Tucson Educator honored at the U.S. Department of Energy and MIT Energy Initiative Symposium

DaNel Hogan receives Education Leadership Award

The Office of the Pima County School Superintendent is pleased to announce the achievement of DaNel Hogan. Hogan was honored today at the annual C3E Women in Clean Energy Symposium in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This Symposium is a collaborated effort between the MIT Energy Initiative (MITEI) and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) which honored nine remarkable women celebrating their leadership in specific areas.

“DOE’s C3E Initiative, in strong partnership with MIT and other universities, brings together women at all stages of their careers,” said Melanie Kenderdine, Director of the Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis and Energy Counselor to the Secretary at the U.S. Department of Energy. By supporting and highlighting the achievements of women at mid-career, we are inspiring and investing in women at the earliest stages of their clean energy careers at the same time we are developing senior leaders for the future.”

DaNel Hogan was selected as this year’s recipient of the Education Leadership award. She is the Director of The STEMAZing Project in the Office of the Pima County School Superintendent. Hogan provides hands-on professional development opportunities that engages Pre-K–12th grade educators. She also created the popular STEMAZing Newsletter featuring science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) based projects and tips to over 1,000 subscribers and facilitates outreach programs within Arizona on the topics of water and energy.

Previously, Hogan served as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy, where she led outreach on the Energy Literacy Framework, an effort involving 13 federal agencies and thousands of experts. She continues to serve on the Teacher Advisory Board for the National Energy Education Development Project.

For more information on The STEMAZing Project visit STEMAZing.org.

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