2019 NSF ITEST Summit Online Program

Acknowledgments

MEETING CHAIRS

Sarita Pillai, Education Development Center
Brianna Roche, Education Development Center

STELAR STAFF AT EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT CENTER

Melody Hachey, Technology Associate, mhachey@edc.org, 617-618-2801
Sarah MacGillivray, Project Associate, smacgillivray@edc.org, 617-618-2931
Joyce Malyn-Smith, Senior Staff, jmsmith@edc.org, 617-618-2386
Caroline Parker, STELAR Co-PI, cparker@edc.org, 617-618-2740
Sarita Pillai, STELAR PI, spillai@edc.org, 617-618-2164
Brianna Roche, Research Associate, broche@edc.org, 617-618-2760
Becca Schillaci, Research Associate, bschillaci@edc.org, 617-618-2772

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
The meeting chairs and STELAR staff thank the program committee for the innovative ideas and thoughtful input that helped shape the agenda for this meeting.

Winnie Black, Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit, Center for Schools and Communities
Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Institute for Biomedical Philosophy
Stacey Forsyth, University of Colorado Boulder
Dana Franz, Mississippi State University
Janelle M. Johnson, Metropolitan State University of Denver
Lisa Kaczmarczyk, Lisa Kaczmarczyk PhD Consulting, LLC
Keliann LaConte, National Center for Interactive Learning, Space Science Institute
C. James Liu, New York Hall of Science
Kavita Mittapalli, MN Associates, Inc.
Sharon Nelson-Barber, WestEd
Julie Poncelet, Julie Poncelet Consulting, LLC
Helen Zhang, Boston College

SPECIAL THANKS 
The meeting chairs, STELAR staff and Program Committee would especially like to thank Amy Wilson-Lopez, Alejandra Sorto, Brenda Carpenter, and the entire NSF ITEST team of Program Officers and staff for their support and guidance that made this meeting possible.

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National Science Foundation Featured Speakers, ITEST Program Officers, and Key Personnel

FEATURED NSF SPEAKERS

Sylvia James, Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Karen Marrongelle, Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources
Elizabeth VanderPutten, Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Research on Learning

ITEST PROGRAM OFFICERS

Amy Baylor, abaylor@nsf.gov
Julia Clark, jclark@nsf.gov
Michael Ford, miford@nsf.gov
David Haury, dhaury@nsf.gov
Celestine Pea, cpea@nsf.gov
Joseph Reed, jreed@nsf.gov
Ann Rivet, arivet@nsf.gov
Monya Ruffin-Nash, mruffin@nsf.gov
Robert Russell, rlrussel@nsf.gov
Chia Shen, cshen@nsf.gov
M. Alejandra Sorto, msorto@nsf.gov
Michael Steele, msteele@nsf.gov
Amy Wilson-Lopez, awilsonl@nsf.gov

For general inquiries about ITEST, please write to DRLITEST@nsf.gov

KEY PERSONNEL

Brenda Carpenter Einstein Fellow, brcarpen@nsf.gov
Daniel McEnrue, Grants Management Specialist, Division of Grants and Agreements
Sheryl Miller Program Specialist, smiller@nsf.gov

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Agenda

*Plenary sessions will be live-streamed and recorded.

(Events and sessions subject to change, start times are firm.)

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Keynote Speaker Bios

(Listed in order of appearance)

Keynote

Joshua Brown is the Founder, President, and CEO of Icarus Aerospace Inc. The focus of Joshua and his company has been to develop and integrate future concepts to foster a next generation workforce. He is a Doctoral student in Global Security at the American Military University, holds a Master’s degree in Intelligence Studies, and a Bachelor’s degree in Emergency & Disaster Management. He is a Service-Disabled Veteran who trained and supervised Naval Special Warfare/Special Operations candidates & Aviation Water Survival for pilots and aircrews. Joshua has extensive experience in Military, Law Enforcement, Fire, and EMS including supervisory/instructor roles as well as operational roles. He holds almost three dozen certifications in various disciplines along with copyrights and other pending intellectual property which include being the architect of the UAS for Public Safety IADLEST Certification Program.

Day 1 Lunch Panel: Preparing All Learners for the Future of Work

Ritu Raman is an engineer, writer, and educator with a passion for introducing bio-hybrid materials into the toolbox of every inventor. She grew up in India, Kenya, and the United States where she learned to appreciate and thrive in diverse and dynamic environments. Her life experiences have forged the belief that technical innovation can drive positive social change, and this inspires her work to democratize and diversify STEM education around the world. Ritu is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Langer Lab at MIT, funded by a Ford Foundation Fellowship by The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. She holds many awards and honors, including being named a Forbes 30 Under 30 awardee for Science, an Innovation and Technology Delegate to the International Achievement Summit, and a L'Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellow.

