDougall, Elizabeth, B.A. (Licensed Veterinary Technician), Director of Vivarium

RELIGIOUS STUDIES

Self, Kathleen, Ph.D., Department Chairperson and Associate Professor Berry, Damon, Ph.D., Assistant Professor MacWilliams, Mark, Ph.D., Professor

Michael, Jaclyn, Ph.D., Visiting Assistant Professor

SOCIOLOGY

Rohlfsen-McManus, Leah, Ph.D., Department Chairperson (Spring 2018 Only) and Associate Professor Assefa, Mehretab Abye, Ph.D., Associate Professor

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Barnard, Stephen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Bayar, Yesim, Ph.D., Assistant Professor McLane, Daniel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Molk, Florence, Ph.D., Assistant Professor O’Neil, Karen Dillon, Ph.D., Associate Professor

DEPARTMENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND RECREATION

Durocher, Bob, M.Ed., Department Chairperson, Director of Athletics

INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL STUDIES

Llorente, Marina, Ph.D., Associate Dean for International and Intercultural Studies, Hanson Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures Huang, Hui Helen, Director of Asia Programs Kitito, Khalid Omar, M. Phil, Swahili Teaching Fellow Muturi-Karingi, Lina, Associate Director for Finance and Administration, SLUPA Kenya Ndirangu, Wairimu, Ph.D., Administrative Director and Assistant Professor of African Studies, SLUPA Kenya Smith, Karen, B.A., Associate Director for Off-Campus Programs Sinnary, Abdelwahab Sidieg Mohammed, Ph.D., Academic Director and Assistant Professor of Biology, SLUPA Kenya

BRUSH ART GALLERY

Tedford, Catherine L., M.F.A., Director of the Brush Art Gallery Mathey, Carole, M.A., Assistant Director of the Brush Art Gallery

COMMUNITY-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS

Papineau, Brenda, M.Ed., Director of Community-Based Learning Partnerships Regosin, Elizabeth, Ph.D., Senior Faculty Associate, Community-Based Learning Programs (Sabbatical Leave Spring 2018)

FIRST-YEAR PROGRAM

Hansen, Jennifer, Ph.D., Associate Dean of the First Year and Professor of Philosophy

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Boyette, Lawrence, M.A., Lecturer

NEWELL CENTER FOR ARTS TECHNOLOGY (NCAT)

Watts, Christopher, D.M.A., Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology and Associate Professor of Music Skiff, Josephine, M.S., Assistant Director of the Newell Center for Arts Technology

OUTDOOR STUDIES

Shrady, Catherine, Ph.D., Director of Outdoor Studies, Director of the Adirondack Semester, and Associate Professor of Geology Royce, Philip R., M.S., Director of the Outdoor Program Farkas, Devin, M.S., Assistant Director of the Outdoor Program Joseph, Samuel, B.S., Homesteader in Residence/Farm Manager for Sustainability Semester

PETERSON QUANTITATIVE RESOURCE CENTER

Schuckers, Michael, Ph.D., Rutherford Professor and Director of the Peterson Quantitative Resource Center (QRC) Mitchell, Joseph, B.S., Assistant Director of the Quantitative Resource Center

ACADEMIC RESOURCES

Gabriel, Elun, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Advising Programs and Associate Professor of History Coakley, Colleen M., M.S., Coordinator of Academic Development Colvin, Erin M., M.A., Assistant Director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) Garcia-Martin, Sharmela, B.A., Director, Disability & Accessibility Services McCluskey, Matthew D., M.A., Coordinator of Academic Engagement Sarhanis, Alie, M.A., Assistant Director, McNair Scholars and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Sawyer, Marsha, M.Ed., Project Director, McNair Scholars and Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP) Short, William J., M.S., Director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) Tao, Tina, M.A., Coordinator of Academic Support