Sue Cook, Ph.D.
Senior Education Associate
scook@teamorca.org

Dr. Susan Cook (Sue) is Senior Education Associate for the Ocean Research and Conservation Association. In addition to her work with ORCA, Cook is chair of a NSF funded working group on the role of professional societies in ocean education and serves as Secretary for The Oceanography Society (TOS) and Chair of MTS’ Marine Education Committee.

In her previous position as Education Director for the Consortium for Ocean Leadership from 2004 to 2009, she managed the multiple federal grants (from NOAA, ONR and NSF) funding the National Ocean Sciences Bowl and the first Coordinating Office for the Centers for Ocean Sciences Education Excellence (COSEE). Between 2001 and 2004, Dr. Cook was Associate Program Director for Ocean Education in the Division of Ocean Sciences at the National Science Foundation. Dr. Cook directed ocean education programs at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution in Fort Pierce, Florida (1992-2001) where she was involved in using vehicles such as the Johnson Sea Link II Submersible and small ROVS in marine education. Prior to that she created and implemented education programs for the Bermuda Biological Station for Research (now the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Science) from 1983-1992. Dr. Cook’s academic credentials include a Bunting Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship from Radcliffe College of Harvard University, a Ph.D. from Duke University in zoology/marine biology and a B.S. in Biology from Tulane University.