Fran Agnone

Fran Agnone

Doctoral Student

Background

Fran Agnone (she/her/hers) has been working in informal education space for over fifteen years in New York City. Prior to her current position, she developed and led programming with The New York Botanical Garden, The National Wildlife Federation and ExpandED Schools. She currently works as the Director of Youth Education at the Sanitation Foundation, the non-profit partner of the New York City of the Department of Sanitation.

Conference Presentations

  • STEM for All: Video Multiplex National Science Foundation/TeRC, 2022 Virtual Conference Integrating Community Voice into STEM Curriculum Association of Science and Technology Centers (ASTC)
  • 2021 – Virtual Conference Connecting In-School and Out-of-School STEM Learning and Teaching
  • Engineering Design Practice for Middle School Youth National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), 2019 and 2021
Education
  • New York University, New York, NY —Bachelors of Arts, Anthropology
  • Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY— Masters of Education, Social Studies (Grades 7-12)
Research

Career and pedagogical support for informal educators, with an emphasis on urban environmental education.