Projects
Current projects
Higher education Accordion Closed
- Advancing Indigenous Perspectives to address climate vulnerability in the Southwest Informal education [Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates in Biological Sciences
(RaMP), National Science Foundation] - Educating the STEM Teacher from Recruitment to Induction [Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, National Science Foundation]
- Multi-Institutional Transformation and Graduate Student Support Initiative (MITSI): Building Bridges and Transforming Institutions to Support Graduate STEM Education for Indigenous and Latinx Students [Sloan Foundation]
- Partners in the Skies: NAU to CCC Partnership (Partnerships in Astronomy & Astrophysics Research and Education [PAARE], National Science Foundation)
- Promoting STEM Education Access through Scholarships, Engineering Education Microcredentials, and a Community College Partnership [Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program, National Science Foundation]
- Promoting Student Success through a Social, Academic, and Institutional Support System in Engineering Education (ProMESA) [Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSI Program), National Science Foundation]
- Southern Nevada-Northern Arizona Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (SNNA-LSAMP) [National Science Foundation]
- Wind-U: Multi-University Collaboration in Wind Energy Graduate Education-Meeting a National Need [Improving Graduate Education (IGE), National Science Foundation]
Research centers Accordion Closed
- Center for Quantum Networks (CQN) [Engineering Research Centers (ERC), National Science Foundation]
Informal/community education Accordion Closed
- Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology and Science (PLANETS 2.0) [Science Mission Directorate Science Activation, NASA]
- Transforming Rural-Urban Systems: Trajectories for Sustainability in the Intermountain West [Sustainable Regional Systems Research Networks (SRS RN), National Science Foundation]
Professional development Accordion Closed
- District Continuous Improvement Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (DCI-MTSS) [State Personnel Development Grants (SPDG), U.S. Department of Education]
- Missouri Special Education Leadership Network And Preparation for Aspiring Leaders (MoPAL) [U.S. Department of Education]
Broader impacts Accordion Closed
- Discovering in reverse – using isotopic translation of omics to reveal ecological interactions in microbiomes [Understanding the Rules of Life (URoL), National Science Foundation]
Previous projects
Informal/community education Accordion Closed
- Diné Co-Designed Culturally Responsive Robotics Curriculum [Braitmeyer Foundation]
- PLACE4FEWS – PPSR: Local Awareness and Community Engagement for Food, Energy, and Water Systems [National Science Foundation]
- Planetary Learning that Advances the Nexus of Engineering, Technology and Science (PLANETS) [Science Mission Directorate, Science Activation, NASA]
- NEXUS [Science Foundation Arizona]
Professional development Accordion Closed
- Expanding Geospatial Technology Career Development for High School Students through Teacher Professional Development [Innovative Technology Experiences for Students and Teachers (ITEST), National Science Foundation]
- Developing a Geospatial Inquiry Professional Development course using synchronous and asynchronous delivery to Four Corners Teachers using the Power of Data Model [National Geographic Society]
- Geospatial Connections Promoting Advancement to Careers in Higher Education [Advanced Technical Education (ATE), National Science Foundation]
- Stem-Focus Schools for the Future [APS Foundation] Northern Arizona Power of Data Project [Science Foundation Arizona]
- Teacher as Investigator [Science Foundation Arizona]
Higher education Accordion Closed
- Human Impacts on the Colorado Plateau: Place Based Research and Training [Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), National Science Foundation]
- Transfers to Graduates in Engineering, Math and Science at Northern Arizona University
(Transfer- GEMS) [Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(S-STEM), National Science Foundation] - Rio Salado College Science and Math Innovative Learning Environment for Encore Careers in
Teaching [National Science Foundation, Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship] - Landscape evolution in a monogenetic volcanic field [Research Experience for Undergraduates
(REU), National Science Foundation] - The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program at Northern Arizona University [National
Science Foundation] - Initiative for Maximizing Student Diversity Program at Northern Arizona University [Initiative
for Maximizing Student Diversity (IMSD), National Institutes of Health] - Shima’ nahasdza’a’n bee ‘iina’ (Mother Earth Give Life) Environment and Culture of the
Colorado Plateau [Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), National Science
Foundation] - IGERT – Integrative Bioscience: Genes to Environment [National Science Foundation,
Integrative Biosciences (IGERT)]