Project Leadership Team

Michael Falk, Ph.D.

Principal Investigator (PI), JHU Whiting School of Engineering

Carolyn Parker, Ph.D.

Co-PI, American University School of Education

Yolanda Abel, Ed.D.

Co-PI, JHU School of Education

Ekaterina (Katya) Denisova, Ph.D.,
Principal Investigator, Baltimore City Public Schools

Christine Newman, P.E., MBA,

JHU Whiting School of Engineering, Center for Educational Outreach

Project Staff

• Alisha Sparks, Program Manager
• William Lyoo, Program Coordinator
• Admon Alexander, Ed.D., Instructional Coach
• Emily Callahan, Instructional Coach
• Iesha Pankey, Instructional Coach
• Terrell Reid, Instructional Coach
• Abigail Ritter, Instructional Coach
• Ivy McNeil, Instructional Coach
• Jeffrey Grigg, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
• Susan Harper, Ph.D., Post Doctoral Researcher

External Evaluator

Kavita Mittapalli

MN Associates Inc.

National Advisory Board Members

• Christine Broadbridge, Southern Connecticut State University
• Cory A. Buxton, University of Georgia
• Brenda Capobianco, Purdue University
• Linda Eberhart, Baltimore City Public Schools (Retired)
• Susan Hoban, University of Maryland Baltimore County
• Ted Imes, Northrop Grumman Corporation
• Janice Koch, Hofstra University (Professor Emeritus)
• Michael Marder, University of Texas, Austin
• Glenda Prime, Morgan State University
• Jonathan Rondeau, Family League of Baltimore
• Mavis Sanders, University of Maryland Baltimore County