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2011 Faculty

Each SSP campus is staffed with an Academic Director and an Associate Academic Director (professional scientists and/or educators), a Site Director, and four teaching assistants. Many of the faculty are themselves SSP alumni. The faculty reside on the campus with the participants and are available at all hours to mentor, tutor, and discuss academic, scientific, residential and personal matters.

Westmont (CA) Campus

Dr. Tracy Furutani

Martin Mason - Academic Director
Prof. of Physics and Engineering, Mt. San Antonio College
M.S. Physics, UC Riverside, 1998
B.S. Math and Physics, UC Riverside, 1994



Dr. Michael Faison

Michael Faison - Associate Academic Director
Director, Leitner Observatory at Yale Univ.
Ph.D., Astronomy, Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison, 1999
B.A. Physics, Oberlin College, 1994


Anna Heinz

Anna Heinz - Site Director
Registered Nurse, Pomerado Hospital. San Diego
MSN Midwifery, San Diego State Univ., 2011
B.A. Physics, German, Religion, St. Olaf College, 2004


Teaching Assistants
Sean Mattingly SSP '03
B.S. Physics, Business Economics and Management, Caltech, 2008

Mary Masterman SSP '05
B.S. Chemistry, MIT, 2010

Dougal Sutherland SSP '06
B.A. Computer Science, Swarthmore, 2011

Rebecca Rapf SSP '07
Rising senior in Chemistry, Dartmouth


New Mexico Tech Campus

Dr. Ran Sivron

William Andersen - Academic Director
Assoc. Prof. of Physics, Eastern NM Univ.
Ph.D. Nuclear Physics, MIT, 1985
B.S. Physics, Baylor Univ., 1977



Dr. William Andersen

Brian Woodahl - Associate Academic Director
Lecturer, Astronomy and Physics, Indiana Univ / Purdue Univ: Indianapolis
Ph.D. Physics, Purdue Univ, 1999
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Washington State Univ., 1987


Leslie Clark

Leslie Clark - Site Director
Science Teacher, Magdalena HS, Magdalena, NM
M.S. Science Teaching, NM Tech, 2006
B.A. Secondary Education / Science, Western NM Univ, 1994



Teaching Assistants
Rachel Wagner-Kaiser SSP '05
B.A. Physics & Astronomy, Vasser, 2010

Benjamin Knudsen SSP '06
B.A. Mathematics, Princeton, 2011

Michelle Chang SSP '06
B.S. Mechanical & Ocean Engineering, MIT, 2011

Aaron Bauer '06
B.A. Computer Science, Williams College, 2011