Madison Resident Named A Governor's STEM Scholar

Madison NJ

18 May, 2022

4:13 PM

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MADISON, NJ — Drew University graduate student Lisa Stites has been named one of the Governor's STEM Scholars, a program of the New Jersey Research and Development Council. Stiles is one of the 100 New Jersey high school and college students to complete the year-long program, which provides a complete view of New Jersey's STEM economy. The Governor's STEM Scholars 2022 class includes scholars from 20 different New Jersey counties. A public-private partnership among the Research & Development Council of New Jersey, the Governor's Office, New Jersey Department of Education, Secretary of Higher Education, and public and private research companies, the program provides high school, college, and graduate students with a comprehensive introduction to the state's STEM economy. Stites is a first-year graduate student working towards her Master of Science in Data Analytics at Drew University, where she also received her Bachelor of Arts with honors in Business Studies. During her senior year at Drew University, Stites wrote and successfully defended an honors thesis titled "California's Wildfire Problem: The Neglected Role of Class and Housing." Her research looked at the socioeconomic class breakdown of the wildland-urban interface (or WUI), using income as a proxy for class, and how California's affordable housing crisis is pushing low- and middle-income households into wildfire-prone areas. As a graduate of the Governor's STEM Scholars, Stites will have access to the Governor's STEM Scholars alumni network of nearly 600 students, which will enable her to stay connected to STEM jobs and opportunities within the state. Applications for the 2022-2023 Governor's STEM Scholars program are still open through June 10, 2022. For more information visit www.govstemscholars.com/apply/. Thank you for reading! Have a news tip, correction or comment? Email [email protected]. Learn more about posting announcements or events to your local Patch site. Subscribe to your local Patch newsletter here.