Project leadership/staff

Principal investigator

Krista Brumley

Krista Brumley

Ph.D., associate professor of sociology


Co-principal investigators

Boris Baltes

Boris Baltes

Ph.D., associate provost for faculty affairs and associate vice president of academic personnel, professor of industrial/organizational psychology

Stine Eckert

Stine Eckert

Ph.D., associate professor of communication

Tamara Hendrickson

Tamara Hendrickson

Ph.D., associate professor of chemistry

Sara Kacin

Sara Kacin

Ph.D., assistant provost for faculty development and faculty success


Project staff

Nicole Gerring

Nicole Gerring

Ph.D., NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS project coordinator


Project student support

Salam Aboulhassan

Salam Aboulhassan

Sociology Ph.D. candidate, NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS student assistant

Kiran Gafa

Kiran Gafa

Psychology Ph.D. student, NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS Student Assistant

Keena Shante Neal

Keena Shante Neal

Communication Ph.D. candidate, NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS student assistant


Past team members

Kathryn Wrench

Kathryn Wrench

M.B.A. NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS former project director, former associate director for research, College of Liberal Arts and Science


Past co-principal investigators

Lars Johnson

Lars Johnson

Ph.D. external consultant, WSU-GEARS, assistant professor in the Department of Management, University of Texas at Arlington

Shirley Papuga

Shirley Papuga

Ph.D., associate professor of environmental science and geology

Ece Yaprak

Ece Yaprak

Ph.D., division chair and professor, engineering technology


Past student support

Fatima Albrehi

Fatima Albrehi

Communication Ph.D. candidate, former NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS Student Assistant

Erin Baker

Erin Baker

Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology, Minot State University, former NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS student assistant

Tyleen Lopez

Tyleen Lopez

Psychology Ph.D. candidate, former NSF ADVANCE WSU GEARS student assistant