Presidential Awards For Excellence In Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring.

9612434 Smith Smith目前是阿克伦大学课程与教学研究系的科学教育教授，他的职业生涯一直专注于指导代表性不足的群体，尤其是女性和美洲原住民。他的成就包括：o有效地担任堪萨斯大学（University of Kansas）可能是全美第一位男性副院长；o编写COMETS课程，这是一门广受尊重的课程，旨在鼓励5至9年级的女孩从事科学事业；这份美国国家科学教师协会（NSTA）的出版物在世界各地使用了8000多份；彗星也获得了AERA奖；编写了课程材料，也由国家科学技术研究所出版，以鼓励高中和本科妇女从事科学工作；o编写供美国原住民学生使用的课程，开展同一领域的研究，并为750多名教师举办讲习班；o担任许多美洲原住民教师的导师和顾问，其中包括32名master科学教师，其中一半是美洲原住民；这些学员开发了TIPS（在普韦布洛学校教学）等项目，让圣菲印第安人学校的高中生回到他们的家乡学校担任跨年龄导师，从印第安人的角度向弟弟妹妹教授科学；o直接影响研究生和本科生的少数民族学生。他的一个博士生是切罗基人，是堪萨斯州哈斯凯尔印第安民族大学的校长；3人获得总统科学和数学教学优秀奖；获得美国国家科学教师协会（NSTA）教育杰出服务奖。

9612434 Smith Smith is currently Professor of Science Education in the Department of Curricular and Instructional Studies at the University of Akron and his career has focused on mentoring underrepresented groups, especially women and Native Americans. His accomplishments include: o Serving effectively as perhaps the nation s first male Associate Dean of Women at the University of Kansas; o Producing COMETS, a widely respected curriculum to encourage girls in grades 5-9 to pursue careers in science; over 8000 copies of this National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) publication are used around the world; COMETS has also received an AERA award; has produced curriculum materials, also published by NSTA, to encourage senior high and undergraduate women in science; o Producing curriculum for use by Native American students, conducting research in the same area, and leading workshops for over 750 teachers; o Serving as mentor and advisor to many Native American teachers, including 32 MASTERS science teachers, half of whom are Native American; these mentees have developed programs like TIPS (Teaching in Pueblo Schools) where senior high students from Sante Fe Indian School returned to their home schools as cross- age tutors to teach science from a native American perspective to younger siblings; o Directly impacting graduate and undergraduate minority students. One of his doctoral students, a Cherokee, is President of Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas; and three have received Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching; and o Receiving the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Distinguished Service Award for Education.