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Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Appendix A: Committee Biographies
Pages 227-236
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As a business leader, she led doubledigit growth of the company's safety and protection business portfolio, and started-up two successful high-growth businesses known today as DuPont Industrial Biosciences and DuPont Sustainable Solutions. During her seven years as CEO, she led the company's focus on growth in emerging international markets and championed the power of DuPont science and global market knowledge to transform industries.
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, a nonprofit organization in Colorado Springs that develops curriculum materials, provides professional development in science education, and conducts research and evaluation on curriculum reform. He was principal investigator for four National Science Foundation (NSF)
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He teaches elementary science and engineering methods courses for pre- and in-service teachers, and an inquiry and writing seminar for freshmen where students use design thinking to plan their college and vocational careers. His research interests involve K–16 integrated STEM learning and teaching, with a focus on the use of science and math concepts in the context of hands-on tech
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Paul Public Schools, focusing on science and engineering curriculum, teacher professional development, and community partnerships. He is a co-PI on an $8,000,000 NSF grant focused on ways to incorporate all aspects of STEM in a single scenario-based unit, and on a Math Science Partnership grant with BSCS and the University of Minnesota STEM Center.
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, a master's in elementary education from Arizona State University, and an administration certification from NAU. Tanner Huffman is an assistant professor in the Department of Integrative STEM Education, School of Engineering at the College of New Jersey, and executive director of the Advancing Excellence in P–12 Engineering Education Research Collaborative (AE3)
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. In this role he leads the PLTW Professional Development program, which supports over 75,000 computer science, biomedical science, and engineering pK–12 teachers across America, as well as the PLTW Production Team, which is responsible for creating dynamic student and teacher learning experiences.
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Dr. Simani and CSP have contributed as lead writers of the new California Science Curriculum Framework, and since 2012 she has served on the Science Expert Committee of the California Department of Education to review and provide recommendations for the adoption and implementation of the Next Generation Science Standards.
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He has organized and led professional development for STEM teachers and been active in bridging the gap between STEM education research and classroom practices, leading workshops on how to teach using a student-centered approach called Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
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She is co-PI on Learning Science as Inquiry with the Urban Advantage: Formal-Informal Collaborations to Increase Science Literacy and Student Learning, investigating what teachers learn from opportunities to engage in secondary science research. In her work she explores measures of teaching and teachers' understanding that might be used for teacher education and education research, and studies jurisdictional battles over who should control teacher education and licensure.
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