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Director,COSEE SouthEast S.C. Sea Grant Consortium 287 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401 P: 843.953.2078 F: 843.953.2080 E: lundie.spence@scseagrant.org

Education

• Ph.D., Science Education, North Carolina State University
• M.S., Biological Sciences, Florida State University
• B.A., Biology, Mary Baldwin College

Research Interests

The role of translating ocean sciences to the public and to educators has defined my career through almost three decades of working in NC Sea Grant and SC Sea Grant marine education. My goal is to bring the science of the coast and ocean world and the latest research into the grasp of teachers. I have been particularly interested in experiential educational strategies used in professional development of educators. Through my association with SEACOOS (South East Atlantic Coastal Ocean Observing System), I have seen the need to develop better strategies to transfer exciting technologies and relevant monitoring system information through the web to educators. Developing better access and higher attraction to the ocean sciences for underrepresented and underserved populations is not only a major objective of COSEE SE, but also holds great interest to me. In all of my endeavors, the importance of partnerships and friendships in education is reconfirmed.

Selected Publications

Spence, L., B. Schaeffer, C. Thomas, T. Hathaway, M. Olsen. (2006). Coastal Ocean Technology Transfer to Educators. Marine Technology Society Journal. Pag. 78-82.

Chandler, Karen and L. Spence (editors). 2005. Proceedings: Multicultural Pathways to Ocean Sciences.  SC Sea Grant and COSEE SE. Web: http://www.scseagrant.org/se-cosee/assets/cosee_charrette.pdf

Spence, L. and C. Thomas, 2004. “The Ocean Sciences and Education” Proceedings of the Conference on K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments. Ed. D.G. Haase and S.K. Schulze. The Science House, NCSU, Raleigh, NC

Spence, L 2003 Oceanography and Remote Sensing for Education.Current: The Journal of Marine Education.  Vol. 19(1)2

Spence, L and David G. Haase.2003. Inquiry for Curriculum Developers: How to Design Web-Based Lessons from Satellite Data Sources. Current: The Journal of Marine Education. Vol. 19(1)6-11.

Spence, L (1998) “NMEA and Sea Grant Education Connections” Current: Journal of Marine Education

Spence, L. and S. Burk. 1997. “Fran: The Science Behind the Storm and Lessons Learned Curriculum Guide:   NC Sea Grant Publication. 16 pgs.

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