Biology

Seven students from Dr. Haber's Introduction to Microbiology class attended the NCASM (Northern California American Society for Microbiology) meeting in Pleasanton, CA, on March 12, as invited guests, courtesy of a grant from the national American Society for Microbiology. They attended a Workshop on intriguing career possibilities in Microbiology, a session on outbreaks of food borne pathogens, and exhibits of new Microbiology products. Each student was awarded a one year student membership in the American Society for Microbiology. Currently a student chapter of NCASM is being started on campus.

Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions (RIMI)

National Institutes of Health

This spring, RIMI held three separate workshops on Microscopy Techniques. The first workshop was conducted on Saturday February 26. It was quite a success: a total of 10 participants attended. Participants got fundamentals on microscopy, and hands-on experience on the 4D microscope as well as the Confocal microscope.

 The participants included: (1) Dr. Huan Youn (faculty, Biology); (2) Dr, Julie Jin (RIMI); (3) Dr. Glenda W. Polack (UCSF-Orthopedic Surgery Department); (4) Dr. John Bushoven (faculty, Plant Science); (5) Niranjan Sudhakar (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); (6) Savann Hok (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); (7) Sean Carhart (graduate student, Dr. Kevin Miller); (8) Andrew Strankman (graduate student, Dr. Mamta Rawat); (9) Angelina Velazquez (graduate student, Dr. Mamta Rawat); and (10) Gunjan Naik (graduate student, Dr. Gour Choudhury). These participants are now included into the Google Calendar for the RIMI Microscopy facility, and may schedule time to use the instruments.

The second RIMI Workshop on Microscopy Techniques, conducted on Saturday March 12, was also a success: a total of 8 participants attended. Participants got hands-on experience on Laser Capture Microdissection.

The participants included: (1) Dr. Huan Youn (faculty, Biology); (2) Dr, Julie Jin (RIMI); (3) Dr. Joy Goto (faculty, Chemistry); (4) Niranjan Sudhakar (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); (5) Savann Hok (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); (6) Sean Carhart (graduate student, Dr. Kevin Miller); (7) Angelina Velazquez (graduate student, Dr. Mamta Rawat); and (8) Gunjan Naik (graduate student, Dr. Gour Choudhury and Dr. Alice Wright).

Thanks to Dr. Glenda W. Polack (UCSF-Orthopedic Surgery Department) for her assistance with the training: she was one of the people trained by the experts from MMI on Laser Capture Microdissection. These participants may schedule time to use the LCM.

The third RIMI Workshop on Microscopy Techniques, was conducted on Saturday March 26 and was a success: a total of 9 participants attended. Participants got hands-on experience on both Microscopy and qPCR FRET.

The participants in this last workshop included: 1) Dr. Huan Youn (faculty, Biology); 2) Dr, Julie Jin (RIMI); 3) Dr. Joy Goto (faculty, Chemistry); 4) Niranjan Sudhakar (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); 5) Savann Hok (graduate student, Dr. Joy Goto); 6) Angelina Velazquez (graduate student, Dr. Mamta Rawat); 7) Gunjan Naik (graduate student, Dr. Gour Choudhury and Dr. Alice Wright); 8) Andrew Strankman (graduate student, Dr. Mamta Rawat; and 9) Glenda W. Polack (UCSF-Fresno, Orthopedic Surgery Department).

I want to particularly thank Venu Polineni (a recently graduated graduate student from my laboratory) for his assistance with the training; he was trained by the experts from Olympus on FRET. These participants can schedule time to use the FRET (both microscopy and qPCR) systems available.

For more information, please visit the RIMI website.

Computer Science

The Department of Computer Science is hosting an outreach program, called the Computer Exploration ("Comp-X") Summer Camp again. We seek to recruit 7th- to 12th-graders to take part 10 half-day sessions.
Three primary educational components will be covered in the 2011 Comp-X summer camp:

* Alice (http://www.alice.org): A 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop tool for first-time programmers
* Android Phone Application Development: Introductory topics on how to program Android Phone applications.
* Advanced Lego Robotic Software Development: Advanced topics on how to program Java code to control LEGO robots using wireless and sensor facilities.

