WISE Working Group

The Working Group consists of the WISE Director, Program Coordinator and approximately twenty women and several men from the SUSB faculty and staff who enthusiastically volunteer their time to WISE. The Working Group meets approximately every other month to set policy, discuss curriculum changes, plan the budget and discuss difficulties the students may be having, or accomplishments they have achieved. The Working Group is subdivided into committees whose members participate in such areas as supervision of the mentor groups, academic advising, matching students with scholarships and internships, and recruiting. Many members of the Working Group participate in the evening programs, and all of them are available for one to one consultations with the WISE students. The members represent almost all Science, Math, and Engineering Departments within the University, as well as several Humanities Departments. Professor Dusa McDuff, one of the Working Group members, has been the Undergraduate Director of Mathematics, and Professor Marci Lobel has been the Undergraduate Director of Psychology. If any students have questions about a particular major, what courses to take, or just want to talk to a faculty member who is familiar with the campus, they can feel free to contact a member of the Working Group for a meeting. To find out how to join the working group, click here.

WHO ARE THE MEMBERS OF OUR WISE COMMUNITY?

WISE Advisory Group and Affiliated Faculty

Carrie-Ann Miller, Director

Doreen Aveni, WISE Staff Assistant

Sharon Pavulaan, WISE Pre-College Coordinator

Marci Lobel, Associate Director and Associate Professor of Psychology

Wendy Katkin, Director Emeritus, member of Friends of WISE Advisory Board, and Associate Provost for Undergraduate Initiatives

Estie Arkin, Associate Professor of Applied Math

David Bynum, Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and Director of Howard Hughes Programs

Ann Sutton, Senior Research Scientist, Department of Biochemistry

William Collins, Associate Professor of Neurobiology and Undergraduate Director of Biological Sciences

Mary Bernero, Instructional Support Tech of Biological Sciences

Nancy Goroff, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Clare Grey, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Michelle Millar, Associate Professor of Chemistry

Dianna Padilla, Associate Professor of Ecology and Evolution

Wendy Tang, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering

Hanna Nekvasil, Associate Professor of Geosciences

Ellen Broselow, Professor of Linguistics

Marie Huffman, Associate Professor of Linguistics

Mary Scranton, Professor of Marine Sciences

Miriam Rafailovich, Professor of Materials Science

Dusa McDuff, Professor of Mathematics

Anthony Phillips, Professor and Chair of Mathematics

Rebecca Rowehl, Instructional Support Specialist of Microbiology

Joanne Engebrecht, Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Robert Crease, Associate Professor of Philosophy

Peter Kahn, Professor of Physics

Suparna Rajaram, Associate Professor of Psychology

Nancy Squires, Chair, Department of Psychology

Sally Sternglanz, Associate Professor of Women's Studies

Faculty and graduate students from every science, math and engineering department on campus, as well as Brookhaven National Laboratory and other science-oriented institutions, are involved in WISE.

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