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APPENDIX B: Biographies of Speakers
Pages 47-54

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... Prior to that, she worked for Congresswoman Lindy Boggs (D-LA) as associate staff for Department of Housing and Urban Development appropriations and special projects assistant.
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... He has published eight books and numerous policy reports, articles, and commentaries on issues in science policy, human resource development, program evaluation, and engineering education. Among his honors are the following: AAAS fellow, past chair of the AAAS Section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering, fellow of the Association for Women in Science, co-recipient of the American Society of Engineering Education Wickenden Award for best paper published in the 2003 volume of the Journal of Engineering Education, Quality Education for Minorities/Mathematics, Science, and Engineering 2006 Giant of Science, and Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer 2007-2009.
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... As part of her responsibilities, she is currently the project director for the $2 million Engineering Equity Extension Service Project, which is working with engineering societies to enhance their gender equity principles within their programs. Before joining the National Academies, Didion was vice president of the Didion Group, a public affairs and communications firm, as well as a director of the International Network of Women in Engineering and Science.
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... Leggon's research focuses on African American, Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Native American, and Native Pacific Islander women in science and engineering; this focus developed while she was a staff officer in the Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel at the NRC. Her work underscores the criticality of disaggregating data by race, ethnicity, and gender to develop policy, programs and practices that enhance and expand the science and engineering talent pool in the United States.
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... An example of her service on campus is the Coalition for Excellency and Diversity at UCB, Science Seminar for Underrepresented Minority Graduate Students; as an example of state service, she served with the California Post Secondary Education Commission Gender Gap Project; and for national service, she served as a reviewer for the National Institutes of Health, Sloan Foundation, NSF, AAAS Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity, and Planning Committee for the 3rd Understanding Interventions Conference. A recent talk at UCB was titled "Federal Support for Science in the Research University: The Social Consequences between 1947 and the Present." Shirley Malcom is head of the Directorate for Education and Human Resources Programs of AAAS.
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... Bradley Miller, director of the ACS Office of International Activities, has worked for ACS since 1999 developing programs, products, and services to advance chemical sciences through collaborations in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. At ACS, the world's largest single disciplinary scientific society, he works to create opportunities for chemistry to address global challenges through in-person and Web-based scientific network development and research and educational exchange.
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... Salvi Del Pero has taught various economics courses at the University of Milan. Salvi Del Pero holds a Ph.D.
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... Her program responsibilities at NSF include Ethics Education in Science and Engineering, Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program, and Science Master's Program. Patricia Taboada-Serrano is the early-career representative in the Women for Science Working Group of the IANAS.
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