Tuition/Fee is $300 for 10 half-day sessions. For more information or application, please contact Dr. Alex Liu (shliu@csufresno.edu, 278-4789) or Dr. Ming Li (mingli@csufresno.edu, 278-4792). 

 Three students, Bryant Cardwell, Nick Read, and Shreyas Joshi made oral presentation and two students, Amany Alnahdi and Pushpeen Chhoker made poster presentation in the Annual Graduate Research and Scholarly Activities Symposium on May 5th, 2011.

CSci 150/152S Software Engineering students will demonstrate their Android smartphone project on May 20th, 2011 in McL 161, at 10:30am. The project offers functionalities that allow students to access course schedule with time, instructor and classroom information, Fresno State events with filtering mechanisms, due date reminders for library items, and campus map.

Student Geology Research Doesn't stop during Summer Break

Geology and Environmental Science students usually don't get a relaxing vacation during the summer break. When classes are over, they pack up their equipment and head out into the mountains to collect data for their research work.

Advised by Dr. Mathieu Richaud, Master's student Takashi Abiko and undergraduate Jeff Papendick will start a research project documenting the possible sediment sources for the Morro Bay sand strand on the central California coast. The project involves looking at river gauge data to infer which rivers are potential sediment sources for the Morro Bay coast, field work in the river beds to collect sediment samples, and then comparing those samples to sediment samples collected on the strand itself.

Structural geologist Dr. John Wakabayashi will be very busy this summer supervising a number of undergraduate and graduate student field projects. These include

Jennifer Jackson will be investigating metamorphic rocks north of Murphy's in the central Sierra Nevada foothills. These rocks may reflect a history of oceanic crust formation, subduction initiation and spreading ridge subduction. Her research will involve detailed field mapping, petrographic thin section examination, geochemical analysis, and electron microprobe analysis (the latter to be conducted at UC Davis).

Nobuaki Masutsubo will be working on similar rocks in the Downieville-Alleghany area of the northern Sierra Nevada. He will be conducting detailed field mapping, petrographic examination, electron microprobe analyses (the latter to be conducted at UC Davis), mineral separation for Ar-Ar age dating (to be conducted at UNLV), and sample collection for detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology (to be conducted at Univ. Arizona).

Maya Hildebrand-Garcia will conduct research on metamorphic rocks in the northeast Sierra Nevada near Quincy, California. Her study focuses on the rock record of oceanic crust formation and subduction initiation associated with the oldest rocks in the Sierra Nevada, as well as processes such as submarine landsliding and creation of chaotic rock units prior to the lithification of some of the rock units. Her research will involve detailed field mapping, petrographic examination, electron microprobe analyses, mineral separation for Ar-Ar dating, and sample collection for detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology and possibly igneous zircon U-Pb geochronology.

Yvan Mendoza will be joining our graduate program in the fall and will get a head start on his research involving the rock record of subduction termination in the Sierra Nevada northeast of Jackson. His research will involve field mapping, petrographic thin section analysis, electron microprobe analysis, mineral separation for Ar-Ar dating, and sample collection for detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology. This research is an expansion of Yvan's senior thesis research.

Chris Kemp will be working on finishing his thesis, and will be writing up the results on his research on the landscape evolution of the northernmost Sierra Nevada.

Andy Shriver will be working on the final stages of his thesis research, focusing on the landscape evolution of the Sierra Nevada in the Donner Pass to Yuba Pass region as well as quantifying the relative efficacy of glacial versus fluvial erosion. His summer research will involve quantitative GIS analysis of digital elevation data as well as field data he has collected.

Shannon Mark will be investigating the evolution of a restraining step-over and uplifting region, including Mount Diablo, between the Concord and Greenville faults in the eastern San Francisco Bay area. Her investigation will involve quantitative GIS analysis of digital elevation data, detailed field mapping of stream terraces, and collection of samples for U-series dating of carbonate rinds on terrace gravels.

Although she is graduating and will be entering the PhD program at Stanford this fall, Rachel Prohoroff will be busy writing the second paper for publication from her senior thesis research as well as revising the first one she submitted when it comes back from review.

