INCLUDE Leadership

The INCLUDE program team is comprised of dedicated faculty and staff from the
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Neag School of Education,
and the Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning (CETL).

The project is led by Department Head and Principal Investigator Maria Chrysochoou, Ph.D.
and the educational research efforts are led by Rachael Gabriel, Ph.D.

To learn more about our program, please email connie.syharat@uconn.edu.

Marisa Chrysochoou, UConn Engineering Professor and Department Head.

Marisa Chrysochoou
Professor, CEE Department Head, Project PI

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Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou
Professor, Co-PI

Peter C. Diplock
Assistant Vice Provost for Excellence in Teaching & Learning, Co-PI

 

Rachael Gabriel
Associate Professor, Neag School of Education, Co-PI

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Arash Zaghi
Associate Professor, Co-PI

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Connie Syharat
Research Assistant, Project Manager

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Caressa Wakeman
INCLUDE Graduate Assistant

 

I-Team Faculty

2020

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Amvrossios C. Bagtzoglou
Professor

 

Dr. Shinae Jang
Associate Professor in Residence

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Dr. Sarira Motaref
Associate Professor in Residence

2021

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Dr. Christine Kirchhoff
Associate Professor

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Dr. Baikun Li
Professor

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Dr. Manish Roy
Associate Professor in Residence

2022

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Dr. Alexander Agrios
Associate Professor

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Dr. Richard Christenson
Professor

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Dr. Monika Filipovska
Assistant Professor

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Dr. Mousumi Roy
Assistant Professor in Residence

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Dr. Tim Vadas
Associate Professor

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Dr. Guiling Wang
Professor

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Dr. Kay Wille
Associate Professor

INCLUDE Advisory Board

 

Jamie Barr
Vice President, Langan Engineering

 

Dr. Susan Baum
Director, 2e Center for Research and Professional Development

 

Dr. Daniel Burkey
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education and Diversity

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Yamila Garcia
Undergraduate Student Representative

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Md Tarique Hasan Khan Ph.D.
INCLUDE Postdoctoral Research Associate

 

Donna Korbel
Director, UConn Center for Students with Disabilities

 

Angela Lanning
Graduate Student Representative

 

Aaron Picking
Undergraduate Student Representative

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Shawn Smith
Don't dis-my-ability, Neurodiversity Advocate & Consultant

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Dr. Taddarrayl M. Starke
Associate Vice Provost, Institute for Student Success

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Julia Webb
Neurodiversity Specialist