By CAS Communication Staff
Kimberly Christen and Maria Gartstein receive state recognition as new members to the Washington State Academy of Sciences (WSAS) for each’s scientific achievement. WSAS members are dually inducted for their willingness to contribute to addressing science-based issues for the benefit of the state of Washington.
An innovative leader in information sciences, Christen’s work has changed the way the field of information sciences understands information ethics by aligning it with a reparative theoretical framework based in Indigenous relations to kin, territories, material belongings, and systems of knowledge to unsettle standard academic practices of authorship, attribution, and accountability.
Christen currently serves as the associate vice president for the Office of Research Advancement & Partnerships. She is also a professor and former chair of WSU’s Department of Digital Technology and Culture and was the founder and director of the Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation for ten years.
An expert in developmental psychology, Gartstein’s work addressing the biological and contextual underpinnings of temperament has influenced broader impacts, including theoretical and methodological shifts in the discipline and awareness of support for self-regulation in the community.
She is a professor and chair of the Department of Psychology whose career is marked by valued leadership and service with an international reach of research and translational efforts engaging the public and policy makers.
Read about the Gartstein Temperament Lab.
The 2024 WSAS class consists of 30 scientists and engineers elected by their WSAS peers and 6 members recently elected to the National Academies of Science, Engineering, or Medicine.
“We are thrilled to honor these scientists, engineers, and leaders in the public, non-profit and private sectors for their distinguished and continued achievements,” said WSU professor and WSAS President John Roll. “We look forward to tapping their expertise and knowledge to advance the Academy’s mission of science in the service of Washington State.”
Check out all 10 WSU faculty inducted into the 2024 WSAS class.
New members will be inducted at the Annual Members’ Dinner following the WSAS Symposium at the Museum of Flight in Seattle on September 25.
The Washington State Academy of Sciences is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization established by the Washington State Legislature in 2005 to advise state policymakers, and whose mission is to provide expert scientific and engineering assessments to inform public policymaking and increase the impact of research in the state of Washington.