JSHS Regional Contacts

Please contact the regional director in your area by e-mail, phone, or post. Regions are listed alphabetically by state.

Alabama
March 26-27, 2009
Dr. B.J. Bateman
Troy State University
Physical Science Department
Troy, AL 36082
Phone: 334-670-3572
e-mail: bjb31043@aol.com

Alaska
March 2-4, 2009
Dr. Gary A. Laursen
University of Alaska Fairbanks
CSEM, Institute of Arctic Biology, 305A Bunnell Building
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6100
Phone: 907-474-6295
e-mail: ffgal@uaf.edu
Web: http://www.ashsss.uaf.edu

Arizona
March 27-28, 2009
Dr. B.L. Ramakrishna
School of Materials, PO Box 878706
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287
Phone: 480-965-6560; email: Bramakrishna@asu.edu
Web: http://azjshs.asu.edu

Arkansas
March 13-15, 2009
Linda C. Kondrick, Ed.D.
Dept. of Physical Science, 1701 N. Boulder
Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: 479-968-0341
e-mail: lkondrick@atu.edu
Web: http://pls.atu.edu/jshs/

California - (Northern California & Western Nevada)
March 12-14, 2009
Roger E. Martin
Lawrence Hall of Science
University of California at Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720-5200
Phone: 510-642-4155
e-mail: rmartin@berkeley.edu
Web: www.lawrencehallofscience.org/jshs

California - (Southern California)
March 20-21, 2009
Ann Miller
Ctr for Educational Partnerships
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697-4680
UCI, Phone: 949-824-6390
e-mail: amiller@uci.edu
Web: http://www.cfep.uci.edu/jshs/

Colorado
Please see Intermountain and Wyoming/E. Colorado

Connecticut
March 8-9, 2009
Joy Erickson
Chemistry Department U-3060
University of Connecticut, 55 N. Eagleville Rd
Storrs, CT 06269-3060
Phone: (860) 486-9219
e-mail: joy.erickson@uconn.edu
Web: http://vm.uconn.edu/~ctjshs

Delaware

DoD Dependent Schools - Europe
Jan 8-9, 2009
Dr. Lynn Smith and Sadie Fairley
DoDDS-Europe
CMR 419, Box 172
APO, AE 09102-0172
Phone: 011-49-611-380-7804/01
Email: Lynn.Smith@eu.dodea.edu
Web: http://www.eu.dodea.edu

DoD Dependent Schools - Pacific
(including Guam, Okinawa, Korea and Japan)


Date TBA -- Dr. Don Hobbs
DoD Dependent Schools, Pacific
Unit 35007
APO AP 96376
e-mail: don.hobbs@pac.dodea.edu
Web: http://www.pac.dodea.edu

District of Columbia
January 8-9, 2009
Joy Phinizy Williams
14 Med-Dent Building
Georgetown University
3900 Reservoir Rd., NW
Washington, DC 20057-1423
Phone: 202-687-1645
e-mail: williamj@georgetown.edu

Florida
February 1-3, 2009
Deborah Paulin
Center for Precollegiate Education & Training
PO Box 112010
Gainesville, FL 32611-2010
Phone: 352-392-2344
e-mail: deborahp@CPET.UFL.EDU
Web: http://www.cpet.ufl.edu

Georgia
February 22-24, 2009
David Dalton
Georgia Center of Continuing Education
1197 S. Lumpkin St
Athens, GA 30602-3603
Phone: 706-542-7623
e-mail: david.dalton@georgiacenter.uga.edu
Web: http://www.uga.edu/oasp

Hawaii
Dec 5-7, 2009
Bernard Kilonsky, Univ of Hawaii
1000 Pope Rd., MSB 317
Honolulu, HI 96822
Phone: (808)956-6574
e-mail: kilonsky@hawaii.edu
Web: http://www.hawaii.edu/acadsci

Idaho
Please see Intermountain

Illinois - Chicago
March 2, 2009
William Kroll
Dept of Biology
Loyola University Chicago
6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, IL 60626
Phone: 777-508-3287
e-mail: wkroll@luc.edu
Web: http://www.luc.edu/depts/biology/jshs.htm

Illinois
March 22-24, 2009
Julia Wetstein
Office of the Dean
College of Science, Mailcode 4403
Southern Illinois University, 1245 Lincoln Dr
Carbondale, IL 62901-4403
Phone: 618-453-7062
e-mail: jwetstein@cos.siu.edu
Web: http://www.science.siu.edu/ijshs

Indiana
March 5-7, 2009
Dr. Dave Grabowski
Department of Sciences and Mathematics
Saint Mary of the Woods College
Saint Mary of the Woods, IN 47876
Phone: 812-237-3010
e-mail: jshs@smwc.edu
Web: http://www.injshs.smwc.edu

Intermountain
(Includes Colorado, Montana, Idaho, Nevada and Utah)

(Please also see Wyoming-Eastern Colorado)
March 4-7, 2009
Mateo Remsburg
University of Utah
200 S. Central Campus Dr., Room 80
Salt Lake City, UT 84112
Phone: 801-581-8761
e-mail: mremsburg@sa.utah.edu
Web: http://www.utah.edu/newstudents

Iowa
February 19-20, 2009
William Swain
E203 Seashore Hall
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
Phone: 319-335-3555
e-mail: william-swain@uiowa.edu
Web: http://www.continuetolearn.uiowa.edu/JSHS

Kansas-Nebraska-Oklahoma
March 8-10, 2008
Candace Thrasher, Manager, Educational outreach
Oklahoma State University
327 Willard Hall
Stillwater, OK 74078
Tel. 405/744-7713
Web: http://www.okstate.edu/education/jshs
email: candace.lebow@okstate.edu

Kentucky
February 15-16, 2009
Dr. Anup Kumar
University of Louisville
123 J.B. Speed Bldg
Louisville, KY 40292
Tel. 502-852-0471
e-mail: ak.minds@gmail.com

Louisiana
January 15-17, 2009
Gail Hawkes
Louisiana State University
2163 Pleasant Hall
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Phone: 225-578-3198
e-mail: GHawkes@outreach.lsu.edu
Web: www.doce.lsu.edu/lajshs

Maine
See Northern New England

Maryland
April 2-4, 2009
Dr. Carl White
Morgan State University
School of Engineering/CAMRA
5200 Perring Parkway, Suite 200
Baltimore, MD 21251
Tel. 443-506-3057
email: white@eng.morgan.edu
Web: www.camracenter.org/JSHS/index.htm

Massachusetts
See Southern New England

Michigan - Southeastern Michigan
March 5-6, 2009
Maria Ferreira
College of Education, Rm. 281
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI 48202
Phone: 313-577-6370
e-mail: m.ferreira@wayne.edu
Web: http://www.coe.wayne.edu/ted/JSHS
(also see Wisconsin or Western Wisconsin-Upper Michigan)

Minnesota
See North Central

Mississippi
March 8-9, 2009
Brian Starling
The University of Mississippi
P.O. Box 9
University, MS 38677
Tel. 662-915-1535 lemail: blstarli@olemiss.edu

Missouri
March 12-14, 2009
Dr. Charles R. Granger
Department of Biology
University of Missouri, St. Louis
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121-4400
Contact: Nancy Diley, Asst. Director
Phone: 314-516-6226
e-mail: diley@umsl.edu
Web: http://www.umsl.edu/~sep

Montana
Please see Intermountain

Nebraska
Please see Kansas-Nebraska-Oklahoma

Nevada
Please see Intermountain and Northern California/Western Nevada

New Hampshire
Please see Northern New England

New Jersey- Monmouth
April 2-3, 2009
Dr. Datta Naik
Monmouth Junior Science Symposium
Monmouth University
W. Long Branch, NJ 07764
Phone: 732-571-7520
e-mail: dnaik@monmouth.edu
Web: http://www.monmouth.edu/mjss

New Jersey - North New Jersey
March 26-27, 2009
Donald M. Brown
Office of Student Development
Rutgers University, 98 Brett Rd
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Phone: 732-445-2687
e-mail: dmbrown@rutgers.edu

New Mexico - Southwest
March 26-29, 2009
Linda Schaffer
Dept of Teacher Education, MSC05 3040
Hokona Hall 208, University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: 505-277-1411
e-mail: lcschaf@unm.edu
Web: http://www.unm.edu/~jshs

New York - Long Island
March 14, 2009
Karen Kernan
Program for Research & Creative Activities
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, NY 11794
Phone: 631-632-7114
email: jshs@stonybrook.edu
Web: http://www.stonybrook.edu/jshs
Abstracts due Dec 22, 2008

New York - Metro
March 29, 2009
Dr. Panayiotis Meleties

CUNY York College
94-20 Guy Brewer Blvd.
Jamaica, Queens, NY 11451
Phone: 718-262-2806
email: meleties@york.cuny.edu

New York - Upstate New York
March 30-31, 2009
Mary Cuffe-Perez
University at Albany
Department of Biological Sciences, BIO 126
1400 Washington Avenue, BIO 126
Albany, NY 12222
Phone: 518-442-4030
e-mail: mcuffe@albany.edu
Web: http://www.albany.edu/jshs

North Carolina, FY 2008
March 16-17, 2008
Alisa Wickliff
Center for Math, Science & Technology Education
College of Education Bldg., Suite 222
UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28223
Phone: (704) 687-8818
e-mail: abwickli@email.uncc.edu
Web: http://education.unc.edu/depts/msen

North Carolina, FY 2009
March 15-16, 2009
Rita L. Fuller
N.C. Mathematics & Science Education Network
UNC Center for School Leadership Development
140 Friday Center Drive
Chapel Hill, NC 27517
Tel.(919) 966-3202
e-mail: rfuller@northcarolina.edu
Web: http://www.unc.edu/depts/msen

North Central
(Includes Minnesota, N. Dakota & S. Dakota)

