SIM Staff Directory
Directors
Leslie Leckvarcik, PhD - Director and Middle School Mobile Educator
814-641-3665, leckval@juniata.edu
Don Mitchell, PhD - Founder, Director Emeritus,
and Statewide Advocate
814-641-3562, mitchell@juniata.edu
Mobile Educators/Associate Directors
Sharon Conaway - Biology
814-641-3544, conaway@juniata.edu
Tara Yorke - Chemistry
814-641-3543, yorket@juniata.edu
Additional Staff
Rae Ann Allison - Equipment Courier
814-641-6688, allisor@juniata.edu
Christine Sowell -- Grants Administrator
814-641-3566, sowellc@juniata.edu
Biology Lab Assistants
Caitlyn Bowman '12
Krista Liebensper '12
Becca Strohm '13
Kelsey Kohrs '14
Jon Partsch '15
Chemistry Lab Assistants
Kathleen Connolly '12
Chris Lapkowski '12
Stephanie Finamore '14
Jason Ward '15
Middle School Lab Assistants
Danielle Partsch '12
Miranda Martz '13
Kendra Kester '13
Ray Starmack '14
Janice Jackson '14
Information Technology Assistants
Deanna Good '14
Chris Ingersoll '14
SIM Lab Assistant Alumni
Alex Ji '11 -- working at Duke University
Tetyana McCain '11
-- dental assistant in Virginia
Blake Colaianne '11 -- beginning his teaching career in Dallastown, Pa
Ashley Cunningham '11
-- a Wrangler at Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico
Bridget Rieg '11
-- working as a Therapeutic Support Staff member for Universal Child Behavior Health in Huntingdon, Pa
Jennifer Kline '10
-- campus minister at Gannon University
Brandon Deck '10 -- substitute teaching near Mechanicsburg, Pa
Tara
Carl '09 -- teaching in Pa
Creg Drake '09 -- teaching biology in the Reading area, Pa
Melinda Korb '09 -- mother of a beautiful baby girl!
Anna Oliveri '09 -- grad student at the University of Oregon
Emma (Shumaker) Houck'09 -- grad student at Radford University, married to our own Joe Houck
Justin Armbruster '08 – teaching 6th grade math and science at Jersey Shore, Pa
Brandon Bogusz '08 – in grad school at Rutgers studying food chemistry
Joe Houck '08 – in grad school at the University of Virginia, married to our own Emma (Shumaker) Houck
Grace Painter '08
Duane Ehredt '07 -- podiatric surgery resident at Saint Vincent Charity Medical Center
Jesse Shaw '07 -- intern at the Navel Medical Center in Portsmouth, Va
Marsha Loth '06 – in grad school at the University of Kentucky studying organic electronics -- headed for a postdoc in KY funded by the CIA!
Val Walters '06 – technical specialist at Restek in State College, Pa
Carrie George '05 – in grad school at Cornell
Becky Laino '05
Nicole (Watson) Heinlein '05 -- teaching 3rd grade math and science near Baltimore, MD
Heather Gibney '04 -- masters in organic chem -- working in Pittsburg, PA
Karl Stupic '04 -- Reaserch Fellow in translational imaging at the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Allison Stein '01 -- teaching at Woodside High School in Va
Tara (Fitzsimmons) Yorke '00-- still here! -- Chemistry Mobile Educator for Juniata SIM
Ryan Williams '97
Crystal (Mellott) Gay '96 -- teaching chem at West Branch Area Junior/Senior High School, Pa