PKAL Leadership Initiative

Presenters & Facilitators

Presenters & Facilitators in PKAL Seminars, National Colloquia, and Leadership Institutes: 2004 - 2007
Each Presenter and Facilitator at PKAL events offer their insight and expertise in making a difference—for students on his or her home campus, for their institutional and disciplinary colleagues, for science and for society.
  • Lin Aanonsen
    Professor & Chair of Biology
    Macalester College
  • Deborah Allen
    Associate Professor of Biology, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Delaware
  • Jennifer Amster
    Architect, Director of Education Group
    BJAC
  • P. Michele Arduengo
    Scientific Communications Specialist
    Promega Corporation
  • David Christopher Arney
    Division Chief of Mathematics Division, Program Manager for Cooperative Systems
    United States Army
  • Barbara Baird
    Professor of Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Director of Nanobiotechnology Center
    Cornell University
  • James W. Baird
    Principal
    Holabird & Root
  • Stokes S. Baker
    Associate Professor of Biology
    University of Detroit Mercy
  • Cynthia Barakatt
    Manager of Training and Outreach
    Aldo Leopold Leadership Program
  • E. Kent Barefield
    Associate Dean, Professor of Chemistry, College of Sciences
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Christopher C. Barney
    T. Elliot Weier Professor of Biology
    Hope College
  • David W. Becker
    Associate Professor of Biology
    Pomona College
  • Kevin S. Bedell
    Rourke Professor of Physics and Department Chair, Vice Provost for Research
    Boston College
  • Carol Bender
    Director of Undergraduate Biology Research & BRAVO! Program
    University of Arizona
  • Spencer A. Benson
    Director of the Center for Teaching Excellence, Associate Professor of Molecular Biology
    University of Maryland College Park
  • Lori Bettison-Varga
    Associate Professor of Geology
    The College of Wooster
  • David P. Billington
    Gordon Y. S. Wu Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
    Princeton University
  • Stuart J. Birnbaum
    Associate Professor of Earth & Environmental Science
    University of Texas at San Antonio
  • Edgar R. Blevins
    Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
    Southern University and A&M College - Baton Rouge
  • James N. Boelkins
    Provost
    Hope College
  • Charles R. Bomar
    Professor of Biology
    University of Wisconsin-Stout
  • Charlotte G. Borst
    Provost
    Rhodes College
  • Stephen H. Bowen
    Dean of Oxford College, Kenan Professor of Biology
    Oxford College of Emory University
  • Dorcas Bowles
    Vice President for Academic Affairs, Provost
    Clark Atlanta University
  • Myles G. Boylan
    Lead Program Director, CCLI, Division of Undergraduate Education
    National Science Foundation
  • Thomas E. Brady
    Dean of the College of Life Sciences & Agriculture, Director of the NH Agriculture Experiment Station
    University of New Hampshire
  • David F. Brakke
    Dean of the College of Science & Mathematics
    James Madison University
  • Donna Brazil
    Academy Professor of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership, Department of Behavioral Sciences & Leadership
    United States Military Academy
  • John Breshears
    Associate
    Zimmer Gunsul Frasca
  • Aaron M. Brower
    Director & Professor of School of Social Work, Faculty Director of the Delta Teaching & Learning Community
  • Maria Burnatowska-Hledin
    Associate Professor of Biology & Chemistry
    Hope College
  • William David Burns
    Executive Director & Principal Investigator for SENCER
    National Center for Science and Civic Engagement
  • Harry Cadman
    Assistant Director of Projects & Grounds
    Meredith College
  • Mary K. Carroll
    Director of Undergraduate Research, Professor of Chemistry
    Union College
  • Mark S. Chadwick
    Project Manager
    Ballinger
  • Katayoun Chamany
    Associate Professor, Science, Technology and Society Program
    Eugene Lang College, The New School for Liberal Arts
  • Susan B. Chaplin
    Director of Faculty Development
    University of St. Thomas
  • Leah A. Chase
    Associate Professor of Biology & Chemistry
    Hope College
  • E. Lee Coates
    Professor of Biology
    Allegheny College
  • James P. Collins
    Assistant Director for Biological Sciences
    National Science Foundation
  • Graham A. Cousens
    Assistant Professor of Psychology
    Macalester College
  • Mary L. Crowe
    Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
    University of North Carolina at Greensboro
  • Beth A. Cunningham
    Provost & Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Physics
    Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Thomas E. Dasher
    Professor of English, Rhetoric & Writing
    Berry College
  • G. Doyle Daves
    Provost and Professor of Chemistry, Retired
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Max De Pree
    Chairman Emeritus
    Herman Miller, Inc.
