People + Partners

Check out those involved with PEWS:

Leadership

Angela Potochnik
Director 
Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Philosophy
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Melissa Jacquart

Melissa Jacquart
Associate Director

Assistant Professor, University of Cincinnati Department of Philosophy
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Max Cormendy
Program Director
Executive Director, Philosophy of Science Association

Meg Corcoran
PEWS Postdoctoral Fellow 
UC Geosciences Ph.D.

Lucas Dunlap
PEWS Video and Media Producer
Assistant Professor – Educator UC Department of Philosophy
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Faculty Affiliates

Susan Allen
Associate Professor and Head, UC Department of Anthropology
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Andrew N. Bernier
Assistant Professor of STEM Education, UC School of Education

Danielle Bessett
Professor, UC Department of Sociology
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Zvi Biener
Associate Professor, UC Department of Philosophy
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Samantha Boch
Assistant Professor, UC College of Nursing
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Brooke Crowley
Professor, UC Departments of Geosciences and Anthropology
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Melinda Butsch Kovacic
Professor and Associate Dean, UC College of Allied Health Services
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Sangyong Cho
Assistant Professor, Landscape Architecture Program, School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
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Charles Doarn
Director of UC’s Space Research Institute for Discovery and Exploration, Research Professor in the Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences
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Whitney Gaskins
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean, UC College of Engineering and Applied Sciences 
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Abel Gustafson
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Communication
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Bob Hyland
Associate Professor – Educator, English, Rhetoric and Professional Writing
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Takuya Konishi
Assistant Professor – Educator, UC Department Biological Sciences
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Elizabeth Lanphier
Clinical Assistant Professor, UC College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital and Medical Center
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Sarah Manchak
Associate Professor, UC School of Criminal Justice
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Eduardo Martinez
Assistant Professor, UC Department of Philosophy
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Nate Morehouse
Associate Professor, UC Department of Biological Sciences
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Amy Townsend-Small
Professor, School of Environment and Sustainability
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Braden Trauth
Assistant Professor of Industrial Design, School of Planning, College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning
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Carlie Trott
Associate Professor, UC Department of Psychology
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Amanda Webb
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering and Applied Science, Architectural Engineering
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Jenny Wohlfarth
Professor Educator, UC Department of Journalism
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Graduate Student Affiliates

Meg Corcoran 
UC Geosciences Ph.D.

Tim Elmo Feiten 
UC Philosophy and Life Sciences Ph.D.

Andrew Evans
UC Philosophy Ph.D.
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Kat Timm
UC Anthropology MA
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Collin Lucken
UC M. Eng. Robotics and Intelligent Autonomous Systems & Philosophy Ph.D. Candidate
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Graduate Student Interns and Fellows

Hans Naake
Sustainability Fellow
UC Master’s student in
Department of Geoscience

Emily Pietranton
Sustainability Fellow
UC Master’s student in
Community Planning

Tausi Harun
Science Fair Intern
UC Doctoral student in
College of Nursing

Sai Sushma Vangaveeti
Web & Social Media Coordinator
UC Master’s student in
Information Technology

Zach Peck
Science Fair Intern
UC Ph.D. student in
Philosophy of Science

Community Partners

Mercantile Library
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Cincinnati Museum Center
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Cincinnati Nature Center
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Science on Tap
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Science Around Cincy
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Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative
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Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden

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Green Umbrella Regional Sustainability
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Groundwork Ohio River Valley
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Confluence
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City of Cincinnati Office of Environment and Sustainability
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Gaskins Foundation
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Gorman Heritage Farm
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Maple Knoll Village
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Cincinnati Public Schools
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Sierra Club Ohio Chapter
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Cincinnati Astronomical Society
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Adopt A Class
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Thomas More University
Biology Field Station

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UC Collaborators

UC Field Station
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The Cincinnati Project
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Institute for Research in Sensing (IRIS)
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Net Impact UC
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The Cincinnati Ethics Center
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Center for Inclusive Excellence & Community Engagement, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences

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UC Office of Sustainability
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Center for Clinical & Translational Science & Training
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Clean Up Cincy
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UC Students for Burnet Woods (UC4BW)
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Advisory Board

Matthew Doyle
Vice President, Procter & Gamble – Product Safety, Medical Affairs, Environmental Science and Sustainability, Vice President, the Live Well Collaborative

Brenda Hunda
Curator of Invertebrate Paleontology, Cincinnati Museum Center

Amy Lind
Director of the Taft Research Center and Mary Ellen Heintz Professor, UC Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

James Mack
Natural Sciences Divisional Dean of the College of Arts & Science and Professor of Chemistry

Arnie Miller
Professor Emeritus, UC Department of Geology
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Jay Twomey
A&S Divisional Dean of the Humanities and Professor, Department of English
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Primary Sponsors

National Science Foundation
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Whiting Foundation 
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UC Office of Research 
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UC College of Arts & Sciences
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Taft Research Center
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Kenneth and
Harle Montgomery Foundation

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