Advisory Board
An advisory board consisting of experts in rural libraries and informal STEM learning will provide diverse perspectives and synergistic input.
Kathy Zappitello
Kathy Zappitello is
Past President of the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) and Past Executive Director of Conneaut Public Library.
Amy Koester
Amy Koester is the Vice President and President-elect for the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) and also a
Learning Experiences Manager at Stoke Public Library.
Kyungwon Koh, PhD
Dr. Kyungwon Koh is an Associate Professor in the School of information Sciences at the University of Illionois Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) and also a Director of the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab.
Adam Maltese, PhD
Dr. Adam Maltese is a Professor of Science Education and Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair for Teacher Education at Indiana University. He directs the Make Innovate Learn Lab and Uplands Maker Mobile.
Lisa Regalla, PhD
Lisa is the CEO of Regallium Consulting and the Project Director for the IMLS-funded Library Makers online community of practice.
External Evaluator
An external evaluator will provide formative feedback on the online engineering program curricula for each Iteration and the final curricula.
James Diamond, PhD
Dr. James Diamond is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University and the faculty lead for the program in Digital Age Learning and Educational Technology.