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: Jamie Jensen (jamie.jensen@byu.edu)

• Annual Meeting Committee - Contact: Brian Sato (bsato@uci.edu). 

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

• Bill Wood Graduate Student Talk Award Committee - Contact: Jennifer Doherty (doherty2@uw.edu)
  

Reviews and chooses award winner. Formal committee charge.

• Discipline-Based Education Research: Scholars-in-Training (DBER-SiT) Graduate and Post-Doc Committee - Contact: Ash Heim (abh229@cornell.edu); Committee website with full leadership and sub-committee info.
  

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

• Diversity and Inclusion Committee - Contact: Sara Brownell (sbrownel@asu.edu) and Colin Harrison (colin.harrison@biosci.gatech.edu)

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 Stephanie Gardner (sgardne@purdue.edu) and Erin Shortlidge (eshort@pdx.edu)

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

Current Committee Members: Brian Couch, Bekky Darner, Jeremy Hsu, Beth Schussler, Tianhong Shi, Jacqueline Washington

• Mentoring Committee - Contact Pavan Kadandale (pavan.k@uci.edu) and Laurel Hartley (Laurel.Hartley@ucdenver.edu)
  

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

• Nomination and Election Committee - Contact Past-President , Jenny Knight (Jennifer.Knight@colorado.edu)

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

• Web Committee -  Contact Liz Bailey (liz_bailey@byu.edu) and Staci Johnson (sjohnson@swu.edu)

Designs and maintains SABER website. Formal committee charge.

Current Committee Members: Jessica Merricks (creator of annual meeting archives), Eli Meir (homepage manager), Sarah Adkins-Jablonsky (graduate program directory manager), Deborah Lichti (forum and listserv manager), Allyson Spence (contact manager, style and format specialist)