Applications due July 12, 2024
Principal Investigator 
Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra 
Assistant Professor, Biology 
School of Arts & Sciences 
kdykstra@sbu.edu 
 
Co-Principal Investigator 
Dr. Adam Brown 
Professor, Elementary Education 
School of Education 
abrown@sbu.edu 

Dean, School of Education 
Dr. René Hauser 
Associate Professor & Dean  
School of Education 
rhauser@sbu.edu 

Interim Dean, School of Arts & Sciences 
Dr. Guy Imhoff 
Professor, World Languages and Cultural Studies (French) 
Interim Dean 
School of Arts & Sciences 
gimhoff@sbu.edu  
 
STEM Faculty Advisory Board 
Dr. Johanna Schwingel, Associate Professor, Biology 
Dr. Alexander Rupprecht, Assistant Professor, Chemistry 
Dr. James Pientka, Professor, Physics 
Dr. Christine Uhl, Associate Professor, Mathematics 
Dr. Chris Bopp, Assistant Professor, Computer Science 
 
Jamestown Community College Team Members 
Ms. Amber Kautzman 
Interim Dean of Math & Sciences, JCC 
amberkautzman@mail.sunyjcc.edu 
 
Dr. Renee Funke 
Professor, Teacher Education, JCC 
reneefunke@mail.sunyjcc.edu 
  

The term “high-need local educational agency (or high-need LEA)”, as defined in section 201 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1021), means a U.S. local educational agency (e.g., school district) that has at least one school that:
As of 2018, there were over 60 high need school districts in the counties surrounding St. Bonaventure (Cattaraugus, Erie, Allegany, Wyoming and Chautauqua).

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