iSTEM Personnel
Primary Investigator
Sally Stevens
Sally Stevens, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the University of Arizona - Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) and a Distinguished Outreach Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. Dr. Stevens conducts collaborative process and outcome research in the area of health disparities, substance abuse, mental health, sexuality, and innovations in education. Much of her work is community-based with a focus on gender and culture and informed by ecological perspectives and feminist theory and methodologies. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Library of Congress, and from other federal, state, local public and private agencies. Contact: [email protected]
Co-Principal Investigator
Rosi Andrade
Rosi Andrade, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Professor with the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, and holds a Ph.D. in Reading with a minor in Chicana Literature. Dr. Andrade’s work melds community-based services and research in expanding literacy experiences using participatory action research as a tool and means to personal development and social support. This approach has been expanded in numerous projects including Empowerment through Literacy – NIDA; Mujer Sana ~ Healthy Woman, HerStory to Health and Mothers of Minors – SAMHSA; Leadership for Literacy - Kellogg Foundation; Linking Home and School: A Bridge to the Many Faces of Mathematics – U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Andrade is also co-founder of Sowing the Seeds – a women’s writing collective promoting the humanities. Contact: [email protected]
Curriculum Developer
Corey Knox
Corey is a social science researcher and an instructional designer for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women at the University of Arizona. She has an interest and passion for community action research on issues of importance for communities of color, community-based and informal education and science education. She is currently the instructional designer for a multi-year National Science Foundation Grant (iSTEM project). She is currently a PhD student in Science Education in the College of Education at UA. Contact: [email protected]
Program Coordinator
Rachel Gomez
Rachel Gomez is the i-STEM Curriculum at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). Rachel received her M.S. from the University of Arizona in Mexican American Studies with a concentration in Latino/a Health. Her interests include examining issues in education and studying the ways in which culture may prevent racial and ethnic disparities in health. Contact: [email protected]
Evaluators
Melissa Page
Melissa Page, PhD, graduated from the University of Arizona with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Family Studies and Human Development and a Masters Degree in Public Health. Dr. Page develops logic models, survey instruments, and using triangulation of multiple reporters to enhance her evaluation projects. Dr. Page currently evaluates CATTS, BioME, Math Science Partnership, and the iPlant Collaborative: Empowering computational thinking in Arizona schools. Contact: [email protected]
Susana Sepulveda
Susana Sepulveda is an i-STEM program evaluator for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). She conducts research evaluations of student participation and engagement with stem guides and iSTEM related activities. Susana is a graduate student in the Gender and Women's Studies PhD program at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on Chicana and Latina experiences and knowledge productions in punk subculture. She is also interested in the formation of educational pipelines for underrepresented communities in higher education.
Guides
Rachel Fisher
Rachel Fisher is an iSTEM Guide at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). She is also a PhD candidate in Science Education at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. Rachel received an M.S. in Biology, and subsequently worked as a marine and molecular biologist. Following her work in scientific research, she taught community college, middle school, and high school biology. Her dissertation research focuses on how high school biology teachers negotiate dilemmas while teaching evolution. Contact: [email protected]
Kristen Gautier-Downes
Kristen Gautier-Downes, is an iSTEM Guide as well as the Program Coordinator for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women and the Women in Science and Engineering program. She is passionate about teaching, community engagement, community service, and environmental issues. Her duties include website design, engaging interns, and an array of office activities. She enjoys outreach events and recruiting students for student engagement opportunities. Contact: [email protected]
Sally Stevens
Sally Stevens, Ph.D. is the Executive Director of the University of Arizona - Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) and a Distinguished Outreach Professor in the Department of Gender and Women's Studies. Dr. Stevens conducts collaborative process and outcome research in the area of health disparities, substance abuse, mental health, sexuality, and innovations in education. Much of her work is community-based with a focus on gender and culture and informed by ecological perspectives and feminist theory and methodologies. She has received funding from the National Science Foundation, Ford Foundation, National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Library of Congress, and from other federal, state, local public and private agencies. Contact: [email protected]
Co-Principal Investigator
Rosi Andrade
