energetic leadership has included a range of educational partnerships, including a collaboration with the Cleveland Metropolitan School District that reaches every 6th, 7th, and 8th grade class with programming on everything from circuitry to blockchain. The Science Center has been honored for this work and was named a 2021 National Medal for Museum and Library Service finalist, recognizing their pioneering approaches and commitment to community solutions.
Her research and evaluation brings together science communication, rhetoric, and informal science education. Her leadership over the last thirty years has advanced informal science education through the Center for Informal Learning and Schools, the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network, the Museum Learning Collaborative, and as co-principal investigator of the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education. She serves as co-chair of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication, served on the committee that produced the report Learning Science in Informal Environments: People, Places & Pursuits, and most recently has been appointed to the Board on Science Education.
Recent recognition includes the Community Inspiration Award at STEMCON, Crain’s Women of Note, Cleveland Magazine Women Living STEM, and Cleveland 500 Leaders, Doers, Visionaries, & Idea Generators Who Shape the City. She has volunteered on a number of local and national boards including serving as president of the Visitor Studies Association and as Program Chair of the Association of Science & Technology Centers. She currently serves as Board chair of the Cleveland Water Alliance.