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Travis York

Travis T. York  is the Director of Inclusive STEMM Ecosystems for Equity & Diversity (ISEED) at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). York’s research and work focus on catalyzing and sustaining systemic change and transformation to achieve inclusive and equitable STEMM talent development. Within AAAS, York provides leadership to a talented team who collaborates to create systemic change through more than 25 grant-funded projects and initiatives spanning all STEMM fields and the entire educational pathway including the STEMM Opportunity Alliance, AAAS’s SEA Change Initiative, L’Oreal USA For Women in Science Fellowships, and HBCU Making & Innovation Showcase. York serves as Principal Investigator of the AAAS Scholarships in STEM Resources & Evaluation Center (S-STEM REC), AAAS Noyce/ARISE (Advancing Research and Innovation in the STEM Education of Preservice Teachers in High-Need School Districts), the AAAS Improving Undergraduate STEM Education (IUSE) initiatives, and the Catalyzing a Data Infrastructure to Support LGBTQ Inclusion in STEM. York has authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, is active within several professional associations, and serves on the editorial review board of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education.