  • Anne C. Dema
    Vice President for Institutional Effectiveness and President's Chief of Staff, Professor of Chemistry
    William Jewell College
  • Nancy L. Desmond
    Director of the Research Training & Career Development Office, Chief of Neuropharmacology
    National Institute of Mental Health
  • Patricia Ann deWinstanley
    Director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Associate Professor of Psychology
    Oberlin College
  • Judith A. Dilts
    Associate Dean of the College of Science & Mathematics, Interim Head of Biology
    James Madison University
  • Elizabeth Marie Dorland
    Education Specialist & Academic Coordinator
    Washington University
  • Gary Dunbar
    Director of Neuroscience Program
    Central Michigan University
  • Roger L. Easton Jr.
    Professor of Imaging, Chester F. Carlson Center for Imaging Science
    Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Diane Ebert-May
    Professor of Plant Biology, Department of Plant Biology
    Michigan State University
  • Stephen C. Ehrmann
    Vice President, Director of the Flashlight Program
    The TLT Group
  • Elizabeth S. Ericson
    Principal
    Kahler Slater
  • Stephanie L. Fabritius
    Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the College
    Centre College
  • Peter Facione
    Senior Associate
    Stratus-Heery International Inc.
  • Terence G. Favero
    Professor of Biology, Associate Dean of Curriculum
    University of Portland
  • Michael Fischer
    Vice President for Academic Affairs
  • Benjamin C. Flores
    Professor & Director of Computing & Electrical Engineering, Department of Computing & Electrical Engineering
    University of Texas at El Paso
  • George B. Forsythe
    President
    Westminster College (MO)
  • Jeffrey A. Frick
    Assistant Provost and Registrar, Professor of Chemistry
    Illinois Wesleyan University
  • Gary A. Gabriele
    Dean of the College of Engineering
    Villanova University
  • Shila Garg
    Dean of the Faculty
    The College of Wooster
  • James M. Gentile
    President
    Research Corporation
  • Melvin D. George
    President Emeritus
    University of Missouri System Administration
  • Keith Giamportone
    Partner
    BJAC
  • Jason G. Gillmore
    Assistant Professor of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Jose H. Giraldo
    Associate Professor of Mathematics & Statistics
    Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi
  • Johannes Goebel
    Director, Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Daniel L. Goroff
    Professor of Mathematics
    Harvey Mudd College
  • Richard Green
    Director of Sciences Group
    CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares Inc.
