2014 Instars Program Participants

The 4th installment of the Instars Mentoring Program took place at the Joint Aquatic Sciences Meeting (JASM) May 18 – 23, 2014 in Portland, OR with 17 Instars Fellows.

2014 Instar Fellows

• Kristy Moore (Grand Valley State University)
• Jose Sanchez (University of Puerto Rico)
• Isa Valdez (University of Texas at El Paso)*
• Peter Maas (Leech Lake Tribal College)
• Alexandra Clussman (University of Wisconsin – La Crosse)
• Katrina Velasco (University of California, Berkeley)
• Jeanette Olivarez (University of Texas at El Paso)
• Aracely Tellez (University of Texas at El Paso)
• Joseph Baecher (University of Arkansas)*
• Kristen Numata (Santa Clara University)
• Levi Simmons (Utah State University)
• Cecilia Storly-Cardoza (University)
• Bethany Vazquez (University of Puerto Rico)
• Shaquille Christmas (Georgia Southern University)
• Aaron Muirhead (Georgia Southern University)
• Tyanna Smith (Portland State University)
• Andrenette Morrison (Rutgers University)

2014 Graduate Mentors

• Zacchaeus Compson (Northern Arizona University)
• Keysa Rosas (Georgia Southern University)
• Arial Shogren (University of Notre Dame)*
• Andrew Sanders (Darmouth College)*
• Janet Hsiao (Michigan State University)*
• Pedro Torres (University of Georgia)
• Francine Mejia (University of Idaho)
• Ector Martell (University of Texas at El Paso)

2014 Instars Organizing Committee

• Checo Colón-Gaud (Georgia Southern University)
• Judy Li (Oregon State University)
• Patina Mendez (University of California, Berkeley)
• Tamara Sluss (Kentucky State University)
• Marcelo Ardón (East Carolina University)
• Krista Capps (University of Maine)