Professional Learning Opportunities through International Exchanges: The Fulbright Specialist Program

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell, Ed.M. is the Senior Advisor for Informal STEM Learning at the Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC), where he was the Project Director and Principal Investigator of the Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education (CAISE) from 2010-2023. Prior to that Jamie held a variety of leadership positions in the informal STEM education field, including in youth programming and museum exhibit development at the Exploratorium, teacher professional learning at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Science Media Group, and as a consultant on science center exhibit development with TERC. Jamie also spent 3 years in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia developing a Center of Learning at Petrosains: The Discovery Center. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and Harvard Universities and is a 2021 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Fellow in education, and a member of the NASEM Standing Committee on Advancing Science Communication. Jamie recently served as a Fulbright Specialist with the Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw, Poland, and enjoys continuing to learn from the rich, innovative work of science centers  and museums throughout the world.