Leadership Team

Dr. Claudia Luke

Dr. Claudia Luke, Project Leader
Director, Center for Environmental Inquiry
Sonoma State University

Dr. Hillary Swain, Project Leader
Executive Director, Archbold Expeditions
Archbold Field Station

Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Project Leader
Executive Director, Herring Gut Coastal Science Center

Dr. Kari O’Connell, Project Leader
Senior Researcher, STEM Research Center
Oregon State University

Technical Advisers

LevitJones Holdings

LevitJones Holdings– Advising on content and user experience strategy

Dr. Chris Halle – Nature!Tech Program Developer
Center for Environmental Inquiry
Sonoma State University

Nizar Kassis – Website Admin

Dr. Sara Kassis – Virtual Reality Videography
Sonoma State University

Video Development and Production

  • Sara Kassis, Faculty, Sonoma State Engineering Science
  • Ben Bravo, Resource Manager, Sonoma State Center for Environmental Inquiry
  • Brieanne Forbes, Education Assistant, Sonoma State University
  • Karsten Steinhorst, Student, Sonoma State University

Live from the Field Coordination 

  • Kerry Wininger, Outreach, Sonoma State Center for Environmental Inquiry

Terrestrial Working Group 

  • Benjamin Bravo, Resource Manager, Sonoma State Center for Environmental Inquiry
  • Jorge Ramos, Associate Director for Environmental Education, Stanford University Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve

Freshwater Working Group 

  • Beth Norman, Director of Science and Research, Lacawac Sanctuary
  • Patricia Saunders, Director Environmental Science Program, Ashland University Black Fork Wetlands Environmental Studies Center

Marine Working Group

  • Itchung Cheung, Academic Programs Manager, Oregon State University Hatfield Marine Science Center

Education Oversight

  • Angie Patterson, Master Science Educator, Black Rock Forest
  • Dustin Angel, Education Coordinator, Archbold Biological Station
  • Itchung Cheung, Academic Programs Manager, Hatfield Marine Science Center
  • Lara Roketenetz, Field Station Manager, University of Akron Martin Center for Field Studies and Environmental Education
  • Beth Norman, Director of Science and Research, Lacawac Sanctuary
  • Patricia Saunders, Black Fork Wetlands Environmental Studies Center, Ashland University Black Fork Wetlands Environmental Studies Center
  • Cora Johnston, SiteDirector, University of Virginia Coast Reserve LTER and Anheuser-Busch Coastal Research Center

Research Coordination Steering Committee

  • Sarah Oktay, University of California Davis, CA
  • Itchung Cheung, Hatfield Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, OR
  • Angelica Patterson, Black Rock Forest Consortium, NY
  • Claudia Luke, Center For Environmental Inquiry, Sonoma State University, CA
  • Hilary Swain, Archbold Biological Station, FL
  • Jorge Ramos, Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Stanford University, CA
  • Kari O’Connell, UFERN and STEM Research Center, Oregon State University, OR
  • Corey Garza, Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, and California State University Monterey Bay, CA
  • Marty Downs, Long Term Ecological Research Network Office at University of California, Santa Barbara
  • Chris Mead, Center for Education Through Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
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