Ryan Scheirer is a senior instructor of physics. Before joining OSU-Cascades, he was an aviation enthusiast who enjoyed applying physics while working towards his commercial pilot’s license. Ryan’s current research interest lies at the boundary of natural language processing and physics education research. His goal is to use research to help identify how education changes students’ cognition, affect and behaviors. Ryan holds a Master of Science in Physics from OSU and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania.

Jen has almost 20 years of experience working in the experiential education field. She has taught at OSU-Cascades for the last five years in the Tourism, Recreation and Adventure Leadership (TRAL) department. In addition to teaching, Jen has served as Executive Director for a nonprofit grantmaking foundation that focuses on creating sustainable communities. She also serves on the Board of Directors at The Environmental Center in Bend.

Margaret has mentored teacher candidates in her role as both a university supervisor and an instructor in English Methods and Environments at OSU-Cascades since 2017. With 12 years of experience teaching secondary English in Virginia and California, she is devoted to helping teachers grow into great educators who motivate, engage, and inspire their students.

Dr. Kendra Coates is an award-winning education leader passionate about celebrating our unlimited potential (UP) and human-centered teaching and learning. In her twenty years of teaching and leadership, she has taught all ages, from preschool to professionals across a variety of settings including early childhood, after school, abroad, AmeriCorps, special education and intervention, PreK-12 leadership, and higher education.

Andrew Hawley teaches in the TRAL program with a focus on technical based courses. His passion for outdoor recreation and adventure leadership started at an early age from family camping trips around the Midwest and southern Canada.

Seth is an instructor in the natural resources program in the College of Forestry at OSU-Cascades. Before returning to Central Oregon, Seth was a Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in the Department of Biological Sciences at Fordham University. Additionally, he spent 1.5 years in the biodiversity hotspot of the Atlantic forest in Bahia, Brazil researching habitat fragmentation.

Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering (Energy Systems Engineering) at Oregon State University - Cascades, 2017
Director, Water and Energy Technologies Lab (WET Lab) at Oregon State University - Cascades
Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and Technical Advisor to US DOE Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy, 2013-2017
Lead Advanced Systems Engineer at General Electric, 2011-2013
Engineer in various industries, 2002-2006