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Daryl E. Chubin

Daryl Chubin became founding Director of the AAAS Center for Advancing Science & Engineering Capacity, at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in August 2004. Prior to that, he served 3+ years as Senior Vice President, Research, Policy & Programs, at the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) Inc., in White Plains, NY, after nearly 15 years in federal service. Posts included three years (1998-2001) as Senior Policy Officer for the National Science Board at the National Science Foundation (NSF); Division Director for Research, Evaluation and Communication in NSF's Directorate for Education and Human Resources (1993-98); and (on detail) Assistant Director for Social and Behavioral Sciences (and Education) at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (1997). He began his federal career in 1986 at the congressional Office of Technology Assessment.

Dr. Chubin has also served on the faculty of four universities, including Georgia Tech, where he was promoted to full professor. Since 1991, he has been an adjunct professor at the Cornell in Washington Program. He has published eight books and numerous policy reports, articles, and commentaries on issues in science policy, human resource development, program evaluation, and engineering education. Among his honors are: AAAS Fellow, Past Chair of the AAAS section on Societal Impacts of Science and Engineering, Fellow of the Association for Women in Science, co-recipient of the American Society of Engineering Education Wickenden Award for best paper published in the 2003 volume of The Journal of Engineering Education, Quality Education for Minorities/MSE 2006 Giant of Science, and Sigma Xi Distinguished Lecturer 2007-2009. Today, he participates on the board of directors of three not-for-profit organizations and on the editorial board of three professional journals.

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