The 2012 AIBS Education Committee

The Education Committee studies and reports to the Board of Directors on all matters relating to education in the biological sciences, including informal, K-12, undergraduate, and graduate biology education. The Education Committee develops recommendations to the Board of Directors for specific initiatives and long-range plans for the Institute's activities in biology education.

Committee Chair

Muriel Poston, 2013
Pitzer College
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Committee Members

Rotate off end of 2012:

Nancy Pelaez
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN

Betsy Ott
Tyler Junior College
Tyler, TX

Rotate off end of 2013:

Cynthia M. Bauerle
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Chevy Chase, MD

Teresa C. Balser
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

James M. Gentile
Research Corporation for Science Advancement
Tuscon, AZ

Jay B. Labov
Center for Education and Board of Life Sciences
National Research Council
Washington, DC

Joan F. Lorden
University of North Carolina - Charlotte
Charlotte, NC

Julio R. Ramirez
Davidson College
Davidson, NC

Brad Williamson
University of Kansas
Olathe, KS

Rotate off end of 2014:

Kevin R. Carman
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

Charlene D'Avanzo
Hampshire College
Amherst, MA

Ex Officio:

Richard O'Grady
American Institute of Biological Sciences
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Standing Committees

• The AIBS Education Committee
• The AIBS Finance Committee
• The AIBS Leadership Development Committee
• The AIBS Public Policy Review Committee
• The AIBS Publications Committee

Ad Hoc and Special Committees*

• Ad-Hoc Committee on Biodiversity-related Sciences
• Ad Hoc Committee on Long-Range Planning
• Ad Hoc Committee on Awards