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: Lisa McDonnell (chair)

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

• Annual Meeting Committee - Contact: Jaime L. Sabel (chair) and Emily Grunspan

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

• SABER Awards Committee - Contact: Liz Barnes and Amy Kulesza (co-chairs)
  

Reviews and chooses award winners. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Liz Barnes and Amy Kulesza

• Data Analysis & Stewardship Committee - Contact: Elli Theobald (chair)
  

Conducts research and assessment in support of SABER’s mission, goals, and Strategic Plan, and acts as the steward of SABER data and information. Formal committee charge. 

• Development and Growth Committee - Contact: Melinda Owens
  

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

Current Committee Members: Kelly McDonald, Michael Moore, Melinda Owens, Emily Grunspan

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

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 (co-chair) and Ariel Chasen (co-chair)

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: Mark Sarvary (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: Clark Coffman (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

• Web Committee -  Contact: Jessica Merricks and Emily Grunspan (co-chairs)

Designs and maintains SABER website. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Sayali Kukday (past-chair), Staci Johnson (past-chair), Jessica Merricks (creator of annual meeting archives), Eli Meir (homepage manager), Sloan Almehmi (graduate program directory manager).

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