Bruce J. MacFadden is Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida. He has written 200 peer-reviewed publications and a book (Fossil Horses: Systematics, Paleobiology, and Evolution of the Family Equidae, Cambridge, 1992). He was Principal Investigator of fifty NSF grants totaling more than $35 million over the past five decades. Professor MacFadden is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Geological Society of America, and the Paleontological Society. He was President of the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology (1986-88) and President of the Paleontological Society (2018-20). A former NSF Progam Officer (2009-10), he teaches graduate seminars and provides professional development on Broader Impacts.
Preface
1. Introduction - science, STEM, and society
2. NSF and broader impacts
3. Innovation, opportunity, and integration
4. Communication and dissemination
5. Promoting yourself and optimizing impact
6. Collaboration, authorship, and networks
7. Strategic versus curiosity science
8. Know your audience
9. Diversity, equity, and inclusion
10. Mentoring and role models
11. Formal K-12 education and partners
12. Higher education
13. Informal STEM learning in Museums and beyond
14. Public participation and community (citizen) science
15. Computers and cyber impacts
16. Developing a broader impacts plan
17. Project management and sustainability
18. Were you successful? - evaluation and metrics
19. Wrap-up, the future, and broader impacts 3.0
References
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