Paul Grobstein is a distinguished leader in science education.  His influence and ingenuity have enabled many students, faculty, public educators and others to become engaged with what the philosopher Alfred North Whitehead called the ‘great conversation.’ For Paul this conversation becomes the act of telling and revising stories with the view to refining both what we know and how we think about how we learn and what we know.  Co-founder of SERENDIP, long-time advocate for and activist in improving K-12 science education, and collaborator on many science reform initiatives, Paul is committed to helping to ‘bring about significant changes in how science is seen and made use of in culture at large.’

As a SENCER Leadership Fellow, Paul plans to help develop a new SENCER courses at Bryn Mawr, form new collaborations and consult with faculty at other institutions, and help the SENCER national office design strategies to increase communication and disseminate resources that support significant change.

Paul was elected to the inaugural class of Leadership Fellows in July 2008.