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Appendix: Biosketches of Committee Members and Staff
Pages 309-318

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From page 309...
... is a professor at the University of Michigan's School of Education. Her research focuses on beginning and experienced elementary teachers, teachers learning to engage in rigorous and consequential science teaching, and the roles of curriculum materials and practice-based teacher education in promoting teacher learning.
From page 310...
... She also works as an NGSX elementary pathway designer. Chahara was previously an elementary STEAM coach for Dearborn, Michigan, Public Schools, where she provided professional development to K–5 teachers and helped guide teacher pedagogies to more equitable science teaching practices and NGSS-aligned instruction.
From page 311...
... Department of Education-funded Regional Educational Laboratory for the Northeast and Islands, and directed many program evaluations focused on technology-rich STEM learning while working as a research scientist at Education Development Center, Inc. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the U.S.
From page 312...
... Grant Foundation, she has investigated the implementation of language policies and English language development course placement policies, as well as content-specific curricular reforms. She has also engaged in context-embedded teacher professional development focused on fostering science learning opportunities for multilingual learners in the early elementary grades.
From page 313...
... Kelly has received numerous professional honors and awards throughout her career, including a Citizenship/Spirit Award; a Teamwork/Collaboration Award; a Superior Performance of Customer Service Award; Sustained Superior Performance Cash Awards; and Air Force Organizational Excellence Awards and Certificates of Appreciations. EVE MANZ is assistant professor of science education at the Boston University Wheelock College of Education & Human Development.
From page 314...
... He is a fellow and past president of the International Society of the Learning Sciences, a fellow of the International Society for Design & Development in Education, and a member of the American Educational Research Association, National Association for Research in Science Teaching, National Science Teaching Association, and the American Psychological Association. Sandoval received his Ph.D.
From page 315...
... Specifically, his research focuses on designing learning environments that create opportunities for elementaryage emerging multilingual students to leverage their conceptual resources and translanguaging practices for learning science. He has extensive experience teaching elementary science methods courses, co-designing and co-facilitating professional development for K–12 science teachers, and developing physics-based K–12 curriculum.
From page 316...
... In this role, she provides research, planning, and management support for several ongoing projects including the Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication and the Symposium on the Future of Undergraduate STEM Education. Additionally, she is co-leading an expert study requested by NASA on Increasing Diversity and Inclusion in the Leadership of Competed Space Missions, in collaboration with the Space Studies Board.
From page 317...
... Zembal-Saul's most recent work is situated in a semi-urban community undergoing rapid demographic shifts with teachers and other education professionals who work with emergent bilingual students and their families. She has been recognized for her scholarship in a number of ways: National Science Teaching Association fellow, Penn State College of Education Outstanding Faculty Member Award, Penn State Provost's Award for Collaboration, and National Science Foundation Early Career Development Award.


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