Student Board Members

Shape the Future of Student Pugwash USA: Student Board Member Applications Due Feb 27, 2012!

Are you passionate about issues in science, technology, and society or science and technology policy? Do you want to be a leader in engaging young people on these issues? Want to help decide the future of a student-run national nonprofit with over 30 years of experience in promoting social responsibility in science and technology? If so, apply today to become a student board member of Student Pugwash USA!

Our Board of Directors is different from many other national social benefit organizations because students make up almost a third of it, with full voting rights just like all other board members.  Student Board Members will work with the full Board of Directors to help set SPUSA’s national priorities and agenda, foster and maintain our network of students,  manage our social media strategy and blog, and help to develop funding for programs and activities for engaging students in critical issues relating to science, technology, and society.  Current SPUSA programs include a 2012 science, technology, and society in the elections contest; SPUSA alumni networking happy hours; and an under development Student Pugwash fellowship program.

Qualifications: 

• Willingness to commit at minimum 5 hours per month plus occasional teleconference board meetings and conferences

• Available for at least one two-year term

• Full or part-time undergraduate or graduate student (including medical students) of any discipline at a institution

• Leadership experience (broadly construed) in the STS or science and technology policy community, or a closely related field, strongly encouraged, including previous experience or familiarity with SPUSA or other Pugwash organizations

• Experience in nonprofit management, fundraising, boards of directors and/or education a plus (there is no required financial commitment)

Application Guidelines:

Please submit a cover letter, which clearly states why you want to be a SPUSA Student Board Member and your qualifications, and resume or C.V. to spusa@spusa.org with the subject line “Student Board Member application” no later than February 27th. Be sure to let us know your school, year, degree program (e.g. B.A., M.S., Ph.D., M.D.), major, and for graduate students research focus, and any previous experience with Student Pugwash.

More information about SBMs

2010-11 Student Board Members

Kyle Gracey, kylegracey@gmail.com

Kyle Gracey is a Master of Public Policy candidate at the University of Chicago, where he focuses on environmental policy. He is also the Treasurer for SustainUS - The United States Youth Network for Sustainable Development. He was previously the Treasurer and then President of Student Pugwash's Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute chapter, and interned in Student Pugwash's headquarters. A Truman Scholar, he graduated from Rensselaer with degrees in Ecological Economics, Values, & Policy and Biochemistry/Biophysics.

Jessica Holsinger, jmholsin@purdue.edu

Sharlissa Moore, sharlissa.moore@asu.edu 

Sharlissa is a Ph.D. student at Arizona State University in Human and Social Dimensions of Science and Technology.  Previously, she was Program Manager in the national Student Pugwash USA office, serving as a liaison and a resource for student participants nationwide and working to engage new students in the organization. She has interned at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the Science and Technology Policy Institute.  She also works to bolster the network of students in science and technology policy through serving on the editorial board of the student Journal of Science Policy and Governance and helping to organize the STGlobal graduate student conference.  Sharlissa received her B.A. in Astronomy from Smith College. 

Lina Nayak, linanayak@gmail.com

Lina Nayak is a medical student at Washington University School of Medicine (St. Louis, Missouri). She graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Nayak has published in Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, and the NATO Science Series. In addition, she serves as an editor for the Virtual Mentor, the online ethics and professionalism journal of the American Medical Association. Nayak has been actively involved in Student Pugwash for more than six years. At the 52nd Pugwash Meeting (La Jolla, 2002), she was selected to present student outcomes in front of all meeting delegates and served as reporter and editor for the International Student Young Pugwash (ISYP) Pre-conference Report. She has led Student Pugwash Chapters at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Northwestern University, and Washington University. Most recently, Nayak has served on the Student Advisory Panel for the 2007 SPUSA National Conference and moderated the Health Working Group.

Alex Webster, jawebste@purdue.edu

Alex Webster is a senior in Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering with plans of attending graduate school. Alex is also the Immediate Past President of Purdue Student Pugwash. He joined Pugwash because of his strong belief in educating the public about nuclear technology, to dispel myths and misconceptions that make people fearful of radiation. A space enthusiast, he appreciates the positive impact that the space program has had on this planet and is concerned about keeping the priorities of NASA in the interest of the public. Alex is also a member of the Purdue Alumni Student Experience Board of Directors and the American Nuclear Society. He also works in a nuclear engineering research lab at Purdue.

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