American academic
According to Wikipedia, James A. Shymansky is the holder of the E. Desmond Lee Family Professor of Science Education II endowed professorship. He has published over 70 articles in refereed journals and delivered more than 150 papers at conferences. One of his co-authored articles, "The effects of new science curricula on student performance," was selected in 2003 by a panel of science education researchers as one of thirteen "most influential articles published in the Journal of Research in Science Teaching's first 40 years."
James A. Shymansky is affiliated with the following schools: