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Advisory Board

An advisory board consisting of experts in rural libraries and informal STEM learning will provide diverse perspectives and synergistic input. 

Kathy Zappitello - Advisory Board

Kathy Zappitello

Kathy Zappitello is

Past President of the Association of Rural and Small Libraries (ARSL) and Past Executive Director of Conneaut Public Library.

Amy Koester - Advisroy Board

Amy Koester

Amy Koester is the Vice President and President-elect for the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) and also a

 Learning Experiences Manager at Stoke Public Library.

Kyungwon Koh, PhD - Advisory Board

Kyungwon Koh, PhD

Dr. Kyungwon Koh is an Associate Professor in the School of information Sciences at the University of Illionois Urbana- Champaign (UIUC) and also a Director of the Champaign-Urbana Community Fab Lab.

Adam Maltese, PhD - Advisory Board

Adam Maltese, PhD

Dr. Adam Maltese is a Professor of Science Education and Martha Lea and Bill Armstrong Chair for Teacher Education at Indiana University. He directs the Make Innovate Learn Lab and Uplands Maker Mobile.

External Evaluator

An external evaluator will provide formative feedback on the online engineering program curricula for each Iteration and the final curricula.

James Diamond, PhD - External Evaluator

James Diamond, PhD

Dr. James Diamond is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Johns Hopkins University and the faculty lead for the program in Digital Age Learning and Educational Technology.

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