Emily Reid is a computer scientist, educator, and entrepreneur. Emily is the VP of the Open Learning Program at AI4ALL and the owner of E. E. Reid Consulting, LLC, where she advises and creates curriculum for schools and businesses to help them build inclusive computing education programs. Previously, Emily was the founding Director of Education at Girls Who Code, where she was responsible for ensuring that GWC programs were unrivaled in delivering quality computer science education. Before Girls Who Code, Emily was a Senior Cyber Security Engineer at the MITRE Corporation and has published research in computational linguistics and cybersecurity. She speaks and writes on diversity, education, and technology. Emily holds an M.S. in Computer Science from Columbia University and a B.S. in Mathematics from Tufts University.

Sheryl Sorby is a Professor of Engineering Education at the University of Cincinnati and was a Fulbright Scholar at Dublin Institute of Technology. She is a former Program Director within the Division of Undergraduate Education at the NSF. She has been an investigator on more than $13M in external funding and is the author of numerous publications and textbooks. She was the recipient of the Betty Vetter research award through WEPAN for her work in improving spatial skills and ultimately the success of women engineering students. Dr. Sorby was recently elected President-Elect of the American Society of Engineering Education and will begin her term as President in June 2020.

Day 2 Keynote Panel: The Future of Work

Journel Joseph is the author of Data & Analytics 4.0:The Future of Work, Privacy and Trust in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. As a passionate, multi-disciplinary, multilingual, hands-on data & analytics professional, he brings over a decade of experience to the industry and consulting arena. His interest in leveraging the advances in technology in order to harness the power of data began as an Intern at the former ITEST Learning Resource Center (LRC), currently known as STELAR. Being well-versed in both the public and private sectors, Journel advises clients on the most efficient use of technology in addition to data and analytics as it pertains to their business models. He is the founder of Analytics for Lunch: a masterclass series on the business of data & analytics, and the co-founder of Insert Analytics™. Journel Joseph is a graduate of Tufts University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (MA, International Economics and Trade), the Department of Urban and Environmental Policy & Planning (Master of Public Policy), the Graduate School of Art and Science (Program Evaluation), and the University of Massachusetts (BA, Technology and Community Media).

Joylin Kirk is the Director of Public Sector Partnerships at Burning Glass Technologies. At Burning Glass, she connects community and social services agencies with leading edge labor market data and analytics solutions that improve organizational and systems-level performance, promote economic vitality of businesses and communities, and help individuals take greater control over their own career success. Prior to joining Burning Glass, Joylin was the senior director of mission services for Goodwill Industries International. At Goodwill, she led the career navigation, financial capacity building portfolios with focuses on veterans and military families, and youth services. Joylin has more than 20 years of experience leading programs for behavioral health and nonprofit workforce development organizations. She holds a B.A. in Psychology and Human Resource Management from King’s College and an M.S. in Experimental Psychology from State University of New York: College at Cortland.

James Tracy is a nationally renowned educator and speaker on the implications of technology inflections for education, workforce development, spirituality, and social policy. With Greg Toppo, he has just completed a book on these issues, under contract with MIT Press. Jim received a Ph.D. in American History from Stanford University as well as an M.B.A. (with a concentration in nonprofit management) and an Ed.M. (in Higher Education Administration) from Boston University. He has been the head of several Independent schools and, most recently, President of the Woodrow Wilson Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, an innovative teacher training college founded in collaboration with MIT. Jim has been a Board Member of the Bostonian Society, an education advisor to Singularity University, a Visiting Fellow at Yale University, a Klingenstein Fellow at Columbia University, an Affiliate of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School, and a Board member of Boston University’s Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future. He is currently Co-Chair of the MassRobotics Work of the Future Committee, a Member of the MassRobotics Advisory Board, a Board member of the Boston edtech convener and accelerator LearnLaunch, a member of the Advisory Board for Boston University’s Digital Education Initiative, a member of the MIT Subgroup on Skills and Training (within the MIT Future of Work Taskforce), a Board member of the Massachusetts Association of Nonprofit Schools and Colleges, and a Trustee of the Boston Athenaeum, among other endeavors.

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Plenary Flash Talks

Flash Talks are brief presentations modeled on Ignite Talks (http://www.ignitetalks.io/), in which presenters are given 20 slides that will automatically advance every 15 seconds. The result is a fast, informative, and fun presentation which lasts just 5 minutes. This year’s Flash Talks will consist of five presentations by ITEST projects whose work connects to our conference theme, Living, Learning, and Working in the Digital Age. Presentations will be given in two sets. After each set, tables will to engage in prompted discussion.

Presenters (listed alphabetically):

Curriculum and Community Enterprise for Restoration of a Keystone Species in New York Harbor - Lauren Birney, Pace University

BUILDERS: Building Unique Inventions to Launch Discovery, Engagement, and Reasoning in STEM - Martha Escobar, Oakland University

LinCT: Linking Educators, Youth, and Learners in Computational Thinking - Kathryn Guimond, Science Museum of Minnesota 

Adapting and Implementing a Geospatial High School Course in Career and Technical Education Clusters in Urban Settings - Katherine James, Northwestern

University Peer-Learning Communities to Develop Rural, African American Girls' Computer Science Knowledge and Career Awareness - Mohammed Qazi, Tuskegee University

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