Janice DeCosmo

Director, Undergraduate Research Program; Associate Dean of Undergraduate Academic Affairs
jdecosmo@u.washington.edu

Janice is also an affiliate faculty member in the UW's department of Earth and Space Sciences, having earned a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Sciences in 1991 specializing in atmosphere-ocean interaction. She has taught science at all grade levels from kindergarten through university, and more recently has focused on helping university faculty find ways to include undergraduates in their research and to integrate research into their teaching. Janice became director of URP in 2000. She is the campus representative and an elected councilor for the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), and an elected member of the board of governors of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). Her UW responsibilities include oversight of the Mary Gates Endowment for Students and providing leadership to the Center for Experiential Learning.

Jennifer Harris

Associate Director, Undergraduate Research Program
genoveva@u.washington.edu

Jennifer received her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the UW College of Education in 2004. Her dissertation research was on the history of community participation in urban school reform in Seattle during the civil rights era. Jennifer joined URP in autumn of 2005 and her prior professional positions have focused on access, retention, and assessment issues along various levels of the educational continuum-including work with McNair Scholars and Early Identification Program students at the UW.

Jessica Salvador

Graduate Staff Assistant, Undergraduate Research Program
dearjess@u.washington.edu

Jessica is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the UW. Her prior experiences include mathematics instruction at the secondary level where she also coordinated the college preparatory program Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) and a prior career in civil engineering. Her interests are in access, equity and retention in the academic pipeline and communities as centers for learning. Jessica received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and her M.Ed. from the University of La Verne.

Tracy Nyerges

Special Programs Coordinator and Adviser, Undergraduate Research Program
tnyerges@u.washington.edu

Tracy is the newest addition to the URP team. She has her B.A. in Psychology from the University of Kansas. Go Jayhawks! She brings over 5 years of professional academic experience with multiple universities. Tracy has helped coordinate nationally funded Psychology research projects for The University of Missouri, The University of Pittsburgh, and The University of Vermont. She is now a UW Husky dedicated to promoting undergraduate research opportunities and advising special programs students. Tracy is pursuing her MSW degree at the UW with a concentration in direct practice in medical settings.

Jentery Sayers

Graduate Staff Assistant, Undergraduate Research Program
jentery@u.washington.edu

Jentery is currently a PhD candidate in English at the University of Washington, Seattle. He teaches computer-integrated courses situated in the digital humanities, Anglo-American literature, and science and technology studies. His dissertation explores the relationships between modern Anglo-American literature and sound technologies (such as the telegraph, phonograph, magnetic tape recorder, and MP3 player). In Spring 2009, he will teach, "Project-Based Approaches to Mapping the Digital Humanities" (in the Comparative History of Ideas program at UW, Seattle) and an arts technique course, entitled "New Media Production" (at UW, Bothell). In his spare time, he snowboards. A lot. He likes music just a bit, too.

Joy Kim

Staff Assistant, Undergraduate Research Program
jojo0808@u.washington.edu

Joy is a sophomore at the University of Washington and is currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science. In addition to her studies, she is involved with the UW Graphic Novel Society and is currently collaborating with a team on a graphic novel series of her own.

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