teaches technical communication courses in the College of Engineering. As director of the Engineering Learning Center, she also coordinates professional development experiences for graduate students, staff, and faculty. She has been involved with several NSF proposal. First, as a member of the management team for the NSF Center for Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning (CIRTL), Courter is responsible with a multidisciplinary team for developing and teaching a course for graduate students on teaching science and engineering. Second, as a member of the management team for the Foundation Coalition at UW-Madison, she completed an on-line professional development program for twenty faculty from ten institutions. Joan Kwako, University of Wisconsin-Madison Joan Kwako recently earned her PhD in math education and will begin a tenure-track position in January at the University of Wisconsin-Duluth. She helped design and is currently teaching the course on which this paper is based.

Student and early-career professional groups can build community, drive equitable change in institutions, and promote the well-being of individuals traversing the often-bumpy paths to science careers.