S.T.E.A.M. 2017
Keynote Speaker
Dr. Colleen Georges

S.T.E.A.M. Empowerment Session Speakers
Felicia McGinty

Executive Vice Chancellor for Administration and Planning at Rutgers University – New Brunswick
Session title: Leading After Breaking the Glass Ceiling
Dean Francine Conway

Dean of Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology
Session Title: Getting comfortable with conflict
Dean Candiece White

Session title: Get Excited about Preparing for Rutgers (High School Students ONLY)
Stacy Trukowski

Interim Executive Director of Recreation
Session title: Shape Up Your Mindset for a Healthy Body
Keisha Dabrowski

Chief of Staff, Division of Student Affairs
Session title: Your Personal Brand’s Impact of Your Social Capital
Rebecca Reynolds

Dean of Advising and Mentoring and Director of the Mary I. Bunting Program – Douglass Residential College
Session title: What happens to High School ‘Mean Girls’ in College and Beyond? Negotiating Power and Competition
Ariel Leget

Assistant Director of Living-Learning Communities and Academic Initiatives
Session Title: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Recognizing the Possibilities Within Yourself
Misty Denham-Barrett

Residence Life Coordinator
Session title: The Power of Vulnerability
Dr. Geraldine Cochran

Dean of the Douglass Project for Rutgers Women in STEM
Session title: Understanding Intersectionality in STEM
Jackasha Wiley

Director of Upward Bound and Pre-College Initiatives for Student Access & Educational Equity within Undergraduate Academic Affairs
Session Title: Sister Girl, I am Going To College: Navigating High School and the College Admissions Process (High School Students ONLY)
S.T.E.A.M. Hot Topics Talks Speaker
Christie Schweighardt

Undergraduate Student
Chanel Jordan

Undergraduate Student
Christina Parry

Undergraduate Student
Dr. Ashley Green

Alumnus
Christina Ramirez

Graduate Student
Dr. Heba Abdo

Alumnus
Conference Hosts
Shuting Zhang

Danica Sapit

Featured Performance
Tiana Ford

Featured Art Gallery
The Art of Science
