Meet the SPARCnet Steering Committee
The steering committee directs and ensures the continuity of the network. They also evaluate project proposals and facilitate collaboration between network members.

Louise Mead
Education Director
BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Jill Fleming
Wildlife Biologist
NE Amphibian Research & Monitoring Initiative
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
SO Conte Anadromous Fish Lab
Turners Falls, MA

Tanya Hawley Matlaga
Assistant Professor
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA
Chris Sutherland
Reader
Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling
School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of St Andrews
St Andrews, Scotland
Evan H Campbell Grant
Research Wildlife Biologist
NE Amphibian Research & Monitoring Initiative
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
SO Conte Anadromous Fish Lab
Turners Falls, MA

Maisie MacKnight
Ph.D. Candidate
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA

Bethany Shaw
M.S. Student
SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
Alexa Warwick
Wildlife Engagement Specialist
Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Research Collaborators
Adrianne Brand, Wildlife Biologist - U.S. Geological Survey, Northeastern Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Stephanie Coster, Assistant Professor - Randolph-Macon College
Jennifer Deitloff, Assistant Professor - Lock Haven University
Andrew Dietrich, Wildlife Biologist - U.S. Geological Survey, Northeastern Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Paola Dolcemascolo, Assistant Professor - Berkeley College
Elise Edwards, Wildlife Biologist - U.S. Geological Survey, Northeastern Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative
Kristen Epp, Associate Professor - Eastern Connecticut University
Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Associate Professor - Bridgewater State University
Eric J. Gangloff, Assistant Professor - Ohio Wesleyan University
Brian Gratwicke, Research Scientist - Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
Kristine Grayson, Associate Professor and Hannah Covert, Lab Manager - University of Richmond
Brandon Hedrick, Assistant Professor - Cornell University
Raisa Hernández Pacheco, Assistant Professor - California State University Long Beach
Daniel Hocking, Assistant Professor - Frostburg State University
Mike Losito, Professor - SUNY Cobleskill
Tanya Hawley Matlaga, Assistant Professor - Susquehanna University
Joseph Milanovich, Assistant Professor - Loyola University of Chicago
William Peterman, Associate Professor - The Ohio State University
Jennifer Sevin, Visiting Lecturer - University of Richmond
Sean Sterrett, Assistant Professor - Monmouth University
Chris Sutherland, Reader - Center for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling, School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews
Kerry Yurewicz, Professor - Plymouth State University
Education Collaborators
Catherine Devlin, Educator and Coordinator of Student Assessment - Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Grant Dobson and Lyndsey Mask Education Director - Shaw Woods Outdoor Education Center, Douglas, Ontario
Matt Ellerbeck, Salamander Conservationist and Educator - Ontario
Krysta Hougen, Teacher Naturalist and Camp Director - Pickering Creek Audubon Center, Easton, MD
Amanda Hyde, Professor of Biology - Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA
Tamworth Conservation Commission, Tamworth, NH
Brett Amy Thelen, Science Director - Harris Center for Conservation Education, Hancock, NH
Danika Tyminski, Educator - Swift River Elementary School, Wendell, MA
Alexa Warwick, Wildlife Engagement Specialist - Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State University
Ted Watt, Educator - Hitchcock Center for the Environment, Amherst, MA
Julia Whalen - Carver Middle High School, Carver, MA
Graduate Students
Alumni
David Muñoz - Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Ben Padilla - Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst
Maisie MacKnight, Ph.D. - Pennsylvania State University
Bethany Ozolins, M.S. - SUNY Oneonta
Lily Thompson - M.S. Virginia Commonwealth University and Research Coordinator, University of Richmond