TERC Board of Trustees

Chairman and Founder

Arthur Nelson

The Nelson Companies

Arthur Nelson worked as a research assistant in the Radiation Laboratory at MIT during the Second World War. He was, in fact, one of the first people to track an airplane with high-power microwave radar, a feat he accomplished standing atop a roof at MIT, beaming the radar off a plane flying overhead by moving the equipment by hand. The MIT Radiation Laboratory left Arthur with three indelible impressions: first, that difficult objectives can be accomplished given an intensity of effort; second, that the success of large technological undertakings depends upon skilled technicians and other paraprofessionals; and third, that the educational culture of MIT, whose motto is mens et manus—mind and hand—is much to be admired. These impressions were still etched in Arthur's memory twenty years later when he and six other technical educators met in 1965 at MIT as part of a month-long national conference on improving technical education. The group shared a vision of a nonprofit research center to develop high quality instructional materials for training a new population of specialized technicians. Together they founded TERC.

Treasurer

H. Bruce Boal

Boaleeco

After graduation from Harvard College and the Harvard Business School, Bruce Boal was commissioned in the U.S. Navy as a Supply Corps officer. In the 1960s, he joined Arthur Nelson in growing an electronics company that capitalized on the sudden interest in scientific, foreign language, and technical education. Mr. Boal is the President of Boaleeco Inc., a family-owned company active in meeting the needs of educators in developing countries for curriculum materials and related laboratory equipment.

Carole Berotte Joseph

MassBay Community College

Carole Berotte Joseph became the fourth President of Massachusetts Bay Community College in 2005. Prior to joining MassBay, she served as Chief Academic Officer and Dean of Academic Affairs at Dutchess Community College/SUNY. She served previously as Vice President of Academic Affairs at Eugenio Maria de Hostos Community College/CUNY. Her career in higher education spans over 30 years and began at the City College of New York, City University of New York system, where she served for over twenty years in several leadership positions. Dr. Berotte Joseph has two daughters and lives in Ashland, Massachusetts, with her husband. She holds a B.A. in Spanish with minors in French and Education from York College, CUNY; a Masters in Education, with specializations in Curriculum and Teaching from Fordham University; an Advanced Certificate in Administration and Supervision from New York University and a Ph.D. in Sociolinguistics and Bilingual Education from the Department of Teaching and Learning at New York University.

Hubert Dyasi

City College of New York

Hubert Dyasi is professor of Science Education at the City College of the City University of New York (CUNY), and a member of the graduate faculty of CUNY's Urban Education Program. He is co-author of Designing Professional Development for Teachers of Science and Mathematics (Corwin Press, 2003), Inquiry and the National Science Education Standards: A Guide for Teaching and Learning (National Academy Press, 2000), Foundations: A Monograph for Professionals in Science' Mathematics, and Technology Education, Vol. 2 Inquiry (National Science Foundation, 1999), and the National Research Council's National Science Education Standards (National Academies Press, 1996). Professor Dyasi has served as a specialist on the learning of science through inquiry in the Harvard Smithsonian/Annenberg science education video program (“Looking at Learning…Again”), the Annenberg/CPB’s Professional Development Workshop series, and Journey North. He has been a member of the National Research Council’s Committee on Science Education K-12, and serves on several national advisory boards on science education.

Janice E. Jackson

Boston College

An assistant professor with the Lynch School of Education at Boston College (BC), Janice Ellen Jackson is jointly appointed to the Department of Teacher Education, Special Education, Curriculum and Instruction and the Department of Educational Administration and Higher Education. Dr. Jackson is also a faculty member in the Leadership for Change Program in the Carroll School of Management. Prior to joining BC, she was the Deputy Superintendent for the Boston Public Schools. She served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education for the U. S. Department of Education during the Clinton administration. Dr. Jackson has held several positions with the Milwaukee Public Schools including Coordinator of School-based Management. She has been a consultant on issues related to the reform of urban schools. Dr. Jackson holds a B.A. in Sociology from Marquette University, an M.Th. in Black Catholic Studies from Xavier University in New Orleans, an M.S. in Administrative Leadership from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and an M.Ed. in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy from Harvard University. She completed her doctoral studies in Harvard University’s Urban Superintendents Program. Dr. Jackson has been the recipient of numerous civic and professional awards and has served on a variety of boards and committees on the local and national levels.

