CHEE Professor Joins Other UA Faculty to Address Navajo Nation Challenges Through STEM Training

Kimberly Ogden, professor of chemical and environmental engineering, is helping develop a STEM traineeship program to support food, energy and water security, or FEWS, in the Navajo Nation.

Led by Karletta Chief, assistant professor in the UA Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science, the NSF-funded traineeship will focus initially on building the program and recruiting students, with enrollment beginning in August 2018.

Once enrolled, at least 26 graduate students will major in STEM disciplines while completing internships, a FEWS-themed minor, professional development and immersion in indigenous communities.