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Mary Kay Hemenway |
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http://outreach.as.utexas.edu/marykay/Homepage.htm |
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Description
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From 1980-94, and again from 1996-present, she serves as Director, Educational Services Office of the Astronomy Department. This office provides support for all teaching aspects for a department which enrolls over 3000 students per year in astronomy courses. This includes the purchase and supervision of all laboratory, demonstration, and audio-visual equipment and supplies, supervision of all on-campus telescopes used for instruction and public outreach, special programs for undergraduate students and educational outreach to local elementary/secondary teachers. She is also a senior lecturer in the Department of Astronomy. As a research associate, she also works with McDonald Observatory's education programs for K-12 teachers and students.
Experience
Hemenway has served as instructors in physics and astronomy at Mary Baldwin College (1970-71), University of Virginia Extension (1970-73), University of Texas Extension (1974-76), and University of Texas (lecturer 1977-87, senior lecturer 1987-93, 1998-present, and undergraduate advisor 1987-94). As an undergraduate and graduate student, she participated in summer research programs at National Radio Astronomy Observatory (1964), Royal Greenwich Observatory (1965), Kitt Peak National Observatory (1966), and Lowell Observatory (1968). She has extensive experience as a science education consultant with school districts and publishers. She is the author of over 50 reviews of books and non-print materials.
Hemenway served as the first associate director (1993-6) of the Institute for Science and Mathematics Education of the College of Natural Science, created to serve as a focus and catalyst for faculty activities to improve mathematics and science curriculum and instruction at the college and elementary/secondary levels, to create secondary-school teacher preparation programs, and to encourage faculty participation in educational issues. In addition to its continuing role on campus, the Institute organized the 1994-6 Advancement Placement Summer Institutes and hosted a National Science Teachers Association "National Science Standards Institute" in summer 1995.
From 1994 through 1998, Hemenway was the Principal Investigator and Project Director for AASTRA, an NSF Teacher Enhancement grant to the American Astronomical Society . This project prepared 215 teachers to become Astronomy Resource Agents after participating in a four-week summer institute held at three national sites. As part of their responsibilities as agents, they have presented workshops to other teachers. The average workshop was almost three hours in length with an average attendance of 15. This program involves teachers from 45 states, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Over 10,000 second tier teachers attended workshops presented by the Agents.
She has been the Principle Investigator or Co-Investigator for the following projects:
* Texas Space Grant Consortium grant to produce workshops in 2005 for rural Texas teachers at McDonald Observatory, September 2004
* a NASA Education Public Outreach supplement to Dan Lester's SAFIR project to produce a summer 2005 workshop on infrared astronomy at McDonald Observatory, 2004
* HST Cycle-11 Education Public Outreach supplement for Parallax Park: A Bilingual, Interactive, Family Exhibit about Stellar Distance and Finding Extrasolar Planets. The PI is George F. Benedict, with Hemenway as Co-I. December, 2002.
* NSF grant What ARE Astronomers Doing?: A Project for MPS Internships in Public Science. The co-investigator is Sandra Preston. September, 2002.
* NASA IDEAS grant for Expanding the Experience at McDonald Observatory: Pre/Post Visit Materials for Teachers and Students . The co-investigator on the grant is George F. Benedict. May, 2002.
* NASA IDEAS grant to provide astronomy resources for teachers involved in Alien Rescue: Problem Based Learning in Astronomy. The co-Investigators on the grant are Min Liu of the UT College of Education and Susan Pedersen of Texas A&M University. May, 2000.
* NASA contract for Dan Jaffe's project for Technology Development For NASA Explorer Missions and Stratospheric Observatory For Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA): High Index Grisms for Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy. The E/PO portion of this proposal, directed by Hemenway, is titled "Optics in the Secondary Classroom." November, 1999.
* NASA IDEAS grant for Changing the Science Culture at T. A. Brown Elementary School in Austin, TX The co-I on the grant is Claudia Santamaria, principal at T. A. Brown. February, 1999.
* USRA contract to build the Echelon Cross Echelle Spectrograph for SOFIA. The PI on EXES is John Lacy. In addition to Hemenway, other team members are Dan Jaffe and Matt Richter. October 1997
* NSF grant "Modernization of the University of Texas 16-Inch Undergraduate Telescope" CO-PI is Chris Sneden (Proposal DUE 97-51287) to University of Texas, June 1997
* NSF subcontract by National Science Teachers Association to UT Institute for Science and Mathematics Education "National Science Standards Institute," March 1995
* NSF grant American Astronomical Society Teacher Research Agents (Proposal ESI 93-53377) CO-PI Peter Boyce (1994-1995), Robert Milkey (1995-1999), awarded to American Astronomical Society, February 1994
* Texas Space Grant Consortium grants to produce educational outreach materials in Astronomy, 1991-92 and 1994-6
* NSF grant " Astronomy Research Experiences for Undergraduates" (Proposal AST 92-00030) CO-PI Peter Boyce, awarded to the American Astronomical Society, April 1992
* NASA IDEA grants "Topics in Modern Astronomy" (Number PR 10-61210) Peter Boyce and Mary Kay Hemenway, awarded to American Astronomical Society, October 1991, August 1992, October 1993
* NASA IDEA grant "Science in the Stratosphere" Dan Lester and Mary Kay Hemenway, awarded to University of Texas, January, 1992, August, 1992, August, 1993
* NSF grant "Astronomy for Texas Elementary and Middle Schools" (Proposal TPE 90-50289) to University of Texas September, 1990
* NSF grant "CCD Camera for Undergraduate 16-inch telescope" (Proposal AST 89-51508) to University of Texas March 1990
Hemenway participated in the
the National Institute for Science Education invitational forum on "Systemic Reform" (February, 1997)
the National Research Council invitational forum on "Using the National Science Education Standards to Guide the Evaluation, Selection, and Adaptation of Instructional Materials" (November, 1996)
the National Research Council invitational forum on Graduate Education (June, 1996)
the National Institute for Science Education invitational forum on "Professional Development" (March, 1996)
the NSF workshop on The Role of Professional Societies in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (October, 1992)
the NSF workshop on Leadership in Undergraduate Instrumentation and Laboratory Development Program (June, 1990)
She has served on NSF review panels for several programs. She has been on the organizing committee for several conferences and serves as a consultant for Choice, the Journal of College Libraries. As elected Education Officer (1991-97) for the American Astronomical Society, she oversaw and/or operated many of education programs for the society. She was a member of the SOFIA Education and Public Outreach Working Group (1997-2002). |
Degrees and
Certifications
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B.S., Notre Dame of Ohio, 1965
M.A., University of Virginia, 1967
Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1971 |
Professional
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American Astronomical Society
Education Officer 1991-1997
member Education Advisory Board 1988-1993
liaison to National Academy of Science's "National Science Education Standards and Assessment Committee"
Harlow Shapley Visiting Lecturer, 1990-present
Astronomy Education Review Editorial Board, 2002-present.
American Geological Institute, Committee for Earth Science in the Community Project 1995-2000
American Institute of Physics, Committee on Physics Education 1992-1998
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Secretary to the Board, 1999 - present
Coalition for Earth Science Education Steering Committee 1992-1996, Director of the Steering Committee 1995-6
International Astronomical Union
National Science Teachers Association
Science Teachers Association of Texas
Sigma Xi
Southwest Association of Planetariums (Board of Directors, 1984-5)
Texas Earth Science Teachers Association (founding member, organizer of 1990 state meeting) |
Other Notes
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Awardee for Outstanding Public Outreach project by the University of Texas College of Natural Sciences, for "What Are Astronomers Doing?" website. Co-awardees are Sandra Preston, Rebecca Johnson, and Chad Young, 2004
Member, Texas Hall of Fame for Science, Mathematics, and Technology, 2003
Honorary Life Member of the Science Teachers Association of Texas, 2000
Award for Outstanding Service to the Science Teachers Association of Texas, 1996 and 2001
Outstanding Alumnae Award, Notre Dame College of Ohio, 1992
Teaching Award from University of Texas and McDonald Observatory Board of Visitors, 1992
Friend of the Texas Earth Science Teachers Association for 1990
University of Virginia fellowship for dissertation research in Leiden, the Netherlands 1968-9
University of Virginia NDEA fellowship, 1965-8
Notre Dame of Ohio Honor Scholarship, 1961-5 |
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