The National Astronomy Consortium (NAC) is a program led by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) and Associated Universities Inc., (AUI) in partnership with the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP), and a number of minority and majority universities to increase the numbers of students from underrepresented and underserved groups and those otherwise overlooked by the traditional academic pipeline into STEM or STEM-related careers.
| NAC Leads | Location | Faculty / Contact |
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| National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Charlottesville, VA |
Lyndele von Schill |
| National Society of Black Physicists |
Washington, DC |
Dr. Willie Rockward |
| National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Charlottesville, VA |
Tierra Candelaria/Jessica Utley, ODI Admin |
| National Radio Astronomy Observatory |
Charlottesville, VA |
Jessica Utley, ODI Admin |
| NAC Advisory Board |
Laura Chomiuk (UMich), Anja Fourie (NRAO), Faye Giles (NRAO), Jessica Harris (UVA), Ralf Kotulla (UW-Madison), Eric Hooper (UW-Madison), Moiya McTier (Columbia University), Tim Paglione (CUNY), Michael Strauss (Princeton), Lou Strolger (STScI), Don Walter (SCSU) |
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| 2020 NAC Sites | Location | Site Lead |
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| Michigan State University |
East Lansing, Michigan |
Laura Chomiuk |
| NRAO Central Development Laboratory (CDL) |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
Bert Hawkins |
| NRAO Headquarters |
Charlottesville, Virginia |
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| NRAO Domenici Science Operations Center (DSOC) |
Socorro, New Mexico |
Anna Kapinska |
| Princeton University |
Princeton, New Jersey |
Michael Strauss |
| Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) |
Baltimore, Maryland |
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| University of Wisconsin - Madison |
Madison, Wisconsin |
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| Partner Institution | Location | Lead | Additional Contact |
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| Agnes Scott College |
Decatur, GA |
Chris De Pree |
Amy Lovell |
| Benedict College |
Columbia, SC |
Fouzi Arramash |
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| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College |
New York, NY |
Barry McKernan |
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| CUNY College of Staten Island |
Staten Island, NY |
Emily Rice |
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| CUNY Hunter College |
New York, NY |
Kelle Cruz |
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| CUNY Lehman College |
New York, NY |
Matt O' Dowd |
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| CUNY NYC College of Technology |
New York, NY |
Viviana Acquaviva |
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| CUNY Queensborough Community College |
Bayside, NY |
Jillian Bellovary |
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| CUNY York College |
Jamaica, NY |
Tim Paglione |
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| Dillard University |
New Orleans, LA |
Abdalla Darwish |
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| Goddard Space Flight Center |
Greenbelt, MD |
Padi Boyd |
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| Hampton University |
Hampton, VA |
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| Harvard University |
Cambridge, MA |
John Johnson |
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| Howard University |
Washington, DC |
Marcus Alfred |
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| Michigan State University |
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Paul Gueye |
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| NC A&T |
Greensboro, NC |
Abdellah Ahmidouch |
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| Norfolk State University |
Norfolk, VA |
Wendy Hinton |
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| Ohio State University |
Columbus, OH |
Paul Martini |
Todd Thompson |
| PING Program |
Greenbank, WV |
Tim Spuck |
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| Prairie View A&M University |
Prarie View, TX |
Premkumar Saganti |
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| Princeton University |
Princeton, NJ |
Michael Strauss |
Jeremy Goodman, Jenny Greene, Jill Knapp |
| Rutgers University |
New Brunswick, NJ |
Andrew Baker, Alyson Brooks |
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| South Carolina State University |
Orangeburg, SC |
Donald Walters |
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| Space Telescope Science Institute |
Baltimore, MD |
Lou Strolger |
Sheryl Bruff, Lisa Frattare |
| St. Mary's College of Maryland |
St. Mary's City, MD |
Jackie Villadsen |
Josh Grossman |
| Texas Christian University |
Houston, TX |
Peter Frinchaboy |
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| Texas Southern University |
Houston, TX |
Donald Vrinceanu |
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| Tougaloo College |
Jackson, MS |
Santanu Banarjee |
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| University of District of Columbia |
Washington, DC |
H. Seyoum |
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| University of Maryland - GRAD-MAP |
College Park, MD |
Amy Steele |
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| University of Maryland |
College Park, MD |
Stuart Vogel |
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| University of Virginia |
Charlottesville, VA |
Aaron Evans |
Nitya Kallivayalil |
| University of Wisconsin |
Madison, WI |
Eric Hooper |
Eric Wilcots, Maya Holtzman |
| West Virginia University |
Morgantown, WV |
Maura McLaughlin |
D.J. Pisano, Sarah Burke-Spolaor
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