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FELLOWS IN RESIDENCE 2012-13
AARON MICHAEL REEDY (2012)
JAMES H. AND ELIZABETH W. WRIGHT FELLOW
Department of Biology
Southern Illinois University Carbondale (B.A.)
National-Louis University (M.A.)
Chicago, Illinois
For the past seven years Aaron Reedy taught at Thomas Kelly High
School in Chicago, where he used innovative projects to connect
his classroom to the wider world of science. In pursuit of great
education, he sea-kayaked down the Mississippi River, immersed
kids in field studies of reptile reproductive biology and climate
change, and carried out professional-level science in the classroom.
Right now he is a team member on a National Geographic/
Waitts grant to investigate the role that the sex ratio plays in evolution
and population growth in island populations of lizards. At
his blog,wideworldscience.blogspot.com, he helps bring field biology
into classrooms and shares the work of his students with the
world. Reedy recently spoke at TED 2012 on lines of evidence used
by evolutionary biology.Together with legendary animator Candy
Kugel of Buzz Co. studios, he wrote and narrated an animated
video lesson on sex determination systems in the animal kingdom,
for ed.ted.com, the new TED education website.
JASON SCOTT REMER (2012)
PETER AND CRISLER QUICK FELLOW
Department of Engineering
George Mason University (B.S.)
George Mason University (M.S.)
Fairfax, Virginia
2012 FELLOWS SUPPLEMENT
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