Leitzel Center Staff 
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Karen J. GrahamDirectorKaren Graham is Professor of Mathematics in the UNH Department of Mathematics and Statistics. She was appointed to serve as the inaugural director of the Leitzel Center in January 2003. She received her Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from UNH in 1986. She taught mathematics in Pine Plains NY prior to beginning work on her doctorate and taught at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI) prior to joining the faculty at UNH. Dr. Graham also directs the UNH Master of Science for Teacher (MST) in mathematics program. Her professional and scholarly interests include the teaching and learning of calculus, mathematics education reform based research, and mathematics teacher development. Dr. Graham has served as the project director of many state and federally funded projects. She has presented numerous workshops at local, state, regional, and national conferences. In addition she has served as a documentation consultant on several national research projects designed to explore mathematics education reform efforts, the QUASAR (Quantitative Understanding: Amplifying Student Achievement and Reasoning) Project, the R3M (Recognizing and Recording Reform in Mathematics Education) Project, and the CCH Evaluation and Documentation Project. In 1999, Dr. Graham received the Richard H. Balomenos Mathematics Education Service Award from the NH Association of Teachers of Mathematics. |
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Stephen HaleResearch AssociateSteve joined the Leitzel Center team in August 2005. He earned his Ph.D. in Natural Resources from the University of New Hampshire in 2001. Steve has broadened his already diverse research interests in climate change, vertebrate distribution modeling and mapping using satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems to include transformations in science education and outreach that increase all-levels of students' interest and enthusiasm for the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) disciplines. Steve teaches the Summer Institute in Environmental Education, which implements a rigorous inquiry-based learning model for pre-service and in-service teachers, and serves as the first course toward the UNH Masters of Environmental Education degree. Steve was the former coordinator for the Biology Program's General Ecology Laboratory sections before joining the Leitzel Center full-time in the Summer of 2006. |
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Mimi WinderProgram Support AssistantMimi joined the Leitzel Center in February 2007. She is repsonsible for program support for the projects and activies of the center. |
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Erik FroburgEducation & Outreach SpecialistErik began working with the Leitzel Center in 2007, through the Transforming Earth System Science Education (TESSE) program, and has since become involved in several other projects associated with the center. He serves as the graduate fellow advisor for TESSE and is active in working with K-12 teachers, through both TESSE, as well as other professional development activities that the Leitzel Center conducts. His particular focus has been in promoting authentic research by students, and in providing schools with more direct access to scientists and contemporary research in the geo-sciences. Prior to his positions at UNH, Erik was a Special Education teacher of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities at Noble Middle School in Berwick, Maine. He is a graduate of the UNH Masters in Environmental Education program and is a past board member of the New Hampshire Environmental Educators. |
Leitzel Center Strategic Planning & Implementation Council
June 2003 - Present
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