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Sylvia James

February 5, 2020 by dawn

Deputy Assistant Director, Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR)
NSF

Sylvia M. James is currently the Deputy Assistant Director of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR). The mission of EHR is to “…provide the research foundation to develop a diverse, STEM literate public and workforce ready to advance the frontiers of science and engineering for society.” As the Deputy Assistant Director, she oversees aspects of directorate program development, staffing, performance management, and internal and external communications.

Prior to assuming this role in January 2017, she served as the Director of the Division of Human Resource Development (HRD). As Division Director, she managed a $148 million budget and a talented team of scientific and administrative staff. During her 15 year tenure at NSF, she has served as the Acting Division Director of the Division of Human Resource Development, Acting Director and Acting Deputy Division Director of the Division of Research on Learning in Formal and Informal
Settings, Lifelong Learning Cluster Coordinator, and Lead Program Director/Program Director for several EHR programs including ISE, ITEST, ATE, ASCEND, and AYS.

James currently serves as the Co-Chair of the Federal Coordination in STEM (FC-STEM) Broadening Participation Interagency Working Group and was a member of the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Student Science Enrichment Program (SSEP) Advisory Committee from 2012-2016. She has served as an education consultant for science education radio, youth publications, and museums and an adjunct science faculty member. James holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology from Loyola University, a Master of Science degree from Johns Hopkins University, and a Doctorate in Science Education from Morgan State University, all located in Baltimore, Maryland.

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under Grant No. DUE-1930047. Any opinions, findings, interpretations, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of its authors and do not represent the views of the AAAS Board of Directors, the Council of AAAS, AAAS’ membership or the National Science Foundation.

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