Hydrologist Dr. Luke Wang has two groups of students who will be working on different projects. One group comprised of two graduate students and four undergraduates will be working on the Shallow Saline Groundwater Monitoring project at NAS Lemoore, funded by DoD in 2010. We have been measuring the groundwater levels and water quality since Nov 2010, and will drill about 25 new monitoring wells at places that were not adequately covered by existing wells. Soil samples will be taken during the drilling process for physical and chemical analyses during the summer. Recommendations on future groundwater studies, plant varieties and salinity amelioration will be made for better environmental management of the military base.

The second group of one to three students will be measuring a storm water drainage system near Woodward Park that goes through a soil and wetland filtering system before discharging into the San Joaquin River. It will take several years to evaluate the effectiveness of the soil and wetland system. Recommendations may be made on whether a neighboring parcel of land should be used for wastewater treatment. Two students are supported by the METRO program, the rest are supported by the DoD grant.

 Mathematics

There were four lectures in the Department of Mathematics Lecture Series: "The mathematics of skeletal shape models" by Dr. Kathryn Leonard (CSU Channel Islands) on February 4; "O zeros where art thou?" by Dr. Tamas Forgacs (Fresno State) on February 25; "The mathematics of Sudoku" by Dr. Oscar Vega (Fresno State) on March 25 and "Unruh/Hawking radiation for undergraduates" by Dr. Douglas Singleton (Fresno State) on April 8.

Several faculty members had articles accepted for publication: "Multiplier sequences for generalized Laguerre bases" by Dr. Tamas Forgacs and Dr. Andrej Piotrowski (University of Alaska-Southeast) in the Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics; "On the quantum filtration of the universal sl(2) foam cohomology" by Dr. Carmen Caprau in the Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, and "Particular Solution to the Euler-Cauchy Equation with Polynomial Non-Homogeneities" by Dr. Doreen Deleon and Dr. Adnan Sabuwala in the Proceedings of the AIMS.

The book "Analysis and Algebra" by Drs. Tamas Forgacs and Oscar Vega was selected by the Department of Mathematics for the fourteenth annual event to honor faculty publications in March.

On March 14, 2011 (Pi Day), the Math Club organized a 'Pie in the face' event. Two faculty members (Drs. Tamas Forgacs and Oscar Vega) got pied!

On Saturday, April 16, the Department of Mathematics organized again the Math Field Day, a mathematics competition for middle and high school students in the area. Dr. Carmen Caprau is organizing this event and almost all faculty members joined in!

On April 26, Dr. Kay Kelm organized the Ninth Integration Bee, a mathematical competition similar to a spelling bee but in which students had to evaluate integrals.

It has been a busy semester for our undergraduate students!

Dhiraj Holden (a very independent and brilliant University High School student) got his paper "Results on the 3x+1 and 3x+d conjecture" accepted for publication in the Fibonacci Quarterly. Dhiraj has been accepted to UC Berkeley, University of Chicago, and Caltech for his undergraduate studies.
 
Our undergraduate students did extremely well in the Seventy-First William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition. There were 4296 contestants from 546 institutions across the US and Canada. Benjamin Wright scored a whopping 30 points, putting him in the top 12%, while Andrew Gabriel scored an impressive 10 points to place in the top 30%. Congratulations to both!
 
James Tipton presented a poster at the MAA meeting of the Northern California, Nevada and Hawaii Section at Santa Rosa Junior College in February.
 
Eight students and two faculty members attended the Sixth Pacific Coast Undergraduate Mathematics Conference at Loyola Marymount University on March 12. Michelle Hoshiko, Mario Banuelos, and Benjamin Wright gave three talks about their research with Dr. Tamas Forgacs.

Four undergraduate students (Michelle Hoshiko, Mario Banuelos, Ben Wright, and James Tipton) who worked on research projects with Dr. Tamas Forgacs, and Dr. Carmen Caprau, gave two talks at the Center of Undergraduate Research in Mathematics Spring Conference at Brigham Young University on March 18. They also presented their results in the Department Seminar Series and  in the Central California Research Symposium held at Fresno State on April 6. Congratulations to James Tipton who won the award for best presentation in mathematics! 

James Tipton

Ana-Cristina Jimenez

Ana-Cristina Jimenez and James Tipton are both accepted to the Ph.D. program in mathematics at the University of Iowa. Ana-Cristina received a GAANN fellowship while James got a teaching assistant ship. Congratulations to both! 

