Principal Researcher
Reimagine Research Group, United States
Jill Stein is Founder and Principal Researcher of Reimagine Research Group, based in Corvallis, OR, and has been doing audience research and program evaluation since 2004. She has worked with a broad range of cultural and educational organizations, including science museums and centers, cultural heritage and history museums, Tribal museums, historic sites, art museums, and children’s museums, as well as in K-12 and higher education settings. Her focus areas include the role that culture plays in learning, evaluation practices that attend to equity and inclusion, and partnerships between tribal and non-tribal organizations. In collaboration with Dr. Shelly Valdez of Native Pathways (Laguna, NM), Ms. Stein has led evaluation and research on numerous projects funded by NSF, NASA and IMLS around bringing together Indigenous knowledge and western science, engaging Native youth in STEM through their cultural knowledge systems, and building awareness and capacity for non-Native educators and museum professionals to engage in respectful, sustainable partnerships with tribal communities. Ms. Stein has a Master’s degree in Folklore and Anthropology with an emphasis on Museum Studies from Indiana University, Bloomington, and is a PhD candidate in Applied Anthropology at Oregon State University. She also serves on the Board as past president for the Visitor Studies Association.
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