Teresa J. Kennedy is a Professor of Bilingual/ELL/STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Education at the University of Texas at Tyler, and also directs the International Division of the GLOBE Program at UT Tyler for the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) in Boulder, Colorado (2009-present). As Director of the International Division of GLOBE, Dr. Kennedy is a member of the GLOBE Senior Management Team and is responsible for ensuring that the development and ongoing support of GLOBE's 111 partner countries are fully integrated with GLOBE education and science activities; also serving as the U.S. Country Coordinator for GLOBE leading activities for over 140 U.S. GLOBE Partners.  In addition, she is the Director of the International GLOBE Help Desk and the GLOBE North America Regional Office located within the GLOBE International Division at the University of Texas at Tyler.  Prior to this position, she was the Deputy Director of the GLOBE Program (2006-2009) and the Director of International / U.S. Partnerships and Outreach for GLOBE (2003-2006) at UCAR, and the Deputy Chief Educator and Assistant Director of U.S. Partnerships (2002-2003) at the former GLOBE headquarters office in Washington D.C.  She also served as the Co-Director of the University of Idaho GLOBE Partnership (1996-2002) and continues serving as a national as well as international master trainer for the GLOBE Program (1996-present). 

Dr. Kennedy received the Outstanding Dissertation Award from Phi Delta Kappa International in the District 1 Doctoral Dissertation Competition (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Saskatchewan, & Washington) in 1998 for her doctoral research entitled “FLES: The cognitive and attitudinal effects of content-related foreign language instruction" which documented a district-wide FLES program that incorporated GLOBE and other NASA science education materials into learning activities focusing on acquisition of Arabic, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish languages.She currently serves as a Texas Area Director for PDK International (2010-2012).

Dr. Kennedy is presently serving on the following National / International Committees:

Past accomplishments include:

• World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Public Weather Services Expert Group on Education (2006-2007), producing the WMO publication Public Weather Services Strategy for Developing Public Education and Outreach (WMO/TD No. 1354).

• Subcommittee on International Education and Foreign Language Studies, a subcommittee of the Research and Policy Committee of the Committee for Economic Development (CED) (2004-2006), producing the report Education for Global Leadership: The Importance of International Studies and Foreign Language Education for U.S. Economic and National Security.  For more information see <http://www.ced.org/issues/education/elementary-and-secondary-education>.

• Editor of Learning Languages, the professional journal of the National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL), completed seven issues of the journal (2002-2005).  Also served on the NNELL National Advocacy and Political Action Committee (2001-2005) and as the Pacific Northwest NNELL Representative (2001-2004) and the NNELL Representative for the State of Idaho (1996-2003).

• President, Pacific Northwest Council for Languages (PNCFL), 2003-2004.

• American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese Service Learning Consultant Corps (AATSP), created  the first AATSP Service Learning Web site and served as Web master, 2002-2004.

• NASA Office of Earth Sciences Award of Appreciation, 2003.

• Conducted programmatic evaluations for the U.S. State Department of Education, the Idaho State Department of Education as well as the Idaho State Board of Education, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, the University of Idaho College of Education, and NASA while serving as the Director for the Center for Evaluation, Research and Public Service (CERPS) in the College of Education at the University of Idaho, 1997-2003.

• Board of the National Association of District Supervisors of Foreign Language (NADSFL), created the first NADSFL Web site, serving as their Web master and Newsletter Editor, 2000-2003. 

• Diversity and Human Rights Advisory Board, University of Idaho, 2001-2003.

• NOAA Teacher at Sea Scholar on board the Ocean Seeker Ka'imimoana, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Conducted research on phytoplankton blooms along the California coast and the effectiveness of a new echosounder, recording digital tracking data of the ocean floor across the Pacific (from San Diego, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii) with scientists from NASA, NOAA and Knudsen Engineering (Canada), May 2001.

• Highlighted Presentation: “Internet en las escuelas de Estados Unidos y una perspectiva del programa GLOBE.” Congreso de EducaRed Foro de la Escuela Virtual, Ministerio de la Educación, Madrid, España, 2001).  <http://www.educared.net/congresoi/htm/congreso-i/portada.htm>.
  
  

• President, International Phi Delta Kappa Chapter for the University of Idaho (PDK), 1999-2000; 2001-2002.

• University Advisor, Association of Latin-Americans and Iberians (ALI), 2001-2003.

• President, Idaho Association of Teachers of Language and Culture (IATLC), 2000-2001.  Served on the Idaho Department of Education Committees creating the Idaho State Foreign Language Standards and the English as a New Language (ENL)/Bilingual Standards documents, 2000-2002.  Also created the first IATLC Web site and served as their Web master, 2000-2003.

• Foreign Language Standards Review Committee, National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS), 2000.

• Chair, Idaho's Most State Standards for English as a New Language (ENL) / Bilingual Education Standards and Committee Member for Idaho's Most State Foreign Language Standards, 2000.

• NASA Space Grant Fellow, Idaho Space Grant Consortium, 1997-1998.

• Project NOVA Scholarship Recipient (NASA's Opportunities for Visionary Academics), 1997-1998.

• National NOVA Fellow (NASA's Opportunities for Visionary Academics), 1996-1997.

• Fulbright-Hays Grant Scholarship Recipient, attended the Universidad Technológica Equinoccial, Quito, Ecuador, 1993.

• Universidad de Valencia, Spain, 1982-1983.

Dr. Kennedy is a current member of the following educational organizations:
Science Education:  Council for Elementary Science International (CESI); International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE); National Alliance of State Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC); National Science Teachers Association (NSTA); and the Texas STEM Center Coalition (T-STEM). Internationally a member of the Association of Science Education (ASE) in the United Kingdom.

General Education (including Literacy and Language Learning): America Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP); the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL); National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL); Phi Delta Kappa International (PDK), and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Presented scholarly papers and/or conducted educational workshops and meetings in the following locations around the world:

--43 U.S. states, 1 U.S. territory and the District of Columbia

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Teresa J. Kennedy, Ph.D.