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