March 28-29, 2009
Lise Weegman, Minnesota Academy of Science
8700 West 36th St., Suite 114W
St. Louis Park, MN 55426
Phone: 507-450-4759
e-mail: lise@mnmas.org
Web: http://www.mnmas.org

North Dakota
Please See North Central

Northern New England
(Includes Maine, New Hampshire, & Vermont)

March 26-27, 2009
Dr. Subhash Minocha
Professor of Plant Biology and Genetics
Univ of New Hampshire, Rudman Hall
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-3840
e-mail: sminocha@unh.edu
Web: http://www.unh.edu/nnejshs

Ohio
March 25-27, 2009
Dr. Emilio Duran
Bowling Green State
University
School of Teaching and Learning
128 Life Sciences
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Phone: 419-372-1262
Web: http://www.ojshs.org
e-mail:eduran@bgsu.edu

Oklahoma
Please see Kansas-Nebraska-Oklahoma

Oregon
February 27, 2009
Dr. Adele Schepige
Science Education
Western Oregon University, 345 N. Monmouth Ave
Monmouth, OR 97361
Phone: 503-838-8228
e-mail: schepia@wou.edu
Web: http://www.wou.edu/las/natsci_math/jas/jashome.htm

Pennsylvania
March 24-26, 2009
David Klindienst
Chambers Building
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
Phone: 814-231-1158; email: dbk3@psu.edu
Web: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/JrScience&Humanities

Puerto Rico
March 28, 2009
Dr. Julio de Jesus, Asst. Professor
Intellexi Foundation, Turabo University
P.O. Box 418
Gurabo, PR 00778
Tel. 787-745-8252
email: julitos@coqui.net

Rhode Island
Please see Southern New England

South Carolina
January 23, 2009
Dr. Don M. Jordan
Center for Science Education, Sumwalt Rm 323
University of South Carolina
1212 Green St
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone: 803-777-7007; email:dmjordan@mailbox.sc.edu
Web: http://www.cosm.sc.edu/jordan

South Dakota
Please see North Central

Southern New England
(Includes Massachusetts & Rhode Island)

March 26-27, 2009 (UNH will temporarily conduct the Southern New England JSHS in FY 09. Separate competition will allow representation at the National JSHS by both Northern and Southern New England. A new host will continue to be sought. Abstracts will be due January 23, 2009)
Dr. Subhash Minocha
Professor of Plant Biology and Genetics
Univ of New Hampshire, Rudman Hall
Durham, NH 03824
Phone: 603-862-3840
e-mail: sminocha@unh.edu
Web: http://www.unh.edu/nnejshsSeeking host institution

Tennesse

Mar 5-7, 2009
Dr. Daniel M. Roberts
Dept of Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Biology
407 Walters Life Sciences Bldg., University of Tennesse
Knoxville, TN 37996-0840
Phone: 865-974-4070
Web: http://jshs-tn.utk.edu
e-mail: drobert2@utk.edu

Texas
January 22-24, 2009
Nancy Magnussen, Ph.D.
College of Science, Texas A&M University
3257 TAMU, 520 Blocker Bldg.
College Station, TX 77843-3257
Phone: 979-845-7361
e-mail: nancy@science.tamu.edu
Web: http://outreach.science.tamu.edu/tjshs.asp

Texas - El Paso Area
Please see New Mexico Southwest

Utah
Please see Intermountain

Vermont
See Northern New England

Virginia
March 19-20, 2009
Dr. Thomas C. DeVore
Dept of Chemistry, MSC 4501
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
Phone: 540-568-6672
e-mail: devoretc@jmu.edu

Washington
February 26-27, 2009
Dr. Stamatis Vokos
Physics Dept.
Seattle Pacific University
3307 Third Avenue West, STE 307
Seattle, WA 98119-1957
Phone: 206-281-2385
e-mail: vokos@spu.edu
Web: http://www.wjshs.org

West Virginia
April 3-4, 2009
Dr. Jeanne D. Sullivan
59 College Avenue
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV 26201
Phone: 304-473-8125
e-mail: sullivan@wvwc.edu
Web: http://www.wvwc.edu/aca/bio/JSHS

Western Wisconsin/Upper Michigan
September 21-23, 2008
Penny Tiedt
320 Morris Hall, 1725 State St.
University of Wisconsin LaCrosse
LaCrosse, WI 54601
Phone: (608) 785-6503
e-mail: tiedt.penn@uwlax.edu
Web: http://www.uwlax.edu/jshs

Wisconsin
February 25-26, 2009
Dr. Sandra Courter
1550 Engineering Dr., #M1012
University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI 53706
Tel. 608-265-9767
e-mail: courter@engr.wisc.edu
Web: http://cae.wisc.edu/~jshs

Wyoming-Eastern Colorado
March 31, 2009
Dr. Robert George
Department of Zoology& Physiology
1008 Sully St
University of Wyoming
Laramie, WY 82072
Phone: 307-745-4422
e-mail: rpgeorge@uwyo.edu
Web: http://www.uwyo.edu/jshs

If you are still uncertain which region you belong to after consulting this page and the regional map page, please contact the JSHS National Office

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