Program Office

Office of Undergraduate STEM Education

Through its Office of Undergraduate STEM Education (OUSE), AAC&U works to empower institutions of higher education to catalyze higher education reform in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

About the Office of Undergraduate STEM Education

Through its Office of Undergraduate STEM Education, AAC&U works to empower institutions of higher education to catalyze higher education reform in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); lead national efforts that foster discovery and innovation in STEM faculty professional development; and advance equity in service to building a diverse, competitively trained STEM workforce.

    Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference

    The AAC&U Transforming STEM Higher Education Conference advances undergraduate STEM education reform by foregrounding the diverse perspectives, worldviews, voices, and desires of STEM faculty—especially those from groups that have been historically marginalized in STEM. This event provides a deeper understanding of classroom, institutional, and national levers of reform and outlines a national agenda for manipulating those levers to drive discovery, innovation, and social change in STEM higher education.

    STEM Education Reform Programs and Initiatives

    MyTenure Trek

    My Tenure Trek® (MTT) is a powerful professional development tool that provides STEM faculty with real life experiences that mirror the influences of power and privilege in STEM higher education.

    Latest Activity

    Office Staff

    • Kelly Mack

      Vice President for Undergraduate STEM Education and Executive Director of Project Kaleidoscope

    • Keith Besterman

      Virtual Community Manager

    • Amanda Gallagher

      Assistant to the Vice President/Program Associate

    • Shanalee S. Gallimore

      Postdoctoral Fellow

    • Christina Shute

      Program Manager
    • Ashley Smith

      Ashley Smith

      Program Associate

    • Denise Ssettimba

      Program Associate

    How to get involved

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