NASA Space Grant
I was the campus director for the Illinois Space Grant Consortium, from its inception at CSU in 2009 until August 2016. As of 2015, 13 faculty and over 60 students have been involved in the program. Check out the ISGC website for funding opportunities. Shown in the picture above are some of the students and faculty who have been involved in Space Grant at CSU.
Enhancing the NASA STEM Pipeline on Chicago’s South Side
09/01/09 - 02/28/11
$150,000 from NASA plus $50,000 CSU match
CSU Space Grant
5/16/2010 - 5/15/2015
$188,000 from ISGC plus $151,000 CSU match
NASA-ROSES
Using the Big Ideas in Cosmology to Teach College Students: Curriculum Development
03/01/10 - 02/28/14
$499,596 from NASA
Cosmology curriculum development based on cosmology education research.
In collaboration with Lynn Cominsky, Kevin McLin, and Anne Metevier at Sonoma State University and Janelle Bailey at UNLV (now Temple).
NSF-CCLI
Creating Innovative Physics Learning Environments in the Urban Classroom
05/15/07 - 06/01/11
$194,600 from NSF
Implement research-based course materials in the introductory courses.
In collaboration with Mel Sabella and Sam Bowen at Chicago State
NSF-IUSE
Collaborative Research: Scaling Undergraduate STEM Transformation and Institutional Networks for Engaged Dissemination (SUSTAINED)
09/15/15 – 09/14/19
$159,882 (CSU portion)
Expand learning assistant program in collaboration with Mel Sabella, Andrea Van Duzor, and Amber Wise at Chicago State University and teams at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boston University, and George Mason University
Fellowships
I was an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow. In graduate school I was supported in part by the NASA Graduate Student Researcher's Program through Goddard Space Flight Center
I was the campus director for the Illinois Space Grant Consortium, from its inception at CSU in 2009 until August 2016. As of 2015, 13 faculty and over 60 students have been involved in the program. Check out the ISGC website for funding opportunities. Shown in the picture above are some of the students and faculty who have been involved in Space Grant at CSU.
Enhancing the NASA STEM Pipeline on Chicago’s South Side
09/01/09 - 02/28/11
$150,000 from NASA plus $50,000 CSU match
CSU Space Grant
5/16/2010 - 5/15/2015
$188,000 from ISGC plus $151,000 CSU match
NASA-ROSES
Using the Big Ideas in Cosmology to Teach College Students: Curriculum Development
03/01/10 - 02/28/14
$499,596 from NASA
Cosmology curriculum development based on cosmology education research.
In collaboration with Lynn Cominsky, Kevin McLin, and Anne Metevier at Sonoma State University and Janelle Bailey at UNLV (now Temple).
NSF-CCLI
Creating Innovative Physics Learning Environments in the Urban Classroom
05/15/07 - 06/01/11
$194,600 from NSF
Implement research-based course materials in the introductory courses.
In collaboration with Mel Sabella and Sam Bowen at Chicago State
NSF-IUSE
Collaborative Research: Scaling Undergraduate STEM Transformation and Institutional Networks for Engaged Dissemination (SUSTAINED)
09/15/15 – 09/14/19
$159,882 (CSU portion)
Expand learning assistant program in collaboration with Mel Sabella, Andrea Van Duzor, and Amber Wise at Chicago State University and teams at the University of Colorado at Boulder, Boston University, and George Mason University
Fellowships
I was an NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow. In graduate school I was supported in part by the NASA Graduate Student Researcher's Program through Goddard Space Flight Center