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REGION I

Dr. Mike Jabot

Fredonia, NY

SUNY Distinguished Professor (20 yrs)
Prior Profession:

HS ES/Physics/Engineering teacher (15 yrs)

Expertise:
GLOBE Program; integrating GIS & spatial technologies in the classroom; citizen science; open source software/hardware

Accomplishments:

SUNY Chancellor’s Award - Excellence in Research
Distinguished Teaching Professor

GLOBE Partner -- represent NE & Mid-Atlantic States -- GLOBE US Partner Forum

I don't think there is any better way for students (young & old) to learn about the world around them than through ESS. And I don't think there is any organization that dedicates its self more to helping to bring ESS to life than NESTA.

REGION II

Dr. James R. Ebert (Jim)

Oneonta, NY

Retired (Still active in research)

Prior Profession:
Professor of Geology & ES, SUNY Oneonta (36 yrs)

Expertise:
Models in ESS Education, Dual Credit Geoscience Courses, Preparation of pre-service teachers & future geoscientists, Sedimentary Petrology, Sequence Stratigraphy, Chitinozoan Biostratigraphy

Accomplishments:

Distinguished Teaching Professor

SUNY Chancellor’s Award - Excellence in Teaching

Founder & manager of ESPRIT listserv (ESS Peer Resource for Improved Teaching)

Geology is NOT the application of physics & chemistry to the study of the Earth as some claim. Rather, chemistry and physics are Geology SIMPLIFIED! Think about it, chemists and physicists manipulate one variable at a time in a controlled environment; whereas geoscientists have to untangle multiple variables in complex systems that operated millions or billions of years ago.

REGION III

Andrea Mangold

Prior Profession:

Expertise:

Accomplishments:

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REGION IV

Chris T. Campbell

Ruston, LA

UTeachTech Instructor—LA Tech Uni (5 yrs)

Prior Profession:
MS math & science (14 yrs)

Einstein Educators Fellow (2012-2013)

Expertise:
Middle School ES & ESS Teacher PD

Accomplishments:
Louisiana ES Teacher of Year (2010)
Fossil Finders (2009-2011)

I was sitting in my 8th-grade ES class 'learning" about rocks—through pictures in the textbook. I remember thinking, "it would be awesome if we really had some rocks here - when talking about rocks!" I swore if I ever found myself teaching others about rocks—I would have some there for them to touch!

REGION V

Jill Weaver

Kettering, OH

MS STEM Teacher (3 yrs)

Prior Profession:
MS Science Teacher (18 yrs)

Expertise:
Project-Based Learning Experiences
for MS Students

Accomplishments:

2017 NAGT Outstanding ES Teacher

Dorothy Stout Award, 2018

Edward C. Roy Jr. Award For Excellence in
K-8 ES 2019 Finalist

Teaching ES in a hands-on meaningful way gives students an opportunity to see and be connected to the earth.
"Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known." Carl Sagan

REGION VI

DeEtta Andersen

Centerpoint, IA

Science Teacher
Expertise:

Soil and soil conservation

Accomplishments:

Excellence in Teaching Earth Science Award, 2020

National Ag in the Classroom national awardee, 2017

ES is great because I get to take my students outside to learn. My emphasis is on locally relevant phenomena. My kids slog through farm fields, wetlands, and streams as well as talk to local farmers to understand the importance of conservation.

REGION VII