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Shirley Malcom
(The American Association for the Advancement of Science - AAAS)
Dr Shirley Malcom is Head of the Directorate
for Education and Human Resources Programs of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The directorate includes
AAAS programmes in education, activities for underrepresented groups,
and public understanding of science and technology. Dr Malcom was
head of the AAAS Office of Opportunities in Science from 1979 to
1989. Between 1977 and 1979, she served as program officer in the
Science Education Directorate of the National Science Foundation
(NSF). Prior to this, she held the rank of assistant professor of
biology, University of North Carolina, Wilmington.
Dr Malcom received her Doctorate in Ecology from The Pennsylvania
State University; Master’s degree in Zoology from the University
of California, Los Angeles.
Dr Malcom serves on several boards, including the Howard Heinz Endowment,
and the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the
Environment and is an honorary trustee of the American Museum of
Natural History. She serves as a Regent of Morgan State University
and as a trustee of Caltech. In addition she has chaired a number
of national committees addressing education reform and access to
scientific and technical education, careers and literacy. Dr Malcom
is also a former trustee of the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
She is a fellow of the AAAS and the American Academy of Arts and
Sciences. Dr Malcom is a member of the National Park System Advisory
Board. She served on the National Science Board, the policymaking
body of the National Science Foundation, from 1994 to 1998 and from
1994-2001 served on the President’s Committee of Advisors
on Science and Technology.
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