Erikka Vaughan
Midwest Crossroads AGEP
Indiana University, Bloomington
For several years, before deciding to pursue a PhD at Indiana University Bloomington, Graduate Student Erikka Vaughan really wanted to teach. Vaughan spent five summers as a camp counselor working with 10-13 year old adolescents. She saw firsthand how a... » Read More

Maria Teresa Velez
Student to Academic Professoriate for American Indians (SAPAI)
University of Arizona
Maria Teresa Velez received her Ph.D. in Socio-Clinical Psychology from the Wright Institute, joining The University of Arizona as a postdoc in 1983. She served as Staff Psychologist, Pre-doctoral Internship Training Director, Associate Director and Dire... » Read More

Jerry Vera
Rice-Houston AGEP
Rice University
Jerry is currently working on a project underway at the NASA Johnson Space Center’s Advanced Space Propulsion Laboratory (ASPL) called Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR). The VASIMR is a new type of rocket which uses electrical power ... » Read More

Sarah Villa
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
University of California, Los Angeles
As Sarah Villa describes it, Arabidopsis is "just a little meadow weed—it doesn’t have much value, but it’s a model plant." This modest creature, however, might help researchers identify a substance that could erase lines and wrinkles on human faces and h... » Read More