  • Thomas C. Greene
    Gaines Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology
    St. Lawrence University
  • Thomas E. Grys
    Research Associate, Medical Microbiology
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • William Gustafson
    President
    Ballinger
  • Paul R. Hagner
    Educational Technology Consultant & Adjunct Professor
    University of Hartford
  • John H. Hall
    Bruce Raneur Professor of Natural Sciences, Chair of Chemistry Department
    Morehouse College
  • Mark C. Hartmann
    Architect & Lab Planner, Science & Research
    Harley Ellis Devereaux
  • Lilia Cuesta Harvey
    Associate Professor & Chair of Chemistry
    Agnes Scott College
  • Stephen Hauptman
    Laboratory Instructor in Biology & Neuroscience
    Bowdoin College
  • Alex Heidenberg
    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Richard M. Heinz
    Principal & Vice President
    Research Facilities Design
  • Kenneth Heller
    Professor of Physics, School of Physics & Astronomy
    University of Minnesota
  • Thomas B. Higgins
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    City Colleges of Chicago Harold Washington College
  • Jeff Hollerman
    Associate Professor of Psychology
    Allegheny College
  • Eric Horsman
    Fellow of Geology & Geophysics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Ruth H. Howes
    Professor & Chair of Physics
    Marquette University
  • Freeman A. Hrabowski III
    President
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Calvin D. Husmann
    Executive Director of Major and Planned Giving, Office of Development
    Lawrence University
  • Debra L. Hydorn
    Professor of Mathematics
    University of Mary Washington
  • Leah H. Jamieson
    Interim Dean of the College of Engineering, Associate Dean of Engineering for Undergraduate Education
    Purdue University Main Campus
  • Bruce R. Johnson
    Senior Research Associate, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
    Cornell University
  • Eric Jolly
    President
    The Science Museum of Minnesota
  • Marianne Jordan
    Director of Corporate & Foundation Relations
    Bowdoin College
  • Trace Jordan
    Associate Director of the Morse Academic Plan, College of Arts & Sciences
    New York University
  • John R. Jungck
    Mead Chair of the Sciences, Professor of Biology
    Beloit College
  • Lou Jurkowski
    Managing Principal
    BJAC
  • David Kanis
    Professor & Chair of Chemistry and Physics
    Chicago State University
  • Daniel Kaplan
    Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
    Macalester College
  • Michael Kerchner
    Associate Professor of Psychology
    Washington College
  • Ishrat M. Khan
    Professor of Chemistry
    Clark Atlanta University
  • W. Bradley Kincaid
    Professor of Life Sciences
    Mesa Community College
  • Charles J. Kirby
    Principal
    Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering P.C. (MA)
  • Craig A. Kletzing
    Associate Professor of Physics
    University of Iowa
  • Virginia Knight
    Dean Emerita of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, Professor Emerita of Mathematics
    Meredith College
  • Eric A. Knueve
    Program Director
    Bethel Horizons
  • John E. Kolb
    Chief Information Officer
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Gary W. Krahn
    Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Glenn C. Kroeger
    Associate Professor & Chair of Geosciences
    Trinity University
  • Jay B. Labov
    Senior Advisor for Education & Communications
    National Research Council
  • Michael Lach
    Director of Science, Office of Math and Science
    Chicago Public Schools
  • Kelly Lambert
    Professor & Chair of Psychology
    Randolph-Macon College
  • Michael C. Lauber
    President
    Ellenzweig Architecture & Planning
  • Julie Legler
    Director of Statistics Program, Associate Professor of Statistics
    St. Olaf College
  • Arthur J. Lidsky
    President
    Dober, Lidsky, Craig and Associates, Inc.
  • Amy Lin
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Lasse Lindahl
    Professor & Chair, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Bradford C. Lister
    Professor of Biology, Director of Anderson Center for Innovation in Undergraduate Education
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Kevin D. Livingstone
    Assistant Professor of Biology
    Trinity University
  • Barbara M. Lom
    Assistant Professor of Biology & Neuroscience
    Davidson College
  • Phillip D. Long
    Associate Director of Outreach & Opportunity, Office of Education Innovation and Technology- DUE
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • David Lopatto
    Professor of Psychology
    Grinnell College
  • Mary Sue Lowery
    Professor of Biology
    University of San Diego
  • Cora B. Marrett
    Assistant Director, Directorate for Education & Human Resources
    National Science Foundation
  • Eric Mazur
    Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics
    Harvard University
  • Elizabeth F. McCormack
    Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Physics
    Bryn Mawr College
  • Martha M. McCormick
    Assistant Director, Archer Center for Student Leadership Development
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Rebecca C. McDuffie
    Laboratory Planner
    Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture
  • Gary C. McNay
    Principal, Academic Science & Technology
    Perkins & Will, Atlanta
  • Natalie A. Mello
    Director of Global Operations
    Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  • Ned Michalowski
    Principal
    X-nth, Inc.
