Meet Our Team

Susan Jansen Varnum, Ph.D.

Mohit Patel, Ph.D.

George Mehler, Ed.D.

Kathleen McKinley, M.Sc.

Herbert Green, Ed.D.

Joseph P. DuCette

TiffanyElBardissi. M.Ed.

Michelle Drummond, B.S.

Amanda Schantz

Amanda, presented with the 2018 PA Council of Teachers of Mathematics New Teacher Award, teaches mathematics and AP computer science at Central High School in Philadelphia. She graduated in 2017 as a Robert Noyce Scholar from Temple University’s TUteach program with a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics with Teaching. There, she began advocating for young educators, including pre-service teachers, to become involved with local, state, and national mathematics organizations. She has lead multiple groups from Temple University to attend and present at various conferences, such as ATMOPAV, PCTM, PRNP, NCTM, and UTeach. Amanda herself has presented at many ATMOPAV and PCTM conferences, as well as the 2016 NCTM Regional Conference in Philadelphia and the 2017 UTeach Conference in Austin. Most recently, she accepted the opportunity to speak at the 2019 UTeach STEM Educators Conference.
In addition to becoming involved with conferences and networking, Amanda has held various positions in the Temple STEM Ed Network, including lead roles in the STEM UP program, collaborative positions in curriculum development, and an assisting role in the Caring People Alliance Summer Camp. She first enrolled in the STEM Coding class as an in-service teacher and later continued involvement as a co-instructor.

Collin McCann

Collin graduated from the TUTeach program in 2016 with a BS in Math with Teaching. He has been a Site Coordinator at RW Brown for the Caring People Alliance Summer Science Camp, a Master Teacher for the Compute STEM summer camp, a co-instructor for the STEM Coding course within the College of Science and Technology , and held various educating positions in the Temple STEM Ed Network while earning his undergraduate degree at Temple. He was a fellow for the Teacher in the Workplace STEM Fellowship in coordination with New Foundations Charter High school in Northeast Philadelphia, where he currently teaches high school math, as well as coaching soccer and baseball. ​

Dana Russell

Dana is a 2017 graduate of the TUTeach program in Biology at Temple University. She is currently teaching Environmental Science and Marine Biology at New Foundations Charter School in Northeast Philadelphia. Dana first became involved with this program as an in-service teacher student during the pilot semester of the STEM Coding class, and later took over as an instructor. Dana is also involved in the creation of the Compute-STEM summer camp.
Since becoming involved with TUTeach, Dana has worked on several curriculum design projects, including the piloting of a virtual reality STEM curriculum. Non-Temple credentials include curriculum development and instruction for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University and a blended learning teacher professional development program for the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. She recently finished her tenure within the Teacher in the Workplace Fellowship and will shortly begin in the Project Based Learning Certification Program at the University of Pennsylvania. Dana hopes to continue to work towards better integrating technology into STEM classrooms.

Elliot Bickel

Elliot teaches computer science and mathematics to both high school and middle school students at Carver Engineering & Science in Philadelphia. He also coaches the Gear Girls, one of the FTC robotics teams at Carver E&S. Elliot is a graduate of Temple University's TUteach program, where he majored in Mathematics with Teaching, and throughout his time at Temple he worked with the Model-Evidence Link Diagram research team to study critical thinking in science classrooms. He is also currently working on a Master's degree in Computer and Information Technology from University of Pennsylvania. 

Susan Jansen Varnum
Associate Dean for Science Education, College of Science and Technology, Temple University
Professor of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Temple University

George Mehler
Assistant Professor & TUteach Master Teacher of Science, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Kathleen McKinley
Assistant Professor & TUteach Master Teacher of Mathematics, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Mohit Patel
Assistant Professor, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Herbert Green
Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Tiffany ElBardissi
Science Education Programs Manager, College of Science and Technology, Temple University

Joseph P. DuCette
Senior Associate Dean of Assessment and Evaluation, College of Education, Temple University
Professor of Psychological Studies in Education

Margaret King
Mathematics and Computer Science with Teaching (Senior), College of Science of Technology, Temple University
Compute-STEM Curriculum Design Assistant, College of Science of Technology, Temple University
STEM Scholars Mathematics Curriculum Developer, College of Science of Technology, Temple University
Mathematics Tutor, College of Science of Technology, Temple University

Alexander Kopp
Mathematics and Computer Science with Teaching (Senior), College of Science of Technology, Temple University
Compute-STEM Curriculum Design Assistant, College of Science of Technology, Temple University

Ryan Mulville
Mathematics and Technology with Teaching (Junior), College of Science of Technology, Temple University
Compute-STEM Curriculum Design Assistant, College of Science of Technology, Temple University
STEM Scholars Mathematics Curriculum Developer, College of Science of Technology, Temple University
Mathematics Tutor, College of Science of Technology, Temple University