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CHARLES “AARON” PRICE CURRICULUM VITAE Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=eKMi82EAAAAJ&hl=en Orc ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8954-9758 December 17, 2020

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

2017 – Present Director, Research & Evaluation Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago 2017, Fall Adjunct Assistant Professor University of Illinois at Chicago 2012 – 2017 Manager, Evaluation & Research Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago 2010 - 2012 Assistant Director American Association of Variable Star Observers 1998 - 2010 Technical Assistant American Association of Variable Star Observers 2008 – 2009 Teaching Assistant Tufts University 2006 - 2008 Graduate Research Assistant Tufts University 1999 – 2000 IT Manager Open Air Corp. 1999 Webmaster NetSuite Corp. 1995 - 1998 Web Services Engineering RCN Corporation Manager EDUCATION

2011 Ph.D. Learning Sciences Tufts University 2003 B.S. Astronomy Swinburne University of Technology Dissertation Committee: Hee-Sun Lee (Chair – Tufts University), Eric Chaisson (Harvard University), Danilo Marchesini (Tufts University), Tim Slater (University of Wyoming)

MAJOR GRANTS AWARDED

Year Project Amount Role Funder 2020 - 2022 Developing YOUth! Project $475,373 P.I. Elizabeth Morse Genius Charitable Trust 2019 - 2021 The MEDLAB Experience - Museum $1,223,658 P.I. National Education in Diversity for Laboratory Science and Biological Experiences (DRL Foundation #1906954) 2019 - 2020 Exploring the Use of Non-Science $70,365 P.I. National Themed Art in Science Education: A Science Conference (DRL #1939342) Foundation 2019 - 2020 Folding Equity into Whole School STEM $98,157 P.I. National Reform Models: A Conference (DRL Science #1907751) Foundation

1 2016 – 2019 From Community to Career - A $960,277 P.I. National Longitudinal Study of an Out-of-School Science Science Program and Youth from Foundation Populations Underrepresented in STEM (DRL #1514593) 2011-2014 Two Eyes, 3D: Studying Stereoscopic $660,487 P.I. National Representations in Informal Settings Science (DRL#1114645) Foundation 2009-2012 STARS: Science through the Astronomical $796,187 Co-P.I. National Research of Stars (DRL#0840188) Science Foundation 2011 - 2016 Support of the Chandra X-Ray Center $330,000 Author NASA Education and Public Outreach Program (SV1-81020)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

2020 – 2023 DePaul Art Museum Advisory Board Member 2020 - 2022 Board Member, Local School Council of South Loop Elementary School (Chicago Public Schools) 2019 – 2020 Program Chair for American Education Research Association Informal Learning Environments Research Special Interest Group 2017 - Present Member, University of Chicago Social and Behavioral Science Institutional Review Board 2017 – Present Editorial Board, Science Educator 2007 - Present Reviewer for Journal of Research in Science Teaching, Science Education, International Journal of Science Education, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, Journal of Science Education and Technology, International Journal of STEM Education, Science Educator, Visitor Studies, Museum & Society, Journal of Astronomy and Earth Science Education, Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health, MIT Press, Conference of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Conference of American Education Research Association and International Conference of the Learning Sciences.

Overall reviewer statistics and profile at: https://publons.com/author/1341734/c-aaron-price#profile

2012, 2013, 2016, Reviewer, National Science Foundation Advancing Informal Science 2020 Learning (AISL) program 2013 – 2017 Board of Directors, Director Search Committee, Nominating Committee, Ethics Committee of American Association of Variable Star Observers

TEACHING/CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE

2 2017 Adjunct Professor, EPSY-509: Research University of Illinois at Chicago Design in Education 2012 Guest Instructor, Cosmic Evolution Harvard University Extension School

2008 – 2009 Teaching Assistant Tufts University CHEM-5: From the Big Bang to Humankind

2004, 2008 Instructor, Cosmic Evolution Osher Lifelong Learning Institute 2002 - 2004 Instructor, Astronomy Cambridge Center for Adult Education

RESEARCH INTERESTS

 Lifelong and long term learning, museum education, science education, aesthetic development, inclusion and equity in informal educational settings, research methodology, citizen science

