and is responsible for designing, directing, and executing culturally responsive research and evaluation projects. She manages a portfolio of multi-year, mixed methods studies focused on improving educational and career opportunities, with a focus on historically underserved groups.Dr. Mark A Weiss, Florida International University Mark Allen Weiss is an Eminent Scholar Chaired Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education in the College of Engineering and Computing, and Associate Director in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University (FIU) in Miami Florida. He joined FIU after receiving his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Princeton University in 1987. His interests