CCMS Faculty
CCMS Director
Jo Ellen Roseman, director of Project 2061, has been involved in the design, testing, and dissemination of Project 2061's science literacy reform tools since 1989. She participated in the development of Benchmarks for Science Literacy, which describes specific K-12 learning goals, and led Project 2061's evaluative studies of science and mathematics textbooks. She holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from Johns Hopkins University.
CCMS Associate Director
George E. DeBoer, deputy director of Project 2061, joined the staff from the Division of Elementary, Secondary, and Informal Science Education of the National Science Foundation. He has also been a professor of education at Colgate University since 1991. Dr. DeBoer's primary research interests lie in clarifying the goals of the science curriculum, analyzing the history of science education, and analyzing the many meanings of scientific literacy. He has written extensively on these topics and holds a Ph.D. in science education from Northwestern University.
