Southern Ohio
Regional Collaborative

About Us

The NSF Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Aspire Alliance is a national effort aimed at: (1) deepening the preparation of all STEM faculty to be inclusive and effective in their undergraduate teaching, research mentoring, and advising, (2) diversifying the faculty through effective recruitment, hiring, and retention of STEM faculty via institutional transformation in practices, policies, and resources, and (3) fostering institutional cultures that recognize and value inclusivity and diversity broadly, and in the context of STEM faculty work specifically. 

Around these goals, the Southern Ohio Regional Collaborative (RC) is building partnerships across organizations and coordinating the placement of underrepresented STEM graduate students into mentored teaching practicum experiences in Community College classrooms in Ohio.

Ohio Regional Collaborative Leadership Team

• Dr. Cassie Barlow, Strategic Ohio Council for Higher Education (SOCHE)

• Dr. Bridget Ingram, Professor of Early Childhood and Teacher Education, Clark State College

• Dr. Margaret Pinnell, Assistant Provost for Learning and Executive Director of Learning Teaching Center, University of Dayton
  
  

Four-year College Campus Leaders

• Dr. Margaret Pinnell, Assistant Provost for Learning and Executive Director of Learning Teaching Center, University of Dayton (Co-Lead of Ohio RC)

• Dr. Ken Bloemer, Director of Visioneering Center, University of Dayton (Ohio RC Member)
  
  

Two-year College Campus Leaders 

• Dr. Bridget Ingram, Professor of Early Childhood and Teacher Education, Clark State College (Co-Lead of Ohio RC)

• Tabitha Parker, Assistant Professor of English Literature and Composition, Clark State College (Ohio RC Member)

Partner Organizations

Dayton Region Manufacturers Association

• Angelia Erbaugh, Executive Director, Consultant to the Ohio RC

Technology First

• Melissa Cutcher, Executive Director, Consultant to the Ohio RC

National Society of Black Engineers

• Dr. Shaney Pacley, Chief Exploratory Research Section Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Consultant to the Ohio RC

Wright State University

• Dr Shu Schiller, Interim Dean of the College of Graduate Programs and Honors Studies, Wright State University, Consultant to the Ohio RC

National Air and Space Intelligence Center

• Dr. Sharon Heilmann, Chief, Development Division, NASIC, Consultant to the Ohio RC

IEEE Dayton

• Dr. Charles Cerny, Electrical Engineer, Air Force Research Laboratory, Consultant to the Ohio RC

Wright Patterson Air Force Base

• Lisa Clinch, Deputy Civilian Personnel Officer, WPAFB, Consultant to the Ohio RC