People

The NSF STEP PIs are faculty members at Bowling Green State University and Owens Community College from the College of Arts & Science and the College of Education and Human development. They wrote the NSF STEP proposal in the Fall of 2007 and since June 2008 have guided the direction of the grant through bi-weekly meetings and monthly meetings with the SETGO scholars.

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Dr. Moira van Staaden

  • Position: Principal Investigator
    Professor
  • Phone: (419) 372-0341
  • Email: mvs.bgsu@gmail.com
  • Address: College of Arts & Sciences
    Department of Biological Sciences
    303 Life Science Building

Dr. Moira van Staaden is the Project Director responsible for overseeing all activities of the program, with the support of an Executive Committee, a program manager for administrative matters and two advisories. As Principal Investigator of SETGO she serves as the liaison with NSF. Dr. van Staaden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at BGSU, and a founding member of the JP Scott Center for Neuroscience Mind & Behavior. She joined the faculty at BGSU in 2000, after 6-years as an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Zoology at the University of Graz, Austria. She is a STEM researcher with interests spanning behavior, genetics and evolution, and publishes primarily in the fields of neuroethology and animal behavior. Her experiences teaching evolution and introductory biology for Honors students have led her to explore issues surrounding scientific literacy, evaluated results of educational treatments and their longer-term implications. She has been PI for over $3 million in grants. She has supervised 2 Ph.D. and 6 M.S. thesis students, and is currently coordinating the research efforts of 3 undergraduate students.

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Dr. Anne Bullerjahn

  • Position: Co-Principal Investigator
    Professor
  • Phone: (567) 661-7775
  • Email: anne_bullerjahn@owens.edu
  • Address: College of Math/ Science

Dr. Anne Bullerjahn is co-PI of the STEP grant and responsible for the bridge training program at Owens Community College. She has taught STEM at OCC since 1995 with an emphasis on curriculum development. Her experience with the needs and potential of community college students was the prime factor motivating the SETGO initiative. She is an active member of the Center for Math & Science Education Opportunities for Success and the NWO Center for Excellence charged by the Ohio Board of Regents with improving math/science education in the region.

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Dr. Tracy Huziak-Clark

  • Position: Co-Principal Investigator
    Associate Professor
  • Phone: (419) 372-7363
  • Email: thuziak@bgsu.edu
  • Address: College of Education and Human Development
    School of Teaching and Learning
    123 Life Science Complex

Dr. Tracy Huziak-Clark is co-PI of the STEP grant and responsible for SETGO project assessment. She has been on the faculty of BGSU's College of Education and Human Development since 2003 where she teaches Early Childhood Science Methods and Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Inquiry. Her research interests include Scientific Literacy, Teacher Education (in-service and pre-service), and Urban Education. She is an education researcher experienced in coordinating and managing internal evaluations for U.S. Department of Education Teacher Quality Grants, and field placement evaluation processes for STEM Education programs. Affiliated with COSMOS and the NWO Center for Excellence, she is currently serving as Director of the Research-based Inquiry Physics Experiences, funded by the Ohio Board of Regents Improving Teacher Quality grant.

Members of the Executive Committee are charged to direct all aspects of the project with the assistance of the Program Manager. They form four sub-committees viz., Selection & Recruitment; Public Relations & Special Events; Curriculum & Programming; Grants & Development.

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Dr. Moira van Staaden

  • Position: Principal Investigator
    Professor
  • Phone: (419) 372-0341
  • Email: mvs.bgsu@gmail.com
  • Address: College of Arts & Sciences
    Department of Biological Sciences
    303 Life Science Building

Dr. Moira van Staaden is the Project Director responsible for overseeing all activities of the program, with the support of an Executive Committee, a program manager for administrative matters and two advisories. As Principal Investigator of SETGO she serves as the liaison with NSF. Dr. van Staaden is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at BGSU, and a founding member of the JP Scott Center for Neuroscience Mind & Behavior. She joined the faculty at BGSU in 2000, after 6-years as an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Zoology at the University of Graz, Austria. She is a STEM researcher with interests spanning behavior, genetics and evolution, and publishes primarily in the fields of neuroethology and animal behavior. Her experiences teaching evolution and introductory biology for Honors students have led her to explore issues surrounding scientific literacy, evaluated results of educational treatments and their longer-term implications. She has been PI for over $3 million in grants. She has supervised 2 Ph.D. and 6 M.S. thesis students, and is currently coordinating the research efforts of 3 undergraduate students.

