Mary Ann Steiner

University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments Doctoral program in Learning Sciences and Policy, Fall 2007- Present
University of Minnesota, St Paul & Minneapolis, MN
Masters of Education, Youth Development Leadership, 2003
Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting, minor in chemistry, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, 1986

Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, PA

Director Center for Lifelong Science Learning 2010-present
Lead the development and implementation of on and off site education and exhibition programs for the natural history museum, including the Center for Life Long Science Learning in partnership with learning science researchers, scientists, community organizations and public audiences.

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

Graduate Researcher for University of Pittsburgh Center for Learning in Out of School Environments (UPCLOSE) 2007-present

National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia

Program Director for Informal Science Education in the Directorate for Education and Human Resources through the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA)

Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota

Director Youth Science Center 1996-2007. Led the development and implementation of a youth and community science-learning program serving approx 120 youth a year, thousands of children and families in through activities in community settings, and hundreds of community-based youth program staff through training.
Youth and Community Programs Manager 1988-1995. Established and managed a series of youth and community programs that laid the groundwork for the Youth Science Center internally and in local community.

Reich, C., Price, J., Rubin, E., & Steiner, M. (2009). Inclusion, Disabilities, and Informal Science Learning. A   CAISE Inquiry Group Report. Washington, D.C.: Center for Advancement of Informal Science Education(CAISE).
DiSalvo, C., Coupland, J., Louw, M. & Steiner M. (2009). Local issues, local uses: Tools for robotics and sensing in community contexts. Paper presented at the ACM Creativity & Cognition Conference, Berkeley, CA.
VeLure Roholt, R., M. Baizerman, and M.A. Steiner, Museum Development, Youth Development: Examples from a Flourishing Site. Museum Ireland 12, 48-56, 2002.
Velure Roholt, R. and M.A. Steiner, ” Not Your Average Workplace: -the Youth Science Center, Science Museum of Minnesota. Curator 48/2, 1541-1577, April 2005.

US-China Science Center Forum, Beijing 2010, Inclusion, Disabilities and Informal Science Learning
ASTC presentation 2004, Measuring Success in Museum Youth Programs
Northern Ireland Discussion facilitator 2004, Youth Work in Contested Spaces
Irish Museum Association pre-conference workshop 2003 Youth and Museums ASTC presentations 2001, Enriching Lives, Youth + Science = Learning
ASTC presentations 2000, Putting Good Ideas into Practice, After School Clubs