SABER Committees

We welcome your help in the committees that keep SABER running. Please contact the chair of each committee for more information and to volunteer:

• Abstract Committee - Contact: Anita Schuchardt (Chair) and Sara Faust
  

Solicits and reviews abstracts submitted for the national meeting. Formal committee charge.  Abstract committee bylaws.

• Annual Meeting Committee - Contact: Brian Sato and Jaime L. Sabel

Puts together the national SABER meeting each summer. Formal committee charge.

• SABER Awards Committee - Contact: Jennifer Doherty (Chair) and Katelyn Cooper
  

Reviews and chooses award winner. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Jennifer Doherty, Katelyn Cooper, Mays Imad

• Development and Growth Committee - Contact: Melinda Owens
  

Works with the SABER treasurer in fundraising. Formal committee charge coming soon.

Current Committee Members: Kelsey Metzger, Michael Moore, Mariel Pfeifer 

• Discipline-Based Education Research: Scholars-in-Training (DBER-SiT) Graduate and Post-Doc Committee - Contact: Rachel Sparks
  

Organizes around issues of interest to DBER scholars-in-training within SABER. Formal committee charge.

Visit the DBER-SiT Committee Website to find full leadership and sub-committee information.

• Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Contact: Natalia Corporale

Works broadly toward ensuring that SABER is more inclusive. Formal committee charge.

Learn more about SABER's current Diversity and Inclusion Efforts.

Current Committee Members: Natalia Caporale , Shayla Shorter, Robert Erdmann, Laura Beaster-Jones, Karen Gonzalez, Katey Cooper, Stacy Ochoa, Beverly Smith-Keiling, Jana Marcett, Linda Green, Pavan Kadandale, Kelly McDonald, Kelly Lane, Joshua Reid, Tanya Josek, Lisa McDonnell, Saumya Sankaran, Marcos Garcia-Ojeda, Sharday Ewell, Jeff Schinske

• Invited speaker(s) for National Meeting Committee - Contact: Jeremy Hsu (Chair) and Mark Sarvary (co-chair)
  

Selects, invites, and hosts speakers for the SABER national meeting. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Julia Gouvea, Laurel Lorenz, Jackie Washington, Pankaj Mehrotra, Nicole Kelp and Abby Drake

• Mentoring Committee - Contact: Pavan Kadandale (Co-chair) and Clark Coffman (Co-chair)
  

Develops and enacts approaches to mentoring within the SABER community. Formal committee charge coming soon.

Learn more about SABER's Mentoring Efforts.

Current Committee Members: Jennifer Avena, Ryan Dunk, Ash Heim, Lisa Lockwood, Kelsey Metzger, Anita Schuchardt, Katie Southard, Juli Uhl, Abdi Warfa

• Nomination and Election Committee - Contact: Past-President, Jenni Momsen
  

Develops slate of candidates and prepare ballots for annual elections. Formal committee charge.

• Web Committee -  Contact: Sayali Kukday (Chair) and Debbie Lichti (co-chair)
  

Designs and maintains SABER website. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Staci Johnson (past-Chair), Jessica Merricks (creator of annual meeting archives), Eli Meir (homepage manager), Sloan Almehmi (graduate program directory manager), Deborah Lichti (forum and listserv manager).

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