VCU leads effort to launch national consortium of universities offering hands-on river education

In addition to Vonesh, the co-principal investigators and senior partners include Andy Rost, Ph.D., at Sierra Nevada College, and Denielle Perry, Ph.D., at Northern Arizona University. Other senior personnel include Mathieu Brown at Prescott College; John McLaughlin, Ph.D., of Western Washington University; Tammi Laninga, Ph.D., at Western Washington University; Steve Storck, Ph.D., of the River Management Society; Amanda Rugenski, Ph.D., at the University of Georgia; and Joshua Viers, Ph.D., at University of California, Merced. These schools range from small liberal arts colleges to large research universities.