2023 Waterman Award

美国国家科学基金会（NSF）任命娜塔莉·s·金博士为2023年艾伦·t·沃特曼奖的三位获奖者之一。该奖项是美国国家科学基金会（NSF）的最高荣誉，每年颁发给40岁以下或获得博士学位不超过10年的杰出研究人员，提名日期为提名当年的12月31日。该奖项资助获得者在任何科学或工程领域的研究。每位2023年获奖者将获得100万美元的资助，为期五年，用于在他或她的领域进行深入研究。金是乔治亚州立大学科学教育系副教授。她的研究重点是K-12科学教育，特别是中年级的科学体验；促进黑人女孩接受STEM教育；以社区为基础的非正式科学教育；以及课程在促进科学教学公平方面的作用。金博士的工作得到了认可，获得了美国国家科学基金会教师早期职业发展和罗伯特·诺伊斯教师奖学金项目的资助，并获得了许多奖项，包括2023年NARST早期职业研究奖、欧内斯特·d·莫雷尔非洲侨民新兴学者奖、佛罗里达大学40名40岁以下青年、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校外学术贡献奖，以及东南科学教师教育协会颁发的德博拉·蒂平斯导师奖。除了她的研究，金博士还创立了“我是STEM”营地，指导和装备有色人种学生在STEM领域取得成功。她与社区组织、学校和高等教育机构合作，提供夏令营，这些夏令营已经在4个州和10个地点举行，也在网上举行。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值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.