Darwin Bicentennial Project





Organizations promoting science education:


Massachusetts Association of Biology Teachers
Massachusetts Association of Science Teachers
National Science Teacher's Association
National Association of Biology Teachers
American Association for the Advancement of Science


Advisory Committee:

  • Prof. Janet Browne (Darwin biographer, History of Science, Harvard U)
  • Connie Chow (Science Club for Girls)
  • John Dee (former CEO, Hypnion Corp.)
  • Dr. Frank Davis (President, TERC)
  • Prof. John Durant (Director, MIT Museum)
  • Prof. David Housman (Cancer Center, MIT)
  • Prof. Jonathan King (Dept of Biology, MIT)
  • Prof. Melissa Kosinski-Collins (Dept of Biology, Brandeis U.)
  • Prof. Kenneth Miller (Dept of Biology, Brown University)
  • Dr. Ishara Mills-Henry (Dept. of Biology, Harvard U)
  • Prof. Jacqueline Piret (Dept of Microbiology, Northeastern U.)
  • Dr. Rich Roberts (Nobel Laureate, CSO of New England Biolabs)
  • Dr. Steve Raso (Research Scientist, Wyeth).

Organizational auspices:

The Darwin Bicentennial Project is organized under the auspices of the Citizens for Public Schools, a public charity incorporated in Massachusetts with offices at 18 Tremont Street, Suite 320, Boston, MA 02108. The mission of CPS is to educate and advocate for excellence and equity in public education. Citizens for Public Schools is recognized as a not-for-profit organization operating under the 502c3 standard of the U.S. Internal Revenue Service.

CPS Board of Directors:

Steven Backman
Rosanne Bacon Meade
Sheila Decter
Paul Dunphy
Barbara Fields, Co-President
Mary Frantz
Dan French
Ellie Goldberg
Tom Gosnell
Lisa Guisbond
Mary Ann Hardenbergh
Julie Johnson, Vice President
Sumner Kaplan
Kathy Kelley
Jackie King
Jonathan King, Treasurer
Holly Lockwood
Jean McGuire
Jesse Mermell
Ann O'Halloran
Monty Neill
Paul Parnagian
Stanley Pollack
Becky Richardson
Ruth Rodriguez Fay, Co-President
Patrick A. Schettini, Jr.
Norma Shapiro
Richard Stutman
Paul Toner
Anne Wass
Terry Yoffie