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Place of Birth: Glendale, California, United States
About Jeff Weld
- Jeffrey "Jeff" Weld (born August 17, 1960, Glendale, California) is Executive Director for the Iowa Governor's STEM Advisory Council, a post he's occupied since its launch in 2011.
- Additionally, on September 23, 2019 Dr.
- Weld completed 21 months of national service as STEM Education Policy Consultant for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, on leave from Iowa STEM through 2018 to be Senior Policy Advisor and Assistant Director leading the production of America's Strategic Plan for STEM Education published on December 4, 2018, and part-time through 2019 to consult on Federal implementation of the Plan.
- He is on extended leave from a faculty position in the Department of Biology at the University of Northern Iowa (UNI) in Cedar Falls, Iowa.Weld is a prolific author, focused on surmounting impediments to high quality science teaching.
- His latest publication, the book Creating a STEM Culture for Teaching and Learning (NSTA Press), examines all aspects of the nation's STEM (science-technology-engineering-mathematics) movement.
- A decorated former educator, Weld was named Ciba-Geigy 1993 Life Science Teacher of the Year in Iowa, Pella Corporation's Focus on Teaching Excellence award in 1994, and in 1995 a National Access Excellence Fellowship by the Genentech corporation.
- The National Association of Biology Teachers named Weld the National Collegiate Biology Teacher of The Year for four-year institutions in 2007.
- In 2013, the Iowa Academy of Science bestowed upon Weld the Outstanding Service award and his alma mater, the University of Iowa recognized Weld with the College of Education's Alumni Accomplishment Honor.
- In 2014, he received a STEM Champion award from the Triangle Coalition.
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