Faculty

Robin Rose, Associate Dean for Summer and Continuing Studies and Director of Leadership Programs, has a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and has been employed by Brown for over 20 years, having served in the counseling center and as the Dean of Student Life. She directed the Brown Outdoor Leadership Training (BOLT) program for 15 years. BOLT is one of the few wilderness based programs in higher education to achieve the distinction of being accredited by the Association of Experiential Education. Dean Rose has a national reputation among outdoor educators and has served as a consultant to many outdoor programs across the country. She enjoys backpacking, canoeing, gardening, snorkeling and working with and learning from young people.

Lexi Weintraub has served as a research assistant in laboratories at Brown University, SUNY-Stony Brook, and the University of Chicago, and conducted field research in coastal Rhode Island, Maine, Washington and Costa Rica. Her research has included estuarine ecology, salt marshes, tropical plants, and kelp. Additionally, she has worked at the Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History, and most recently is studying biodiversity in Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Currently, Lexi teaches Science at the Frances Parker High School in Chicago. She has a B.A. in biology from Brown University.

Kevin Currey is a sophomore Environmental Studies major at Yale University. He was a BELL intern in 2004 and a student at the inaugural sessions of both BELL I and BELL II in 2002 and 2003. Last summer, Kevin worked at the Southern California Public Power Authority and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, where he helped prepare renewable energy power purchase agreements. He loves backpacking and is currently becoming a certified EMT.