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SyRIS PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS
From L-R: John Mildrew (SMCC), Pushpa Ramakrishna (CGCC), Jeffrey Pommerville (MCLI), Maria Harper-Marinick (MCLI), and Joseph Pearson (MCC); Absent: Steve Williams (GCC)

principal investigator team

• Jeffrey Pommerville (Glendale Community College)
  Principal Investigator / Program Director
  jeffrey.pommerville@domail.maricopa.edu
• John Mildrew (South Mountain Community College)
  Co-Principal Investigator
  john.mildrew@smcmail.maricopa.edu
• Joseph Pearson (Mesa Community College)
  Co-Principal Investigator
  joseph.pearson@mcmail.maricopa.edu
• Pushpa Ramakrishna (Chandler-Gilbert Community College)
  Co-Principal Investigator
  pushpa.ramakrishna@cgcmail.maricopa.edu
• Stephen Williams (Glendale Community College)
  Co-Principal Investigator
  stephen.williams@gcmail.maricopa.edu

evaluation team

• Maria Harper-Marinick, Instructional Designer (MCLI)
  Internal Evaluator
  maria.harper@domail.maricopa.edu
  
• Howard Sullivan, Professor of Education (ASU)
  External Evauator
  sully@asu.edu

2000-2001 collaborative learning teams

• Chandler-Gilbert Community College:
  module: Catch the Waves
• Pushpa Ramakrishna Peer Mentor (Biology)
• Scott Adamson (Mathematics)
• Tom Foster (Technology)
  
  
• Estrella Mountain Community College
  module: Cells As Digital Images - An Investigation
• Natalie Rivera, Peer Mentor (Mathematics)
• Rey Rivera (Mathematics)
• Sandy Zetlan, (Biology)
  
  
• GateWay Community College
  module: Don't Drink the Water
• Reece Weide, Peer Mentor (Biology)
• Ernie Chavez (Mathematics)
• Jim Crimando (Biology)
• Lisa Young (Water Resources)
  
  
• Glendale Community College
  module: Energy and Thermodynamics
• Karen Conzelman, Peer Mentor (Biology)
• Cheryl Dellai (Physics)
• Lisa Diebolt (Chemistry)
• Bronwen Steele (Biology)
  
  
• Paradise Valley Community College
  module: Global Warming
• David Harbster, Peer Mentor (Biology)
• Casey Durandet (Physics)
• Vanessa Montgomery (Biology)
• Steven Nicoloff, (Mathematics)
• Shelle Witten (Information Services)
  
  
• Mesa Community College
  module: The Problem with Pesticides
• James Giles, Peer Mentor (Chemistry)
• Cindy Odgers (Agriculture)
• A.J. Lombard (Geology)
• Terry Ponder (Biology)
  
  
• Scottsdale Community College
  module: Ultraviolet Radiation: From Sun to Skin
• Suzanne Kelly, Peer Mentor (Biology)
• Patricia Ashby (Biology)
• Steve Borick (Chemistry)
• Paul Haugen (Physics)
• Keith Worth (Mathematics)
  
  
• South Mountain Community College
  module: Water Purification
• Ann Scarbrough, Peer Mentor (Chemistry)
• Robert Curfman (Science Lab Technician)
• Terryl Fender (Mathematics and Physics)
• Sian Proctor (Geology)
  
  

This project is supported, in part, by the National Science Foundation
www.nsf.org