PROFILE Marjorie Bequette Director of Evaluation and Research in Learning Science Museum of Minnesota About informal science Projects Expanding Activities for Outdoor, Nature Situated Making RAPID: Advancing Museum-Community Conversations that Intersect STEM and Racial Justice Museums and Inclusion: Understanding Visitors' Sense of Belonging in Science and Natural History Museums Building More Inclusive Makerspaces to Support Informal Engineering Learning Experiences National Informal STEM Education Network: Space and Earth Informal STEM Education (SEISE) Project Complex Adaptive Systems as a Model for Network Evaluation RESEARCH: "Making Connections: Exploring Culturally-Relevant Maker Experiences through an Iterative, Cross-Institutional Approach" Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network Understanding and Catalyzing Equity-Oriented Change in Museums and Science Centers Research 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2215592 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 2005773 2023 AISL Awardee Mini-Poster: 1906884 Community-informed design: Blending community engagement and museum design approaches for sustainable experience development Cardboard Collaborative: A guide to creating more inclusive museum makerspaces. Cardboard Collaborative: A guide to creating more inclusive museum makerspaces. Assembly-style making: How structured making serves as an on-ramp to creativity and engineering design 2021 Poster - All Are Welcome Here? Understanding Visitors' Sense of Belonging in Science and Natural History Museums 2021 Poster - Cardboard Engineering: Designing More for Families ‘ ... Yet, it is still very White’: structural and cultural impediments to DEAI change in science museums Collaboration for chemistry communication: Insights from a research-practice partnership Design Strategies for Hands-On Activities to Increase Interest, Relevance, and Self-Efficacy in Chemistry STEM Racial Justice: Research Findings Organizational Approaches to Systemic DEAI Change in the Informal Science Education Field Children’s Questions, Worries, and Information Needs Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Research Summary Organizing for Equity-Oriented Change in Museums: Insights, Practical Suggestions, and Stories From the Science Museum of Minnesota On the need for expanded guidance in navigating ethical learning research at science museums A Resource Guide for Talking to Children About COVID-19 Children’s questions, worries, and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children's science podcast Brains On! Executive Summary. Children’s questions, worries, and information needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. A study based on listeners of the children's science podcast Brains On! Evaluation Capacity Building for Informal STEM Education: Working for Success Across the Field 2019 AISL PI Meeting Poster: RACE FORWARD Making Connections - Challenging the perceived homogeneity of Making Making Connections Practitioner Guide Building Evaluation Capacity in a Complex World: Practical Lessons for Organization and Project Leaders Poster - Making Connections: Exploring Culturally-Relevant Maker Experiences Through an Iterative, Cross-Institutional Approach Evaluation NISE Net Years 6‐10 Evaluation Summary Summative Study of the Nano Mini-exhibition Summative Study of NanoDays 2014 Events Create.Connect: Summative Evaluation Report Year 5 Summative Evaluation of Exhibits and Programs