Roberta Dean

Roberta Dean has been in the field of ocean science education for the past 30 years.  As MARE Center Coordinator for the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution, she conducts professional development for teachers and informal educators in science pedagogy and ocean science education.  Co-founder of UC Berkeley's Lawrence Hall of Science MARE Program and co-author of MARE's award-winning K-8 ocean science curriculum, used in more than 800 schools nation-wide, and internationally. 

Formerly with the San Francisco-based Project Ocean, with the Oceanic Society, she has led natural history trips for teachers to the Bahamas, Belize, and Mexico.  Dean founded and served as Executive Director for the Sonoma Sea School, at UC Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, and was a classroom teacher for 10 years.