Meet The Team

Project team

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Ricardo

Ricardo Valerdi

PI

Professor of Systems & Industrial Engineering

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Erin

Erin Turner

Co-PI

Professor of Teaching, Learning and Sociocultural Studies

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Christina

Christina Baze

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Systems & Industrial Engineering

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Sanlyn

Sanlyn Buxner

Researcher

Associate Research Professor of Teaching/Learning and Sociocultural Studies

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Chris

Chris Rendez

Graduate Research Assistant

PhD student in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies

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Abby

Abby Gookin

Undergraduate Research Assistant

UA Undergraduate Engineering Student

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Seneca

Seneca Miller

Graduate Research Assistant

PhD student in Teaching, Learning, and Sociocultural Studies

Advisory Board

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Shannon

Shannon Campe

Project Manager, ETR (Scotts Valley, CA)

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Lynn

Lynn Dierking

Sea Grant Professor in Free-Choice Learning, Science & Mathematics Education, Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)

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Daniel

Daniel Miranda

Clubhouse Director, Boys & Girls Club (Tucson, AZ)

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Gina

Gina Pavlov

Instructional Practices Coach, Saddleback Valley Unified School District (Orange County, CA)

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Chad

Chad Smith

Former instructor, Major League Baseball Urban Youth Academy (New Orleans, LA)

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Rich

Rich Tomey

Regional Director (AZ and HI), Positive Coaching Alliance (Phoenix, AZ)