{"id":3062,"date":"2017-12-23T14:11:38","date_gmt":"2017-12-23T19:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flascience.org\/wp\/?page_id=3062"},"modified":"2022-01-02T19:01:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T00:01:28","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?page_id=3062","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Media and Speakers Contacts<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The following people are available for media interviews and speaking engagements.<\/p>\n

Brandon Haught, Communications Director<\/strong>
\nEmail: bhaught@flascience.org
\nHigh school biology\/environmental science teacher.
\n— Author of Going Ape: Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom<\/a>.
\n— Recipient of National Center for Science Education’s Friend of Darwin Award<\/a>.
\n— Education: B.A. in Science Education (Biology grades 5-12), Western Governors University.
\n— Featured on Science Friday<\/a>, Nature<\/a>, Orlando Sentinel<\/a>,\u00c2\u00a0Tallahassee Democrat<\/a> and many other media outlets.
\n–Featured as a Force for Science<\/a> by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.<\/p>\n

Pete Dunkleburg<\/strong>
\nE-Mail: petedunkpi@gmail.com
\n\u2014BGS from Rollins College in Winter Park, FL
\n\u2014Member of AAAS and NCSE<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Media and Speakers Contacts The following people are available for media interviews and speaking engagements. Brandon Haught, Communications Director Email: bhaught@flascience.org High school biology\/environmental science teacher. — Author of Going Ape: Florida’s Battles over Evolution in the Classroom. — Recipient … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/PcZNLl-No","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3109,"url":"https:\/\/www.flascience.org\/?page_id=3109","url_meta":{"origin":3062,"position":0},"title":"Poor Performance on State Science Tests","author":"Brandon Haught","date":"December 26, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"There are three science exams that all public school students in Florida must take: the statewide science assessments in grades 5 and 8 and the high school biology end of course exam. 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