Speaker Biographies

Plenary Sessions

ASP2024: A Virtual Conference

Plenary Panel Sessions

Updated as of August 12, 2024

Session Details and Biographies

“NASA Science Activation: Igniting the Spark for Science Learning”

Thursday, August 22 I 8:30am PT

Lin Chambers

NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD)
Michael Kirk

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Joëlle LeMer

Co-Director for the Center for Science Teaching & Learning, Northern Arizona University
Denise Smith

Space Telescope Science Institute

"Lessons for the 2040's from the AAS’s Solar Eclipse Task Force"

Thursday, August 22 I 12:50pm PT

Rick Fienberg

AAS Solar Eclipse Task Force, Project Manager
Debra Ross

Chair, Rochester Eclipse Task Force
Co-chair, American Astronomical Society Solar Eclipse Task Force
Angela Speck

Department of Physics & Astronomy at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA)

"Astronomy and Climate Change"

Friday, August 23 I 8:30am PT

Travis Rector

Univ. of Alaska Anchorage
Ka Chun Yu

Denver Museum of Nature and Science
Paola Banchera

Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage
Bernadette Rodgers

Willamette University Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland Community College
Kathryn Williamson

Earth and Space Educational Consultant

"On-the-Spot Feedback: Getting and Using Feedback During Engagements with Public Audiences"

Friday, August 23 I 12:40pm PT

Linda Shore

Panel Moderator
Senior Advisor, ASP
Former CEO, ASP (2014-2024)
Dennis Schatz

Institute for Learning Innovation
Suzy Gurton

Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univ.
Kelly Hoke

Oregon State Univ.
Jessica Sickler

Sickler Consulting

“Open Education Resources for Teaching Introductory Astronomy”

Saturday, August 24 I 8:30am PT

Andrew Fraknoi

Foothill College and Univ. of San Francisco
Chris Impey

Univ. of Arizona
Allyson Sheffield

LaGuardia Community College
Lauren Woolsey

Grand Rapids Community College

"The Planetarium at 100: Moving the Field into Its Next Century"

Saturday, August 24 I 11:55am PT

Michael McConville

Panel Moderator
International Planetarium Society

Ken Brandt

International Planetarium Society's Education Committee
Paulette Epstein

Michigan Science Center
Mike Smail

Adler Planetarium

Thank you to our ongoing Partners:

American Astronomical Society
Astronomical League
Astronomy Without Borders
CalBridge
Foothill College
International Dark Sky AssociationIDA
International Observe the Moon Night
Institute for Learning Innovation
JPL
Lawrence Hall of Science
NASA Partner
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
National Science Foundation
Oregon State University
Portal to the Public
Rockman et al Research & Evaluation

Rockman et al Research & Evaluation
SETI

SETI
West Chester University
World Space Week

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