Michael A. DiSpezio

Michael Anthony DiSpezio (born 1953) is an American author, television host and stage edutainment performer who specializes in science and science education. In addition to hosting over three dozen broadcasts of National Geographic's JASON Project, DiSpezio is co-author of several dozen science textbooks that are used in the K-12 classroom. He has also authored several dozen tradebooks on various topics in science that range from critical thinking puzzles to HIV awareness.

Biography

DiSpezio grew up in Brooklyn. After graduating from Brooklyn College, he continued graduate research at Boston University and received a master's degree in biology. During his graduate years, he worked as a research assistant to Nobel Laureate, Albert Szent-Gyorgyi. After teaching at Boston University, Boston University School of Nursing and several independent day schools in New England, he went on to author his first textbook in chemistry. To date, he has coauthorship on over thirty textbooks and classroom ancillaries for publishers that include Addison-Wesley, Pearson Education, National Geographic Society and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

In 1994, he worked in the Middle East as part of the Israel/Jordan peace accord where he trained Arab counterparts in the application of educational television production to issues in gender equality and critical thinking. He lives in Cape Cod and continues to write and speak on science, creativity, and applying brain research to increase classroom effectiveness.

Selected publications

• Your 21st Century Brain (Sterling Publishing), ISBN 1402776586
• The Science of HIV (National Science Teachers Association) ISBN 0873551605
• Dino Mania: Discovering Who's Who In the Jurassic Zoo (Sterling Publishing) ISBN 978-0806989815
• Awesome Experiments in Light and Sound (Sterling Publishers) ISBN 1402723725
• Science Fusion(Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company) ISBN 9780547365879
• Space Mania: Discovering Distant Worlds Without Leaving Your Own (Sterling Publishing) ISBN 978-08069782879
• Great Critical Thinking Puzzles (Sterling Publishing) ISBN 978-0806997254
• Science Insights (Addison Wesley) ISBN 978-0201332858
• Visual Foolery (Tormont/Brimar Publications) ISBN 2764102138
• USA today: Weather Wonders Book & Kit (Sterling Innovation) ISBN 1402765339
• Exploring Earth and space (Addison Wesley) ISBN 0201257009
• Heath Chemistry Lab Experiments (D.C. Heath) ISBN 978-0669098556
• Super Sensational Science Fair Projects (Sterling Publishing) ISBN 978-0806944098

References

• University of San Diego
• National Geographic Live!
• MIT and WHOI SeaGrant Program
• Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy