Executive Director for ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Jupiter Academic Operations Selected

Tuesday, Oct 15, 2019
Bethany Stanhope

After a national search, ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app selected Bethany Stanhope, Ph.D., as the Executive Director for Academic Operations of the Jupiter campus effective October 19, 2019.Ìý

Dr. Stanhope received her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. She was a postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Alex Keene, Ph.D., of ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app’s Department of Biological Sciences and taught Evolution on the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app Jupiter campus for the past two years.

Rod Murphey, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic affairs of ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app's John D. MacArthur Campus, highlighted her strong background in the life sciences and her training as a geneticist.Ìý

"Dr. Stanhope will work closely with ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app faculty and institute partners to develop a training and conference facility on the John D. MacArthur campus. She will work with ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app faculty to establish laboratory teaching facilities to support several life science labs, two NSF grants that focus on inquiry-based experiences, the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app-Max Planck Academy high school, and a variety of other workshops," said Dr. Murphey.

"Among her initial efforts, she will work with Wilkes Honors College faculty member Johanna Kowalko, Ph.D., to establish a laboratory course in genetics and with Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D., as he develops inquiry-based labs for the ¼ø»ÆÊ¦app-Max Planck Academy."

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