Remember when you saw your first science demonstration?  It was like magic to you.  You may not have pursued a career in science, but you will always remember that special moment.  Presently, one course is determined to provide as many of those moments as possible.  The Physics 175TS Physics Outreach course is a service-learning course offered at California State University, Fresno.  This course was designed after a successful physics outreach program that had been operating for the previous two semesters.  Through service-learning, students will learn effective, fun, safe and appropriate teaching techniques in an actual classroom setting.  In addition, it promotes interest in physics and science in general.  The main goal of the service-learning course is to assist Fresno State students in learning to describe the basic laws of Newtonian mechanics, electromagnetism, and thermal physics in concise and simple language to educate the general public.
Led by Mr. Don Williams and Professor Pei-Chun Ho, students in this course prepare and practice several physics demonstrations and travel each week to area K-12 schools to put on two to three one-hour "shows" for the students.  The kids in these schools are excited when they get to lift their teacher with one hand by utilizing mechanical advantage, learn about pressure by lying on a bed of nails, and enjoy ice cream made right before their eyes with liquid nitrogen.  The Fresno State students enrolled in this outreach course are provided with key insights into networking, public speaking, and being more articulate in explaining concepts of physics using simple words.  In addition, general information is being collected about the schools being visited.  By collecting this information about demographics, teaching styles, and types of questions asked by the kids, the outreach students are gaining a better understanding of how to effectively instruct students at this level.  This will help our outreach students in their future careers as science educators.
Are you interested in becoming part of this exciting physics outreach program?  Get involved now!  Contact Mr. Don Williams at 559-278-1434 or dwilliams@csufrseno.edu; or Professor Pei-Chun Ho at 559-278-5990 or pcho@csufresno.edu.

In April, the Downing Planetarium offered four different shows to the public.  On Friday, April 15, 2011, we presented Bad Astronomy (7:00 p.m.) and The Endless Horizon (8:00 p.m.).  Bad Astronomy features Phil Plait, the "Bad Astronomer" as he investigates several astronomical myths and misconceptions, including UFOs, horoscopes, and the Moon landing "hoax," as well as common astronomical errors in the movies. The Endless Horizon, our newest show, highlights mankind's innate desire to explore the land, sea, sky, and space in order to better understand our place in the Universe.
 

On Saturday, April 16, 2011, we presented two afternoon shows.  The Case of the Disappearing Planet (2:00 p.m.), our children's show, follows Detective Skye Watcher as she examines the changing status of objects we call "planets." The program not only covers Pluto, but the temporary planetary status of asteroids as well.  Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico examines the early culture, astronomy and history of what is now called Mexico and Central America.

Meet our Psychology Faculty!

Our most recent addition to the Psychology faculty is Hong Ni, a school psychology faculty. On the other end of the "faculty life cycle" are our two beloved FERPers, Aroldo Rodrigues and Robert (Bob) Levine.

From left: Aroldo, Hong and Robert

 

 

 Aroldo Rodrigues

 Aroldo hails from Brazil.  After obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles he became actively engaged in teaching and research in Brazilian universities. During this period he was elected President of national and international associations (Brazilian Association of Applied Psychology, Latin American Association for Social Psychology, and The Interamerican Society of Psychology) , and was elected Fellow of APA's Division 8 in 1982. In 1993 he joined the faculty of the Department of Psychology at Fresno State.  He served as Chair of the Department of Psychology for seven years, and was nominated Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 2008. He is currently teaching part-time as part of the FERP program. During Aroldo's career he has published 8 books (the most notable of them being Social Psychology, a textbook with several editions and 30 printings in Portuguese and Spanish, with a new edition to be published in 2012 to celebrate its 40th anniversary), and over 140 other publications including journal articles, book chapters, and monographs.  He is currently writing a new book on optimism and pessimism.
 

Hong Ni
Dr. Ni hails from China.  In 2000, she came from mainland China to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to pursue a doctoral degree in educational psychology. After she earned her Ed.S. in school psychology in 2005, she became a school psychology practitioner in Iowa. She worked primarily in elementary schools for four years in Iowa. In 2008 she got her Ph.D. in educational psychology, and in 2009 she came to CSU Fresno to become a faculty member in the Psychology Department. She teaches course on Academic Assessment, School Consultation, Multicultural Psychology, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in the School Psychology Program. She research interests include cross-cultural studies in teachers', parents', and students' beliefs/perceptions about different aspects of school learning and student adjustment. 
 
