Blanca E. Rincón
Academic background: 2016 Education Policy Studies, Ph.D. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign2009 Sociology, B.A., University of California Irvine Expertise: Access, equity, and student success in higher education; STEM Education; Latina/o/x college students; Minority-Serving Institutions Interest in this project: Creating culturally inclusive and empowering STEM educational learning environments that leverage the culturally derived assets hat college Students of Color […]
Rachidi B. Salako
Academic background: Ph.D in Mathematics, Auburn University, 2013-2018 Advanced Postgraduate Diploma in Mathematics, International Center for Theoretical Physics, 2012-2013 M.Sc. in Pure and Applied Mathematics, African University of Science and Technology, 2010-2011 B.S. in Mathematics, University of Abomey-Calavi, 2005-2009. Expertise: Partial Differential Equations, Dynamical systems, Mathematical Biology Interest in this project: Help students learn math by enjoying […]
Sabrina Wallace
Academic background: Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, Minor in Mathematics, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2016-2020 Masters in Computer Science, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2020-2022 Expertise: Computational Geometry, Machine Learning, Mobile Application and Game Development Interest in this project: Help students gain better foundations in mathematics to succeed in current and future STEM courses Hobbies:I […]
Sam Black
Academic background: Bachelors of Science in Computer Science, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2014-2018 Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science, University of Nevada Las Vegas 2018-2024Expertise: Computer Vision in Real-Time Applications, Neural Networks, Mobile Application and Game Development Interest in this project: Help students gain better foundations in mathematics for their everyday lives or to pursue a […]
John Howard
Academic background: Ph.D., Physics, UNLV Minor, Mathematics, UNLV Expertise: Solid State Physics, Materials Properties Interest in this project: To help undergraduate students understand, implement, and apply mathematical principles to engineering applications. Life outside work:Father of 5 and husband to my wonderful wife Erica. In my free time I like to cook, play guitar, hike, and play golf […]
Claudia Mora Bornholdt
Academic background: M.S. in Applied Mathematics, 1996 B.S. in Mathematics, Minor in Computer Science, 1993 Expertise: Developmental Mathematics Courses, Co-requisite Mathematics Courses Interest in this project: Help students learn mathematics in a non-lecture format and improve my teaching skills by learning from others participating in this project. Life outside work:I enjoy spending time with my husband, family, […]
Daniel Sahl
Academic background: Ph.D. Sociology, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. BAH. Sociology, Queen’s University Expertise: Game design; casino game design, innovation instruction, intellectual property development in gaming. Interest in this project: This project offers a fantastic opportunity to apply creative and innovative game design techniques to help facilitate the instruction and understanding of core mathematical concepts. Hobbies: Favorite […]
Jorge Fonseca
Academic background: Ph.D. Computer Science, UNLV, 2019 B.A. Film & Theater, UNLV 2012 Expertise: OCR Post Processing, Machine Learning, Data Analytics, AR/VR Interest in this project: Combining Game Development and STEM Education Hobbies:Work is life and life is work; beyond that, traveling, film, video games
Vanessa Vongkulluksn
Academic background: Ph.D. Urban Education, Educational Psychology & Quantitative Methods M.S. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages B.A. Biological Sciences and English Literature Expertise: Cognitive Engagement, Situated Engagement, Learning Motivation Technology-Integrated Learning, Information Literacy Development Interest in this project: Understand how to support STEM learning for diverse students, with personally- and culturally-relevant instruction Hobbies:Reading, Zumba dancing, […]
Alok Pandey
Academic background: Doctor of Public Policy, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2019-2022M.S. in Mathematics with Operations Research, New Mexico Institute, Socorrow, NM, 1987-89 M.Sc. in Statistics, University of Allahabad, India, 1983-85 B.Sc. in Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, University of Allahabad, India, 1981-83 Expertise: Applied Statistics, Co-requisite Courses Computing languages, Mathematical Education Interest in this project: Help underprepared […]