AWARDS & DISTINCTIONS

 Best Paper, Third International Conference of STEM in Education (July, 2014)  Chambliss Astronomy Achievement Student Award, 212th meeting of the American Astronomical Society (June, 2008)  First Prize, 11th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium at Tufts University (April, 2007)  Blue Ribbon Technical Award, National Virtual Observatory Summer School (September, 2005)  Visiting Scholar, Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum (Winter, 2008).  Created the Slacker Astronomy podcast and was head writer from 2004-2006 (73 episodes). It reached #4 on iTunes top science podcasts with 27,000 unique weekly listeners.

GRADUATE DISSERTATION COMMITTEES  Angela Skeeles-Worley, University of Virginia, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education (2020)  Elham Beheshti, Northwestern University, Department of Learning Sciences (2016)

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS (Education Research)

Price, C. A., Greenslit, J., Segovia, G., Harris, N. Quinn, K. A., & Krogh-Jespersen, S. (in press). Awe & memories of learning in science and art museums. Visitor Studies.

Mroczkowski, A., Price, C.A , Harris, N. & Skeeles-Worley, A. (in press). Youths’ perceptions of features of a museum-based youth development program that create a supportive community context: A qualitative case study. Journal of Adolescent Development.

Applebaum, L., Price, C. A., Foster, A. (in press.) How collaborative and competitive facilitation styles affect energy literacy in a science museum exhibit. Journal of Museum Education.

Krogh-Jespersen S., Quinn K. A., Krenzer W. L. D., Nguyen C., Greenslit J., Price C. A .(2020) .Exploring the awe-some: Mobile eye-tracking insights into awe in a science museum. PLoS ONE 15(9): doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239204

Price, C. A. & Chiu, A. (2018). An experimental study of a museum-based, science PD program’s impact on teachers and their students. International Journal of Science Education, 40(9), 941- 960. doi: 10.1080/09500693.2018.1457816

Price, C. A., Kares, F. K., Segovia, G. & Lloyd, A. B. (2018). Staff Matter: Gender differences in STEM career interest development in adolescent youth. Applied Developmental Science, 1-16. doi: 10.1080/10888691.2017.1398090

Price, C. A., Gean, K. G., Christenson, C. G., Behesti, E., Pernot, B., et al. (2016). Casual games and casual learning about human biological systems. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 25(1), 111-126. doi: 10.1007/s10956-015-9580-6

Price, C. A., Lee, H.-S., SubbaRao, M., Aguilera, J. & Kasal, E. (2015). Comparing short and long- term term learning effects between stereoscopic and 2-dimensional film at a planetarium. Science Education, 99(6), 1118-1142. doi: 10.1002/sce.21185

Price, C. A., Gean, K. G., & Barnes, H. (2015). The effect of live interpretation with theatre on attitudes and learning of children in the Mythbusters exhibit. Journal of Museum Education, 40(2), 195-206. doi: doi.org/10.1179/1059865015Z.00000000095

Price, C. A, Lee, H.-S. & Malatesta, K. (2014). Stereoscopy in static scientific imagery in an informal education setting: does it matter? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 23(6), 721-734. doi: 10.1007/s10956-014-9500-1

Price, C. A. & Lee, H.-S. (2013). Changes in participants' scientific attitudes and epistemological beliefs during an astronomical citizen science project. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 50(7), 773-801. doi: doi.org/10.1002/tea.21090

Lee, H. –S., Liu, O. L., Price, C. A., & Kendall, A. (2010). Measuring temporal magnitude recognition ability associated with durations of scientific change. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 48(3), 317-335. doi: doi.org/10.1002/tea.20401

Price, C. A. & Lee, H. – S. (2010). The effect of two-dimensional and stereoscopic presentation on middle school students’ performance of spatial cognition tasks. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 19(1), 90-103. doi: doi.org/10.1007/s10956-009-9182-2

Price, C. A. (2009). Astrobiology for knowledge transfer. In Meech, K. J., et al. (eds.) Bioastronomy 2007: Molecules, Microbes, and Extraterrestrial Life. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific.

