Candice M. Quinn, Ph.D.

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Role: Co-PI, Mentor, Instructor                                                                     (August 2024 – July 2026)
Research Initiation: LIONS Bridge Program: A Program Aimed at Enhancing Learning, Inclusivity, Opportunities, and Nurturing Students from Historically Excluded Groups in Engineering ($191,439.00)

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Principal Investigator: Dr. Amber Pete                                                  NSF Funded 2407224

Co-PIs: Dr. Sara Johnson, Dr. Candice M. Quinn, Dr. Gary Padgett

​The program has three goals: creating and evaluating the summer bridge program, investigating mentorship, and training the professional engineer (Principal Investigator) to conduct impactful engineering education research. Participants in the bridge program will receive tutoring and mentorship from three mentors, participate in field trips and community service, and take two courses during the summer. We believe this approach will improve recruitment and retention rates and increase students' confidence. The PI will be mentored in data collection, survey design, and dissemination of results.

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Role: Program Director                                                                       (October 2023 – September 2028)
Louis Stokes New STEM Pathways Implementation-Only Alliance: The Tennessee Valley Tri-State LSAMP Alliance-Creating a Pathway of Success for General STEM Education ($2,497,206.00)

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Principal Investigator: Dr. Brien Smith                                                 NSF LSAMP Funded 2308688

Co-PIs: Dr. Philip Cavalier (University of Tennessee Martin), Dr. Christopher Tollison (Mississippi University for Women), Dr. Timmy James (Northwest Shoals Community College)

This multi-institutional grant aims to increase the recruitment, participation, and retention of university underrepresented minority STEM students. My responsibilities included recruiting students, mentoring, providing tutoring, and connecting students with faculty mentors and research opportunities for students at the University North Alabama. Additional responsibilities include the creation of and maintaining a multi-institutional summer bridge program, training of peer tutors, NSF reporting for the alliance, distribution of funds to alliance members, and collection and dissemination of retention methods and data and results.

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Role: Graduate Research Assistant                                                             (October 2016 – June 2022)
SoCollaborative Research: NSF INCLUDES: South East Alliance for Persons with Disabilities in STEM (SEAPD-STEM) ($285,769.00)
Principal Investigator: Overtoun Jenda                                        NSF INCLUDES Funded 1649344

Co-PIs: Asheber Abebe, Alan Wilson, Daniela Marghitu, Caroline Dunn 
This multi-institutional grant aims to increase the participation and retention of university STEM students with disabilities. My responsibilities included recruiting students, mentoring, providing tutoring, and connecting students with faculty mentors and research opportunities for students at Middle Tennessee State University. Additionally, I created and monitored a social media page in which the students received general college strategies and advice for success.    

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Role: Graduate Assistant, Math Education Coordinator                   (September 2012 - August 2018)
Operation STEM Program

Mathematics Achievement as a STEP for STEM Success ($925,787.00)
Principal Investigator: Dr. John Holcomb                                             NSF Funded DUE-1161152
Co-PIs: Dr. Stephen Duffy, Dr. Debbie Jackson, Dr. Andrew Resnick, and Dr. Nigamanth Sridhar
Assisted in recruitment of underrepresented minorities and first generation college students who were majoring in STEM. Assisted in planning and facilitating mathematics curriculum for a new summer bridge program. Created projects and facilitated training of peer instructors to implement project-based learning in precalculus and calculus courses. 

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