Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Staff
Dr. Katie McCance
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of STEM Education, College of Education
Assists with educational research activities, facilitating teacher professional development, developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers, and website management; served as a teaching assistant for the SBBP distance courses.
James Todd
Instructional Designer
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Responsible for video shooting and post production, such as editing. Assisting with the creation of distance education courses using Moodle project space.
Graduate Students
Karen Collier
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of STEM Education, College of Education
Assisting with educational research activities
Heather Starkey
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Developing course materials for the distance classes, acting as a teaching assistant for the distance classes, developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers, assisting in marketing and recruiting.
Antonio Suarez
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Acting as a teaching assistant for the distance classes, and developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
Darlene Echeverria
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
Rajnish Kumar
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
Jacob Zwilling
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
Joseph Gutierrez
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Acting as a teaching assistant for the distance classes, and developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
Apra Rajwade
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of STEM Education, College of Education
Assisting with educational research activities
Past Team Members
Dr. Shana McAlexander
Former SBBP Program Manager, Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
PhD Candidate, Department of STEM Education, College of Education
Responsible for program logistics, course development, and conducting educational research
Dr. Adam Scouse
Former Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar & SBBP Program Manager
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Online teacher, content creator, and project coordinator.
Dr. Franklin Zambrano Gotera
Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Developing course materials for the distance classes, acting as a teaching assistant for the distance classes, developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers, assisting in marketing and recruiting.
Dr. Joe Sagues
Former SBBP Team Member
Assistant Professor, Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Providing technical assistance with the development of course material focused on biomass conversion technologies and bioproduct innovation
Dr. Steve McKeand
Professor, Co-Principal Investigator
Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, College of Natural Resources
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Responsible for developing course content and co-teaching
Kristen Tomberlin
Former Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Forest Biomaterials, College of Natural Resources
Assisting with internship coordination, acting as a teaching assistant for online courses, and developing hands-on lab activities for students and teachers
