New Perspectives in Science Education

Anne Stevenson is an Extension Educator and Professor at the University of Minnesota Extension, Department of Youth Development (Minnesota, United States). She has spent 39 years working in youth development and education. She leads a national partnership between 4-H and the NSF Center for Sustainable Polymers and has co-authored five national STEM curricula on sustainable polymers and youth environmental civic engagement for grades K-12 (www.4hpolymers.org). Her work centers on engaging youth in STEM learning, equipping adults as effective facilitators of experiential, inquiry-based learning, and empowering teenagers as environmental change agents and informal science educators. Anne holds a Master of Science in Instructional Design/Training and a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education.