Project Staff

Jane Nelson (Director, Ellbogen CTL): Co-Primary Investigator and Project Director

Audrey Kleinsasser (Director, Wyoming School-University Partnership): Co-PI

Aura Newlin: Project Coordinator

Jennifer Wade: Budget Officer

Jessica Willford: Grant Office Assistant

Elizabeth Horsch (Independent Consultant): Outside Evaluator

Becky Carroll (Independent Consultant): Outside Evaluator

Project Faculty & Original CLAAS courses

Jane Beiswenger

Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology & Physiology

Life Science (BIOL 1020)

Erin Campbell-Stone

Lecturer, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Introduction to Physical Geology (GEOL 1100)

Rod Garnett

Professor, Department of Music

Introduction to the Music of the World’s People (MUSC 3015)

April Heaney

Director, Synergy Program; Lecturer, Department of English

Introduction to Literature (ENGL 2020)

Mark Lyford

Director, Biology Program; Lecturer, Department of Botany

Discovering Science (BIOL 1002)

Jimm Myers

Professor, Department of Geology & Geophysics

Earth & Mineral Resources (GEOL 3600)

Energy: A Geological Perspective (GEOL 3650)

CLAAS Course Assistants

(past and present)

For Biology:

Julie Cook-Grifith: UW Graduate (BS, Biology)

Melanie Forbes: UW Graduate (MS, Zoology & Physiology)

Diane Gorski: Lecturer, Dept. of Zoology & Physiology; BIOL 1010 Lab Coordinator

Brandi Jensen: UW Graduate Student (Zoology & Physiology)

Beth Rintz: UW Graduate (MS, Teaching in Natural Science)

Daniel Robertson: UW Undergraduate (Biology)

Yvonne Schlaman: UW Graduate Student (Self Designed Program)

For English:

Allison Gernant: Lecturer, Dept. of English

Val Pexton: Lecturer, Dept. of English

For Geology:

Garth Massey: Director, International Studies Program; Professor, Dept. of Sociology

Stan Grabowski: UW Undergraduate (Graphic Art)

Badi Mibiuba: UW Undergraduate (Graphic Art)

Aura Newlin: CLAAS Project Coordinator

For World Music:

Rachel Crocker: UW Undergraduate (Int'l Studies and SDM in Ethnomusicology)

Aura Newlin: CLAAS Project Coordinator, UW Graduate (BA, SDM in Ethnomusicology)