Contact Us
Meet the Staff of the SCSE
Laura J. West
Student Academic Services Specialist in STEM
Office:
BBH 235
Phone:
(773) 442-5664
Email:
l-west2@neiu.edu
Jorge A. Cantú
Director of the SCSE, Associate Professor
Office:
Room BBH 310
Phone:
(773) 442-5743
Email:
jacantu@neiu.edu
SCSE Executive Board Members
The mission of the Student Center for Science Engagement (SCSE) to support student success in the sciences is an extension of mission of NEIU’s STEM departments. Its work is overseen and facilitated by the SCSE Executive Board. This board is made up of the director, the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (or designee), and an elected faculty representative from the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth Science, Environmental Science, Mathematics, and Physics, and an advisory representative from the department of Psychology.
Membership of the current Executive Board:
- Dr. Jorge Cantú (Director)
- Dr. Kenneth Voglesonger (Interim Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences)
- Dr. Elyse Bolterstein (Biology)
- Dr. Samantha Brown-Xu (Chemistry)
- Dr. Ahmed Khaled (Computer Science)
- Dr. Elisabet Head (Earth Science)
- Dr. John Kasmer (Environmental Science)
- Dr. Joseph Hibdon Jr. (Mathematics)
- Dr. Orin Harris (Physics)
- Dr. Andrew Young (Psychology)