  • Catherine H. Middlecamp
    Distinguished Faculty Associate, Director of the Chemistry Learning Center
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Susan B. Millar
    Senior Scientist, Wisconsin Center for Education Research (WCER)
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Don Lewis Millard
    Director, Academy of Electronic Media
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Michael E. Moody
    Dean of Faculty
    Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  • Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar
    Dean of Undergraduate Studies
    University of Central Florida
  • Mary E. Morton
    Provost & Vice President for Academic Affairs
    Gustavus Adolphus College
  • Scott Morton
    Vice President of Project Development
    Boldt Construction
  • Gary Muir
    Assistant Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience
    St. Olaf College
  • Sylvia F. Nadler
    Professor Emerita, Leadership Studies
    William Jewell College
  • Robert E. Nalls
    President
    Nalls Architecture, Inc.
  • James J. Napolitano
    Professor of Physics
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Dwight Nelson
    Associate Professor of Biology
    University of St. Thomas
  • Wendy Newstetter
    Director of Learning Sciences Research, Department of Biomedical Engineering
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • Jeffery T. Niesen
    Vice President for Construction Management, Central Operations
    The Boldt Company
  • Karen Kashmanian Oates
    Deputy Division Director, Education and Human Resources Directorate
    National Science Foundation
  • William Odell
    Principal
    Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum
  • Kathie L. Olsen
    Deputy Director
    National Science Foundation
  • Arnold Ostebee
    Assistant Provost, Professor of Mathematics
    St. Olaf College
  • David W. Oxtoby
    President
    Pomona College
  • Barbara Page
    Helen D. Lockwood Professor of English
    Vassar College
  • Karen Parfitt
    Associate Professor of Biology
    Pomona College
  • Kathleen Parson
    Program Officer
    Research Corporation
  • Carol Ann Paul
    Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences
    Wellesley College
  • Sam Pazicni
    Research Assistant
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Graham Peaslee
    Associate Professor of Chemistry & Environmental Science, Department of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Jeanne E. Pemberton
    Professor of Chemistry
    University of Arizona
  • Leo Pezzementi
    Professor of Biology
    Birmingham-Southern College
  • Stephanie Pfirman
    Professor & Chair of Environmental Science
    Barnard College
  • Ralph Pollack
    Professor & Chair, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Denise S. Pope
    Assistant Professor of Biology
    Trinity University
  • William R. Pulleyblank
    Vice President of the Center for Business Optimization, IBM Global Business Services
    IBM Corporation
  • Jose Quintans
    Master and Associate Dean, Biological Sciences Collegiate Division
    University of Chicago
  • Gary P. Radice
    Associate Professor of Biology
    University of Richmond
  • Julio J. Ramirez
    R. Stuart Dickson Professor of Psychology
    Davidson College
  • Ralph J. Rascati
    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Biology
    Kennesaw State University
  • Michael J. Reagan
    Principal
    Burt Hill
  • Rosalind Reichard
    President
    Emory and Henry College
  • C. Gary Reiness
    Professor of Biology
    Lewis and Clark College
  • Randall M. Richardson
    Professor of Geosciences, Department of Geosciences
    University of Arizona
  • Phyllis R. Robinson
    Professor of Biological Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • Christopher E. Rohlman
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    Albion College
  • Frank G. Rothman
    Professor of Biology and Provost, Emeritus, Department of Molecular Biology, Cell Biology and Biochemistry
    Brown University
  • Sharon Roy
    Director, Academic and Research Computing
    Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Edward C. Roy Jr.
