Nancy Hansen Zuschlag

Background

Zuschlag, Nancy Hansen was born on December 12, 1954 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Irving Djalmar and Carmen (Del Grippo) Zuschlag.

Education

Bachelor in Biology cum laude, Coe College, 1977; Master of Arts in Biology, U. Kansas, 1982.

Career

Regional conservation educator and coordinator, Missouri Conservation Department, Jefferson City, 1982-1984; coordinator school programs, Denver Museum Natural History, 1986-1987; program director department natural resources and environmental education Cooperative Ext., Colorado State University, Golden, 1988-1998; operation and education manager, Mad Science of Denver, Arvada, since 1998. Instructor environmental educator Museum Natural History, U. Kansas, Lawrence, 1976-1982, associate public education department, 1986-1989.

Lecturer William Woods College, 1982-1984. Member study, research review group Canary Islands, 1985. Consultant Kongskilde Field Study Education Center, Soro, Denmark, 1985.

Board directors Foothills Nature Center, Boulder, Colorado, 1987-1989. Associate zoological Denver Museum Natural History, 1988. Consultant and educator Museum Zoological, U. Copenhagen, 1984-1985, 95-96.

Achievements

• Nancy Hansen Zuschlag has been listed as a noteworthy Environmental science/nature resources educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

State education coordinator Colorado Earth Day is Every Day campaign, Boulder, 1990. Board directors Colorado Foundation Agriculture, Denver, 1992-1995, member education board, 1993;facilitator and presenter United Nations Program Youth in the Environment, U. Colorado, Boulder, 1993. Chair environmental and natural resources future's task force committee, Colorado State University Cooperative Ext., 1993.

Member of national natural resources and environmental management support team cooperative states, research expert education system, USDA, 1993-1996. Member synthesis team and original document writing team, Colorado Environmental Education Master Plan, 1994. Member state steering com.Denver Urban Resources Partnership, since 1996, Denver Youth Naturally Project, 1995.

Member American Association Biological Sciences, National Wildlife Federation (member steering committee Naturlink 1993), North American Association Environmental Education, Alliance Environmental Education, National Association Interpreters, American Arachnological Association, Colorado Alliance Environmental Education (board directors 1988-1992, president 1990-1991, advisory board 1997), Colo.Assn. Teachers, Fulbright Alumni Society, Phi Sigma, Epsilon Sigma Phi (State Early Career Excellence award 1990).

Interests

• Avocations: hiking, writing on myth, nature and culture, jewelry-making.

Connections

Married Jeffrey Jon Miller, September 21, 1991.

Father:

Irving Djalmar Zuschlag

Mother:

Carmen (Del Grippo) Zuschlag

Spouse:

Jeffrey Jon Miller