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Dr. Kenneth Russell Roy has been a science educator, K–12 administrator, and safety compliance officer for more than 48 years. In addition, he has a large number of experiences as an author and editor, with more than 300 published articles and 9 books dealing with laboratory safety. He has served in numerous leadership positions for state, national, and international science education organizations. He presently serves as the Director of Environmental Health and Chemical Safety for Glastonbury Public Schools (Glastonbury, CT). He concurrently serves as Chief Science Safety Compliance Adviser for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and Safety Compliance Officer for the National Science Education Leadership Association (NSELA). Dr. Roy is also an independent safety compliance consultant and advisor working for professional organizations, school districts, magnet schools, insurance companies, textbook publishers, state departments of education and other organizations dealing with safety and science/technology and engineering education issues. He specializes in working with science and technology and engineering education departments in K–12 schools relative to science labs, STEM labs, Fab Labs and makerspaces safety compliance issues; e.g. site designs, MOCK-OSHA inspections for existing facilities, safety plan development, employee safety training, etc. He serves as an expert witness in legal cases involving K–12 laboratory accidents.
Dr. Roy earned a bachelor’s degree in science in 1968 and a master’s degree in 1974, both from Central Connecticut State University, and doctorate in 1985 from the University of Connecticut. In addition, he received a diploma in professional education from the University of Connecticut in 1981 and a Certificate of Instruction as an authorized OSHA instructor from the Keene State College OSHA Extension School.
Dr. Roy is a past chairperson of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Safety Advisory Board. He is an NSTA author and safety columnist. He has served as president and executive director of the National Science Education Leadership Association. He also was the North American Representative for
eight years and chairperson of the safety committee
for the International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE).
Dr. Love is an assistant professor of Elementary/Middle grades STEM Education at Penn State University, Harrisburg. From 2015-2018 he was a tenured associate professor and coordinator of Technology and Engineering Education at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) in Princess Anne, MD. In 2016 he was appointed to serve on the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Science Safety Advisory Board. He received his doctorate in curriculum and instruction, with a concentration in Integrative STEM Education from Virginia Tech in 2015. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction, and graduate certificates in Integrative STEM Education and Higher Education Administration from Virginia Tech. His bachelor’s degree is in technology education from UMES.
Upon graduation from UMES, he taught technology education in the Maryland Public School System, and served as the Vice President of Student Affairs for the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Maryland (TEEAM). He has served as an assessment item writer for the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA), helped author the ITEEA Standards for Technological and Engineering Literacy (2020), and help revise state Technology and Engineering standards in Maryland (2016) and Pennsylvania (2021). Tyler has presented at numerous conferences and published an array of journal articles regarding tort law, liability, and safer practices within science, technology, and engineering education laboratories, makerspaces, and Fab Labs. From 2016-2021 he served as the editor of the Safety Spotlight articles for ITEEA's flagship journal, The Technology and Engineering Teacher.