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 Wisconsin Regional Collaborative (RC) is building partnerships across institutions and coordinating the placement of underrepresented STEM graduate students into mentored teaching practicum experiences within primarily undergraduate-serving institutions (PUIs) and community colleges.
Wisconsin Regional Collaborative Leadership Team
Dr. Anneke Lisberg, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Co-Lead and Program Director
Dr. Julie Janiak, Director of Center for Educational Opportunity, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Co-Lead and Institutional Coordinator
Dr. Stephen Levas, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Internship Director and Program Co-Director
Four-year College Campus Leaders
Dr. Cara Theisen, Director of Professional Development in Teaching and Learning, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 4-year Institutional Coordinator (UW-Madison)
Dr. Erica Young, Professor of Biological Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 4-year Institutional Coordinator (UWM)
Two-year College (and four-year PUI ) Campus Leaders
Dr. Julie Janiak, 2-year Institutional Coordinator (UWW-Rock)
Dr. Mike Pauers, Associate Professor, College of General Studies, UWM at Waukesha, 2-year Institutional Coordinator (UWM-Waukesha)
Dr. Talitha Selby, Professor, College of General Studies, UWM at Washington, 2-year Institutional Coordinator (UWM-Washington)
Dr. Brian Fetterly, Interim Campus Dean and Professor, 4-year PUI Institutional Coordinator (UW-Platteville) and 2-year Institutional Coordinator (UWP-BSC and UWP-Richland)