Robert Levine
Robert (Bob) Levine is a Professor of Psychology and former Associate Dean of the College of Science and Mathematics at California State University, Fresno, where he has won awards for both his teaching and research.  He is a Fellow in the American Psychological Association.  In 2007 he was both named Outstanding Teacher of the year by the Western Psychological Association and received the Provost's Award for Teacher of the Year at California State University, Fresno.  He has published many articles in professional journals as well as articles in trade periodicals such as Discover, American Demographics, The New York Times, Utne Reader, and American Scientist. His book, A Geography of Time (Basic Books, 1997), was the subject of feature stories around the world, including Newsweek, The New York Times Magazine, CNN, the BBC, ABC's Primetime, and NPR's All Things Considered and Marketplace. It has been translated into six languages.  His recent book, The Power of Persuasion: How We're Bought and Sold (John Wiley & Sons, 2003), has been translated into seven languages. An updated, paperback revision was published in 2006.  Bob became a "FERPer" in 2008.  

 

Martin Shapiro, Ph.D.

They search for trapped people in collapsed buildings, they can be used to detect cancer, identify

 invasive agricultural products at an airport and detect hidden contraband such as drugs.These dogs are highly trained and efficient at showing specific responses to target odors. However, once trained, dogs often have little opportunity to find a target whilst working due to the low level of targets available for detection. This led to a study of whether indeed contraband detecting dogs lose motivation, vigilance or accuracy over an extended time in the field spent without finding a target odor, and whether there are training mechanisms that could help to mitigate this problem.To run this experiment, a UK agency sought the help of two organizations; Oxford Risk to design the experiment and analyze the results, and the Canine Detection Research Institute (CDRI) at Auburn University to train the dogs and run the experiment.

Oxford Risk is a company started in 2002 by three prominent scientists at Oxford University: Dr. Alex Kacelnik, Lord John Krebs, and Dr. Edward Mitchell, with the purpose of providing advice to companies on issues related to the assessment and understanding of risky decision making. They also have decades of experience in the design of research in animal behavior. I worked with Dr. Kacelnik and Dr. Mitchell during a two-year post-doc at the Zoology Department at Oxford.

Since I was on sabbatical in the fall, I returned to Oxford for a week to discuss a paper that Dr. Kacelnik and I were co-authoring and to discuss an on-going collaboration on a risk assessment tool that I am currently using with my graduate students.

During my visit, I sat in on a few meetings concerning the dog project and by the end of the week had been asked to fly to Auburn with Dr. Mitchell and the client to watch the dogs being trained and meet with the Senior Scientist of CDRI (Dr. Paul Waggoner) to discuss the specifics of the design. Since then, I was asked to increase my level of participation and so traveled back to Auburn in the middle of January to watch as the dogs finished their training and to discuss further the details of the experiment.

This is an extremely interesting and challenging project. In my career, I've been primarily concerned with theoretical issues of animal learning and so appreciate that this research applies some of these theories to a real-life purpose. The research lab can be a relatively easy place to control for the experiences of an animal in terms of the stimuli it receives, behavior opportunities and rewards; in addition, the level of objectivity in the record of behavior can be tightly controlled. This experiment with dogs makes all those variables much more challenging but still as important. It has also been an extraordinary collaboration between the client who sees a potential problem, Oxford Risk with years of experience in strict methodology and the theoretical influences on behavior and the trainers at CDRI who are experts at training and certifying contraband detecting dogs.

The dogs (all Labradors) had initial training in contraband detection from October through January in one facility and began the working phase of the experiment in a new environment on January 31st. The dogs were divided into three groups, each getting different experience in the ability to find scented targets for which they are rewarded. During this work phase the vigilance of their search and their accuracy in detection is monitored. After weeks of in this work phase, the dog will be tested in the same way in locating contraband. In addition to contributing to the design of the experiment, I have been asked to assist in data analysis. While I've enjoyed the partnership and the challenge of the strictly academic problem, there has also been a great deal of satisfaction knowing that this work may contribute to the real life issue of contraband detection. This scarcity of finds may compromise performance by lowering the dog's motivation and vigilance, leading to reduced performance when they do encounter targets.

