Personnel
Adjunct Staff — Visiting Scholars

CURRENT — 2009-2010 VISITING SCHOLARS

Dr. Steven Mayer

The Murdock Trust is pleased to announce that Dr. Steven Mayer, Associate Professor and Chair of the Chemistry Department at the University of Portland, will be a Visiting Scholar with the Trust during the 2009-2010 academic year. Dr. Mayer has a Ph.D. in physical chemistry and was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Washington. He is a research grant recipient from the National Science Foundation, the American Chemical Society, and the Murdock College Science Research Program.

During his time as a Visiting Scholar, Dr. Mayer will seek to establish a dialogue with industry leaders, educators, philanthropic leaders, and legislative leaders to impact STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education through innovative pedagogical programs at predominantly undergraduate institutions. He will also assist the Trust in providing an audit of innovative foundation efforts in science education.

To contact Dr. Mayer, he may be reached at mayer@up.edu or VisitingScholar@murdock-trust.org.

PAST — Visiting Scholars

Rick Ganz, S.J. (October 2008 - May 2009)

Director of University Ministry at Gonzaga University and a member of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits). Fr. Ganz assisted the Trust in its "Vision and Call" Internship program and other leadership initiatives. "Fr. Ganz is one of the outstanding educators in the region and we were fortunate to have him serve to advance our thinking and work in these areas," said Steve Moore, the Trust's Executive Director.