Biography
Dr. Stacy Klein-Gardner received a BSE in biomedical and electrical engineering from Duke University in 1991. She then earned her M.S. from Drexel University in 1993 and her Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from Vanderbilt University in 1996.
Stacy Klein-Gardner’s career in P-12 STEM education focuses on increasing interest in and participation by females and URMs and teacher professional development. She is the founding Executive Director of Engineering for US All (e4usa), the non-profit company, having served as the co-PI and co-Director of the NSF-funded Engineering for US All (e4usa) project. Dr. Klein-Gardner is also an Adjunct Professor of Biomedical Engineering at Vanderbilt University where she provides educational evaluation for the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering’s NIH-funded T32 training grant. She is very active in the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), formerly serving as the chair of the ASEE P12 Commission and the PCEE division. She is a Fellow of ASEE and AIMBE.
At Duke, Dr. Klein-Gardner is a founding member of the Women’s Impact Network (WIN) and its Leadership Council as well as the Chair of the Pratt School of Engineering’s Board of Visitors. Dr. Klein-Gardner also serves on the Drexel School of Biomedical Engineering, Science & Health System’s Executive Advisory Council. She is married to Matt and has a middle school-age son, Andrew.