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Creating Inclusive Innovation in Your Organization
RECORDED THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2021
Presented by Dr. Lisa M. Edwards, Professor and Chair, Director of Counselor Education, Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology, Marquette University; Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, Vice President for Research and Innovation, Marquette University; Kelsey Otero, Associate Director of Social Innovation, Marquette University; Paige Peters, Eng '11, Grad '19, Founder and CEO, Rapid Radicals Technology, LLC; Ph.D. Student in Environmental Engineering, Marquette University; Dr. Lucas Torres, Professor, Department of Psychology, Marquette University
Marquette has risen to a Top 50 Most Innovative School (US News and World Report 2020). Learn how the award-winning Explorer Challenge, which has given students, faculty and staff the opportunity to be innovators on campus, has provided a crucial foundation for developing an innovation mindset on campus. Dr. Jeanne Hossenlopp, VP for Research and Innovation at Marquette, will offer best practices and her perspective on how Marquette has created an inclusive culture where everyone has the ability to create change – concepts that can be adapted for your own organization. Dr. Hossenlopp will be joined by a panelist of Explorer Challenge winners who can demonstrate the many forms innovation takes and the impact it has on students, campus and the community.
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Lisa M. Edwards, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology. She is co-director of the Marquette University Latina/o Well-Being Research Initiative. Her research and professional interests include Latina/o psychology, perinatal mental health and the intersection of multiculturalism and positive psychology.
Jeanne Hossenlopp, Ph.D., is Marquette University’s vice president for research and innovation. She is a professor of Chemistry, served as vice provost for research and dean of the Graduate School from 2010-2015, was interim dean of the Klingler College of Arts and Sciences from 2008-2010, and was chair of the Department of Chemistry from 2004-2008.
A native of Buffalo, NY, Hossenlopp received her B.A. degree in Chemistry from Colgate University in 1981, M.A. degree in Education from Siena Heights College in 1982, and Ph.D. degree in Physical Chemistry from Syracuse University in 1987. From 1987-1989 she was a postdoctoral research associate at Columbia University. She joined the faculty at Marquette University in August 1989. In 1989 she received a Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation New Faculty Award, a national award given to 10 new faculty in chemistry, biochemistry, or chemical engineering departments annually.
Hossenlopp has taught physical chemistry courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels as well as general (freshman) chemistry. She was awarded Marquette University's Rev. John P. Raynor, S.J., Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence in 2003. Her research career began by exploring the fundamental details of how energy flows during laser-induced chemical reactions. She later transitioned to studying factors that control structure and reactivity of nanodimensional materials and was involved in collaborative projects focused on developing and characterizing new materials for use in chemical sensors, polymer fire retardants, and water quality remediation applications. Work in her laboratory was funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology and the US Department of Agriculture.
In her current role, Hossenlopp is charged with facilitating growth in campus research and scholarship, as well as work to build an inclusive culture of innovation which includes management of the University’s Explorer Challenge, the President’s Challenge, and the newly created campus Ideation Review Council. Hossenlopp is highly involved in leading the University’s Beyond Boundary Strategic Plan, co-chairing the Beyond Boundaries Steering Committee and serving as campus leader for the Research in Action theme of the plan. She oversees the work of the offices of Research Compliance and Research and Sponsored Programs, the Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship; the Marquette Women’s Innovation Network and the Institute for Women’s Leadership, research activities in the Athletics and Human Performance Research Center, as well as Marquette’s presence in the Global Water Center. She is the PI for Marquette’s NSF ADVANCE award, a million-dollar grant to create institutional transformation to support success of women faculty in STEM-related fields. She directs Marquette’s participation in the Clinical and Translational Science Institute of Southeastern Wisconsin as a co-PI on the National Institutes of Health CTSA program, is on the board of the Milwaukee Regional Innovation Center, and is a member of the U.S. Council of Competitiveness’ Technology Leadership and Strategic Initiative. She is also member of TEMPO Milwaukee and serves on the TEMPO Women’s Affinity Alliance advisory committee. She also serves on the board for the Milwaukee Academy of Science.
Kelsey Otero is the associate director of Social Innovation at Marquette University. In this role, she leads the 707 Hub, Marquette’s new innovation space, runs business bootcamps and works to build the social innovation ecosystem in Wisconsin. In addition, Kelsey is passionate about economic and business development in Milwaukee, serving as co-chair of the Near West Side Commercial Corridor Working Team, volunteering on the Fund Milwaukee board, and running the popular Rev-Up MKE business pitch competition. She is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and earned her MBA from Marquette University. In 2019 she was recognized as one of Milwaukee Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 winners.
Paige Peters, Eng '11, Grad '19, is the founder and CEO of Rapid Radicals Technology, LLC, as well as a Ph.D. student in Environmental Engineering at Marquette University focused on water and wastewater treatment. Paige also received a B.S. and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Marquette. Paige founded Rapid Radicals in 2016 to commercialize her graduate research on the development of an advanced, high-rate wastewater treatment process to eliminate combined and sanitary sewer overflows and basement backups during high-intensity storm events. Outside of the laboratory, Paige is a professional mentor with the Madison Area Professional Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB-MAPC) on water supply and distribution projects in Guatemala.
Lucas Torres, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of Psychology, Marquette University. Dr. Torres received his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Purdue University and completed a Multicultural Post-doctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame. Prior to his post-doctoral position, Dr. Torres received clinical training at the Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, through the Boston University Medical Center, and the Massachusetts Mental Health Center. Currently, Dr. Torres is a member of the Milwaukee Trauma Outcomes Project (MTOP) research collaborative and is co-director of the Latina/o Well-being Research Initiative (LWRI). His research interests focus on issues of mental health disparities or the psychological difficulties experienced by members of underrepresented groups. With an emphasis on community-based approaches, this research seeks to identify the mechanisms that contribute to mental health problems, namely depression, anxiety, alcohol use and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Past research has been supported through a number of sources including the Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI), Medical College of Wisconsin’s Advancing a Healthier Wisconsin Research and Education Program (AHW REP); Explorer’s Challenge/Strategic Innovation Fund, Marquette University; and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).