Profile Information

Andrew Fraknoi

California, United States

Roles

Educator

Levels

College, Undergraduate

Subjects

Science

About me

I am the lead author of the OpenStax Astronomy textbook and have taught introductory astronomy for 45 years. I retired as the Chair of the Astronomy Department at Foothill College near San Francisco in 2017. Now I am teaching non-credit classes for adults returning to college at the University of San Francisco and San Francisco State. During my career, I served as Executive Director of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, and as a founding editor of the journal "Astronomy Education Review."