Crossing boundaries=discovery
Meet the Director Dr. Anne Basham
"The only thing that interferes with my learning is my education." - Albert Einstein
Education has the potential of being transformative by liberating minds, and changing how we engage with and view the world. Earth Teach emerged after some 15 years of developing informal science and art programs aimed at reaching diverse populations, ages and abilities.
Anne received her BA degree in anthropology/science from Indiana University followed by a M.Phil degree in Museum studies from Cambridge University, England where she interned at the Horniman Natural History museum in London. In 2012 she received a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Innovation with a focus on action research and critical pedagogy introducing citizen science in an English language classroom serving adult immigrants and refugees. Anne later worked for five years as an educational coordinator at the Arizona State University Museum of Natural History where she was involved in the development of community outreach programs serving K-12, adult literacy programs, English language learners, and seniors. In 2014 she was involved in developing an interactive discovery center at the museum's new location in Tempe for the purpose of connecting the public with university collections. In that position she was also involved in the development and integration of augmented reality learning tools called the Libraries of Life. The app was utilized by museums across the country as a public education and outreach tool for collection-based museum events. Other projects involved public outreach campaigns with a focus on several endangered butterfly species as well as invasive species in partnership with the USDA. Anne also has experience in the classroom having taught high school biology and anthropology serving high risk students in a high school to college bridge program for the past six years.
Anne is a writer, consultant, and educator and as founder of Earth Teach Outreach will continue to advocate education that promotes and inspires creative critical thinkers and compassionate changemakers.
