Dr. Young-Brice is an Assistant Professor in Nursing and program director of the Teaching Certificate for Nurse Educators program at Marquette University. She holds a master’s degree in nursing education and PhD in nursing and is a certified nurse educator. She has taught at the undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate levels since 2008. In addition to her full-time teaching role, from 2015-2019, Dr. Young-Brice did educational development for the university, performing individual and group consultations, discussions on best practices in higher education, and offered programs specifically for clinical and practicing faculty. She continues this role within her college of nursing working as a new faculty mentor and conducting programming for onboarding all new faculty.  Dr. Young-Brice’s program of pedagogical research explores the relationship between the influence of non-cognitive factors and the successful trajectory of students. Additionally, she studies ways to foster these factors through theoretically derived and evidence-informed pedagogical innovations. Her research is grounded in her expertise as an educator and underpinned by theories from nursing, education, and cognitive and social sciences. She participates in interdisciplinary research within engineering, having secured a NSF grant studying human-centered engineering faculty development. Personally, Dr. Young-Brice is married to an architect, and has two fur-children, Gustav and Ernie who are long-haired miniature dachshunds. They reside in Milwaukee, WI.

Dr. Somesh Roy is a historian of soot and an assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering at Marquette University. From simple candles to complex wildfires, soot is ubiquitous and has far-reaching impacts on public health and climate change. Soot, and other combustion-generated pollutants, have played a subtle, yet important role in the history of the planet. Dr. Roy's research goal is to shed light on the yet-unknown fundamentals of soot properties and processes, its complex interaction with air quality and climate, and its impact on the planet via detailed modeling of combustion and related phenomena. The big picture of his research goal is to help shape better and more effective strategies and policies and to generate public awareness to tackle climate change by filling the gap in the fundamental knowledge of polluting processes involving soot and other pollutants and their short- and long-term impacts. He also works on community outreach activities on air pollution and air quality in collaboration with the Haggerty Museum of Arts in Milwaukee. He is a recipient of the prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER grant. Besides doing research on soot and other pollutants, he also performs research on effective and emerging practices for undergraduate engineering education.

Dr. Allison Murray is an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at Marquette University. Her research interests include additive manufacturing with a specific focus on how existing technologies can be adapted to manufacture new materials and solve challenging problems. Dr. Murray also researches inclusive pedagogy with a specific interest in equitable education outcomes for minoritized students in engineering. Dr. Murray holds a Ph.D., MS, and BS in mechanical engineering from Purdue University. She resides in Milwaukee with her husband.

Lisa Chase is an instructional designer for the college of engineering. Lisa comes back to Wisconsin from Montana State University-Billings. Lisa appreciates the knowledge that the faculty bring to their curriculum and their style in their D2L. Lisa works with faculty to help them reimage their D2L courses and assessments and utilize instructional techniques to enhance their stellar curriculum.

Lisa is a UW-Eau Claire alumna holding a bachelor's and master's degree both in history, specializing in Native American history. After not feeling fulfilled, Lisa continued their education by obtaining a master's degree in education from St. Catherine's university in St. Paul, MN. Lisa is working on their Doctor of Education through Hamline University in St. Paul, MN. Lisa is excited to take their teaching experience in K-12 and college academics to Marquette university.

Jenna Lassila has been working in education for the past 15+ years. She started her career as a high school teacher and then began working in higher education in 2014. Jenna holds a B.A. in Secondary Education, English, and Writing from Cardinal Stritch University and a M.Ed. in Educational Policy & Leadership: College Student Personnel Administration from Marquette University. While Jenna currently works as a success coach for the University of Wisconsin Extended Campus, she is pursuing her Ph.D. in Educational Policy & Leadership: Higher Education Teaching & Learning through Marquette University. She is excited to be working with the BETTER project team as a graduate research assistant.