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Nonprofit Executive Director
Ann Reid is an American scientist. Since 2014, she is the executive director of the
National Center for Science Education .
Ann Reid, NCSE executive director
Education
Reid graduated from
Bard College at Simon's Rock in environmental science, obtained a master's degree in international studies at
Johns Hopkins University .
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Career
With
Jeffery Tautenberger in the 1990s, while working to sequence the virus that caused the 1918 influenza epidemic.
At age 21 Reid worked at the
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris for three years. Disappointed with diplomatic work, she went back to the United States to develop a career in medical research, starting as a technician at the
Walter Reed Army Medical Center , then as a molecular biologist at the
Armed Forces Institute of Pathology , where she started to write about science education.
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[2] While at the AFIP, she did a large part of the laboratory work leading to the sequencing of the
1918 influenza virus .
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From 2010 to 2013, she was the director of the
American Academy of Microbiology .
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She was appointed as executive director of the
National Center for Science Education in 2014.
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In her role as a spokesperson for the NCSE, Reid is frequently called upon by the media to comment on news stories related to science education and the place of science in public policy.
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[5] She has been interviewed by
The New York Times ,
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The Washington Post ,
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NPR ,
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CBS ,
[10] and other national news outlets.
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Selected publications
Branch, Glenn; Reid, Ann; Plutzer, Eric (December 2021).
"Teaching evolution in U.S. public middle schools: results of the first national survey" . Evolution: Education and Outreach . 14 (8). Springer.
doi :
10.1186/s12052-021-00145-z .
S2CID
235260231 – via Researchgate.
Plutzer, Eric; Branch, Glenn; Reid, Ann (June 2020).
"Teaching evolution in U.S. public schools: a continuing challenge" . Evolution: Education and Outreach . 13 (14). Springer.
doi :
10.1186/s12052-020-00126-8 .
S2CID
219552858 – via Researchgate.
Keep, Stephanie; Reid, Ann; Branch, Glenn (December 2015).
"Wading into the undeniable" . Evolution: Education and Outreach . 8 (7).
doi :
10.1186/s12052-015-0035-6 .
S2CID
23405087 – via Researchgate.
Taubenberger, Jeffery; Reid, Ann; Lourens, Raina (6 October 2005).
"Characterization of the 1918 influenza virus polymerase genes" . Nature . 437 (7060): 889–893.
doi :
10.1038/nature04230 .
PMID
16208372 .
S2CID
4405787 .
References
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d Mervis, Jeffrey (20 November 2013).
"Ann Reid to Lead Science Education Advocacy Group" .
Science .
doi :
10.1126/article.23906 . Archived from
the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022 .
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c Luhn, Robert (18 November 2013).
"NCSE Announces New Executive Director" . National Center for Science Education . Archived from
the original on 9 May 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
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b McHugh, Jess (February 6, 2022).
"The 1918 flu didn't end in 1918. Here's what its third year can teach us" . Washington Post . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Ravikumar, Vandana (October 8, 2020).
"Texas earns an 'F' in how it teaches students about climate change, groups say" . The Dallas Morning News . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Powell, Devin (December 5, 2016).
"Trump's First 100 Days: Science Education and Schools" . Scientific American . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Dotinga, Randy (February 15, 2022).
"Was a 19th Century Global Pandemic a Case of COVID 1.0?" . Washington Post . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ McHugh, Jess (February 6, 2022).
"The 1918 flu didn't end in 1918. Here's what its third year can tech us" . Washington Post . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ McHugh, Jess (February 6, 2022).
"The 1918 flu didn't end in 1918. Here's what its third year can tech us" . Washington Post . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Lombrozo, Tania (November 21, 2016).
"What Does A Trump Presidency Mean For Climate-Change Education?" . NPR . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Novacic, Ines (March 5, 2020).
"From "flat Earth" to climate change denial, kids are deluged with fake science. Now teachers are fighting back" . CBS News . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .
^ Mooney, Chris (January 24, 2014).
"Want Proof Evolution Is Real? Just Look at Creationism" . Mother Jones . Retrieved July 11, 2022 .