2023 Waterman Award

美国国家科学基金会(NSF)提名娜塔莉·S·金博士为2023年艾伦·T·沃特曼奖的三位获奖者之一。该奖项是NSF的最高荣誉，每年表彰在提名当年12月31日之前获得博士学位后40岁或更年轻或不超过10年的杰出研究人员。该奖项资助获奖者在任何科学或工程领域的研究。每名2023年获奖者将在五年内获得100万美元的补助金，用于他或她所在领域的高级学习。金是佐治亚州立大学科学教育学副教授。她的研究重点是K-12科学教育，特别是中学年级的科学经验；在STEM教育中促进黑人女孩；以社区为基础的非正规科学教育；以及课程在促进科学教学和学习公平方面的作用。金博士的工作获得了认可，她获得了美国国家科学基金会教师早期职业发展和罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金计划的资助，并获得了许多奖项，包括2023年纳斯特早期职业研究奖、欧内斯特·D·莫雷尔非洲散居海外新兴学者奖、佛罗里达大学40岁以下学者奖、学者社区1000名鼓舞人心的美国黑人科学家、美国教育研究协会颁发的致力于这一领域的校外时间学者奖，以及东南科学教师教育协会颁发的黛博拉·蒂平斯导师奖。除了她的研究，金博士还创建了i AM STEM Camps，以指导和装备有色人种学生在STEM取得成功。她与社区组织、学校和高等教育机构合作，在4个州和10个地点举办夏令营，并在网上提供。这一奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has named Dr. Natalie S. King one of the three recipients of the 2023 Alan T. Waterman Award. This award is NSF's highest honor that annually recognizes outstanding researchers who are 40 years or younger or not more than 10 years beyond receipt of the Ph.D. degree, by December 31 of the year of the nomination. The award funds the recipient's research in any field of science or engineering. Each 2023 awardee receives a $1 million grant over a five-year period for advanced study in his or her field.Dr. King is an associate professor of science education at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on K-12 science education, specifically science experiences in middle grades; advancing Black girls in STEM education; community-based informal science education; and the role of curriculum in fostering equity in science teaching and learning. Dr. King has received recognition for her work, with grants from NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development and Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship programs and as a recipient of numerous awards, including the 2023 NARST Early Career Research Award, the Ernest D. Morrell African Diaspora Emerging Scholar Award, the University of Florida 40 Under 40, the Community of Scholars’ 1,000 Inspiring Black Scientists in America, the Out-of-School Time Scholar Award for Commitment to the Field from the American Educational Research Association, and the Deborah Tippins Mentor Award from the Southeastern Association of Science Teacher Education. In addition to her research, Dr. King founded I AM STEM camps to mentor and equip students of color for success in STEM. She partners with community organizations, schools, and institutions of higher education to offer the summer camps, which have taken place in 4 states and 10 locations, as well as online.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.