Dr. Teresa Kennedy, a professor of International STEM and Bilingual/ELL Education at the University of Texas at Tyler, recently published a paper that began in Heather’s online graduate writing course in marine and environmental sciences. She also noted in her URI Oceans and Coast Spotlight article that “support I received from Dr. Menden-Deuer and Dr. Spivak was incredible, leading me to opportunities I never imagined, like spending 52 days at sea.”