Rosi Andrade, Ph.D. is an Associate Research Professor with the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW) in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, and holds a Ph.D. in Reading with a minor in Chicana Literature. Dr. Andrade’s work melds community-based services and research in expanding literacy experiences using participatory action research as a tool and means to personal development and social support. This approach has been expanded in numerous projects including Empowerment through Literacy – NIDA; Mujer Sana ~ Healthy Woman, HerStory to Health and Mothers of Minors – SAMHSA; Leadership for Literacy - Kellogg Foundation; Linking Home and School: A Bridge to the Many Faces of Mathematics – U.S. Department of Education. Dr. Andrade is also co-founder of Sowing the Seeds – a women’s writing collective promoting the humanities. Contact: [email protected]
Curriculum Developer
Corey Knox
Corey is a social science researcher and an instructional designer for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women at the University of Arizona. She has an interest and passion for community action research on issues of importance for communities of color, community-based and informal education and science education. She is currently the instructional designer for a multi-year National Science Foundation Grant (iSTEM project). She is currently a PhD student in Science Education in the College of Education at UA. Contact: [email protected]
Program Coordinator
Rachel Gomez
Rachel Gomez is the i-STEM Curriculum at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). Rachel received her M.S. from the University of Arizona in Mexican American Studies with a concentration in Latino/a Health. Her interests include examining issues in education and studying the ways in which culture may prevent racial and ethnic disparities in health. Contact: [email protected]
Evaluators
Melissa Page
Melissa Page, PhD, graduated from the University of Arizona with a Doctorate of Philosophy in Family Studies and Human Development and a Masters Degree in Public Health. Dr. Page develops logic models, survey instruments, and using triangulation of multiple reporters to enhance her evaluation projects. Dr. Page currently evaluates CATTS, BioME, Math Science Partnership, and the iPlant Collaborative: Empowering computational thinking in Arizona schools. Contact: [email protected]
Susana Sepulveda
Susana Sepulveda is an i-STEM program evaluator for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). She conducts research evaluations of student participation and engagement with stem guides and iSTEM related activities. Susana is a graduate student in the Gender and Women's Studies PhD program at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on Chicana and Latina experiences and knowledge productions in punk subculture. She is also interested in the formation of educational pipelines for underrepresented communities in higher education.
Guides
Rachel Fisher
Rachel Fisher is an iSTEM Guide at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW). She is also a PhD candidate in Science Education at the University of Arizona’s College of Education. Rachel received an M.S. in Biology, and subsequently worked as a marine and molecular biologist. Following her work in scientific research, she taught community college, middle school, and high school biology. Her dissertation research focuses on how high school biology teachers negotiate dilemmas while teaching evolution. Contact: [email protected]
Kristen Gautier-Downes
Kristen Gautier-Downes, is an iSTEM Guide as well as the Program Coordinator for the Southwest Institute for Research on Women and the Women in Science and Engineering program. She is passionate about teaching, community engagement, community service, and environmental issues. Her duties include website design, engaging interns, and an array of office activities. She enjoys outreach events and recruiting students for student engagement opportunities. Contact: [email protected]
StrengthBuilding Parners
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StrengthBuilding® teaches us that we have the strengths it takes to fish... To dream.
StrengthBuilding® teaches us how to use our strengths to catch that fish... To catch that dream.
StrengthBuilding® gives us HOPE:
Helping by providing
Opportunities for success through the strengths &
Power that is in
Everyone!
To learn more, please visit StrengthBuilding Partners main website located at http://strengthbuilding.org/.
StrengthBuilding® is about finding strengths in ourselves, in our loved ones, in our friends, and in all people. StrengthBuilding® is about learning how to find our strengths, how to exercise our strengths, how to feel the power that using our strengths gives us.
StrengthBuilding® is about how to find the strengths in others... how to use the knowledge of our strengths and the strengths of others to create relationships based upon these strengths...
There is a famous saying: "Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime" — Author unknown...
StrengthBuilding® teaches us to "fish" and more. Before we can learn to fish, we must want to fish, we must know that it is our right to fish - to have goals and dreams and to use our strengths to accomplish those goals and dreams. Too many people don’t know that they have the power to fish.
StrengthBuilding® teaches us that we have the strengths it takes to fish... To dream.
StrengthBuilding® teaches us how to use our strengths to catch that fish... To catch that dream.
StrengthBuilding® gives us HOPE:
Helping by providing
Opportunities for success through the strengths &
Power that is in
Everyone!
To learn more, please visit StrengthBuilding Partners main website located at http://strengthbuilding.org/.