Price, A., et al. (2009). The Astronomy education research charter. Astronomy Education Review, 8(1), 010601. doi: 10.3847/AER2009008

Price, A. (2008) Podcasting. In J. Pasachoff, Rosa M. Ros (eds.) Innovation in Teaching/Learning Astronomy. Cambridge: Cambridge Press.

Price, A. (2007). New media technologies: Proposing an integrated approach. Astronomy Education Review, 6(1), 171-176. doi: 10.3847/AER2007013

4 Price, A., Gay, P., Searle, T., & Brissenden, G. (2006). A history and informal assessment of the slacker astronomy podcast. Astronomy Education Review, 5, 1.

PEER REVIEW PUBLICATIONS (Astronomy)

Price, A., Masiero, J., Henden, A., et. al. (2009). Polarimetry and the Long-Awaited Superoutburst of BZ UMa. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 121(885), 1205.

Price, A., Henden, A. H., Foster, G., et al. (2007) SS Cygni outburst predictors and long term quasiperiodic behavior. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 119(862), 1361.

Price, A., Gary, B., Bedient, J., Cook, L., Templeton, M., et al. (2004) A new cataclysmic variable in Hercules. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 116(826), 1117.

Price, A., et al. (2004). Flickering and quasiperiodic activity in the 2004 Superoutburst of BZ UMa. Information Bulletin on Variable Stars. #5526.

NON-PEER REVIEW RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Price, C. A., Quinn, K. A., Greenslit, J., Applebaum, L., Krogh-Jespersen, S., Krenzer, W. L. D., & Ibtasar, R. (2019, May 10). Awe and Epistemology in a Science Museum. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/bwh3n

Falk, J. H, Koke, J., Price, C. A. & Pattison, S. (2019). Investigating the cascading, long term effects of informal science education experiences report. Portland, Oregon: Institute for Learning Innovation. Retrieved from https://www.instituteforlearninginnovation.org/wp- content/uploads/2019/10/R9.pdf

Segovia, G. A., Nicholas, B., Nguyen, C. & Price, C. A. (2018, August 1). Facilitator Affect in a Drop-In, Teen-Led Community Science Learning Program. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. Retrieved from https://www.informalscience.org/sites/default/files/2018%20Teen%20ACES%20Report.pdf

Chiu, A., Price, C. A., & Ovrahim, E. (2016). Are we so different? A study of teacher and administrator perceptions of science education. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

Chiu, A., Price, C. A., & Ovrahim, E. (2015). Supporting elementary and middle school STEM education at the whole school level: A review of the literature. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

Chiu, A., Price, C. A., & Ovrahim, E. (2015). Chicago-area K-8 teacher and administrator perceptions of STEM education. Chicago: Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

MANUSCRIPTS UNDER REVIEW

Staus, N. L., Falk, J. H., Price, C. A., Tai, R. H. & Dierking, L. D. (Submitted). Measuring the long- term effects of informal education experiences: Challenges and potential solutions. Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Science Education Research.

5 Greenslit, J., Price, C. A., Malone, T. (Submitted). Aesthetic dissonance: The impact of viewing fine art in a science museum. Journal of Museum Education.

INVITED TALKS

2020 Chicago Museum Exhibitors Group 2020 American Education Research Association Presidential Session, San Francisco (conference cancelled) 2019 University of Illinois at Chicago, Learning Sciences Research Institute 2019 Gordon Conference on Science Visualization, Lewiston, ME 2018 University of Wyoming, School of Teacher Education 2017 University of Illinois at Chicago, Museum Studies 2014, 2015 Do Good Data Conference, Chicago 2014 Northwestern University, Department of Learning Sciences 2011 University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - TALKS

Price, C. A., Greenslit, J. Gloria, S., Harris, N., Quinn, K. A. & Krogh-Jespersen, S. (2020, July). Awe and memories of learning at science and art museums. Paper accepted for presentation at STEM2020, the Sixth International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC. (Conference Canceled)

