Renee Hesselbach is the program’s Outreach Specialist and is a masters prepared science educator and curriculum developer with many years of experience in the program. Hesselbach began her career as a secondary level science and math teacher before focusing on curriculum development and science outreach. Currently, she coordinates the events of the UWM WInSTEP SEPA program and provides year-long support to the program’s pre-service, early career, and mentor science teachers and their students.

Associated SEPA Project(s)

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  Empowering Pre-service Teachers and Students with Environmental Health Research
  R25OD021871-01 : 05/01/2016 - 01/31/2021
• Learning and Discovery in Experimental Environmental Health Science: On the Path from Data to Knowledge
  R25GM142031-01 : 05/01/2021 - 02/28/2026
• Biology-Environmental Health Science Nexus: Inquiry, Content, and Communication
  R25RR026299 : 08/01/2009 - 07/31/2014

Associated SEPA Publication(s)

• Meeting the COVID Challenge to a Research-Intensive Pre-college Science Education Program
  Journal of STEM Outreach
  Berg C, Carvan M, Hesselbach R, Luo Z, Petering D, Pickart M, Tomasiewicz H, Weber D, Shukla R, and Goldberg B