Staff Members

Kathryn Stremiecki

Director of Experiential Education

Stremiecki is a career student affairs practitioner with a background in experiential education through co-curricular opportunities. For nearly 20 years, Stremiecki has served as a student engagement and experiential education professional at higher education institutions throughout Indiana. She has presented at conferences such as the Society for Experiential Education, the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities and the American Democracy Project National Meeting on topics related to applied learning, co-curricular experiential education, and assessment in co-curricular activities. Stremiecki is a Ph.D. candidate in Curriculum and Instruction with a major in Career and Technical Education at Purdue University. 

Kate Caward

Assistant Director in Indianapolis

Caward has worked accross units to support the launch of the Indianapolis location. Her expertise in curricular-based work-integrated learning, partnership development, program development and management and student support have been key to ensure experiential education opportunities in Indianapolis are robust and experiences of excellence. She is passionate about community, collaboration and leadership and has been a mentor and peer in many collaborative efforts. Her areas of research and scholarship include leadership, interprofessional education, work-integrated learning and health equity. Caward holds a Business Management degree from Ball State University within the nationally ranked Entrepreneurship program under the direction of Dr. Donald Kuratko. She is a Purdue alumna with a Master's of Science degree in Leadership from the Polytechnic Institute. Caward is excited about connecting community, business and industry partners to Purdue programs and opportunities in Indianapolis. 

Laura Todd

Assessment Specialist in I-DA+A

Todd is an assessment practitioner with over 10 years’ experience in the non-profit and higher education sectors. She previously served as the assessment coordinator for Texas A&M University-San Antonio’s Center for Experiential Learning and Community Engagement, focusing on evaluating the engaged programs and services provided within the Center and across campus. Todd received her Bachelors’ in Sociology at the University of San Antonio and is currently working on her Masters’ in Research and Evaluation Methods at the University of Colorado-Denver.

Jennifer Bay

Experiential Education Fellow

Dr. Bay is a practitioner and scholar of experiential education. She has been fortunate to be recognized by Purdue for her engaged work with Purdue’s Service-Learning Award, Faculty Engagement Scholar Award, and Jefferson Award. Whether she is coordinating internships, teaching internship courses, or engaging with the community through service-learning projects, she firmly believes that students learn in deep and unexpected ways through applied experiences.

Dr. Bay is professor of English in the Technical and Professional Writing undergraduate major and the graduate program in Rhetoric and Composition. Her research focuses on community engagement and experiential learning, internships, digital rhetorics, and rhetorical theory. Her work has appeared in journals such as the Journal of Business and Technical Communication, Journal of Technical Writing and Communication, IEEE Transactions on Professional Communication, Technical Communication Quarterly, Computers & Composition, Programmatic Perspectives, as well as in edited collections. Most recently, she has published on data rhetorics and equity and inclusion in the TPC classroom.

Amy Janis

Graduate Assistant

Abhijeet Mohod

Data Analysis and Outreach Intern

Mohod is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering at Purdue University, Indianapolis. He has a strong foundation in programming languages such as Java, Python, and C, with a particular interest in technology and statistics. Over the years, he has gained valuable experience, including developing an online admissions system and founding an organization that connects IB students with tutors. He has also completed a marketing internship at Puma and is currently working as a Student Assistant in the Experiential Education Department at Purdue, where he supports the management of the Simplicity database. Mohod is always eager to take on new challenges and expand his skill set.