    Professor of Geology Emeritus, Science Education Specialist
  • Gary D. Sandefur
    Dean of the College of Letters & Science
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Terry Sargent
    Principal
    Lord, Aeck & Sargent Architecture
  • Jeffrey Lee Schantz
    Senior Vice President & Strategic Director
    Hellmuth, Obata & Kassabaum (GA)
  • Pamela E. Scott-Johnson
    Associate Professor & Chair of Psychology
    Morgan State University
  • David Secord
    Associate Professor & Coordinator of Environmental Science, Department of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences
    University of Washington, Tacoma
  • Jan Serie
    OT Walter Professor of Biology, Director of the Center for Scholarship & Teaching
    Macalester College
  • Michael Seymour
    Professor & Chair of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Nancy Shapiro
    Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
    University System of Maryland
  • J. B. Sharma
    Professor of Physics
    Gainesville State College
  • Debra Sietsema
    Associate Professor & Chair of Nursing
    Hope College
  • Donald Small
    Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Diane R. Smith
    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor of Geosciences
    Trinity University
  • Karl A. Smith
    Morse-Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering, Institute of Technology
    University of Minnesota
  • Ann C. Smith
    Interim Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Studies
    University of Maryland College Park
  • Kathleen G. Snook
    Academy Professor Emerita, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Cahal Stephens
    Consultant
    Einhorn Yaffee Prescott Architecture & Engineering P.C. (MA)
  • Darin Stephenson
    Associate Professor of Mathematics
    Hope College
  • Carol Stevens
    Director of Animal Facility, College of Health Professions
    Central Michigan University
  • Bart D. Stewart
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Studies
    United States Military Academy
  • Betty Hill Stewart
    Dean of Science & Mathematics, Professor of Chemistry
    Midwestern State University
  • Joanne Stewart
    Professor of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Janet Stocks
    Director of the Center for Academic & Professional Success
    Baldwin-Wallace College
  • Rodney Sturdivant
    Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematical Sciences
    United States Military Academy
  • Gubbi Sudhakaran
    Professor & Chair of Physics
    University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • Lisa M. Sullivan
    Associate Dean of Faculty
    Harvey Mudd College
  • Donna L. Sundre
    Executive Director, Center for Assessment & Research Studies
    James Madison University
  • Kathy Lee Sutphin
    Assistant Dean for Instructional Projects, College of Natural & Mathematical Sciences
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • James E. Swartz
    Professor of Chemistry
    Grinnell College
  • Maria V. Tahamont
    Professor of Biological Sciences
    Rowan University
  • Basil Tikoff
    Associate Professor of Structural Geology & Tectonics, Department of Geology & Geophysics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Lisa Torrey
    Research Assistant, Biostatistics and Medical Informatics
    University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • Erich S. Uffelman
    Associate Professor of Chemistry
    Washington and Lee University
  • Bill Wade
    Vice President for Business & Finance
    Meredith College
  • Mary M. Walczak
    Associate Professor & Chair of Chemistry
    St. Olaf College
  • Anne Walter
    Professor & Chair, Department of Biology
    St. Olaf College
  • John C. Warner
    Professor & Director of the Center for Green Chemistry
    University of Massachusetts, Lowell
  • Karan Watson
    Dean of Faculties, Associate Provost
    Texas A & M University
  • Frank A. Wattenberg
    Professor of Mathematics
    United States Military Academy
  • Beth L. Weatherby
    Provost & Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs
    Southwest Minnesota State University
  • Gabriela C. Weaver
    Associate Professor of Chemistry, Director of the Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education
    Purdue University Main Campus
  • Melvin R. Webb
    Professor of Biology
    Clark Atlanta University
  • Douglas A. Weldon
    Stone Professor of Psychology
    Hamilton College
  • Howard Wertheimer
    Director of Capital Planning & Space Management
    Georgia Institute of Technology
  • F. Sheldon Wettack
    Visiting Professor of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Carl Wieman
    Distinguished Professor of Physics, Department of Physics
    University of Colorado at Boulder
  • Eric P. Wiertelak
    DeWitt Wallace Professor of Psychology, Director of Cognitive & Neuroscience Studies
    Macalester College
  • Lee W. Willard
    Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
    Duke University
  • Don Williams
    Professor of Chemistry
    Hope College
  • Timothy F. Winstead
    Principal, Director of Science & Technology
    The Freelon Group
  • David D. Withee
    Manager of Sales & Marketing
    Diversified Woodcrafts, Inc.
  • Elizabeth D. Wolfinger
    Dean of Natural & Mathematical Sciences, Professor of Biology & Health Sciences
    Meredith College
  • Robert Wyttenbach
    Senior Research Associate, Department of Neurobiology & Behavior
    Cornell University
  • Laird Yock
    Brigham and Women's Hospital
  • Jessica R. Young
    Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Biology
    Western State College of Colorado
  • Janice M. Zengel
    Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biological Sciences
    University of Maryland Baltimore County
  • J. Lynn Zimmerman
    Senior Vice Provost for Academic Programs, Professor of Biology
    Emory University