BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

EDNA E. GENTRY – Senior Research Information Scientist, University of Alabama, Huntsville

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

May 1994 - Present

• Senior Research Information Scientist - Responsibilities include management of the ASPIRE K-12 computational science program. Specific duties include curriculum development, coordinate activities of Regional Training Centers, plan and teach in summer institutes and follow-up workshops, serve on the Executive Committee for the Adventures in Supercomputing program, serve on the NCSA PACI/EOT planning committee for K-12 educational activities.
• Lead Teacher in Adventures in Supercomputing Teacher Training Institutes held at UAH and Oak Ridge, TN, Summers of 1993 and 1992; curriculum development for computational science teacher training institutes; lead teacher for SuperQuest

HUNTSVILLE CITY SCHOOLS, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA

1974 – 1994

• Mathematics/Computational Science Teacher at J. Oliver Johnson High School

MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS, HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA 1972 – 1974

• Mathematics Teacher at Bob Jones High School

EDUCATION:

• M.Ed Degree 1979, Sec. Ed/Mathematics, Alabama A & M University
• B.S. Degree 1972, Mathematics/Economics, University of Alabama in Huntsville

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

• Testified before the Congressional Committee on Basic Research August, 1996
• Served as Regional Training Director for ASPIRE, Johnson High School, 1992-94
• Served as Member of the Education Program Advisory Committee for Supercomputing XY Conference sponsored by IEEE and ACM, 1994, 95, 96, 97
• Served as Deputy Chair of the Education Program for SC98
• Presented, Frontiers in Education Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, November 1997
• Presented, Alabama Educational Technology Conference 1995, 96, 97, 98, 99
• Presented, Women in Education and Technology Conference, Birmingham, AL, 1995
• Presented, Supercomputing '92, '93, '94, ‘97 ‘98 Conference sponsored by IEEE and ACM
• Presented, Quality Education for Minorities, Huntsville, AL, 1994
• Served as Panel Member for the Governor's Commission on School Violence 1993-94
• Presented, Governors Conference on Technology 1993
• Participated, SuperQuest at the University of Illinois 1991, 1992
• Presented, In-Service - Huntsville City Schools, 1994
• Participated, conference on Restructuring Schools - Phi Delta Kappa, Indiana University, 1991
• Trained at Alabama Precollege Supercomputing Teacher Training - UAH, 1991

CONFERENCES AND COMMITTEES:

• SC98 Deputy Chair of Education Program
• SC94 – SC98 Education Program Advisory Committee
• Tech Corps of Alabama Executive Committee
• Cooperative Learning
• Advanced Placement Calculus Workshop
• Discipline With Dignity
• Peer Coaching
• Mastery Learning
• Discovery Learning
• Effective Teaching
• SACS Ten-Year Self Study, Johnson High School
• Textbook Selection Committee, Huntsville City Schools
• Curriculum Development Committee, Huntsville City Schools
• Coordinating Committee for Annual Meeting of ACTM

PUBLICATIONS:

“The RiverWeb Toolsuite: Bridging the Gap Between High-End Environmental Science and the Classroom”, coauthors Gentry, Edna; Curtis, David; Bievenue, Lisa; Ragan, Susan; Gordon, Steve; Emigh, David; 1998

“Scientific Exploration in an Era of Change”, co-authors Gentry, Edna; Summers, Barbara; Helland, Barb; 1997.

“Transforming Teaching for the 21st Century”, co-authors Gentry, Edna; Bievenue, Lisa; 1997.

“Collaborative Project Development”, co-authors Gentry, Edna; Thatcher, Don; 1993.

Questions? Send e-mail to cal@ucar.edu
Broken links? Send e-mail to dpetter@ucar.edu

LAST UPDATED: 03/30/2000