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ANNETTE S. LEE Aslee17@Gmail.Com Aslee@Stcloudstate.Edu ANNETTE S. LEE [email protected] [email protected] CURRENT POSITIONS Associate Professor – Physics and Astronomy St. Cloud, Minnesota, US College of Science and Engineering August 2009-Present St. Cloud State University Adjunct Associate Professor - Centre for Astrophysics Brisbane, Queensland, Australia School of Agricultural, Computational & Environmental Sciences August 2018-Present University of Southern Queensland Professional Visual Artist Minneapolis, Minnesota, US M.F.A., Painting, 2000 1987-Present EDUCATION University of the Western Cape Cape Town, South Africa Ph.D., Physics and Astronomy March 2020 • Research Interests: Interdisciplinary STEM, Indigenous STEM, Astronomy Education Research, Cultural Astronomy, Community Based Research/Programming, Public Outreach, Science Education Dissertation “The Effects on Student Knowledge and Engagement When Using a Culturally Responsive Framework to teach ASTR101” Washington University St. Louis, Missouri M.S., Astrophysics May 2008 Yale University School of Art New Haven, Connecticut M.F.A., Painting May 2000 University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, Illinois B.F.A., Art May 1998 University of California Berkeley, California B.S., Applied Mathematics May 1992 EXHIBITIONS 2019 (current project) One Sky Many Worlds-Voices in Indigenous Astronomy, International Traveling Exhibit, National Science Museum of Canada-Ingenium in partnership with Nomad Exhibitions, Co-curator and Indigenous Design Advisor, opening May 2022 2019 Chicago’s Night Sky, Annette S. Lee, et al., Adler Planetarium, Chicago, IL-permanent exhibit 2019 Our Home Native Minnesota, Annette S. Lee, et al., Minnesota History Center, St. Paul, MN- permanent exhibit 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Paramount Gallery, St. Cloud, MN 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Two Rivers Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 1 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Lyric Center for the Arts, First Stage Gallery, Virginia, MN 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Goodhue Historical Center, Red Wing., MN 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., White Earth Tribal College Gallery, Mahnomen MN 2018 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Miikanan Gallery, Bemidji, MN 2017 One Sky-Many Astronomies, Indigenous Astronomy Exhibit, National Science Museum of Canada-Ingenium, permanent exhibit, lead curator and lead artist 2017 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., Perpich Center for the Arts Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2017 Native Skywatchers-Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al., All My Relations Gallery, Minneapolis, MN 2016 Native Skywatchers, Annette S. Lee, et al., Macrostie Gallery, Grand Rapids, MN 2016 Native Skywatchers, Annette S. Lee, W. Wilson, Milaca Arts Center, Milaca, MN 2016 Native Skywatchers, Annette S. Lee, W.Wilson, Whitney Senior Center, St. Cloud, MN 2015 Native Skywatchers Earth Sky Connections, Annette S. Lee, et al. & Arts Learning Participants, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, MN 2015 Native Skywatchers Reach for the Art in the Sky: Annette S. Lee et al., Ziibiwing Cultural & Lifeways Center, Mt. Pleasant, MI 2015 Identity: Expressing & Embracing Show, St. Cloud State Univ.-Women’s Center, Paramount Art Center, St. Cloud, MN 2014 (permanent collection) Makoce Wicanhpi Wowapi (D/Lakota Sky Star Map) Tweed Museum, Duluth, Minnesota 2014 Native Skywatchers Reach for the Art in the Sky: Annette S. Lee & W. Wilson, Duluth Art Institute, MN 2014 Native Skywatchers- Reach for the Art in the Sky: Annette S. Lee & W. Wilson, Mille Lacs Indian Museum, Onamia, MN 2013 Native Skywatchers – Ojibwe & Dakota Star Paintings, MCC Gallery, Berkeley, CA 2013 Membership Show, Depot Great Hall, Duluth, MN 2012 Arrowhead Regional Biennial, Steffl Gallery, Duluth, MN 2012 Artistic Duluth, Steffl Gallery, Duluth, MN 2012 Mahpiyato K’a Maka -Dakota Earth-Sky Relationships at Wakan Tipi, Gordon Parks Gallery, St. Paul, MN 2012 Our Lives, Our Stories, Our Identities, St. Cloud, MN 2012 Duluth Art Institute Annual Membership Exhibition, Great Hall Gallery, Duluth, MN 2013 Duluth Art Institute Annual Membership Exhibition, Great Hall Gallery, Duluth, MN 2011 Art Traditions of the Anishinaabe, Madeline Island Museum Gallery, Madeline Is., MN 2011 University Program Board Juried Exhibit, Atwood Gallery, St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN 2012 University Program Board Juried Exhibit, Atwood Gallery, St. Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN 2010 American Indian Art Scholarship Exhibit, Kruk Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Superior, WI 2011 American Indian Art Scholarship Exhibit, Kruk Gallery, Univ. of Wisconsin, Superior, WI 2010 Cultural Perspectives: My Home, Your Home, Our Home, Performing Arts Gallery, Burnsville, MN 2008 Medicine Dream Journeys: Paintings and Drawings, Arton Water Gallery, Northfield, MN 2008 Horse Redux, Blue Iris Gallery, Duluth, MN 2007 Native Skywatchers: The Artist & the Scientist, American Astronomical Society Meeting, Honolulu, HI 2007 Solo show, Beings of Light and Air, Blue Iris Gallery, Duluth, MN 2 2005 Group show, The Art of Peace – Every day, Cocos to Geaux, Duluth, MN 2004 Group show, Seven Deadly Sins: Pride and Humility, Duluth Art Inst., Duluth, MN 2003 A Road Less Traveled: Painter/Scientist Annette S. Lee Rides Confidently on Horseback Through the Intersection of Art and Science, interview by P. Virtucio, Duluth News Tribune, Duluth, MN SELECTED GRANTS AND HONORS Intl. Astron. Union (IAU) Advisory Committee - Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion 2019-current American Astronomical Society (AAS) Shapley Lecturer 2019-current AUS Embassy Scholar, University of Southern Queensland, Centre for Astrophysics 2018 American Astronomical Society Education and Professional Development Grant 2018 Distinguished Lecturer, Archaeological Institute of America, Webster Lectureship 2018-2019 Faculty Improvement Grant, “Digital Storytelling in STEM”, St. Cloud State University 2015, 2017 Cultural Diversity Grant, “Interdisciplinary STEM”, St. Cloud State Univ. 2017 NASA-MN Space Grant Funding, Research, Course & Educator Workshop 2009-2016 Minnesota State Arts Board-Arts Learning Grant 2014-2017 Minnesota State Arts Board-Arts Touring Grant 2016-2018 Travel Award, International Astronomical Union General Assembly 2015 Denison Visiting Professorship Award, Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan 2015-2017 Faculty Research Grant, Dissemination Dakota Star Knowledge, St. Cloud State University 2013 University Research Grant, Ojibwe Star Knowledge Book, St. Cloud State University 2009, 2013 Women’s Foundation of Minnesota, Native Skywatchers and Girls Best Planning Grant 2012-2103 Bush Foundation Fellowship Award, Native Skywatchers Research & Programming 2012-2104 North Star STEM Alliance, Native Skywatchers Outreach & Presentations 2009 - 2012 New Researcher Award, St. Cloud State University, MN 2011 MN State Arts Board, Cultural Community Partnership Award, MN 2011 - 2012 Invited Attendee 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates in Physics, Lindau, Germany 2008 Olin Fellowship for Women, Graduate School, Washington University, 2007 Travel Fellowship, Washington University, St. Louis, MO 2005 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship 2003-2006 NASA - MN Space Grant Consortium Representative 2003 Schoelkopf Traveling Fellowship, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT 1999 RECENT INVITED TALKS Canadian Space Agency-Women in Space Conference, Keynote Speaker, Saint-Hubert, Quebec, Canada 2020 American Physical Society, Conference for Women in Physics, Univ. of Minnesota, Invited Speaker 2020 Stars over Wiikwemkoong, Manitoulin Island, Assiginack, Ontario, Canada, Invited Speaker 2020 Sophia Centre for Cosmology in Culture Conference, “Stories of Sky”, Lampeter, Wales, Invited Speaker 2020 American Astronomical Society (AAS) 234th Meeting, Plenary-Invited Speaker, St. Louis, Missouri 2019 Am. Assoc. for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Dialogue on Science, Ethics & Religion, Invited Talk 2019 Adler Planetarium, Webster Distinguished Lecturer IAI, Invited Talk, Chicago, Illinois 2019 Minnesota Geoscience Teachers Conference, Keynote Speaker, Minneapolis, Minnesota 2019 Invited Speaker, International Expert Meeting, Astronomical Heritage & Sacred Places, Gran Canaria, Spain 2018 Invited Colloquium Speaker, Department of Astronomy University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2018 Keynote Speaker, Maamwizing Indigenous Conference, Laurentian University, Sudbury, Ontario 2018 Keynote Speaker, Environmental Education Association of Oregon, Portland, Oregon 2018 Invited Speaker, Public Talk, US Embassy Scholar, Univ. of Southern Queensland, National Science Week 2018 Invited Colloquium Speaker, US Embassy Scholar, Univ. of Southern Queensland, Centre for Astrophysics 2018 Invited Speaker, American Indian/Alaskan Native Working Group Lead, NASA Science Mission Directorate 2018 Invited Speaker, NASA Office of Education, Minority University Research & Education Project (MUREP) 2017 3 SYNERGISTIC COLLABORATIONS 2020 - current Co-designer for indigenous star map collaborative project, “Mi’kmaq Star Map”, partnership with Carola Knockwood, Executive Director, Mi’kmaq Kina’matnewey, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada 2019-current Indigenous Astronomy Consultant and Guest Speaker, collaborative work
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