CESE Faculty and Staff

Center of Excellence in STEM Education

CESE/Hub Leadership & Staff

Dr. Alissa A. Lange

Director

Alissa A. Lange, Ph.D., is Director of the Center of Excellence in STEM Education, an Associate Professor of Early Childhood Education, and Director of the Early Childhood STEM Lab at East Tennessee State University. Prior to joining ETSU, Alissa was a U.S. Fulbright Scholar in Bogotá, Colombia, a U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Educational Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow at SUNY Buffalo, and an Assistant Research Professor at the National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER) at Rutgers University.

Dr. Chih-Che Tai

Assistant Director / Associate Professor, Science Education, CUAI

Dr. Chih-Che Tai has served as the Assistant Director of the Center of Excellence in STEM Education and an Assistant/Associate professor of science education in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at East Tennessee State University since July 2009. He currently leads the iSLICEE project. His brief CV available here

Dr. Janna Scarborough

Dean, Clemmer College

East Tennessee State University | 319 Warf-Pickel Hall | PO Box 70685 | Johnson City, TN 376143-1709 | Phone: (423)439-7616

Dr. Joseph Bidwell

Dean, College of Arts & Sciences

East Tennessee State University | 206 Gilbreath Hall | PO Box 70730 | Johnson City, TN 376143-1709 | Phone: (423)439-5671

Dr. Tony Pittarese

Dean, College of Business & Technology

East Tennessee State University | 210 Sam Wilson Hall | PO Box 70699 | Johnson City, TN 376143-1709 | Phone: (423)439-5671

Angela Haga retired from her role as Executive Aide for CESE on 1/7/2025. CESE thanks her for her service of over 18 years to ETSU. Please email cese@etsu.edu with general inquiries.

Affiliate Faculty and Partners

Dr. Ryan A. Nivens

CESE Affiliate Faculty - TSIN Hub, Eastman MathElites / Professor Mathematics Education

Dr. Jamie H. Price

CESE Affiliate Faculty - TSIN Hub, Eastman MathElites / Associate Professor Mathematics Education

Dr. Laura E. Robertson

CESE Affiliate Faculty - Eastman SciencElites / Professor Science Education

Dr. Chris Bowen

CESE Affiliate - TSIN Hub, Eastman SciencElites, STEM.LD / District STEM Specialist

Johnson City Schools

Twitter: @ProfChrisBowen

Dr. Thomas "TJ" Jones

TSIN Hub Affiliate / Professor of Biology

East Tennessee State University

Dr. Miranda Chen Musgrove

TSIN Hub Affiliate / Biology Adjunct

Science Education Researcher and Program Evaluator

Lee Elizabeth Sallah

Governer's School Assistant Director

Graduate Assistants

Amie A. Perry

CESE Graduate Assistant and a doctoral student in the Early Childhood Education Department

CESE Center Coordinator and TSIN STEM Hub programs Coordinator as well as being involved in many EC STEM Lab initiatives as Assistant Director.

Dylan Singleton

CESE Graduate Assistant

Working with Dr. Tai on the iSLICEE - Integrating Computational Thinking and Literacy grant

Nicolas Arias-Velandia

CESE Graduate Assistant & doctoral student in Early Childhood Education

STEM Education-Workforce Projects Coordinator, overseeing logistics for workforce programs such as TCP, the STEM Ed-Workforce Workgroup, and upcoming financial literacy initiatives, while also assisting with logistical tasks for TCP. Additionally, they support Dr. Tai’s grant and contribute to the TRIP and Libraries Count projects.

Fayrouz A. Nossir

CESE Graduate Assistant

CESE and EC STEM Lab Website editing and social media posts and maketing as well as overseeing the Stem Hub's Lending Library

Muiz W. Memud

CESE Graduate Assistant

Overseeing the tracking and implementation of our TSIN-funded projects and workshops.

Emily Eads

CESE Graduate Assistant

Working with Dr. Tai on the iSLICEE - Integrating Computational Thinking and Literacy grant

Doctoral Fellow and Project Coordinator

Helen Orimaye

Doctoral Fellow, EC STEM Lab

Project Coordinator, Libraries Count

Carrie Broyles

STEM Education Outreach Coordinator, STEM Education: Teacher-Company Partnerships in NE TN