Underserved and Underrepresented Workgroup
The UUP Working Group includes members who have a shared interest enhancing skills and knowledge related to improving the design and delivery of experiential environmental education in coastal settings with underserved or underrepresented populations. The group conducts a bi-monthly conference call for members to discuss relevant topics and interview guest speakers. To participate in 2012 conference calls or other activities, please contact workgroup leader Suraida Nanez-James.
Have a question for an educator or practitioner?
| Alton James | USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Bayou Land Resources Conservation & Development (RC&D) | alton.james@la.usda.gov |
| Angela Capello | Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife Educator | acapello@wlf.la.gov |
| Auburn Carpenter | Education Projects Manager, Texas State Aquarium | acarpenter@txstateaq.org |
| Brenda G. Weiser, Ed.D. | Director of EE, Environmental Institute of Houston, Clinical Associate Professor, School of Education UHCL | Weiser@uhcl.edu |
| Catherine Sutera | Louisiana Sea Grant | csuter1@tigers.lsu.edu |
| Cathy Wakefield | Conservation Education Coordinator | cwakefield@3dcoast.com |
| Charlene Mauro | Santa Rosa County | MauroC@mail.santarosa.k12.fl.us |
| Charlotte Runnels | Environmental Protection Agency - Enviro Justice Louisiana | Runnels.Charlotte@epamail.epa.gov |
| Christina Verlinde | UF/IFAS Santa Rosa County Sea Grant Extension | chrismv@ufl.edu |
| Cinde Thomas-Jimenez | Guadalupe Blanco River Authority - environmental educator | cthomas-jimenez@gbra.org |
| Debbie Stone | Florida Aquarium | dstone@flquarium.org |
| Dianne Lindstedt | Louisiana Sea Grant | dlindst@lsu.edu |
| Gillian Rabalais | Audobon Zoo Volunteer Coordinator | grabalais@auduboninstitute.org |
| Greg Ira |
FL Dept. of Environmental Protection Office of Environmental Education (former workgroup chair) |
greg.ira@dep.state.fl.us |
| Heidi Hitter | Louisiana Environmental Education Commission | hit6886@yahoo.com |
| Jennifer Buchanan | Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve | jen.buchanan@dmr.ms.gov |
| Jennifer Conover | Marine Education Associate, LUMCON | mconover@lumcon.edu |
| John Sullivan |
Director: Public Forum & Toxics Assistance Sealy Center for Environmental Health & Medicine / NIEHS center in Environmental Toxicology Community Outreach & Education Core University of Texas Medical Branch @ Galveston, TX | josulliv@utmb.edu |
| Joselin Landry | Nature Conservancy, Grande Isle Program Director | jlandry@tnc.org |
| Karla Klay | Executive Director Artist Boat | kklay@artistboat.org |
| Kathleen Nichols | Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries Environmental Education Asst. Director | knichols@wlf.la.gov |
| Kris Shipman | TX Parks & Wildlife | kris.shipman@tpwd.state.tx.us |
| LaKeshia Robertson |
Environmental Protection Agency Gulf of Mexico Program |
robertson.lakeshia@epa.gov |
| Ann Weaver |
National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association-Coastal Services Center | Ann.Weaver@noaa.gov |
| Marcia Allen Owens | JD, PhD Florida A&M University | marcia.owens@famu.edu |
| Mattilynn D. Dantin | Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries | mdantin@wlf.louisiana.gov |
| Michael Shelton | Weeks Bay Reserve, Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State Lands |
michael.shelton@dcnr.alabama.gov |
| Robert Berthelot | Chief of Interpretive Services, Louisiana Department of State Parks, Dept. of CRT | rberthelot@crt.state.la.us |
| Roxanne Nikolaus | Division of Ocean Sciences National Science Foundation | rnikolau@nsf.gov |
| Shelia A. Brown, Ph.D. | Interim Administrator and Coordinator of Educational Programs, J.L.Scott Marine Education Center, Gulf Coast Research Laboratory | shelia.brown@usm.edu |
| Shelley Sparks | Barataria Terrebonne National Estuary Program | shelley@btnep.org |
| Suraida Nanez-James |
Gulf of Mexico Foundation |
suraida@gulfmex.org |
| Susan Sawyer | The Pier Aquarium Education Coordinator | ssawyer@pieraquarium.org |
| Tara Shultz | Texas State Aquarium | tschultz@txstateaq.org |
| Theresa Cross | Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries | tcross@wlf.louisiana.gov |
| Tina Miller-Way, Ph.D. | Scientist-Educator, Northern Gulf Institute / Dauphin Island Sea Lab | tmiller-way@disl.org |
| Tricia LeBlanc | Director of Education and Volunteers, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas | tleblanc@AudubonInstitute.org |
| Willie Younger | Texas Sea Grant | w-younger@tamu.edu |
| Wynecta Fisher | City of New Orleans, Office of Environmental Affairs | wmfisher@cityofno.com |
