Creating Connections Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research

Marc Airhart is a producer for the Earth and Sky Radio Series based in Austin, Texas Carol Lynn Alpert serves as director, Strategic Projects, for the Museum of Science, Boston Eliene Augenbraun, D.O., Ph.D., is president and CEO, ScienCentral, Inc. Larry Bell has worked at the Museum of Science, Boston, since 1971 in a variety of roles in the Education and Exhibit Divisions and is currently senior vice president for Research, Development, and Production Rick Bonney is director of the education program at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where he has worked since 1983 Rick Borchelt is director of communications and public affairs at the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Massachusetts Carol Bossert is an independent museum consultant based in Maryland and a member of the Museum Group Peter J. Bruns is vice president for Grants and Special Programs at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Christine Cansfield-Smith is the manager of the CSIRO Discovery Center in Canberra, Australia David Chittenden is the vice president of education at the Science Museum of Minnesota Sir Neil Chalmers is currently the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford Cornelia Dean is currently a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government Sally Duensing, Ph.D., is the project director for the Center for Informal Learning and School at the University of California, Santa Cruz John Durant is chief executive of At-Bristol Albert A. Einsiedel Jr. is professor and executive director of the Institute for Professional Development, Faculty of Extension, University of Alberta Edna F. Einsiedel is professor of communication studies at the University of Calgary John H. Falk, Ph.D., is founder and director of the Institute for Learning Innovation, an Annapolis Graham Farmelo is director of the Dana Centre Project at the Science Museum, London, and associate professor of Physics at Northeastern University, Boston Mark D. Hertle is a former senior program officer at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Bruce V. Lewenstein is associate professor of science communication at Cornell University Nancy Linde is a television producer, writer, and director who specializes in science and technology documentaries Laura Martin, Ph.D., is the research director for the Center for Teaching and Learning at the Exploratorium Heather Mayfield is deputy head of the Science Museum, London, and head of Science Museum Live Xerxes Mazda is manager of collections access at the Science Museum, London Bill Nye is a licensed mechanical engineer in the State of Washington -- really! He is better known as "Bill Nye, the Science Guy" Chris Paola teaches in the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Don Pohlman is director of the Peoples and Cultures Gallery at the Science Museum of Minnesota Tim Radford is science editor of The Guardian newspaper, based in London Rob Semper, Ph.D., a physicist and science educator, is executive associate director of the Exploratorium Larry Stewart is professor and head of the Department of History, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Martin Storksdieck, M.S., M.P.A., is a senior research associate at the Institute for Learning Innovation David A. Ucko, Ph.D., is president of Museums + More, LLCChittenden, David is the author of 'Creating Connections Museums and the Public Understanding of Current Research' with ISBN 9780759104754 and ISBN 0759104751.