2015 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

1. Dr. Christine Andrews Paulsen Concord Evaluation Group [biography]

   Christine Andrews Paulsen is founder of Concord Evaluation Group (CEG) in Massachusetts. Dr. Paulsen holds a Ph.D. in education research, evaluation, and measurement from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been conducting evaluation research since 1990 and, prior to CEG, worked for the Institute for Social Analysis and the American Institutes for Research. Dr. Paulsen routinely directs evaluations of STEM-related projects in informal settings, focusing on learners as well as practitioners. Her main research interest lies in evaluating programs that hold the promise of enhancing the lives of traditionally underserved populations (children, parents, and communities).

2. Dr. Monica E Cardella http://orcid.org/https://0000-0002-4229-6183 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Monica E. Cardella is the Director of the INSPIRE Institute for Pre-College Engineering Education and is an Associate Professor of Engineering Education at Purdue University.

3. Dr. Tamecia R. Jones http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4229-3975 Purdue University, West Lafayette [biography]

   Tamecia Jones is currently a doctoral student in the Engineering Education department at Purdue University with a research focus on K-12 engineering education, assessment, and informal and formal learning environments. She is a graduate of Johns Hopkins and Stanford University. Originally trained as a biomedical engineer, she spent years in the middle school classroom, teaching math and science, and consulting with nonprofits, museums, and summer programs.

4. Marisa Wolsky WGBH Educational Foundation [biography]

   Marisa Wolsky is an Executive Producer at WGBH Educational Foundation with over 20 years of experience turning STEM content into entertaining and educational media for kids. Ms. Wolsky is the PI and Executive Producer for the NSF-funded environmental science series PLUM LANDING, a PBS KIDS digital project that uses animated webisodes, online games, hands-on science activities, and live-action videos—plus a curious alien named Plum—to connect 6- to 9-year olds to nature, teach them about ecosystems, and get them pumped up about their role as caretakers of the planet. She is also Executive Producer and PI of the NSF-funded series Design Squad—for which she oversees all aspects of the production, translating its engineering content into entertaining across many platforms—and PEEP and the Big Wide World, responsible for managing its production and working closely with the series’ advisors to oversee the implementation of PEEP’s educationally rich preschool science curriculum. Prior to this, she worked on the development and production of many children’s series, including Long Ago & Far Away, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?, Where in Time Is Carmen Sandiego?, Arthur, and ZOOM.

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