“When Associate Professor of STEM Education Robert “Bud” Talbot, PhD, arrived at the headquarters of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, D.C., he stepped into a room with some of the nation’s most influential voices shaping the future of undergraduate STEM education. He was one of just 50 leaders invited to the December 2025 Undergraduate STEM Education Thought Leaders Meeting, a gathering supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and organized by longtime national STEM champions.”
