Advocates and Allies Advisory Board (A3B) | ADVANCE

The Advocates and Allies Advisory Board (A3B) is a group of women, minorities, and gender diverse individuals who work with the NSF-funded ADVANCE team to guide and advise the Advocates Team. Guidance comes in the form of communicating and prioritizing issues that women, minorities, and gender diverse individuals experience at Michigan Tech that impede their career growth and success. Guidance and oversight also come in the form of structuring and directing the education of the Advocates via published resources and lived experiences, the best topics, and approaches for the Advocates.

When advocating for policies and practices, the goal is that the A3B and Advocates will work closely together with the goal that well-intentioned ideas translate into policies and practices that most effectively achieve the goals of equity.

Advisory Board

Stephanie Carpenter

Assistant Professor, Creative Writing

Paniz Hazaveh

Assistant Teaching Professor, Applied Computing

Research Interests

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
Single electron devices
Charging-effect-based tunneling devices
Quantum electronics
Circuit design

Teaching Interests

Electronics
Circuits and instrumentation
Physical electronics
Digital logic

Danielle Meirow

Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Involvement
Pronouns: she, her, hers

dlmeirow@mtu.edu
906-487-1963
112 Memorial Union Building

Specialties

Coordinates community service initiatives, leadership programs, and departmental assessment.
Coordinates and implements the LeaderShape Institute and Catalyst programs.
Assists with advising the Undergraduate Student Government (USG).

Madeline Mercado Voelker

Senior Immigration and Visa Services Specialist

mmercado@mtu.edu
906-487-3681
Lakeshore Center

Links of Interest

Specialties

Coordinate immigration services and related employment processes.
Oversee and process faculty and staff employment based immigration petitions (H-1B, I-140 (EB-2), I-485 faculty special handling permanent residency and TN visas)
Provide hiring departments with information about immigration and employment regulations affecting foreign nations; file relevant immigration petition with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as appropriate
Act as liaison between the University, Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of State (DOS), and Department of Labor (DOL) with respect to foreign nationals
Liaison to immigration counsel retained for immigration support
Fluent in Spanish