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NASA Education Program - Informal Education
 
NASA Informal Education seeks to enhance the capabilities of individuals and the informal education communities. It provides access to NASA staff, research, technology, information and facilities; offers professional development opportunities for informal science educators; and facilitates collaborative partnerships between the informal and formal education communities. The informal education communities include but are not limited to amateur astronomy groups, after-school programs, libraries, museums, science centers, planetariums, zoos, aquaria and community groups.

NASA's Informal Education activities on and off NASA facilities also provide stimulating experiences for science, technology, engineering and mathematics learning. These experiences are offered to individuals of all ages who seek knowledge about NASA or to enrich their lives outside the directed learning of a classroom.

For more information about opportunities in informal education, please contact the NASA Informal Education leader listed below who works at a NASA center close to where you live or work. States, regions, territories or counties that each center often serves are listed below to help you make a connection, or simply contact the NASA center of your choice.

Office of Education

Ms. Mary F. Sladek, MGA
Outcome Manager for Informal Education
Mail Code NE020
NASA Headquarters
Washington, DC 20546-0001
Phone: 202-358-0861
Fax: 202-358-7097
Email: Mary.F.Sladek@nasa.gov

Note: if you are looking to make a general inquiry to NASA please follow the instructions within the Ask NASA section.


Alaska, Northern California (southern-most counties of Inyo, Kings, Monterey, Tulare), Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming

Mr. Brenden Sanborn
Informal Education Program Manager
Office of Education and Public Engagement
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000
Phone: 650-604-6662
Fax: 650-604-0978
Email: Brenden.Sanborn@nasa.gov


Ms. Cara E. Dodge
Informal Education Deputy Program Manager
NASA Ames Research Center
Moffett Field, CA 94035
Phone: 650-604-4758
Email: Cara.Dodge@nasa.gov


California

Ms. Anita Sohus
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena,CA 91109-8099
Phone: 818-354-6613
Fax: 818-393-4977
Email: Anita.M.Sohus@jpl.nasa.gov


California (Arizona, Southern California (northern-most counties of Kern, San Bernardino, San Luis Obispo)

Ms. Cecilia Cordova
Informal Education Officer
NASA Dryden Flight Research Center
P.O. Box273, MS.4839
Edwards, CA 93523
Phone: 661-276-3266
Fax: 661-265-9548
Email: Cecilia.F.Cordova@nasa.gov


Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin

Ms. Stephanie Brown-Houston
Education Program Specialist
Educational Programs Office
NASA Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field
21000 Brookpark Road
Cleveland, OH 44135
Phone: 216-433-8006
Fax: 216-433-3344
Email: sdbrown-houston@nasa.gov


Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennslyvania, Rhode Island, Vermont

Dr. Trena Ferrell
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
8800 Greenbelt Road
Code 160.0
Greenbelt, MD 20771 -0001
Phone: 301-286-4495
Fax: 301-286-1655
Email: Trena.M.Ferrell@nasa.gov


Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas

Ms. Carla A. Santiago
Lead, Informal Education Strategic Partnerships
NASA Johnson Space Center
Office of Education
2101 NASA Parkway
Houston, TX 77058
Phone: 281-483-7150
Fax: 281-483-3789
Email: Carla.A.Santiago@nasa.gov


Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

Ms. Cheryl Johnson
Program Specialist
NASA Kennedy Space Center
Mail Code XA-D1
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
Phone: 321-867-4602
Fax: 321-867-2094
Email: Cheryl.M.Johnson@nasa.gov


Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia

Ms. Ivelisse Gilman
Informal Education Manager
NASA Langley Research Center
Mail Stop 400
Hampton, VA 23681-2199
Phone: 757-864-5036
Fax: 757-864-6333
Email: Ivelisse.R.Gilman@nasa.gov


Virginia and Maryland's Eastern Shores

Mr. Keith Koehler
Public Affairs Specialist
Wallops Flight Facility
Wallops Island, VA 23337
Phone: 757-824-1579
Email: Keith.A.Koehler.1@gsfc.nasa.gov


Alabama, Arkansas, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee

Dr. Susan A. Currie
Education Specialist
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mail Code HS30
Marshall Space Flight Center, AL 35812
Phone: 256-544-3629
Fax: 256-544-2511
Email: Susan.Currie@nasa.gov

Ms. Tammy B. Rowan
Academic Affairs Manager
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Mail Code HS30
Huntsville, AL 35812
Phone: 256-961-0954
Fax: 256-544-7968
Email: Tammy.Rowan@nasa.gov


Louisiana, Mississippi

Ms. Joy Smith
Informal Education Officer
NASA Stennis Space Center
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529
Phone: 228-688-2118
Fax: 228-688-6236
Email: Joy.L.Smith@nasa.gov

 
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