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Shannon Wheeler M.A. Ed., serves as ORD’s proposal developer and grant writer. She has her M.A. Ed. with 8+ years of demonstrated history of working in the field of higher education. Her experience spans a focus on academic advising, retention & persistence with underrepresented student populations...

Skye VanLanduyt is a research assistant with the Office of Research Development and divides her time between two different federally funded projects, NSF's Eddie Bernice Johnson INCLUDES Initiative TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance Midwest Hub and the Center of Excellence in Spatial Computing funded by the U.S...

Dr. Jeff Traiger is a Senior Research Associate for the newly created Office of Research Development at UMKC, responsible for organizing the UMKC’s campus and Midwest Hub activities for the NSF TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance. Jeff’s career at UMKC includes serving a decade in the career services office and...

Alexis Petri, EdD, is an educational leader passionate about social justice, inclusion, access, and public policy. Alexis has extensive experience with transitioning to college and careers for non-traditional students and taking leadership roles in building and directing university-wide high-impact...

Nichole Stahly is a communication specialist in the Office of Research Development at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the backbone associate for the TAPDINTO-STEM Alliance. With academic preparation in interpersonal and public communication and journalism, Nichole manages TAPDINTO-STEM’s...