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2013 Faculty
Each SSP campus is staffed with an Academic Director and an Associate Academic Director (professional scientists and/or educators), a Site Director, and four teaching assistants.
Many of the faculty are themselves SSP alumni.
The faculty reside on the campus (TAs live in the student dorm) and are available to mentor, tutor, and discuss academic, scientific, residential and personal matters.
Westmont (CA) Campus
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Dr. Tracy Furutani SSP '79 - Academic Director
Science Instructor, North Seattle Community College
Ph.D. Geology, Univ. of Washington, 1994
B.S. Chemistry and History, Caltech, 1984
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Dr. Adam Rengstorf - Associate Academic Director
Assoc. Prof. of Physics & Astronomy, Purdue Univ. Calumet
Ph.D. Astronomy, Indiana Univ., 2003
B.S. Physics, Binghamton Univ., 1996
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Leslie Clark - Site Director
Science Teacher, Magdalena HS, Magdalena, NM
M.S. Science Teaching, NM Tech, 2006
B.A. Secondary Education / Science, Western NM Univ, 1994
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Teaching Assistants
YJ Cha SSP '09
B.S. Computer Science and Molecular Biology, MIT, expected 2015
Leah Weiss SSP '09
B.A. Physics, Harvard University, 2013
Jack Goetz SSP '08
B.A. Mathematics, Columbia University, expected 2014
Josh Tollefson
B.S. Planetary Science and Applied and Computational Mathematics, Caltech, 2013
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New Mexico Tech Campus
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Dr. Michael Faison - Academic Director
Director, Leitner Observatory, Yale Univ.
Ph.D., Astronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison
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Dr. William Andersen - Associate Academic Director
Assoc. Prof. of Physics, Eastern NM Univ.
Ph.D. Nuclear Physics, MIT, 1985
B.S. Physics, Baylor Univ., 1977
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Barbara Martinez - Site Director
Math teacher, Socorro Consolidated Schools, NM
M.S. Science Teaching, New Mexico Tech, 2006
B.A. Elementary Education, Univ. of Santa Fe, 1994
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Teaching Assistants
Elaine Johnson SSP '05
B.A. Physics, Univ. of Florida, 2009
Rebekah Cramerus SSP '09
B.A. Linguistics/Russian and East European Studies, Pomona College, expected 2014
Dillon Liu SSP '09
B.S. Applied Physics, Columbia, 2013
Ryan Handoko SSP '08
B.S. Applied Math and Biology, Brown, 2013
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