SENCER Core Committee

SENCER's work is advised and carried out by a core group of senior scholars and project staff. Together they bring experience in the fields of biochemistry, public health, history, political science, economics, medicine, and international politics. Please click on each person's name to access a brief biosketch.  To contact SENCER staff, please call (202) 483-4600.

Visiting Scholars

Visiting scientists and mathematicians join the national office staff in implementing SENCER’s national dissemination initiative. 

SENCER Senior Associates

The Senior Associates are SENCER core faculty who maintain real connections with SENCER teams via e-mail, house calls, and telephone. Senior Associates are leaders in reform who lend their expertise to teams and individuals on-site at SENCER Summer Institutes. They also help organize regional meetings of faculty, academic leaders, and students involved in SENCER.

Monica Devanas
Director of Faculty Development and Assessment Programs at the Center for the Advancement of Teaching, Rutgers University

Marion Fass
Professor of Biology, Beloit College

Laurie Fathe
Associate Provost for Education Improvement and Innovation,
George Mason University

David Ferguson
Distinguished Service Professor of Technology and Society and Applied Mathematics, Stony Brook University

Richard Fluck
E. Paul and Frances Reiff Professor of Biology, Franklin and Marshall College

Ellen Goldey
Professor of Biology, Wofford College

Brian Hagenbuch
Director of the Pine Lake Institute for Environmental and Sustainability Studies, Hartwick College

Trace Jordan
Associate Director of the Morse Academic Plan, New York University

Theo Koupelis
Associate Dean of Math, Science, and Education, Edison College

Terry McGuire
Professor of Genetics, Rutgers University

Catherine Hurt Middlecamp
Distinguished Faculty Associate and Director of the Chemistry Learning Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Amy Shachter
Associate Provost for Research Initiatives, Santa Clara University

Garon Smith
Professor of Chemistry, University of Montana

Tom Wood
Associate Professor of Conservation Studies at New Century College, George Mason University