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.

Bob Ettinger graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown in 2001 with a degree in Geological Sciences and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Middle School education at the University of Massachusetts. He has worked extensively with the Swearer Center for Public Service, coordinating the Outdoor Leadership and Environmental Education Project (OLEEP), and at the Thompson Island Outward Bound Center. Bob has his masters and is currently teaching science and math for the Boston Public School system.