Introducing the CAISE Task Force on Broadening Participation
CAISE has been newly charged with finding potential synergies and connections between the fields of informal science education (ISE) and science communication (SciComm). The need to strengthen, and even re-think, efforts to broaden participation in STEM is central to both fields, so CAISE has formed a task force comprised of 15 experts in both communities to map progress, gaps, and possibilities. The goal is to produce tools and findings that can position our fields as essential partners to larger (state-wide/community-wide) efforts to broaden participation and that can equip ISE and SciComm professionals with practical tools for strengthening relevant practice. The first convening of this task force took place on October 19-20th at the ASTC 2017 Annual Conference in San Jose, CA. Read more HERE...
Task Force Leadership
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Jamie |
Bell |
Project Director & Principal Investigator, CAISE |
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Bronwyn |
Bevan |
Senior Research Scientist, University of Washington |
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Angela |
Calabrese Barton |
Professor, Teacher Education, Michigan State University |
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Cecilia |
Garibay |
Principal, Garibay Group |
Task Force Members
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Melissa |
Ballard |
STEM Manager, Afterschool Alliance |
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Raychelle |
Burks |
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, St. Edward's University |
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Marc |
Lesser |
Senior Director, Learning Design, Mouse |
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Nancy |
Maryboy |
Founding President & Executive Director, Indigenous Education Institute |
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Dale |
McCreedy |
Vice President of Audience & Community Engagement at the Discovery Center |
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Sunshine |
Menezes |
Executive Director, Metcalf Institute for Marine & Environmental Reporting & Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Communication (both at the University of Rhode Island) |
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Nichole |
Pinkard |
Associate Professor and Director of the Office of STEM Educational Partnerships in the School of Education and Social Policy, Northwestern University |
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Christine |
Reich |
Vice President of Exhibit Development and Conservation, Museum of Science, Boston |
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Bruno |
Takahashi |
Assistant Professor of Environmental Journalism and Communication, Michigan State University |
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Bhaskar |
Upadhyay |
Associate Professor of Science Education, University of Minnesota |
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Danielle |
Watt |
Director of Education, Outreach, and Diversity, Center for Chemistry at the Space Time Limit (CaSTL) at the University of California Irvine |