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Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 177-184
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Pandya led education, engagement, and diversity programs associated with the National Center for Atmospheric Research, led an international research and development project that used weather data to better manage meningitis in Africa, and held a faculty position at West Chester State University. For the National Academies, Dr.
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She is also the founder of Science Cheerleader, an organization of more than 300 current and former professional cheerleaders pursuing STEM careers, and a cofounder of ECAST: Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology, a network of universities, science centers, and think tanks that produces public deliberations to enhance science policy making. She is a founding board member of the Citizen Science Association, an advisor at National Geographic's Citizen Explorer Labs, and a member of the Environmental Protection Agency's National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology.
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Since joining the staff in 2014, she has supported numerous studies focusing on issues related to criminal justice, science education, and climate change. Prior to joining the National Academies, she worked as a legal assistant with a law firm that specialized in security clearances and white-collar crime in Washington, DC.
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He is also an academy professor emeritus with the Ohio State University where he was an extension specialist in museums and organizational capacity building and held appointments in the School of Environment and Natural Resources, the Environmental Science Graduate Program, and the College of Education and Human Ecology.
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She was previously the director of research and education and head of a research lab at the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where she worked to link recent theory and research in cognitive science to education efforts in public schools, cultural institutions, and higher education. She has led a number of major collaborative research and development projects that combine research investigating students' learning and conceptual development in science and mathematics with the development and evaluation of new curriculum materials, adaptive learning technology, and educational programs for students and teachers -- from preschool through graduate school and across both formal and informal education.
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He also served on the National Academies' Review Committee for the Koshland Science Museum, as well as the Board on Physics and Astronomy and the Task Group on Gravity Probe B, in addition to a number of other committees and National Academies activities. He received his Ph.D.
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She also coauthored two award-winning books for practitioners that translate findings of National Academies' reports for a broader audience, on using research in K–8 science classrooms, and on information science education. Prior to joining the National Academies, she worked as a senior research associate at the Institute of Education Sciences in the U.S.
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