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Team Members

RM-AMP Leadership and Staff

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Ernest Chavez, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator and Director, Professor, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
ernest.chavez@colostate.edu
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Danielle Gardner, Ph.D.

Research Scientist, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
Danielle.Gardner@colostate.edu
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Beverly Marquart, Ph.D.

Program Manager, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
beverly.marquart@colostate.edu

Jan Nerger, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator, Provost and Executive Vice President
Colorado State University

Josh Prasad, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
joshua.prasad@colostate.edu

Heather Thiry, Ph.D.

External Evaluator, Ethnography & Evaluation Research, Center to Advance Research and Teaching in the Social Science
University of Colorado Boulder
Heather.Thiry@Colorado.edu
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Erin Whipple

Program Support Coordinator, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
erin.whipple@colostate.edu

Site Coordinators

Chantal Baca

Site Coordinator, Program Manager, BOLD Academic Services
  • University of Colorado Boulder
Chantal.Baca@colorado.edu
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Trung Duong, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator, Assistant Professor, Engineering
  • Colorado State University Pueblo
trung.duong@csupueblo.edu
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Linda Figueroa, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator and Site Coordinator, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering; Site Director for Mines in the Tailings Center
  • Colorado School of Mines
lfiguero@mines.edu

Lisa Gallegos

Site Coordinator, Academic Support & Grant Project Coordinator
  • Otero College
Lisa.gallegos@otero.edu
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Anthea Johnson Rooen

Site Coordinator, Director for Equity STEM (E-STEM) Program, Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science
  • University of Denver
anthea.johnson@du.edu
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Susan Keenan, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator, School Director and Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Natural and Health Sciences
  • University of Northern Colorado
susan.keenan@unco.edu
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Jacki Klancher

Co-Principal Investigator and Site Coordinator, Professor, Environmental Science and Health; Director: Instruction and Research, Alpine Science Institute (ASI)
  • Central Wyoming College
jklanche@cwc.edu
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Hsiu-Ping Liu, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator, Director, Center for Advanced STEM Education (CASE); Professor, Biology
  • Metropolitan State University of Denver
hliu1@msudenver.edu
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Dominic Martinez, Ed.D.

Site Coordinator, Senior Director, Office of Inclusion and Outreach, Anschutz Medical Campus
  • University of Colorado Denver
Dominic.martinez@cuanschutz.edu
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Don May, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator and Data Manager, Professor, Engineering
  • Fort Lewis College
may_d@fortlewis.edu
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Aaron Montoya, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator, NSF STEM Grant Project Director
  • Adams State University
amontoya@adams.edu
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Arlene Nededog

Site Coordinator, Director of Inclusion
  • Colorado State University
arlene.nededog@colostate.edu
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Kevin Walker, Ph.D.

Site Coordinator, Biology Instructor
  • Trinidad State College
Kevin.Walker@trinidadstate.edu

Advisory Board

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Ernest Chavez, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator and Director, Professor, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
ernest.chavez@colostate.edu
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Linda Figueroa, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator and Site Coordinator, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Mining Engineering; Site Director for Mines in the Tailings Center
  • Colorado School of Mines
lfiguero@mines.edu
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Gregory Florant, Ph.D.

Advisory Board Member, Director, Graduate Center for Diversity and Access; Professor, Biology
Colorado State University
gregory.florant@colostate.edu

Michael Kirsch

Advisory Board Member, Academic Advisor at Southern Ute Indian Tribe
Southern Ute Indian Tribe
mkirsch@southernute-nsn.gov
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Jacki Klancher

Co-Principal Investigator and Site Coordinator, Professor, Environmental Science and Health; Director: Instruction and Research, Alpine Science Institute (ASI)
  • Central Wyoming College
jklanche@cwc.edu
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Juan Lucena, Ph.D.

Advisory Board Member, Director, Humanitarian Engineering; Professor, Engineering, Design, & Society
Colorado School of Mines
jlucena@mines.edu

Josh Prasad, Ph.D.

Co-Principal Investigator, Assistant Professor, Psychology Department
Colorado State University
joshua.prasad@colostate.edu
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Andrea Salazar Morgan

Advisory Board Member, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Liaison, Human Resources
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Andrea.SalazarMorgan@nrel.gov

Ty Smith

Advisory Board Member, Director, Native American Cultural Center
Colorado State University
tyrone.smith@colostate.edu

Rory Tendore

Advisory Board Member, American Indian Student Coordinator
Central Wyoming College
rtendore@cwc.edu

Terri Wright, Ph.D.

Advisory Board Member, LSAMP Bridge to the Doctorate Program Director, Assistant Dean for Access, Inclusion and Student Programs, College of Engineering and Applied Science
University of Colorado Boulder
terri.wright@colorado.edu

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