Overview
The project will assess the impact of a new and innovative combination of timely coaching/mentoring and co-curricular strategies targeting a cohort of STEM majors who are placed on (or who through early identification are deemed to be at risk of being placed on) academic probation. Coaches/mentors will provide high quality, asset-based services in a timely and continuous manner, serving as allies to facilitate a positive academic mindset to Hispanic and other underrepresented STEM majors, and providing guidance (and referrals as needed) to high-quality wrap-around resources to address students' individual academic and personal needs.
Project Goal and Objectives
The project goal is to better understand issues in the retention and degree attainment of STEM undergraduates to pursue successful STEM careers and contribute to the economy.
- Form a new Coaching Cohort that provides holistic and timely support services for struggling STEM freshmen and sophomores.
- Study effectiveness of coordinated coaching and co-curricular interventions for academically challenged diverse STEM majors at Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs).
Coaching Cohort Members
Type |
Name |
Discipline/Specialization Areas |
|
PI |
Meline Kevorkian, Ed.D. |
Associate Provost/Dean/Vice President of Academic Quality, Assessment, and Accreditation |
|
Co-PI |
Carmen Sosa |
Director of Enrollment and Retention |
|
Co-PI (Senior Personnel) |
Greg Simco, Ph.D. |
Professor of Computer Science, Chair of the Department of Computing and the Department of Engineering, and PPOHA Grant Project Director |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Jason Gershman, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor of Math and Statistics and Chair, Math Department |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Maria Ballester, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Victor Lopez, Ph.D. |
Professor, Biology |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Frank Mitropoulos, Ph.D. |
Professor of Computer Science |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Jamie Tarter, Ph.D. |
Professor / Research Director, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Jullienne Kabre, Ph.D. |
Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Julia Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
James Munoz, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience |
|
Faculty (Other Personnel) |
Victor Castro, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Physics |
Contact Us
If you have any questions, please email Dr. Meline Kevorkian, melinek@nova.edu .