By Anthony (Bud) Rock As the May/June 2017 edition of Dimensions goes to press, I will be completing my tenure as ASTC’s president and CEO. It has been an honor to serve the ASTC community for nearly eight years. In 2009, ASTC entrusted me with the responsibility to help promote the work of science centers... Read More
This article originally appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Dimensions magazine. The biggest misconception about science centers that I would like to correct is the idea that a science center is a place for children only. Many people associate interactivity with “for children.” Many adults see the interaction with an exhibit as playing and... Read More
Interviewed by Andrea Appleton This interview appeared in the May/June 2017 issue of Dimensions magazine. The evidence is conclusive: the planet is warming and humans are to blame. But there are still those, some in powerful positions, who don’t believe in climate change. Yet Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication,... Read More
We asked ASTC members to send us their best photos of 2016—compelling images that portray their missions in action and the work we do in science centers and museums. Please find a selection of these photos below. Read More
Interviewed by Leah Shepherd This interview appeared in the 2016 year-in-review issue of Dimensions magazine. In her role as vice president and chief of staff to the CEO at Adobe, as well as a board member at the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California, Gloria Chen is passionate about inspiring the next generation... Read More
Interviewed by Joelle Seligson This interview appeared in the 2016 year-in-review issue of Dimensions magazine. The United States’ most produced living playwright brings stories of science into the spotlight. Lauren Gunderson first married science and the stage in Background, a production that journeys back through the life of a cosmologist and through time itself. She’s... Read More
IN THIS ISSUE Special Edition In 2001, ASTC’s Board launched a fieldwide Equity and Diversity Initiative in an effort to lead science centers toward a future in which their audience, staff, and board members more closely reflect the diversity of their societies. Since that time, we have made progress as a field on the path... Read More
This is an extended version of an article that appeared in a special edition of Dimensions magazine on equity, diversity, and inclusion. The majority of countries in the world have seen a rise in immigration since the beginning of this century. Between 2000 and 2013, the number of international migrants increased in 165 countries or... Read More
By Anthony (Bud) Rock In a special edition of Dimensions magazine, we are exploring the many aspects of diversity in the activities of our science centers and museums worldwide. We refer, in particular, to the importance of “cultural competence,” defined as “a process of lifelong learning [that] results in knowledge, skills, behaviors, and attitudes that... Read More
Interviewed by Joelle Seligson This interview appeared in a special edition of Dimensions magazine on equity, diversity, and inclusion. Having been part of the ASTC Equity and Diversity Committee for much of its history, outgoing committee chair Ann Fumarolo has seen the difference equity and diversity initiatives can make. Fumarolo, who serves as president and... Read More
