Cynthia Pickering, Process Architect and Researcher at Arizona State University is co-PI on two National Science Foundation (NSF) grant awards that provide technical assistance for competitive NSF grant writing to educators at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Currently a Ph.D. candidate in human and social dimensions of science and technology, Pickering has twenty-eight peer-reviewed publications and thirty-five years industry expertise in software engineering, artificial intelligence, collaboration systems and process architecture, research and innovation, user-centered design, and advanced analytics. She holds US Patent 7904323: Multi-Team Immersive Integrated Collaboration.

Dr. Sarah Over is the Engineering Librarian at the University of Maryland (UMD), serving as the subject liaison for the Clark School of Engineering.  Dr. Over came to UMD with from a doctorate in engineering at Texas A&M University and has a passion for teaching.  She teaches a variety of workshops for the UMD Libraries and gives guest instruction sessions for introductory engineering courses to advanced research seminars.  Dr. Over also enjoys her time serving the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) in diversity and libraries’ efforts.  Outside of education endeavors, Dr. Over continues her research into spaceflight risk modeling and data analysis related to space weather.

As Associate Director for Science and Engineering at the Rice Office of STEM Engagement (R-STEM), Christina guides Houston area high school teachers to explore both science and engineering concepts and how they can be taught using inquiry & project-based methods. Christina also works with the NEWT Center and leads their Nanotechnology Environmental Engineering for Teachers (NEET) and NEWT Research Experience for Teachers (RET) programs. Christina believes the world and the humans that live in it are only truly valued when individuals come together to share unique, diverse, and sometimes opposing perspectives. The celebration of diversity and the inclusion of all ideas creates a critical consciousness of the world today and paves the way for a sustainable and prosperous future. She currently has a B.S. in Biology from Texas A & M – Corpus Christi, M.S.Ed from the University of Houston, and is a Ph.D. student at the University of Houston studying Urban Education.

Emilie A. Siverling is an Assistant Professor of Integrated Engineering at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and is also a Professor in Iron Range Engineering’s Bell Program. She has a Ph.D. in Engineering Education and an M.S.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction – Science Education from Purdue University. Prior to her graduate studies, she was a high school chemistry and physics teacher at Todd County High School on the Rosebud Reservation from 2009-2013. She maintains a South Dakota Teaching Certificate for secondary chemistry, physics, and mathematics. Before teaching, she received a B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Alison Kerr is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She has an M.A. and PhD in Industrial-Organizational Psychology from the University of Tulsa and a B.A. in psychology from the University of Southern California.  Her research interests include training development and evaluation as explored across a variety of academic disciplines and organizational settings. She has been a contributing member of several NSF-sponsored research initiatives focused on developing engineering and science students’ relevant non-technical professional skills including leadership, creativity and ethical practice and performance. Her dissertation research comprehensive evaluation of a professional ethics training program which utilizes expert-witness role-play for engineering education.