Science Math Education Center

Science Teacher and Researcher (STAR)
STAR is a summer research internship for aspiring science and mathematics teachers. The program is offered by the California State University in partnership with the US Department of Energy National Laboratories, National Science Foundation, NASA, federal agencies, and private research organizations. The STAR program is currently coordinated by CSU Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Six Robert C. Noyce undergraduate and graduate Scholars/Fellows from Fresno State have applied and have been selected for this great opportunity. Congratulations to: Daniel Ruiz who will be working at NASA Ames, Kaitlyn Fiechtner who will be working at NASA Dryden, Jordan Anderson who will be working at NASA JPL, Damion Delton - Romberg Tiburon Center, and Bradley Powers and Thuy Nguyen for whom assignments are still pending. We look forward to developing a similar program for undergraduate students here in the College of Science and Mathematics's faculty.

National Science Teachers Association Conference
The National Science Teachers Association conference took place on March 10 -14, 2011 in which 25 students from Fresno State attended. Students received sponsorship through various programs available on campus in order to defray costs to attend. The conference provided many opportunities for these future teachers such as professional development workshops; collect a multitude of free teaching materials and posters; gather information related to their career interest; and network with teachers who were coming from different corners of the United States. Many of the students are participants of the Natural Science Club and are associates of the Science and Mathematics Education Center.

Robert C. Noyce Scholarship Program
The Robert C. Noyce Scholarship program is one of many projects that are under the umbrella of the Science and Mathematics Education Center (SMEC). To date, SMEC has supported 116 students and has produced over 60 teachers who are continuing their science and math teaching careers in high need schools. Fresno State's Noyce program is one of the largest programs in the United States and has received recognition from the National Science Foundation as being a model program for dissemination. We owe this recognition to the students whom have participated in this program. It is because of their courage and intrinsic intentions to make a difference in urban and rural settings that the program at Fresno State has been recognized. b

Kings Canyon California Math and Science Partnership Program
The Science and Mathematics Education Center enjoys a strong partnership with Kings Canyon and Sanger Unified School District under the Kings Canyon California Math and Science partnership program. This program provides professional development opportunities for science teachers in both districts which incorporates the Teacher Learning Collaborative model developed out of West Ed.

Undergraduate students from Fresno State are also supported in order to gain experience in the science classroom under this program through the SMEC Early Field Experience program. Currently, we have placed 7 students in both middle and high school science classrooms. This program is operating in its 2nd year and is scheduled to end on June 1, 2012.

Early Field Experiences
SMEC provides students with a comprehensive early field experience (job shadowing) in conjunction with training workshops designed to better prepare them for the demands of the teaching profession. Students participate in this program as early as their freshman year and continue this experience up until their senior year before they enter the credential program. This program provides an opportunity for future teacher candidates to develop skill sets they will need in order to adjust easily to their working environment once they begin their new position as first year teachers. Currently there are 30 volunteers whom have been placed in schools throughout the valley which include schools from Fresno, Kings Canyon, Sanger, Clovis, and Selma Unified. In the past, the program has been supported by local school districts, the National Science Foundation, and most recently the WalMart Foundation.

National Science Digital Library (NSDL): Building Locally - Linking Globally
The National Science Digital Library project titled "Building Locally - Linking Globally" is an initiative that was funded by the National Science Foundation. This program builds on a strong partnership with the CSU Chancellor's Office and CSU, Bakersfield, Fresno, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Monterey, Pomona, and San Bernardino, . The program is designed to provide Noyce Scholars technological training and support for those planning to teach in "high need" settings. The training includes workshops which show Scholars how to use online lab simulations, develop electronic portfolios, webinars, etc. A number of Fresno State's Noyce scholars (now teachers) who have received training in the past are now trainers of these technologies and have conducted workshops nationally, statewide and locally. These trainers include: Jennifer Bradford, Sara Meadows, Stephanie Chow, Frank Garcia, Amanda Manuzack, and Catherine Clendenin.