Lisa M. Hanson LBJ SHIP Project Manager Texas State University Lisa Hanson, M.S., has degrees in Biology, Accounting and Education. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Mathematics and Science Education, with a research focus on mentoring Black women doctoral students in STEM. She has served as a science educator in K-16 for over a decade. She is an alumna of Texas State University and serves as the LBJ Space Health Inclusion Partnership program manager. | |
Dr. Kristina Henry Collins Kristina Henry Collins, Ph.D, boasts over 30 years of experience in STEM research, education, and career work. She serves as the Associate Director for the LBJ Institute for STEM Education and Associate Professor of Talent Development at Texas State University. Dr. Collins’ leading role in currently funded work includes PI for (1) LBJ Space Health Inclusion Project (LBJ SHIP) and (2) FAMA 3: HS IDEAS project, Co-I for (3) NASA’s M-STTR (MUREP-Small-business Technology Transfer planning grant; (4) DEI&A Officer for USDOT UTC1 Grant; and senior personnel, collaborator, and/or advisor for several other funded projects. Dr. Collins developed and facilitates an award-winning graduate-level multicultural, multi-perspective, and service-learning designated course on Mentoring Across the Lifespan, which also integrates a university-wide informal hybrid STEM mentoring program and workforce development training for university faculty, PK-12 educators, industry partners, and post-secondary students (UG, Master’s and Doctoral levels). | |