Susan Friel

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Susan Friel is Associate Professor of Education, at University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and Adjunct Associate Professor at UNC Greensboro. Dr. Friel currently teaches elementary mathematics methods and middle grades mathematics methods courses, in addition to serving as chair for doctoral students and on doctoral committees at UNC Chapel Hill and UNC Greensboro. Dr. Friel is well known for her current work on the Connected Mathematics Project (CMP) middle school mathematics curriculum and other research and teacher education projects in mathematics education, and has taught both preservice and inservice educators at the elementary and middle school levels. A former elementary grades teacher in the Massachusetts public schools, Dr. Friel received her Master’s of Education from Lesley College and was awarded her Ed.D. from Boston University. She has served as Director of the UNC Mathematics and Science Education Network and Director at the Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology in Education at Lesley College, and is the author of several books and curricula in the areas of elementary and middle grades mathematics, statistics, and applications of technology in classrooms.

Paul Goren

Spencer Foundation

Since 2001, Paul Goren has served as Vice President of the Spencer Foundation (Chicago), an organization committed to supporting high-quality investigation of education through its research programs. Dr. Goren’s past work experience reflects his commitment to philanthropy in education and to improving education for all students. He is Former Director of Child and Youth Development at MacArthur Foundation. He has served as Executive Director of Policy & Strategic Services, Minneapolis Public Schools; Education Director at the National Governors’ Association, and as Senior Policy Analyst under Tom Payzant in San Diego. Dr. Goren received his Ph.D. in Education from Stanford University after attending the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas where he received his Masters of Public Affairs. He graduated from Williams College with a B.A. in political science. He is married with three children.

George E. Hein

Lesley University

George E. Hein, Professor Emeritus at Lesley University’s Graduate School of Arts and Social Sciences, has had experience as a curriculum developer, science educator, and director of national programs to facilitate systemic school change as well as extensive experience in museum education and visitor studies research. In the 1970s he founded the Program Evaluation Research Group (PERG) at Lesley University which began by evaluating educational work of 25 museums and arts organizations in the Boston area and has become a major, national group studying education reform efforts. He has been Fulbright Research Fellow at Kings’ College London (1990), visiting faculty member at the University of Leicester Museum Studies Program (1996), Howard Hughes Medical Institute Visiting Scholar at the California Institute of Technology (1998), an Osher Fellow at The Exploratorium in San Francisco (1999) and Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Education at University of Technology, Sydney (2000). He serves on the advisory boards for several science museum exhibition development teams He is the author, with Sabra Price, of Active Assessment for Active Science (Heinemann, 1994) and of Learning in the Museum (Routledge, 1998) as well as numerous papers on science education, museum education and visitor studies.

Pendred E. Noyce

Noyce Foundation

Pendred E. Noyce, MD, is a trustee of the Robert Noyce Foundation, which supports public K-12 education with a focus on the core academic content areas of mathematics, science, and literacy. Trained as an internist, she worked as a physician at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center and Newton-Wellesley Hospital before turning to full-time work in education philanthropy. She was co-Principal Investigator of the Massachusetts Statewide Systemic Initiative, PALMS, and has also helped to lead National Science Foundation-funded projects in parental involvement and the evaluation of the Urban Systemic Program. Penny is a member of the board of the Concord Consortium, the Libra Foundation, COMAP, the Boston Plan for Excellence, and the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education. She has a particular interest in mathematics education, and has co-authored several papers on middle school mathematics in Massachusetts. Through her work with the Noyce Foundation, she is committed to helping build the capacity for informed civic discourse on controversial topics for education policy.

Emily Wade

Museum Institute for Teaching Science

Emily Wade, Paddy, is a recognized leader in informal science education. She is the founder and President of the Museum Institute for Teaching Science (MITS), a non-profit organization strengthening the teaching of elementary and middle school science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, through collaboration among informal science education institutions. A staunch supporter of informal science education institutions, she has long standing relationships with the Manomet Center for Conservation Sciences, the Franklin Park Coalition, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. She is an alumna of the Massachusetts Institute for Technology and is a member of their corporation. Ms. Wade was inducted into the Massachusetts Science Educator Hall of Fame in 2004. She lives with her husband in Bedford, MA.