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Stephanie Bestelmeyer

Stephanie Bestelmeyer

Executive Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education

stephanie@asombro.org

Asombro Institute for Science Education
PO Box 891
Las Cruces, NM 88004-0891

Titles

  • Executive Director, Asombro Institute for Science Education

Biography

As the first paid employee of Asombro, Steph has been honored to help Asombro develop into a K-12 science education leader since she was hired in 2000. Steph has a Ph.D. in Biology from Colorado State University and a B.S. in Biology and minor in Teaching from the University of California, San Diego. Her favorite thing about working at Asombro is figuring out ways to translate local science discoveries into hands-on K-12 lessons that engage students. Outside of work, Steph loves hiking, reading, going to plays, baking, and traveling, most often with her husband, son, and dogs.

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Journal Articles

2015

Bestelmeyer, S. V., M. M. Elser, K. V. Spellman, E. B. Sparrow, S. S. Haan-Amato and A. Keener. 2015. Collaboration, interdisciplinary thinking, and communication: New approaches to K-12 ecology education. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 13(1):37-43. DOI: 10.1890.140130. (link )

Presentations

2000

Elser, M. M., R. Boone and S. V. Bestelmeyer. 2000. Models for linking schoolyard ecology with LTER sites: What has worked and what hasn't. Workshop presented at 2-4 August 2000, Long-Term Ecological Research: Unifying Principles and Global Applications, LTER All Scientists Meeting, Snowbird, UT.