The CIRTL Advisory Board

February 19, 2026

CIRTL at URI is overseen by a collection of stakeholders and dedicated advocates of graduate student and postdoctoral fellow success. The 2025-26 advisory group is made up of the following members. If you have ideas for how to grow CIRTL at URI, please consider getting in touch with one of them to share!

  • Ali Ghaderi, graduate student, English, College of Arts and Sciences; ali.ghaderi@uri.edu
  • Annemarie Vaccaro, Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Affairs & Professor, Feinstein College of Education; avaccaro@uri.edu
  • Aura Fajardo Grandidge, Assistant Dean for Diversity & Student Success Initiatives, College of the Environment and Life Sciences; afgrandidge@uri.edu
  • Becky Sartini, Associate Dean & Professor, College of the Environment and Life Sciences; blsartini@uri.edu
  • Cara Mitnick, Associate Director of Professional and Community Development, Graduate School; cmitnick@uri.edu
  • Christopher Lavan, Associate Vice Provost, Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; christopher.lavan@uri.edu
  • Christy Ashley, Professor, College of Business; christyashley@uri.edu
  • Darko Ljubic, Assistant Teaching Professor, College of Engineering; darko.ljubic@uri.edu
  • Jaime Barrett, Postdoctoral Fellow, College of the Environment and Life Sciences; jaime.barrett@uri.edu
  • Jason Dwyer, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies & Professor, College of Arts and Sciences; jason_dwyer@uri.edu
  • Mariyam Abbas, graduate student, Psychology, College of Health Sciences; mariyamabbas@uri.edu
  • Markeisha Miner, Vice President for Community, Equity and Diversity; markeisha.miner@uri.edu
  • Molly Langevin, graduate student, College of the Environment and Life Sciences; mollylangevin@uri.edu
  • Natalie Lundsteen, Graduate Career Advisor, Graduate School; natalie.lundsteen@uri.edu
  • Serena Moseman-Valtierra, Associate Professor, College of the Environment and Life Sciences; smoseman@uri.edu
  • Todd Dresser, Associate Director of Faculty Professional Development, Office for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning; todd_dresser@uri.edu 

If you are interested in serving as a graduate student or postdoctoral fellow representative on this board in the future, please be in touch with Sophia Abbot (sophia.abbot@uri.edu).

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