Price, C. A., Fry, E., Greenslit, J. & Ysasi Tavan, G. (2020, May). One but not the same: art and science as equitable yet different partners. Paper accepted for presentation at the 2020 Annual Conference of the American Alliance of Museums. (Conference Canceled)

Mroczkowski, A., Harris, N., Skeeles-Worley, A., Price, C. A. (2020, July). Youths’ perceptions of features of a museum-based, science focused, youth development program that create a supportive community context. Paper accepted for presentation at STEM2020, the Sixth International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC. (Conference Canceled)

Skeeles-Worley, A., Price, C. A., Tai, R., Mroczkowski, A. (2020, July). Longitudinal study of museum-based adolescent development program on college persistence and interest in STEM. Paper accepted for presentation at STEM2020, the Sixth International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC. (Conference Canceled)

Price, C. A. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) Culture and Equity in Whole-School STEM Reform [Structured Poster Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA http://tinyurl.com/y2r69cl8 (Conference Canceled)

Falk, J., Staus, N. L., Maltese, A., Vincent, A., Dierking, L., Shaby, N., Meier, D. Skeeles-Worley, A. & Price, C. A. (2020, March). Measuring the long-term effects of informal education experiences: An interactive research symposium. Paper accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching, Portland, OR. (Conference Canceled)

Price, C. A. (2019, May). Awe and long-term learning in museums. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums in New Orleans, LA.

6 Price, C. A. (2019, April). Measuring emotions in informal settings. Structured poster session proposal accepted at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association conference in Toronto, ON.

Price, C. A. (2018, September). Measuring awe and critical thinking in science centers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Hartford, CT.

Borland, J., Gupta, P., & Price, C. A. (2018, July). Talking about teens: evaluating museum programs that target teens. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association in Chicago, IL.

Price, C. A., Greenslit, J., Anderson, A. & Gean, K. (2018, May). Measuring awe and critical thinking in museums. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Alliance of Museums in Phoenix, AZ.

Price, C. A. & Segovia, G. (2018, April). Measuring perceptions of equity in a museum-based makerspace. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in New York, NY.

Vaishampayan, G. A., Price, C. A., & Chiu, A. (2018, April). Examining museum-based professional development aligned with the next generation science standards. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in New York, NY.

Segovia, G. & Price, C. A. (2017, July). What to do when a pilot study has yielded a null result? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association in Columbus, OH.

Price, C. A. & Kowrach, N. (2017, April). An experimental study of an urban museum-based teacher professional development program’s impact on student achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in San Antonio, TX.

Kares, F. R. & Price, C. A., (2017, April). Science and youth development in a museum-based out-of-school time program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in San Antonio, TX.

Price, C. A., Chiu, A. & Ovrahim, E. (2017, April). Building science leadership: an examination of teacher and administrator perspectives on science education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Antonio, TX.

Price, C. A. (2017, April). Observational methodologies across informal learning spaces. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Antonio, TX.

Benne, M., Garcia-Luis, V., Maldonado, L. & Price, C. A. (2017, July). Leading, influencing, and advocating for organizational change. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association in Indianapolis, IN.

C. A. Price, Kares, F. R. & Segovia, G. (June, 2016). Where are they now? A look at alumni of an urban, science museum-based after school adolescent development program. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Jean Piaget Society in Chicago, IL.

7 Price, C. A. & Kares, F. R. (2016, May). Collecting and analyzing data from sensitive populations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Do Good Data conference in Chicago, IL.

Chiu, A., Price, C. A. & Ovrahim, E. (2016, April). Are we so different? A study of teacher and administrator perceptions of science education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in San Antonio, TX.

Price, C. A. (2015, October). A semi-experimental study of the impact of structured field trip experiences on STEM underserved audiences. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Montreal, Quebec.

Price, C. A., Mayas, R., Dierking, L., McCreedy, D. & Wunar, B. (2015, October). Long term impacts of STEM OST programs on underrepresented youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Montreal, Quebec.

Price, C. A., Pernot, B., Segovia, G. & Gean, K. (2015, April). Engineering attitudes, habits of mind and design awareness in a fab lab maker space summer camp. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in Chicago, IL.

