James A. Shymansky is the holder of the E. Desmond Lee Family Professor of Science Education II endowed professorship.
[1] He has published over 70 articles in refereed journals and delivered more than 150 papers at conferences.
Shymansky is a past editor of the Journal of Research in Science Teaching, and currently serves as senior editor of the International Journal of Science and Math Education, a new journal published by the National Science Council of Taiwan and Kluwer Publishing of the Netherlands.
He also currently serves on advisory boards for the National Geographic Society and Harcourt Educational Measurement Company.
Shymansky is married and he and his wife, Teresa, have four children and fifteen grandchildren.