women and girls in stem fields: a reference handbook

＂Authoritative and engaging, this one-stop resource provides a valuable overview of the past, present, and future of women and girls in STEM fields＂--

Heather Burns Page has over twenty-four years of experience as a science educator and school leader in the New York City public schools and is the principal of a public IB World School in Queens. Heather earned her doctorate in science education from New York University, her research centered on developing teaching resources to encourage girls in science. As a recipient of the 2015 New York Times ＂Teachers Who Make a Difference＂ award, she strives to prepare students to be global citizens and environmental stewards who work to better themselves, their community, and the environment. Heather loves to explore nature through travel and has taken students to Eastern and Western Europe, South Pacific, Central and South America. Heather completed two global study programs in Africa with New York University and circumnavigated Iceland as a 2016 Grosvenor Teacher Fellow in collaboration with National Geographic.