Price, C. A., Wyatt, R. & SubbaRao, M. (2014 October). From gimmick to research: The evolution of stereoscopic visualization. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Raleigh, NC.

Price, C. A. & Lee, H.-S. (July, 2014). Children’s perceptions of scientific objects through 2D vs. stereoscopic presentations in a museum. Paper presented at Third International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC.

Borland, J. & Price, C. A. (2012, April). Getting participants to participate: stimulating interest and involvement among participants in a citizen science initiative. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching.

Price, C. A. & Lee, H.-S. (2011, April). Change in scientific attitudes and beliefs by participants in an astronomical citizen science project. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in Orlando, FL.

Price, C. A. & Lee, H.-S. (2009, April). Exploring the relationship between college students’ categorization of spatial and temporal concepts of scale. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Diego, CA.

Price, C. A. & Lee, H.-S. (2009, April). The effect of two-dimensional and stereoscopic presentation on spatial cognition tasks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Research in Science Teaching in San Diego, CA.

Chang, H. Y, Shen, J., Chiu, J., Clark, G., Menekse, M, D’Angelo, C. … Price, C.A., et al. (2008, June). Improving the design and impact of interactive, dynamic visualizations for science learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in Utrecht, NL.

8 CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS - POSTERS

Applebaum, L., Price, C. A., Foster, A (2020, July). Using collaboration and competition to increase energy literacy in museum guests. Poster accepted for presentation at STEM2020, the Sixth International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC.

Greenslit, J., Price, C. A., Malone, T. (2020, July). Aesthetic dissonance: The impact of viewing fine art in a science museum. Poster accepted for presentation at STEM2020, the Sixth International Conference of STEM in Education in Vancouver, BC.

Price, C. A., Mroczkowski, A., Skeeles-Worley, A. & Tai, R. (2019, September). Developing YOUth! Year Four Results of a Longitudinal Study of STEM Youth Development Program Alumni. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Toronto, Ontario.

Price, C. A., Greenslit, J., Applebaum, L., Quinn, K. & Krogh-Jespersen, S. (2019, April). Awe and epistemic emotions in a science museum. Poster presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Education Research Association conference in Toronto, ON.

Price, C. A. & Vaishampayan, G. A. (2018, September). Motivations and evidence for science center-based teacher education. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Hartford, CT.

Mroczkowski, A., Price, C. A. & Wunar, B. (2018, September). Learning-through-teaching in a STEM-focused youth development program. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Science and Technology Centers in Hartford, CT.

Price, C. A. & Mroczkowski, A. (2018, July). Experience sampling for museum and cultural institutions. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Visitor Studies Association in Chicago, IL.

Vaishampayan, G. A., Price, C. A., Kauffman, K., Messersmitt, P, Rico-Beck, L., & Gane, B. (2018, June). Examining the role of unpacking 3-dimensional teaching and learning in museum-based professional development. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in London, U.K.

Greenslit, J., Price, C.A., Applebaum, L., Segovia, G., Quinn, K., Krogh-Jespersen, S. & Slagel, C. (2018, June). Measuring awe and critical thinking in a science museum. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in London, U.K.

Price, C. A., Skeeles-Worley, A. & Tai, R. (2018, June). A look at the first two years of a 5-year longitudinal study of an OST program’s impact on STEM career interest. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in London, U.K.

Segovia, G., Price, C. A., Greenslit, J. & Ibtasar, R. (2018, June). The impact of a Lego exhibit on awareness of the roles and identities of engineers. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in London, U.K.

Oware, E. & Price, C. A. (2017, April). Observing space in a digital makerspace. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Antonio, TX.

9 Kares, F. R. & Price, C. A. (2017, April). X. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Antonio, TX.

Price, C. A., & Kares, F. (2016, June). Gender differences in STEM career and educational choices of alumni of an urban, museum-based after-school program. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the International Conference of the Learning Sciences in Singapore.

Price, C. A., Foster, G. & Lee, H.-S. (2013, April). Using a text categorization technique for automated scoring of online discourse in a citizen science project. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Education Research Association in San Francisco, CA.