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Randy Bell
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Bell is on sabbatical for AY2022-23 Science/Mathematics Education Credentials:
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Jana Bouwma-Gearhart
Associate Dean of Research
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Cory BuxtonProfessor Language, Equity and Educational Policy (LEEP) and Science/Mathematics Education Credentials:
Research: Fostering more equitable and engaging science learning opportunities for all students and especially for immigrant and migrant students and emergent bilingual learners. Creating spaces where students, parents, teachers and researchers can engage together as co-learners while strengthening their academic relationships, their knowledge of science and engineering practices and careers and their ownership of the language of science. Research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Education and several private foundations. |
Quincy ClarkAssistant Professor of STEM Education |
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Soria ColomerEducation PhD Program Chair Associate Professor Language, Equity and Educational Policy (LEEP) Credentials:
Research: How language teachers’ perceptions, ethnic identities and linguistic skills impact their roles and practices in schools with growing emergent bilingual student populations. Focus on transforming the educational landscape for marginalized youth and exploring the negotiation of language and identity in new immigrant communities. |
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Rebekah Elliott
Associate Professor Dr. Elliott is on sabbatical for AY2022-23 Credentials:
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Michael GiamellaroAssociate Professor Science/Mathematics Education Credentials:
Research: My research investigates the role of contextualization in science learning, or how learners make associations between targeted science content knowledge and the social, cultural, and physical aspects of their learning environment. |
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Amanda KiblerProfessor Language, Equity and Educational Policy (LEEP) Credentials:
Research: Focus on the language and literacy development of multilingual children and adolescents from immigrant backgrounds, and she uses ethnographic, longitudinal, qualitative, discourse-analytic and mixed-methods approaches to investigate issues related to literacy and classroom interaction, among other topics.
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Kathryn McIntoshAssociate Professor Language, Equity and Educational Policy (LEEP) Credentials:
Research: Currently conducts her research under the Teachers Educating All Multilingual Students (TEAMS) grant. Focus on multilingual and multicultural families’ connections to the community and education. With her current investigative studies, she expands current methodologies in order to push on the boundaries of how to do research as part of and with communities. Dr. McIntosh collaborates with Ph.D. students, graduate students and undergraduate students in order to prepare the next generation of researchers. |
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Josh StewartAssistant Professor Agricultural Education Research interests include pedagogical content knowledge and experiential learning in preservice and inservice agriculture teachers, including the exploration of situated learning as the context for learning and teaching agriculture and the development of career and technical skills. Other research interests include agriculture teacher preparation programs and the implementation of mentoring and support programs for early career teachers. |
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Martin Storksdieck
Director at the STEM Research Center Credentials
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Karen ThompsonAssociate Professor Language, Equity and Educational Policy (LEEP) Credentials:
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How curriculum and instruction, teacher education and policy interact to shape the classroom experiences of multilingual students in K-12 schools. Focus on developing innovative ways for teachers to develop the necessary knowledge and skills to meet the needs of multilingual students. |
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Haley TrainiAssistant Professor Agricultural Education My research involves exploring the ways secondary agricultural teachers interact with the systems in which they work. My other areas of interest and ongoing research involve creating change agents through leadership education and development, creating sites ripe for change, and empowering change agents so as to promote agricultural and economic development. |
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Jonathan Velez
Head of Agricultural Education and Agricultural Sciences Agricultural Education Credentials:
Research interests include motivation and teaching methods at both the secondary and postsecondary levels. In addition, interests include leadership education research with a specific focus on connecting leadership experiences with subsequent growth in knowledge, skills and competencies. |