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Kathryn Clark is the president of Docere (the Latin word for “teach”). Even though Dr. Clark makes her primary living on the speaker’s circuit, her passion is education. Docere is primarily an education company dedicated to helping teachers engage students through the Internet and exciting educational tools. Partners in education include The Convergence Education Foundation, Dr. Quark, LLC and SAS Games, Inc. She is the vice president for Education of SAS Games.
Because of her history with NASA and the International Space Station and her background in Kinesiology and muscle physiology, Dr. Clark also consults in Human Factors Engineering. Partners include Applied Dynamics, Inc., Gulfstream, ActivCore and Redcord, Inc. In this capacity she also serves on the NASA Special Task Force on the International Space Station, which combines the expertise of Russian and US scientists and engineers.
Dr. Clark spent four years at NASA Headquarters, two of them as NASA's chief scientist for the International Space Station Program and two years as NASA's Chief Scientist for the Human Exploration & Development of Space Enterprise. As chief scientist, she worked with scientists from all other areas of NASA to communicate research needs and look for possible collaboration among the science programs at NASA. She also assisted with education and outreach activities related to any human space flight endeavors, including the International Space Station, the shuttle, any expendable launch vehicles intended to further human endeavors in space, and future missions to the Moon and Mars. Her particular interest is in "Human Factors"; all the elements necessary for the health, safety, and efficiency of crews involved in long duration space flight.
Dr. Clark's biologic interests are focused on neuromuscular development and adaptation to altered environments. Her geologic interests are in geophysics and the composition of the lunar mantle. She is the chair of the Board of Control of Michigan Tech University, a member of the Board of Trustees of Western Reserve Academy, a member of the Board of Visitors of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide, and serves on the board of Orion's Quest, an education oriented not-for-profit organization. She received the NASA Space Flight Awareness Team Award, the women in Aerospace International Award, the NASA Customer Service Award, NASA Public Service Medal for her work on the “Return to Flight Commission” following the Columbia accident, a second Public Service Award and the Russian Medal of Service for her work on the Joint Russian-US Task force on the International Space Station. She was inducted into the National Women’s Museum in 2001.
Dr. Clark is a past member of the Board of Directors of Women in Aerospace; she is an airplane pilot and member of the 99's (the International Society of Women Pilots), and an avid cyclist, swimmer, and cross-country skier. She is also an owner of a jazz club in Ann Arbor. She received a master's and a doctoral degree in kinesiology from the University of Michigan, and is currently pursuing a second master’s degree in Geology.
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