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Dr. Anne Bullerjahn

  • Position: Co-Principal Investigator
    Professor
  • Phone: (567) 661-7775
  • Email: anne_bullerjahn@owens.edu
  • Address: College of Math/ Science

Dr. Anne Bullerjahn is co-PI of the STEP grant and responsible for the bridge training program at Owens Community College. She has taught STEM at OCC since 1995 with an emphasis on curriculum development. Her experience with the needs and potential of community college students was the prime factor motivating the SETGO initiative. She is an active member of the Center for Math & Science Education Opportunities for Success and the NWO Center for Excellence charged by the Ohio Board of Regents with improving math/science education in the region.

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Pamela Krompak

  • Position: M.S. Mathematics
    Professor
  • Email: pamela_krompak@owens.edu
  • Address: Mathematics Department
    Owens Community College

Pamela Krompak received a Master of Science degree from the University of Toledo in 1974 and has been actively engaged in arts and science education ever since. For over two decades she taught both English and Mathematics at middle- and high schools in Indiana and Michigan. For the past 10 years she has been a faculty member in the Mathematics Department at Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio. She is heavily involved in curriculum development and reform at the institutional, local and State levels, serving as co-chair of the curriculum committee at Owens, the Northwest Ohio Regional Collaboration for Teacher Education Articulation Committee, the Northwest Ohio Regional Collaboration for Mathematics Articulation Committee, advisor on TechPrep programs and reviewer for the Fourth Year Math in High School Project for the State of Ohio.

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Joanne M. Roehrs

  • Position: M.S. Biology
    Associate Professor
  • Email: joanne_roehrs@owens.edu
  • Address: Department of Math & Life Science
    Owens Community College
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Erika Scheufler

  • Position: M.S. Chemistry
    Residential Community Coordinator
    Bowling Green State University Instructor
  • Email: escheuf@bgnet.bgsu.edu
  • Address: Department of Math & Life Science
    Owens Community College
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Elizabeth Ross

  • Position: Program Manager
  • Phone: 419-372-4238, 419-372-2024 (fax)
  • Email: setgo.bgsu.occ@gmail.com
  • Address: Rm 328 Life Sciences Building
    Bowling Green State University

Elizabeth Ross is Program Manager of SETGO responsible for facilitating internal project communication at BGSU and Owens Community College, and forging external links with local schools and community groups. She also manages other SETGO activities such as recruiting and public relations, and coordinates the bridge and summer research programs. After graduating from BGSU's education program in 2003 she taught elementary art in the Fremont City School district and garnered experience of schools across much of Sandusky, Wood, and Lucas counties as a substitute teacher. She particularly enjoys environmental education, and most recently was employed as a Stewardship/Greenhouse program coordinating assistant at the Wood County Park District headquartered in Bowling Green, OH.

The External Advisory consists of four members of the wider community with interest in math and science education. The committee is charged to provide advice to the program. Members read quarterly and annual reports, meet twice a year, and make suggestions for improvement.

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Prof. Edward Kravitz, Harvard University

  • Position: Chair
  • Phone: 617-432-1253
  • Email: edward_kravitz@hms.harvard.edu
  • Address: Harvard Medical School
    Department of Neurobiology
    220 Longwood Avenue
    Goldenson Building, Room 420
    Boston, MA 02115
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Dr Carol Norman, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

  • Position: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
  • Phone: 419-353-4588
  • Email: carolngc@yahoo.com
  • Address: Division of Air Pollution Control
    Northwest District Office
    347 North Dunbridge Road
    Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
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Dr. Michelle Grigore

  • Position: CPRP
    Director
  • Phone: 419-354-6223 ext.6304
  • Email: mgrigore@bgohio.org
  • Address: Bowling Green Parks & Recreation
    Simpson Garden Park
    1291 Conneaut Avenue
    Bowling Green, Ohio 43402
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Dr. Rodney Rogers

  • Position: Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, BGSU (Chair)
  • Phone: 419-372-2915
  • Email: rrogers@bgsu.edu
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Dr. Laurie Fathe

  • Position: Dean of Arts & Sciences, Owens Community College
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Dr. Angelo Brown

  • Position: Director of AIMS, BGSU
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Dr. Robert Klein

  • Position: Department of Science
    Owens Community College
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Dr. Bob Midden

  • Position: Director, NWO/COSMOS, BGSU
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Dr. Jodi Devine

  • Position: Associate Dean, Honors College, BGSU

SETGO employs a cascading structure involving multiple layers of peer- and faculty partnerships. The mentor pool comprises faculty sponsors at the partner institutions, students in prior SETGO Scholar cohorts, junior/senior math and science majors, graduate students and post-doctoral researchers at BGSU, as well as a variety of educators and business leaders from the local community.

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Updated: 04/25/2018 10:37AM