Proceedings of the Sixth Professional Science Master's Biennial Meeting Hosted by the Council of Graduate Schools  The Professional Science Master’s Sixth Biennial Meeting, Advancing the Nation’s Competitiveness and Innovation Agenda, highlighted the successes as well as the challenges going forward with the expansion of the PSM. The Council of Graduate Schools is pleased to provide these Proceedings of the Sixth Biennial Meeting. There are two ways to view the Proceedings, either continue reading or click on the link below. Full download in digital publication format (3.56 MB)

Contents

• Preface
• Welcome
• Plenary I: Enhancement and Expansion of the PSM: National Perspectives
• Plenary II: The Role of the PSM in STEM Workforce Development: View from the States
• Contributed Paper Session: Financial Models for Program Sustainability
• Contributed Paper Session: Ethics and the PSM
• Plenary III: Distinguished Alumni Panel
• Plenary IV: PSM Graduates and Those Who Hire Them
• Contributed Paper Session: Recruiting Students and Marketing the PSM Program
• Poster Session: PSM Best Practices
• Plenary V: National Science Foundation Perspective on the PSM – Now and in the Future
• Selected Distinguished Alumni

Preface

• Carol B. Lynch, Senior Scholar and Director of Professional Master’s Programs, Council of Graduate Schools (81 KB)

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Welcome

• Debra W. Stewart, President, Council of Graduate Schools

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Plenary I: Enhancement and Expansion of the PSM: National Perspectives

• Moderator: Don Langenberg, Chair, CGS PSM Advisory Board, Professor of Physics, and Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland
• Remarks: The Honorable David Wu, U.S. House of Representatives
• Speakers
  • Rita Colwell, Distinguished University Professor, University of Maryland, College Park and The Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health (357 KB)
  • Bill Valdez, Director, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science (617 KB)
  • Cornelius Kerwin, President, American University (69 KB)

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Plenary II: The Role of the PSM in STEM Workforce Development: View from the States

• Moderator: Heather Chikoore, Policy Specialist, Education Program, National Conference of State Legislatures
• Speakers
  • Nancy Zimpher, Chancellor, State University of New York (53 KB)
  • Mohammad Qayoumi, President, California State University, East Bay (59 KB)
  • Richard Devlin, Senate Majority Leader, Oregon State Legislature (34 KB)

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Contributed Paper Session: Financial Models for Program Sustainability

• Moderator: Greg Buck, Director, Center for the Study of Biological Complexity, Virginia Commonwealth University (21 KB)
• Speakers
  • “Seven Years and Thriving: A Sustainable PSM Program at the University of Utah” (361 KB): David S. Chapman, Professor of Geophysics, Dean Emeritus, The Graduate School, and Jennifer Schmidt, MST Program Director, The Graduate School, University of Utah (Presentation) (306 KB)
  • “A Differential Tuition Model for Professional Science Master’s Programs” (64 KB): Jung H. Choi, Associate Professor, Director, Professional MS Bioinformatics Program, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology (Presentation) (26 KB)

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Contributed Paper Session: Ethics and the PSM

• Moderator: Julie Funk, Director, Online Master of Science in Food Safety, Michigan State University (275 KB)
• Speakers
  • “Ethics and a PSM Applied Physics Program—Oil and Water?” (100 KB): Cliff Chancey (Presenter), Professor and Head, Department of Physics, and Donna J. Wood, Department of Management, University of Northern Iowa (Presentation) (202 KB)
  • “Bioethics Education in Professional Science Master’s Programs at California State University, Channel Islands” (103 KB): Ching-Hua Wang, M.D., Ph.D., Director of MS Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Program and Special Assistant to the Provost, Karol Pessin, B.S., J.D., Vice President of Legal Affairs for Cynvenio Biosystems and Adjunct Professor for MS, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics Program, California State University Channel Islands (Presentation) (86 KB)

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Plenary III: Distinguished Alumni Panel
The Distinguished Alumni Panel demonstrated how PSM graduates are making valuable contributions to the nation’s prosperity through innovation and leadership. These five graduates were selected to describe their professional career pathways, from many outstanding submissions.

• Moderator: Ed Caner, Lecturer, Physics and Director, Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Programs, Case Western Reserve University
• Speakers
  • Todd Bridgeman, Commissioned Officer Corps, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Oregon State University graduate (67 KB) (Presentation) (47 KB)
  • Sally Sakelaris, Patent Examiner, United States Patent and Trademark Office, University of Connecticut graduate (71 KB)
  • Chris Fennig, Director of Professional Services, Odin Technologies, Inc, Case Western Reserve University graduate (72 KB) (Presentation) (135 KB)
  • Hutch Humphreys, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Keck Graduate Institute of Technology graduate (72 KB) (Presentation) (212 KB)
  • Cheril Lin Abeel, Project Manager, Urban Science, On-site at Volkswagen/Audi of America, Michigan State University graduate (72 KB) (Presentation) (183 KB)

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Plenary IV: PSM Graduates and Those Who Hire Them
Three pairs of PSM graduates and their employer managers highlighted the importance of the internship as well as key attributes which make PSM graduates appealing to employers. The National Professional Science Master's Association coordinated this panel.

