UR Alliance Co-Chairs
Kevin Bonine
kebonine@arizona.edu
Kevin believes in the power of effective education and environmental protection to improve the quality of life for all. In practice, this includes connecting across silos, boundaries, and disciplines while engaging students in immersive, experiential opportunities. UArizona courses he has taught include Herpetology, Conservation Biology, Environmental Biology, Introductory Organismal Biology (ECOL182), Vertebrate Physiology, and field courses in the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador) and Sonoran Desert Sky Island Region (Arizona & Sonora, Mexico). At Biosphere 2, he helps design learning experiences for 100,000 annual visitors and 10,000 K-12 school children, offers teacher professional development, and facilitates residential research internships. Kevin is on the board of trustees of the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and enjoys studying Gila monsters in his spare time.
Kimberly J. Sierra
kjsc@arizona.edu
Kimberly J. Sierra serves as Co-Chair of the Undergraduate Research Alliance, Director of Undergraduate Research in the Office of Societal Impact, and Director of the STEM Learning Center. Kimberly’s experience participating in STEM pathway programs to attain degrees in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at UC Berkeley and Management Engineering at Claremont McKenna College as an underrepresented, first-gen college student and Pell Grant recipient fuels her commitment to eliminating barriers for marginalized populations. Previously, she served as the College of Science Director of Undergraduate Research, the Education Director for the NSF Engineering Research Center CIAN, the Coordinator for the NSF Science and Technology Center MDITR, the Executive Director for the House of Neighborly Service in South Tucson, and a Process Consultant for Andersen Consulting.
UR Alliance Working Group Leads
Jennifer Fields
Lead, Tracking & Evaluation Working Group
fieldsj@arizona.edu
Raine Ikagawa
Co-Lead, Curricular Integration Working Group
rikagawa@arizona.edu
Courtney Leligdon
Co-Lead, Curricular Integration Working Group
cleligdon@arizona.edu
Kelley Merriam-Castro
Lead, Communication & Coordination Working Group
kmerriam@arizona.edu
Tori Nardinelli
Lead, Culture, Equity, & Inclusion Working Group
outfleet@arizona.edu
Kay Orzech
Lead, Funding and Support Working Group
kmcelvee@arizona.edu
Sharon Aiken-Wisniewski saikenwisniewski@arizona.edu
Kian Alavy alavy@arizona.edu
Jesse Alston jmalston@arizona.edu
Melissa Barnett barnettm@arizona.edu
Jennifer Batchelder jennibatchelder@arizona.edu
Martha Bhattacharya marthab1@arizona.edu
Leah Callovini lcallovini@arizona.edu
Adriana Cimetta cimetta@arizona.edu
Michelle Coe macoe@arizona.edu
Courtney Coffey ccoffey@arizona.edu
Margarethe Cooper cooperma@arizona.edu
Zelieann Craig zelieann@arizona.edu
Jennifer Cubeta cubeta@arizona.edu
Fatih Erol ferol@arizona.edu
Heather Haeger heather3@arizona.edu
Greg Heileman heileman@arizona.edu
Katrina Henry katrinahenry@arizona.edu
Laura Hollengreen laurah@arizona.edu
Heidi Hopkins hhopkins@arizona.edu
James Hunt jeh@arizona.edu
Kasi Kiehlbaugh kkiehlbaugh@arizona.edu
Amy Kimme Hea kimmehea@arizona.edu
Corey Knox cknox@arizona.edu
Amanda Kraus akraus@arizona.edu
Anne Kurtin akurtin@arizona.edu
Sarah Kyte skyte@arizona.edu
Jasmine Linabary jlinabary@arizona.edu
Rebecca Lipson rlipson@arizona.edu
Brian Luce bluce@arizona.edu
Christine Melton-Lopez melton1@arizona.edu
Lara Miller laramiller@arizona.edu
Karla Nunez nunezk@arizona.edu
Matt Peters mwpeters@arizona.edu
Quinn Reilly qreilly@arizona.edu
Peter Reiners reiners@arizona.edu
Benjamin Richmond brichmond@arizona.edu
Rachael Ronald rronald@arizona.edu
Caitlyn Rosario-Kelly crosariokelly@arizona.edu
Ed Roskowski eroskowski@arizona.edu
Megan Senseney msenseney@arizona.edu
Yotam Shmargad yotam@arizona.edu
Janet Smith janetsmith@arizona.edu
Karla Smith karlasmith@arizona.edu
Frans Tax fetax@arizona.edu
Jennifer Teske teskeja@arizona.edu
Kendra Thompson-Dyck kthompd@arizona.edu
Audrey Tocco-Kahn ajtocco@arizona.edu
Donna Treloar dtreloar@arizona.edu
Karna Walter karna@arizona.edu
Sarah Wieland swieland@arizona.edu
Ryan Winet rwinet@arizona.edu
Lisa Winton Lisa.Winton@uafoundation.org
Zhongguo Xiong zxiong@arizona.edu