Barry M. Posin

Barry M. Posin (A.B., A.M., Chemistry, Harvard University; M.A, Ph.D., Chemistry, Princeton University) is an independent education consultant and veteran educator. He was a professor at Mississippi University for Women, teaching undergraduate courses in organic and inorganic chemistry, and introductory courses in chemistry and physics. He also designed and taught a new course in environmental science. He headed the university’s Science and Mathematics Division for two years, during which time he involved a diversity of stakeholders—students, faculty, staff, outside planners—in the decisionmaking process on issues ranging from how building renovation affects education to high-profile, politically sensitive hiring decisions. He served on the university’s Honors Committee for several years as well. He was on the chemistry faculty of Montclair State College in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Prior to entering academia, he studied organometallic catalysts and inorganic materials, as a chemist at SRI International, in Menlo Park, CA and, before that, as a postdoctoral fellow at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. Mr. Posin has also served as a National Science Bowl judge and coordinator.