NPSMA Consulting GroupDAGMAR BECK, PSM Program Director LOCATION: Rice University TOPICS: Marketing, recruiting, plus-courses. CYNTHIA BAINTON, Administrative Manager, Biotechnology Programs LOCATION: Northeastern University TOPICS: Program management, structure and finance. ELIZABETH FRIEDMAN, Director, Professional Master's Programs, College of Science and Letters LOCATION: Illinois Institute of Technology TOPIC: Online education. DAVID W. KING, Director, SUNY PSM Consortium; Dean of Graduate Studies & Research LOCATION: State University of New York, Oswego TOPICS: Developing and coordinating PSM programs in a large system, best practices, on-line PLUS courses, partnerships with industry, internships. JOHN NANGLE, Senior Engineer (PSM in Mathematical Sciences from The University of Arizona, 2007) LOCATION: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Colorado TOPICS: Renewable energy and efficiency technologies. CAMILLE NEBEKER,Research Associate, Center for Education, Leadership, Innovation and Policy, Principal Investigator, NSF EESE Research Integrity Initiatives LOCATION: San Diego State University Research Foundation TOPICS: Teaching Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) for PSM programs; specifically, instructional methods to effectively transfer application of RCR topics to the professional setting in which PSM graduates will be employed. JOHN NISHIO, HydroBlox (formerly Program Director at California State University, Chico) LOCATION: California TOPICS: PSM Startup costs, environmental programs, diversity. JEAN SCHAAKE, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences LOCATION: University of North Texas TOPICS: Program development, collaboration building. KEVIN SIGHTLER, Director, Illinois PSM LOCATION: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign TOPICS: New program development, centrally administered programs, financial models for PSM programs. SHEILA TOBIAS, Author and Consultant LOCATION: Tucson, Arizona TOPIC: Plus Courses. CHING-HUA WANG, Dean, School of Health and Natural Sciences |