Project TRACS Team
Note: Thank you for your interest in ADVANCE Project TRACS, our NSF funded Institutional Transformational Grant which ended August 31, 2017. The pages that follow are historical documents for informational purposes only.
Project TRACS Team Organizational Chart
ADVANCE Project Team
Jessi L. Smith, Department of Psychology, Director
Sara Rushing, Department of Political Science, Co-Director
Ian Handley, Department of Psychology, Co-Director
Nika Stoop, Project Manager/Research Resources Coordinator (Center for Faculty Excellence)
Internal Implementation Advisory Team
Charles Boyer, Vice President, Dean & Director, College of Agriculture
Anne Camper, Senior Woman in STEM
Cathy Hasenpflug, Chief Human Resource Officer
Brett Gunnink, Dean, College of Engineering
Kristen Intemann, Women's and Gender Studies
Terry Leist, Vice President for Administration and Finance
Marilyn Lockhart, Director, Center for Faculty Excellence
Meta Newhouse, Women's Faculty Caucus Chair
Nicol Rae, Dean, College of Letters and Sciences
Renee Reijo Pera, Vice President of Research and Economic Development
Sara Rushing, University Family Advocate
Tracy Sterling, President's Commission on the Status of University Women Co-Chair
Camie Bechtold, President's Commission on the Status of University Women Co-Chair
Nika Stoop, ADVANCE Project TRACS, Grant Submission Training Coordinator
Fiscal Management Team
Lois Evans, Office of Sponsored Programs
Nika Stoop, ADVANCE Project TRACS
Kim Rehm, Assistant Director of Finance and Administration, Academic Technology &
Outreach
Ann Wells, Finance Administrator, Academic Technology & Outreach
Leslie Schmidt, Office of the VP for Research, Creativity, and Technology Transfer
Research Capacity and Opportunity
Anne Camper, College of Engineering
Susanne Held, Department of Health and Human Development (Co-Lead)
Michelle Flenniken, Department of Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
Marilyn Lockhart, Center for Faculty Excellence
Jamie McEvoy, Department of Earth Sciences
Leslie Schmidt, Office of the VP for Research and Economic Development (Co-Lead)
Nika Stoop, ADVANCE Project TRACS, Grant Submission Training Coordinator
Advisors to Research Capacity Team
Allen Harmsen, Department of Immunology & Infectious Diseases (Grant Mentor Network
Consultant)
Cathy Whitlock, Department of Earth Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Micaela Young, Office of Sponsored Programs, Pre-Award Specialist
Work-Life Integration
Ron June, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Bridget Kevane, Modern Languages and Literatures
Lance McNew, Animal and Range Sciences
Doralyn Rossmann, Library
Sara Rushing, Department of Political Science
Sharon Stoneberger, Office of Human Resources
WFC Family Friendly Working Group
Work Life Task Force
Cultural Attunement
Jyl Shaffer, Office of Institutional Equity (Co-Lead)
Ian Handley, Department of Psychology (Co-Lead)
Colter Ellis, Sociology & Anthropology
Mary Anne Hansen, Library
Cathy Hasenpflug, Human Resources
Brock LaMeres, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Raina Plowright, Microbiology and Immunology
Nora Smith, College of Agriculture
Sharon Stoneberger, Office of Human Resources
Al Zale, Department of Ecology
Social Science Research Team
Jessi Smith, Department of Psychology, ADVANCE Project TRACS
Sara Rushing, Department of Political Science, ADVANCE Project TRACS
Joy Honea, Department of Social Studies & Cultural Studies, MSU – Billings
Liz Shanahan, Department of Political Science
Ian Handley, Department of Psychology
Monica Skewes, Department of Psychology
Becca Belou, ADVANCE Project TRACS, Equity Data Analyst
Kristen Intemann, History & Philosophy, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Leila Sterman, Library Sciences
Bryce Hughes, Education
Communication & Dissemination Advisory Team
Elizabeth Brock, College of Engineering
Deborah Redburn, Communications EHHD
Carol Schmidt, University Communications
Suzi Taylor, Extended University, Montana Girls STEM
ADVANCE Department Head Communication Liaisons
David Eitle, Sociology & Anthropology
Rob Maher, Electrical and Computer Engineering
John Sherwood, Plant Sciences & Plant Pathology
Evaluators
Mariko Chang, Off Site Evaluator
Irene Grimberg, On Site Evaluator
External Advisory Board
Denise Battles, State University of New York Geneseo
Toni Schmader, University of British Columbia
Denise Sekaquaptewa, University of Michigan
Kim Sullivan, Utah State University
Former Team Contributors
Rylie Peccia, Student Research Assistant
Graham Austin, Women's Faculty Caucus
Phenocia Bauerle, Diversity Awareness Office
Elizabeth Burroughs, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Corky Bush, Office of Institutional Equity
Glenn Duff, College of Agriculture
Laura "Jane" Freeburg, Previous Grant Submission Training Coordinator
Diane Letendre, Office of Institutional Equity
Bethany Letiecq, Department of Health and Human Development
Chris Lustgraaf, Undergraduate Student
Paula Lutz, College of Letters and Science
Theresa Marchwick, College of Letter and Science
Kathy Marcinko, Vice President for Research and Economic Development
Robert Marley, College of Engineering Dean
Sue Monahan, College of Letters and Science
Lindsay Murdock, ADVANCE Project TRACS
Frankie Pirolo, Undergraduate Student
Lynda Ransdell, College of Education, Health & Human Development
Micaela Young, Office of Sponsored Programs
Lexie Kambich, Undergraduate Student
Linda Young, Department of Political Science
Megan Higgs, Mathematical Sciences
Lisa Buss, Office of Human Resources
Susan Dana, College of Business Associate Dean
Moriah Gilpin, Student Research Assistant
Elizabeth Brock, College of Engineering
Proposal Planning/Steering Committee
Jessi L. Smith, Department of Psychology, PI
Anne Camper, College of Engineering and Center for Biofilm Engineering
Laura Black, College of Business
Elizabeth Burroughs, Department of Mathematical Sciences
Sarah Codd, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Joy Honea, Department of Sociology, MSU – Billings
Gwen Jacobs, Department of Cell Biology & Neuroscience and Center for Computational
Biology
Paula Lutz, College of Letters and Science
Heidi Pasek, College of Technology, MSU – Great Falls
Liz Shanahan, Department of Political Science
Tracy Sterling, Department of Land Resources and Environmental Sciences
Rosalyn Templeton, Academic Affairs, MSU – Northern
Cathy Whitlock, Department of Earth Sciences and Interdisciplinary Initiatives
Linda Young, Department of Political Sciences
Martha Sellers, Hughes Undergraduate Biology
Audrey Thurlow, Office of Sponsored Programs, Committee Coordinator
Proposal Components Additional Subcommittee Members
Chris Fastnow, OPA
Dave Roberts, Ecology
Valérie Copié, Chemistry
Robert Marley, Engineering
Harry Benham, Business
Ken Bowers, Mathematics
Sara Rushing, Political Science
Dick Smith, Physics
Megan Higgs, Mathematics
Susan Dana, Business
Jerry Johnson, Political Science
Lee Spangler, Chemistry
Joe Fedock, Administration
Abbie Richards, Engineering
Sue Monahan, Sociology
Ron Larsen, Engineering
Mike Babcock, Psychology
Al Zale, Ecology
Lisa Davis, Mathematics