Darlene Cavalier

Biography

Darlene Cavalier is a professor of practice at Arizona State University’s Center for Engagement and Training, part of the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. Professor Cavalier is the founder of SciStarter, founder of Science Cheerleader, and cofounder of ECAST: Expert and Citizen Assessment of Science and Technology. She is a founding board member of the Citizen Science Association, a senior advisor at Discover Magazine, and a member of the EPA’s National Advisory Council for Environmental Policy and Technology and was appointed to the National Academy of Sciences “Designing Citizen Science to Support Science Learning” committee.  She is the co-editor of “The Rightful Place of Science: Citizen Science” (ASU 2016; available on Amazon.com) and the author of “The Science of Cheerleading” (available on iTunes). She resides in Philadelphia, PA with her husband and their four children.