The University of Massachusetts Amherst is teeming with great faculty, which is what makes it such a great university. All of the great faculty made it difficult to choose one person to write about. However, after searching through the MCB faculty list, I found Dr. Sandra L Peterson. Sandra Peterson is a Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology of reproduction at UMass. Sandra Peterson got her BS in Biology at Rutgers University in 1977. She then went on to get her MS in Neuroendocrinology at Oregon State University in 1980. Finally, she followed that up with her PhD in Neuroendocrinology at Oregon State University in 1984.
In addition to being a professor, she is a director at the STEM diversity institute. The STEM diversity institute’s main purpose is to facilitate the diversification of the STEM workforce. They help underrepresented groups enter and rise in the STEM field. Sandra is also a director at the Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education program (NEAGEP). Similar to the STEM diversity institute, the NEAGEP works to recruit and mentor members from minority groups and help enable them to pursue PhDs in the mathematics, engineering, and science.
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