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Olga Pierrakos
James Madison University
Olga Pierrakos is currently a Program Officer in the Division of Undergraduate Education at the National Science Foundation which is in the Directorate of Education and Human Resources. Olga is also a founding faculty member and associate professor of the Department of Engineering Education at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Her scholarly areas of expertise include diversity and inclusion, sustainable design, cardiovascular fluid mechanics, active learning pedagogies, engineering identity, motivation of student learners, faculty engagement, assessment, mixed-methods approaches, sustainable energy systems, etc. Olga and her husband have three amazing boys, who she cannot get enough of.
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My Interest in ASCN: Olga Pierrakos part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Member Profiles
Profile page for Olga Pierrakos, an engineering associate professor and founding faculty member at James Madison University, detailing her prior work in organizational change within STEM education, her role as an NSF program officer, and her interest in the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) for sustaining and transferring educational innovations.
My Interest in ASCN: Olga Pierrakos part of Accelerating Systemic Change Network:Events:Meetings and Conferences:Workshop: July 2016:Participant Profiles
Participant profile page detailing Olga Pierrakos' involvement in the Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN), her prior work in engineering education and organizational change at James Madison University, and her perspectives on contributing to and benefiting from systemic change initiatives in STEM higher education.