Stem Experts

Professor of LiteracyGeorgia Southern University

Alma Stevenson teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in critical literacy, strategies, assessment and literacy in the content areas.

Language and Literacy DevelopmentDiverse Learners and Educational EquityScience Education

Assistant City Manager, former CIOCity of Riverside

Motivate staff and spark innovation. Encourage kids to pursue STEM fields. Increase government transparency and improve cyber security.

Information TechnologyInnovationLeadershipSTEM EducationGovernment

Associate ProfessorGeorgia Southern University

Alisa Leckie's research is focused in the areas of education of language minority students, and analyzing policies impacting education.

Literacy Across the Content Areas and Adolescent LiteracyEducation of Language Minority StudentsCritical Analysis of Policies Impacting Education

Assistant CuratorUniversity of Florida

Megan Ennes supports science interests through youth civic engagement, educator professional development and science communication research.

Science CommunicationScience Career AspirationsMuseum EducationClimate Change EducationCivic Engagement for the Environment

Professor of the Practice, Information Systems; Faculty Director, VU Women in Tech | Villanova School of BusinessVillanova University

Sue Metzger, MS, is an expert in advancing women in technology, mobile app development and entrepreneurship, and enterprise computing.

BusinessAdvancing Women in TechnologyMobile Application Development and EntrepreneurshipEnterprise Computing Including the CloudCollaborative Media

Interim Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Medical College of GeorgiaAugusta University

Dr. David C. Hess, a stroke specialist, educator, and entrepreneur, is dean of the Medical College of Georgia.

Academic MedicineStrokeNeuroscienceTelemedicineNeurology

Professor (Research), AIPTAston University

Professor Rafailov's research interests include CW and ultrashort-pulse lasers; generation of light from UV to THz and biomedical photonics.

Biomedical PhotonicsNanostructuresUltrashort-Pulse LasersPhotonicsTHz Radiation

Chair, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery & Hospital DentistryChristianaCare

Dr. Dan Meara leads ChristianaCare’s Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Hospital Dentistry.

Jaw and Mouth PathologyFacial Injury / TraumaObstructive Sleep ApneaOral SurgeryMaxillofacial Surgery

Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, Department of Teaching and LearningVanderbilt University

An expert in the barriers that Black women and girls face in the STEM field and STEM classroom.

Identity DevelopmentWhite SupremacyGifted EducationGender in EducationK-12 Education

Copple Endowed Chair in Educational Leadership | Executive Director, Baylor Center for School LeadershipBaylor University

Researches collective leadership, teaching effectiveness, evaluation and compensation to enhance effectiveness and science education.

Educational LeadershipTeaching EffectivenessCollective LeadershipTeaching EvaluationInstructional Design

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