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.

M. Caitlin Fisher-Reid

Associate Professor
Bridgewater State University
Bridgewater, MA

Kristine Grayson

Associate Professor
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA

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Louise Mead

Education Director
BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Sean Sterrett

Assistant Professor
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ

Jill Fleming

Wildlife Biologist
NE Amphibian Research & Monitoring Initiative
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
SO Conte Anadromous Fish Lab
Turners Falls, MA

Tanya

Tanya Hawley Matlaga

Assistant Professor
Susquehanna University
Selinsgrove, PA

David AW Miller

Associate Professor
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, 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

Maisie MacKnight

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

Bethany Ozolins doing field work in a stream.

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

Kristen Epp, Associate Professor - Eastern Connecticut University

Caitlin Fisher-Reid, Associate Professor - Bridgewater State University

Jill Fleming, Wildlife Biologist - U.S. Geological Survey, Northeastern Amphibian Research and Monitoring Initiative

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 - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

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

Graduate Students

Maisie MacKnight, Ph.D. Candidate - Pennsylvania State University

Bethany Shaw, M.S. Student - SUNY Oneonta

Alumni

David Muñoz - Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Ben Padilla - Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst

Lily Thompson - M.S. Virginia Commonwealth University and Research Coordinator, University of Richmond