Biographies of Original Participants
Teacher -
Patrick Goff
I have taught for 17 years total, 14 years teaching 8th graders in the state of Kentucky. I have earned a BS in Secondary Education, MA in Administration and Supervision plus I am Nationally Board Certified to teach middle school science. I have been awarded the Lexmark Inspiring Educators award twice and made it to the top 24 Ashland Award for Excellence in Teaching for the state of Kentucky. I currently sit on the board for the Kentucky Science Teacher Association that helps serve many of the science educators in Kentucky. Most importantly, I love my job and I am excited to try and expand this awesome opportunity.
Scientists - These are a few of the original scientist partners.
Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley (PhD) is a dedicated researcher and educator, over the last decade she has traveled teh world conducting scientific research to improve our understanding about the natural world, and about the relationships between humans and nature. She also communicates and shares stories about science, conservation and nature, and does this through a diverse mediums including haiky and other poetry forms, sketching and drawing, photography and macro & micro blogging. She has enjoyed her time as a member of the Sci-Stu Partnership project and looks forward to continued involvement.
Jessica Ball is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. Her specialty is numerical simulations of volcanic hydrothermal systems and figuring out how water can make stratovolcanoes and lava domes unstable, but she also has a background in science outreach, communication and policy. She has worked for the education and outreach group at the American Geosciences Institute, was the first geoscience policy fellow at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC office, and her AGU blog Magma Cum Laude (http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude) is now in its eighth year. When she's not hiking on lava flows, she plays violin in a community orchestra and leads an old time music group at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park. She can also be found Twitter as @Tuff_Cookie.
Kirsty Nash is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Socioecology based at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. Her research explores the resilience of marine social-ecological systems and the functional and spatial ecology of fishes.
Teacher -
Patrick Goff
I have taught for 17 years total, 14 years teaching 8th graders in the state of Kentucky. I have earned a BS in Secondary Education, MA in Administration and Supervision plus I am Nationally Board Certified to teach middle school science. I have been awarded the Lexmark Inspiring Educators award twice and made it to the top 24 Ashland Award for Excellence in Teaching for the state of Kentucky. I currently sit on the board for the Kentucky Science Teacher Association that helps serve many of the science educators in Kentucky. Most importantly, I love my job and I am excited to try and expand this awesome opportunity.
Scientists - These are a few of the original scientist partners.
Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley (PhD) is a dedicated researcher and educator, over the last decade she has traveled teh world conducting scientific research to improve our understanding about the natural world, and about the relationships between humans and nature. She also communicates and shares stories about science, conservation and nature, and does this through a diverse mediums including haiky and other poetry forms, sketching and drawing, photography and macro & micro blogging. She has enjoyed her time as a member of the Sci-Stu Partnership project and looks forward to continued involvement.
Jessica Ball is a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellow at the U.S. Geological Survey in Menlo Park, California. Her specialty is numerical simulations of volcanic hydrothermal systems and figuring out how water can make stratovolcanoes and lava domes unstable, but she also has a background in science outreach, communication and policy. She has worked for the education and outreach group at the American Geosciences Institute, was the first geoscience policy fellow at the Geological Society of America's Washington DC office, and her AGU blog Magma Cum Laude (http://blogs.agu.org/magmacumlaude) is now in its eighth year. When she's not hiking on lava flows, she plays violin in a community orchestra and leads an old time music group at the US Geological Survey in Menlo Park. She can also be found Twitter as @Tuff_Cookie.
Kirsty Nash is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Socioecology based at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Australia. Her research explores the resilience of marine social-ecological systems and the functional and spatial ecology of fishes.