• Moderator: Stephen Lemire, Executive Director, National Professional Science Master's Association (NPSMA) (446 KB)
• Speakers
  • Lakshmi Subbarao (Graduate), Applications Chemist, and David Wetherell (Employer), Global Support Manager. TharSFC, a Waters Company (50 KB)
  • Sandeep Narpala (Graduate), Intern, Immunogen Design, and Sanjay Phogat (Employer), Principal Scientist. International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (55 KB)
  • Kimberly Rill (Graduate), Pharmaceutical Sales Representative, and an Employer Representative of Eli Lilly and Company (51 KB)

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Contributed Paper Session: Recruiting Students and Marketing the PSM Program

• Moderator: Ursula Bechert, Director, Off-Campus Programs, College of Science, Oregon State University (NPSMA President) (94 KB)
• Speakers
  • “Strategies for the Recruitment of Domestic Students into the PSM” (67 KB): Linda Strausbaugh, Professor of Genetics & Genomics, and Co-Director of the University of Connecticut PSM Initiatives, Lee Aggison, Associate Dean of the Graduate School, and Co-Director of the University of Connecticut PSM Initiatives, and Elaine Mirkin, Program Assistant for University of Connecticut PSM Initiatives and for the Biological Sciences-based degree programs (Presentation) (40 KB)
  • “The Need for PSM Student Recruitment and Marketing: MTSU as an Effective Model” (151 KB): Saeed Foroudastan, Ph.D., MSPS Program Director, Kristina R. Hulsey, Graduate Research Assistant, and Sandra Hollis-Hyde, Graduate Research Assistant, Middle Tennessee State University (Presentation) (204 KB)

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Poster Session: PSM Best Practices
Abstracts for each of the poster presenters, including copies of their full poster.

• Elizabeth Ambos, California State University Chancellor's Office (92 KB): Full Poster (3.31 MB)
• Ursula Bechert, Oregon State University (72 KB): Full Poster (2.53 MB)
• Patricia Bishop, Florida Council of Graduate Deans (27 KB)
• Cliff Chancey, University of Northern Iowa, and Elizabeth Friedman, Illinois Institute of Technology (78 KB): Full Poster (1.68 MB)
• David S. Chapman, Jennifer Schmidt, and James Mills, University of Utah (68 KB): Full Poster (2.97 MB)
• Johanna Danaher, Pfizer Global Research & Development (63 KB): Full Poster (2.15 MB)
• William Griffin, DISTek Integration, Inc. (67 KB): Full Poster (2.90 MB)
• Beverly K. Hartline, University of the District of Columbia, William Eckberg, Howard University, and Joseph Whittaker, Morgan State University (94 KB): Full Poster (2.88 MB)
• Sandra Hollis-Hyde, Middle Tennessee State University (80 KB): Full Poster (2.54 MB)
• Rana Khan, University of Maryland University College (78 KB): Full Poster (4.67 MB)
• David W. King, State University of New York (67 KB): Full Poster (1.68 MB)
• Stephen Lemire, National Professional Science Master’s Association (70 KB): Full Poster (5.43 MB)
• Eleanor Babco, Joshua Mahler, and Sheila Tobias, Council of Graduate Schools PSM Project Team (136 KB): Full Poster (1.68 MB)
• James Mills, The University of Utah (73 KB): Full Poster (2.39 MB)
• Diep Nguyen and Elizabeth Friedman, Illinois Institute of Technology (126 KB): Full Poster (4 MB)
• John Nishio, California State University, Chico (80 KB): Full Poster (3.34 MB)
• John Nishio, California State University, Chico (95 KB): Full Poster (4.83 MB)
• Donald Pierson and Susan Lawton, University of Massachusetts (107 KB): Full Poster (874 KB)
• Joseph Shapiro, San Diego State University/California State University System (138 KB): Full Poster (449 KB)
• Susan Stites-Doe, Stuart Tsubota, Steve Godleski, and Mihail Barbosu, The College at Brockport (70 KB): Full Poster (1.53 MB)
• Faramarz Valafar, San Diego State University (70 KB): Full Poster (2.16 MB)
• Sally Veregge, San Jose State University (60 KB): Full Poster (1.46 MB)
• Nancy Vincent, Council of Graduate Schools (113 KB): Full Poster (299 KB)
• Alice Wright and Shirley Kovacs, California State University, Fresno (62 KB): Full Poster (2 MB)

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Plenary V: National Science Foundation Perspective on the PSM – Now and in the Future

• Moderator: Don Langenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland

• Speaker: Dr. Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science Foundation (51 KB)

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Selected Distinguished Alumni
The Distinguished Alumni highlighted in the following section were nominated by their PSM Program Directors or staff as being graduates of exceptional ability who have benefited the workforce and society.

• Selected Distinguished Alumni (119 KB)

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