Meet REA at Visitor Studies Association Annual Meeting

Jennifer Borland, Scott Burg, Claire Quimby, Saul Rockman, and Camellia Sanford-Dolly will be at the Visitor Studies Association’s Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL from July 19 to 21. If you are planning to attend, don’t hesitate to reach out!

Scott will be presenting in a session titled “Evaluation of Design Thinking in Museum Settings” on July 19 from 10:45 a.m. to noon. Jennifer will be co-presenting in a session titled “Talking About Teens: Evaluating Museum Programs that Target Teens” with Alison Mroczkowski and Preeti Gupta, on July 20 from 1:45 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Camellia will be presenting a poster titled “Features of Museum Outreach Activities That Can Support Children’s Interest in and Understanding of Scientific Practices and Careers” on July 19 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Camellia currently serves as VSA’s Vice President, Professional Development. For more details, visit the VSA website here.

REA at Teacher Quality Programs Summit

Jennifer Borland will be attending the Teacher Quality Programs Summit June 14th–15th in Washington, D.C. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Educations for PI’s and evaluators of TQP, SEED and other DOE-funded projects, Jennifer will be attending in her capacity as lead evaluator on Radford University’s Appalachian Support for Specialized Education Training (ASSET) program. This event is invitation-only, though if you will be attending please get in touch!

REA at NIH SciEd

Kristin Bass and Ruchita Patel will be attending the annual NIH SciEd Conference at the Metro Center in Washington, D.C., from May 29th to June 1st, 2018. Kristin will facilitate the breakout session “Addressing Successes and Challenges in Implementing Rigorous Evaluation Designs” on May 31st, at 11:00am – 12:15pm, and she is a panelist in the session “Where to Publish SEPA Outcomes” on May 30th, at 1:30pm – 2:45pm. She and Ruchita are also participating in a roundtable session with the Coastal Marine Biolabs’ NeuroLab project, for which REA is serving as the external evaluator.

If you will be there, please get in touch! For more information, view the conference website here.