Scholar Profile

Joel Corbo

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Biography

Joel is a Senior Research Associate in Ethnography & Evaluation Research at the University of Colorado Boulder. His work focuses on implementing and studying mechanisms for improving undergraduate education in STEM departments, with a particular focus on organizational/institutional change, equity and inclusion, and community. As a graduate student, he helped to found and lead the Berkeley Compass Project, a student-run organization dedicated to supporting students from marginalized groups in physics, and he co-leads the Access Network, a national network of student-centered equity programs inspired by Compass.

Before coming to CU, Joel received a bachelor’s degree in physics from MIT and a Ph.D. in physics from UC Berkeley. As a member of the Whaley group at Berkeley, he studied ultracold atomic gases using quantum Monte Carlo simulation techniques.

High school:  Regis High School

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